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What is a peptide?

What is a peptide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
  2. (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.
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Precipitation of a peptide in the top agar with subsequent release of amino acids can also lead to confounding results.
By incorporating specific peptide motifs into these hydrogels it is possible to create optimal chemical environments for axonal regeneration.
So Entremed is finally giving up on its celebrated peptide drug candidates, angiostatin and endostatin.
When the synthetic peptide was used as the antigen, a monoclonal antibody was obtained.
Basal serum C peptide levels were measured by radioimmunoassay after an overnight fast.
During tissue regeneration, cells release enzymes that degrade natural biomaterials at specific peptide sequences.

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