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adenyls

adenyls is the plural of adenyl.

Meaning of adenyl

Noun

adenyl (plural adenyls)

  1. The univalent radical derived from adenine.
    • I was told that he was a great biochemist but he was lost in a futile search for an active acetyl compound when “everybody knew” it was an adenyl acetyl complex.1988, Samuel P. Bessman, Chandra Mohan, “The Intracellular Mechanism of Insulin Action”, in Horst Kleinkauf, Hans von Döhren, Lothar Jaenicke, editors, The Roots of Modern Biochemistry: Fritz...
    Synonyms:
    adenylate, adenylyl

Questions about adenyls

What is adenyls the plural of?
Adenyls is the plural of adenyl.

Words near adenyls in the dictionary

  1. adenylosuccinic
  2. adenylosuccinic acid
  3. adenylpyrophosphatase
  4. adenylpyrophosphatases
  5. adenylpyrophosphate
  6. adenyls
  7. adenyltransferase
  8. adenyltransferases
  9. adenylyl
  10. adenylylate
  11. adenylylated

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