nonnative
Speech parts
1. nonnative - Noun
2. nonnative - Adjective
3. nonnative - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
not being or composed of aborigines
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Examples
our large nonnative population
the nonnative population of South Africa
A nonnative isomer of some peptide groups can disrupt the conformational folding significantly, either slowing it or preventing it from even occurring until the native isomer is reached.
A nonnative apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) is a major culprit along with a plant rot disease traced to a newly identified species of Fungus in the genus Phytophthora that now affects kalo crops throughout Hawaii.
H.R. 2603 would put an end to such operations by prohibiting the listing of nonnative species under the Endangered Species Act.
However, not all peptide groups have the same effect on folding; nonnative isomers of other peptide groups may not affect folding at all.