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alkylation [‚al·kə′lā·shən] (chemical engineering) A refinery process for chemically combining isoparaffin with olefin hydrocarbons. (organic chemistry) A chemical process in which an alkyl radical is introduced into an organic compound by substitution or addition. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2005), the proximate cause of mercury alkylation in oral microbial
communities--which occurs in dental plaque--appears to be associated
with the presence of some bacteria. In the case of the diimines,
the alkylation was nearly exclusively N-alkylation. Hypothetical open reading frames (ORF),
similar to genes known to be responsible for the avoidance or repair of
DNA lesions resulting from the alkylation or oxidation of nucleotides,
are present in the genome of M. |
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