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Glutamic acid is one of the 20-23 proteinogenic amino acids, and its codons are GAA and GAG. It is a non-essential amino acid. The carboxylate anions and salts of glutamic acid are known as glutamates. In neuroscience, glutamate is an important neurotransmitter that plays the principal role in neural activation.
MedicalEndotoxin, toxic substance bound to the bacterial cell wall and released when the bacterium ruptures or disintegrates.
MedicalA hormone produced as a response to stress; also called adrenaline.
MedicalExtension: Voluntary arrangements to restructure a firm's debt, under which the payment date is postponed.
MedicalIonic compounds dissolved in water. Their proper balance is essential to life.
MedicalEnterococcus is a large genus of lactic acid bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes. Enterococci are Gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs or short chains, and are difficult to distinguish from streptococci on physical characteristics alone. Two species are common commensal organisms in the intestines of humans: E. faecalis (90–95%) and E. faecium (5–10%).
MedicalThe forward end of the spacs below the upper decks of a ship which lies next abaft the stem, where the sides approach very near to each other. The hawse pipes are usually run down through the eyes of a ship. Loop cf eye splice, particularly one in stays and shrouds. The cumulunimbus cloud which is dense and dark surrounding the typhoon.
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