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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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By incorporating specific peptide motifs into these hydrogels it is possible to create optimal chemical environments for axonal regeneration.
Precipitation of a peptide in the top agar with subsequent release of amino acids can also lead to confounding results.
So Entremed is finally giving up on its celebrated peptide drug candidates, angiostatin and endostatin.
On the other hand, the weak site has a quadrangular pyramidal structure with three peptide carbonyl groups and two water molecules.
Finally, the efficacy of some peptide drugs and hormones can be substantially enhanced by acylation.
When the synthetic peptide was used as the antigen, a monoclonal antibody was obtained.

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