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  • noun chemistry reaction with sulfur

Etymologies

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Compare French sulfuration, Latin sulphuratio, sulfuratio, a vein of sulphur.

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  • Homocysteine lies at a critical juncture between the trans-sulfuration pathway that leads to cysteine and glutathione (GSH) biosynthesis, and the branch that leads to S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) biosynthesis.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Heidi M. Blank et al. 2009

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