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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of enzymes containing flavin bound to protein and acting as dehydrogenation catalysts in biological reactions.
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- noun biochemistry any of a group of
enzymes , containingflavin , that act asdehydrogenases
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Examples
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A technique called flavoprotein autofluorescence was used to image a part of their brain called the dorsal cochlear nucleus DCN, which is associated with tinnitus.
Finding the Pathways to a Cause of Tinnitus Ann Lukits 2011
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Heikal AA, Webb WW (2002) Two-photon fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy of NAD (P) H and flavoprotein.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles William L. Rice et al. 2010
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(LipDH) and electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) [13].
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles William L. Rice et al. 2010
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To stabilize the flavoprotein intermediate, the researchers kept it at an extremely low temperature - about -280 degrees Fahrenheit.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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By shining beams of powerful x-rays and visible light on the same region of the crystallized flavoprotein, two different but complementary sets of information are received.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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To stabilize the flavoprotein intermediate, the researchers kept it at an extremely low temperature - about -280 degrees Fahrenheit.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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When exposed to the x-rays, the cold flavoprotein rapidly accepts electrons liberated in the sample by the x-ray beam.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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As reported in the January 9, 2009, online edition of Biochemistry, Orville and colleagues from Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Miami have used a new facility at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) to identify two possible oxygen intermediates in the flavoprotein, choline oxidase.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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By shining beams of powerful x-rays and visible light on the same region of the crystallized flavoprotein, two different but complementary sets of information are received.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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As reported in the January 9, 2009, online edition of Biochemistry, Orville and colleagues from Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Miami have used a new facility at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) to identify two possible oxygen intermediates in the flavoprotein, choline oxidase.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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