The word peptide is derived from a Greek term meaning ‘small digestibles’; a peptide also forms a type of chain, or bond.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best American Poetry 2010] Reference

They stand for corresponding amino acids in peptide chains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beckwith on ID] Reference

First, a signal peptide is formed as a part of the protein.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology or Medicine for 1999 - Press Release] Reference

Only certain peptide antigens will fit each of the HLA subtypes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaccinating Against Cancer] Reference

The signal peptide is finally cleaved and the protein is secreted out of the cell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1999] Reference

Such proteins are called peptide aptamers and are used to find drug candidates.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

G6PD, needed to break down a substance in fava beans called peptide glutathione.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

The result is called a peptide mass fingerprint which uniquely identifies each protein.    From Wordnik.com.  [Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines] Reference

The product of a single gene is a string of amino acids known as a peptide or polypeptide.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]

The shorter transcript produces a protein with no hydrophobic peptide, which is plasma-soluble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

In contrast, a peptide is a short string of amino acids, joined by chemical bonds (also called "amide bonds").    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

A small section of protein called a peptide transduction domain (PTD) has the ability to permeate cell membranes.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Experts say the treatment Jobs underwent is an experimental procedure called peptide receptor radionuclide therapy PRRT.    From Wordnik.com.  [ABC News: Top Stories] Reference

The method uses a synthetic peptide which is immobilized on the comb and which “captures” the HIV antibody.    From Wordnik.com.  [60. Inexpensive blood-screening for HIV] Reference

Previous studies on that gut hormones, such as peptide YY (PYY) and glucagon-like peptide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

IGF-1 is a small protein component known as a peptide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Samuel S. Epstein: An FDA Ban On Genetically-Engineered Milk Is 20 Years Overdue] Reference

If you want to make one, you use a peptide synthesiser.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Frans was needed to buy 500 grams of a specific peptide.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Researchers developed a drug that blocks a blood peptide, it's called irexon (ph).    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2007] Reference

One is Vacc-4x, a peptide-based vaccine made by Bionor Pharma, a Norwegian company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Norwood: AIDS Will Be Conquered] Reference

Linus knew from his college days that the peptide bond had to be rigid and coplanar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memorizing Sports Facts Can Prepare a Brain for Life] Reference

It produced a peptide, or fighter-organism, that destroyed "bad" bacteria in the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

So one of the things that we measure is something called BNP, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) peptide.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2007] Reference

Dr. Burzynski has found the peptide in the liver that is responsible for cell multiplication.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2009] Reference

These studies have generated new insights concerning the biosynthesis of the peptide hormones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Lecture Radioimmunoassay: A Probe For Fine Structure Of Biologic Systems] Reference

The 450,000 Swiss Frank that was transferred for half a kilogram of peptide sounded "a bit steep".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Identical eccentric molecules and weird peptide chains in dozens of products, regardless of brand name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Impossible Places]

When the peptide substance P was isolated as a pain transmitter 30 years ago, it was treated as an only child.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking A New Look At Pain] Reference

The plaques in Alzheimer's brains consist mostly of an abnormal peptide, or protein fragment, called beta amyloid.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

It was her impression that there were, apart from her, very few people in the country who were able to do peptide research.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

R12,1 million overseas in the early 90s for the purchase of a peptide synthesiser, used in Aids and brain-altering research.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

This peptide is part of a longer protein called APP (amyloid precursor protein), which abounds in normal brain cells (chart).    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

She said the most sophisticated peptide synthesiser would cost in the region of R600,000 and peptides would cost in the region of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Most biotransforming enzymes are high molecular weight proteins, composed of chains of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biotransformation] Reference

She testified that there were only two peptide synthesisers in the country in 1989 - one at Delta G and another at the University of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Another approach is to vaccinate people against the A-beta peptide, and count on their immune systems to gobble up plaque as it forms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's Unlocking The Mystery] Reference