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SELF-REPLICATING [2 records]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Reproducing itself autonomously.

CONT

They won't be self-replicating machines, but they will be close.

CONT

DNA is a self-replicating molecule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

reproductrice : Qui se reproduit elle-même (Vient du vocabulaire de la biologie).

OBS

reproducteur : qui sert à la reproduction. Cellules reproductrices, organes reproducteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
CONT

Con anterioridad se había especulado con la posibilidad de que este ácido nucleico fuese la primera molécula autorreplicativa, pero nadie había podido demostrar cómo podría hacerlo, eficazmente, sin el concurso de enzimas.

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Record 2 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
CONT

On page 525 of this issue, David Lee and colleagues describe what appears to be the first case of a self-replicating peptide, a result that may prove to be either a mere chemical curiosity, or seminal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Se dit d'un système de réplication d'acides nucléiques en l'absence d'enzymes.

CONT

Parallèlement, des chimistes allemands de l'Université de Fribourg ont développé un autre système autoréplicatif.

Spanish

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