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polymer

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Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

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One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement. It is, in a sense, the key to molecular biology because it shows how the great polymer languages, the nucleic acid language and the protein language, are linked together. Francis Crick

1:1 1,2 diol complex and a 1:1 1,3 diol complex, place the negatively charged borate ion onto the polymer chain as a pendant group. Source: Internet

Acrylic paint's binder is acrylic polymer emulsion – as this binder dries, the paint remains flexible. Source: Internet

After graduating he was the laboratory assistant to noted polymer chemist Julius Arthur Nieuwland at Notre Dame and helped out with the football team, but rejected further work in chemistry after receiving an offer to coach football. Source: Internet

According to Joyce and Orgel, in case of the phosphate group activation, the basic polymer product would have 5',5'-pyrophosphate linkages, while the 3',5'-phosphodiester linkages, which are present in all known RNA, would be much less abundant. Source: Internet

Also FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer) rebars are known to be less susceptible to chlorides. Source: Internet

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