aliphatic

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Amino acids with aliphatic, basic, aromatic and hydrophilic side chains are underrepresented in the helical regions of proteins of psychrophiles.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or designating a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.

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  • Intermediates include mainly organic aromatic and aliphatic carboxylic acids, which were further oxidized slowly to CO 2. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • After annealing, a change of about 14o was calculated from ellipsometric spectra for the head NO2 group orientation with respect to the surface plane, which would provoke a commensurable decrease of the aliphatic chain tilt angle. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Synthesis of new aromatic and aliphatic 1-hydroxy-1,1-bisphosphonate partial esters. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Amino acids with aliphatic, basic, aromatic and hydrophilic side chains are underrepresented in the helical regions of proteins of psychrophiles. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • We found that small inhibitors could be accurately docked by most of the software, while docking of larger compounds (i.e., those with extended aromatic cycles or long aliphatic chains) was more problematic. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. From Greek aleiphar, aleiphat-, oil, from aleiphein, to anoint with oil; see leip- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin aliphaticus, < Greek άλειφαρ (-ατ-), an unguent, fat, < ἀλείφειν, anoint.
 

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