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One of two equal portions.

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Usage examples (36)
  • It was something called "moieties (ph)," and it was later repealed by Congress.
  • Sugar moieties from sugar nucleotides are transferred to accepting molecules which thereby increase in size.
  • Goldknopf and Busch, and in parallel Margaret Dayhoff, identified the nature of the bond between the two protein moieties in the conjugate.
  • None of the insect AFP's have been found to have carbohydrate moieties, in contrast to the antifreeze glycoproteins commonly found in antarctic fish.
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