What is "giant molecule"

Usage examples of "giant molecule".

They knew about recent research experiments in the growth field, such as polyploidy or chromosome multiplication- growth hormones-and DNA, the giant molecule which controls cell development.

The precise assembly of the amino acids into the appropriate sequence depends on another giant molecule in the cell, ribonucleic acid (RNA), whose synthesis is in turn directly under the control of the cell's genetic material, deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA.

She summoned up old and new versions of the enzyme, highlighted the regions where the tertiary structure was different, and probed them with her fingertips-confirming, palpably, that the cavity in the giant molecule where the reaction took place had changed shape.

She summoned up old and new versions of the enzyme, highlighted the regions where the tertiary structure was different, and probed them with her fingertipsconfirming, palpably, that the cavity in the giant molecule where the reaction took place had changed shape.

I could show him electron photomicrographs of a giant molecule inside that cat's red corpuscles actually transmuting elements -- and he'd accuse me of doctoring the films.

To Sam's delight, the spheres and shafts of the complex did look like a giant molecule floating in space.

The single sheet he held, and even the words and signatures upon it, were all integral parts of a single giant molecule which in itself was well-nigh indestructible and could not be in any way altered or tampered with short of outright destruction.