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  • adverb Using covalent bonds.

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Examples

  • Notice that it is more complex than an amino acid, where three complex chemical groups are covalently linked together.

    2008 July - Telic Thoughts 2008

  • An example is the biotransformation of vinyl chloride to vinyl chloride epoxide, which covalently binds to DNA and RNA, a step leading to cancer of the liver.

    Biotransformation 2008

  • In a breakthrough discovery, we found that the target substrate is covalently modified by multiple moieties of APF-1, a reversible modification that renders the protein substrate susceptible to degradation.

    Aaron Ciechanover - Autobiography 2005

  • Through a series of extremely elegant, yet simple, experiments, in the design of which the broad knowledge of Ernie in protein chemistry and enzymology played a critical role, we found that APF-1 is covalently attached to the substrate through a bond that had all the characteristics of a peptide bond.

    Aaron Ciechanover - Autobiography 2005

  • (This allows the diazo groups to covalently couple to the tyrosine phenolic groups on the enzyme)

    Archive 2004-12-01 2004

  • In the first work it was shown that APF-1 was bound covalently, i.e. with a very stable chemical bond, to various proteins in the extract.

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 - Information for the Public 2004

  • Unlike salt, which dissolves into electrically charged ions, covalently bonded molecules that can dissolve in water generally do so as intact, electrically neutral molecules.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Unlike salt, which dissolves into electrically charged ions, covalently bonded molecules that can dissolve in water generally do so as intact, electrically neutral molecules.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The time was propitious, for the hypothesis that polymers are in fact covalently linked macromolecules had been established by the works of Staudinger and of Carothers only a few years earlier.

    Paul J. Flory - Autobiography 1975

  • In an oral presentation, Dynavax's Robert Janssen, M.D., Senior Director, Clinical Research, described new findings for N8295, a fusion protein comprised of NP and M2e, two highly conserved influenza antigens covalently linked to Dynavax's proprietary second-generation TLR9 agonist, in combination with an investigational H5N1 avian influenza vaccine.

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