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Secondary metabolism - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Avatar, Catabolism, Catalysis, Consubstantiation, Displacement, Metamorphism, Metamorphosis, Metastasis, Metathesis, Metempsychosis, Mutant, Mutation, Permutation, Reincarnation, Sport, Transfiguration, Transformation, Translation, Translocation, Transmigration |
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Secondary metabolism is a term for pathways and products of metabolism that are not absolutely required for the survival of the organism. Examples of the products include antibiotics and pigments.
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Example Usage of metabolism |
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EIForch: RT @FairFoodFight: RT @meredithmo: @tlaskawy says New research: High fructose corn syrup alters human metabolism, digestion http://bit.l ... |
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FairFoodFight: RT @meredithmo: @tlaskawy says New research: High fructose corn syrup alters human metabolism, digestion http://bit.ly/5JfG8o |
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AndrewRatcliffe: @Artythings They've got big bones. A thyroid problem? Slow metabolism? Nah...Guzzlers! |
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