enzyme
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He goes on to emphasize that what Claude found — a previously uncharacterized enzyme system found in viruses that infect bacteria — isn’t necessarily going to be useful.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Instead, we found that inhibiting the enzyme had little effect. What mattered was whether the protein itself was present."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
The team crystallized the enzyme and studied it at the Institut de Biologie Structurale in Grenoble, France.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
That combination supports the possibility that ancient nitrogenases more closely resembled this archaeal enzyme than the nitrogenases found in bacteria today.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
An enzyme that digested RNA had no effect.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Vitamin C can increase the activity of cellular proteins known as TET enzymes, which help regulate whether certain genes are switched on or off.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
All the more reason to pour cold water on outrageous claims about flagging little enzymes in huge databases.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
The company’s press release goes into more detail, but basically says that Claude was prompted to search through a massive database of DNA sequences for reverse transcriptases, enzymes that copy RNA into DNA.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have now shown that one of biology's most important enzymes can accurately read and transcribe a much larger version containing eight genetic letters.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
When any of these enzymes — even a single one of them — is destroyed or weakened, the cycle of oxidation within the cell comes to a halt.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Cell Biology - High School
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