enzyme
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Researchers identified an enzyme in the worm that can break microbial PHAs into smaller molecules that animals are able to use.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Honeybees do not have this enzyme, which is why glyphosate was long considered unlikely to harm them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Some jumping genes can also remove themselves from RNA with the help of an RNA enzyme.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
This enzyme cuts prohormones at specific amino acid sequences and has previously been linked to obesity in humans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Harker, having collected a million dollars to solve the structure of the enzyme ribonuclease, was in search of talent, and the offer of six thousand for one year seemed to Odile wonderfully generous.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Novonesis—which develops enzymes, probiotics and other biological products—on Thursday posted organic sales growth of 9% on year for the second quarter, ahead of consensus estimates of 7.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Silver nanoparticles also allowed the researchers to produce DNA fragments with 8-base sticky ends, which are difficult to generate using conventional restriction enzymes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The new findings add another dimension to this picture by showing that many aquatic and terrestrial animals also carry enzymes capable of breaking down PHAs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
When the team examined animal genomes more broadly, they found related enzymes in more than 66 species spanning nine different phyla.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
There are ways to tell with absolute certainty whether someone is having a heart attack, but those involve tests of particular enzymes that can take hours for results.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing enzyme
Cell Biology - High School
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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