homolog

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Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or chromosome.

(linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.

(genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.

(organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series.

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Chemistry experiments have confirmed that nobelium behaves as a heavier homolog to ytterbium in the periodic table. Source: Internet

Protein binding can be extraordinarily tight and specific; for example, the ribonuclease inhibitor protein binds to human angiogenin with a sub-femtomolar dissociation constant (1 M). Source: Internet

Indium is rather basic in aqueous solution, showing only slight amphoteric characteristics, and unlike its lighter homolog gallium, it is insoluble in aqueous alkaline solutions. Source: Internet

Genome redundancy would allow a damaged RNA segment to be replaced by an additional replication of its homolog. Source: Internet

Thallium (indium's heavier homolog ) shows an even stronger effect, causing oxidation to thallium(I) to be more probable than to thallium(III), citation whereas gallium (indium's lighter homolog) commonly shows only the +3 oxidation state. Source: Internet

The first gene mapped for non-syndromic deafness, DFNA1, involves a splice site mutation in the formin related homolog diaphanous 1 (DIAPH1). Source: Internet

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