Definition of Polypeptides

1. Noun. (plural of polypeptide) ¹

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Definition of Polypeptides

1. polypeptide [n] - See also: polypeptide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypeptides

polyparous
polypary
polypathia
polype
polypean
polypectomies
polypectomy
polypectomy snare
polyped
polypeds
polypeptidase
polypeptidases
polypeptide
polypeptide N-acetylgalactosominyltransferase
polypeptide fucosyltransferase
polypeptides (current term)
polypeptidic
polyperythrin
polypes
polypetalous
polyphage
polyphages
polyphagia
polyphagias
polyphagies
polyphagous
polyphagy
polyphalangism
polypharmacal

Literary usage of Polypeptides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1908)
"The polypeptides. Our knowledge of the structure of the protein molecule has been given us by the systematic researches of Emil Fischer and his pupils which ..."

2. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1913)
"THE polypeptides. Synthesis. The three methods which have been devised by Fischer for the synthesis of the polypeptides have been mentioned in the ..."

3. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"A few polypeptides have been obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins, but by far the ... Methods of Synthesizing polypeptides. As a first step in polypeptide ..."

4. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1917)
"To these synthetic substances he has given the general name of polypeptides. The simplest polypeptide known is glycylglycine ; this substance was obtained ..."

5. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1907)
"5-diketopiperazine, and many of these substances are converted into polypeptides by partial hydrolysis. HN< >NH + H00 = H,N . CEU. CO. NH . CH,. ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"After briefly reviewing the literature on the polypeptides C. states that the biological demonstration that the amino acids are bound in the protein mol. in ..."

7. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"A comparison of the artificially prepared polypeptides with the ... For instance there are several polypeptides which give the biuret reaction which is ..."

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