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beta-amino acids

beta-amino acids is the plural of beta-amino acid.

Meaning of beta-amino acid

Noun

beta-amino acid (plural beta-amino acids)

  1. Any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms; beta-alanine is the only one that occurs in nature, but not in peptides or proteins.

Questions about beta-amino acids

What is beta-amino acids the plural of?
Beta-amino acids is the plural of beta-amino acid.

Words near beta-amino acids in the dictionary

  1. beta version
  2. beta versions
  3. beta wave
  4. beta waves
  5. beta-amino acid
  6. beta-amino acids
  7. beta-antithrombin
  8. beta-beam
  9. beta-beams
  10. beta-blockade
  11. beta-blockades

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