biosyntheses

Noun

biosynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural biosyntheses)

1. The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.
   • The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant...