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Sugar beet is an important part of a rotating crop cycle. Sugar beet plants are susceptible to rhizomania ("root madness") which turns the bulbous tap root into many small roots making the crop economically unprocessable. Strict controls are enforced in European countries to prevent the spread, but it is already endemic in some areas. Continual research looks for varieties with resistance as well as increased sugar yield. Other economically important members of the Chenopodioideae subfamily: Beetroot ChardSee also:

Sugar beet, Sugar beet - Culture, Sugar beet - Processing, Sugar beet - Reception, Sugar beet - Diffusion, Sugar beet - Carbonatation, Sugar beet - Evaporation, Sugar beet - Crystallization, Sugar beet - Sugar beet syrup, Sugar beet - History, Sugar beet - Agriculture

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In populations with a high carrier frequency for TSD, genetic counseling is recommended so genetic testing can be done to detect carriership. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis can be considered in couples where both are carriers. In countries where selective abortion is legal, this method can be contemplated. In Orthodox Jewish circles, the organisation Dor Yeshorim carries out an anonymous screening program, preventing the stigma of carriership while decreasing ...

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A nucleic acid is a complex, high-molecular-weight biochemical macromolecule composed of nucleotide chains that convey genetic information. The most common nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Nucleic acids are found in all living cells and viruses. Nucleic acid, so called because of its prevalence in cellular nuclei, is the generic name of family of biopolymers. The monomers are called nucleotides, and each consists of three components: a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (either a pu ...

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The general structure of proteinogenic alpha amino acids is: COOH | H-C-R | NH2 Where "R" represents a side chain specific to each amino acid. Amino acids are usually classified by properties of the side chain into four groups: acidic, basic, hydrophilic (polar), and hydrophobic (nonpolar). Amino acid - Isomerism. Except for glycine, where R = H, amino acids occur in two possible optical isomers, called D and L. The L amino acids represent the vast majorit ...

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Amino acid, Amino acid - Overview, Amino acid - General structure, Amino acid - Isomerism, Amino acid - Reactions, Amino acid - List of standard amino acids, Amino acid - Structures, Amino acid - Chemical properties, Amino acid - Hydrophilic and hydrophobic amino acids, Amino acid - Nonstandard amino acids, Amino acid - Uses of substances derived from amino acids

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Aside from the twenty standard amino acids and the two special amino acids, selenocysteine and pyrrolysine, already mentioned above, there is a vast number of "nonstandard amino acids" which are not used in the body's regular manufacturing of proteins. Examples of nonstandard amino acids include the sulfur-containing taurine and the neurotransmitters GABA and dopamine. Other examples are lanthionine, 1-amino isobut ...

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Quebec represents the letter Q in the NATO phonetic alphabet. In international Morse code the letter Q is DahDahDitDah: - - • - In Braille the letter Q is represented as ⠟ (in Unicode), the dot pattern: XX XX X. Q - Computing. In Unicode the capital Q is codepoint U+0051 and the lowercase q is U+0071. The ASCII code for capital Q is 81 and for lowercase q is 113; or in binary 01010001 and 01110001, correspondingly. The EBCDIC code ...

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The term lipid comprises a diverse range of molecules and to some extent is a catchall for relatively water-insoluble or nonpolar compounds of biological origin, including waxes, fatty acids, fatty-acid derived phospholipids, sphingolipids, glycolipids and terpenoids, such as retinoids and steroids. Some lipids are linear aliphatic molecules, while others have ring structures. Some are aromatic, while others are not. Some are flexible, while others are rigid. Most lipids have some polar character in addition to being largely nonpolar. ...

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Like carbohydrates, some proteins perform largely structural roles. For instance, movements of the proteins actin and myosin ultimately are responsible for the contraction of skeletal muscle. One property many proteins have is that they specifically bind to a certain molecule or class of molecules—they may be extremely selective in what they bind. Antibodies are an example of proteins that attach to one specific type of molecule. In fact, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), which uses antibodies, is currently one of the m ...

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