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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A proteinlike polypeptide formed abiotically from amino acid mixtures in the presence of heat, thought to resemble early evolutionary forms of protein.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a protein (albumin).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
polypeptide formedabiotically from by heating a mixture ofamino acids
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Slide 44: Formation of Microspheres In certain conditions, large organic molecules form tiny bubbles called proteinoid microspheres.
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