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  • noun Plural form of dalton.

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Examples

  • I think that much more extensive surveys than those carried out so far are warranted, but they should have a sensitivity sufficient to detect fragments of viral DNA of about one million daltons, which is within the reach of modern technology, even with the most difficult viruses.

    Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Lecture 1992

  • By extension, one mole of anything from carbon atoms to motorbikes with a mass of x daltons per item will have a combined mass of x grams.

    I Love University Life Bardiac 2008

  • Avogadro's number is the product of a ratio used to convert between mass in daltons and mass in grams.

    I Love University Life Bardiac 2008

  • You can thank the liberal media for continuing to push this one part of his platform, instead of focusing on the real issues. or daltons tax hikes

    There Goes The Neighbourhood ALW 2007

  • SV40 genome can specify proteins of a molecular weight of about 100,000 daltons altogether, the T antigen is likely to be its sole product and, therefore, to be the transforming protein.

    Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Lecture 1992

  • Processing of SV40 T antigen seems to occur in lytically infected cells which contain a smaller T antigen of about 84,000 daltons; this smaller size contrasts with the regular size (94,000 daltons) of the antigen specified in vitro by mRNA extracted from the same cells (26).

    Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Lecture 1992

  • In non-permissive transformed cells the antigen is a protein of molecular weight of about 94,000 daltons

    Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Lecture 1992

  • The molecular masses of quercetin and metabolites are between 300 and 500 daltons (Da), so a mass/charge (m/z) scan range of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Bernice Wright et al. 2010

  • Its molecular weight is 414.54 daltons and its empirical formula is C22H38O7.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Unlike some of the other posters above, I do genuinely enjoy Bond (or at least the good ones), but the character is far less compelling than Bourne - and has managed to hang around for 22 odd movies with a good number of real stinkers (The last connery or two, the lazenby, all the daltons, the last three brosnans - that's 8 crapfests right there - and an argument could be made that another three connerys, three moores, and the last craig were average to above average at best - so 15 out of 22 movies were hardly spectacular.)

    It's Official - Jason Bourne Back in Action in Bourne 4 « FirstShowing.net 2008

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