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- Carotene is also the precursor to vitamin A in animals. Although several ... ===Beta-carotene is a precursor to vitamin A in animals=== ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- On the other hand, HCN is a highly valuable precursor for the synthesis ... of life, in terms of being a possible precursor to amino acids and nucleic ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 13:19, 4 February 2023
- (an estrogen), among others. It also is a precursor in the conversion to cortisol ... ===Synthesis and role as precursor=== Progesterone, like all other ...17 KB (2,310 words) - 08:47, 28 June 2022
- , whose function is to cleave off an extra, or precursor, sequence of RNA on tRNA molecules, resulting in conversion of a precursor tRNA into the active ...13 KB (1,885 words) - 20:53, 16 April 2023
- interpreted the Middle Ages as the precursor of Renaissance and described ... than of rebirth and optimism, a precursor of Renaissance. ...10 KB (1,498 words) - 06:44, 5 April 2024
- insecticide, a flux in metallurgy, and a precursor for other boron compounds. ... * precursor for sodium perborate monohydrate that is used in detergents ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- components of cell membranes, as a precursor for the important neurotransmitter ... Choline is a precursor for synthesis of acetylcholine, which is a ...15 KB (2,128 words) - 23:57, 13 January 2023
- of one enantiomer from a racemic precursor molecule utilizing both enantiomers. ==Enantiopure medications== Advances in industrial chemical processes ...6 KB (731 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- properties. The isotope curium-242 is the precursor to plutonium-238, the most ... for long-term use. Curium-242 is the precursor to plutonium-238, which ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- In this regard, Kleist was a precursor to Romanticism. He had ... over the last two hundred years. He was a precursor of both modernism and postmodernism; ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 15:02, 26 October 2022
- and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party ... they helped found the Fabian Society, a precursor to the Labour Party. They ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- ==Precursor to the battle== After the Germans failed to achieve a quick victory in 1914, the war of movement soon bogged down into a stalemate ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:41, 26 September 2023
- subnot. in verba Juliani, praef) and the precursor of Nestorianism. The Council ... as a theologian, expositor, and a precursor of later exegetical principles. ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- | Precursor = Metanephric blastema (intermediate mesoderm) ... | Precursor = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = t_22 ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- Precursor = chordamesoderm | GivesRiseTo = nucleus pulposus | MeshName = Notochord | MeshNumber = A16.254.610 | DorlandsPre = n_10 | ...6 KB (850 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- unique type of glia, the oligodendrocyte precursor cells or OPCs, have very ... Only the resident oligodendrocyte precursor cells seem to keep this ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 07:55, 24 January 2023
- of "Negro History Week," the precursor of Black History Month ... The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- in the cell membranes of animals and serves as a precursor of important hormones and other substances. Cholesterol is the principal sterol in all vertebrate ...23 KB (3,346 words) - 17:16, 10 December 2023
- of their colony. This protest was to be a precursor to the much more violent ... html Phillis Wheatley: Precursor of American Abolitionism ...13 KB (1,993 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- phenylalanine in the human body, and is a precursor of such important chemical ... Tyrosine is also precursor to the thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodothyronine ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 00:41, 3 May 2023
- is converted into L-DOPA, the metabolic precursor of such other vitally important ... activity may be accounted for by the precursor role of L-phenylalanine ...15 KB (2,091 words) - 02:59, 24 November 2022
- in 1911. Some view him as a serial precursor, being ahead of many twentieth ... the idea that Satie had been a precursor of Debussy. At first Satie ...29 KB (4,725 words) - 19:27, 13 February 2024
- process to produce ethylbenzene, the precursor for styrene monomer. At present though, it is not widely used in any of these roles. ...7 KB (906 words) - 17:08, 10 December 2023
- the structure vary strongly between the precursor and the sintered product. ==Uses== Ferrite cores are used in electronic inductors, transformers ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- structural characteristic. It is a precursor to the neurotransmitter ... In addition, tryptophan functions as a biochemical precursor for the ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 18:31, 2 May 2023
- joining the Scripps-McRae Press Association, a precursor to the United Press International. Cooper’s journalist innovations quickly caught the attention ...7 KB (1,050 words) - 03:26, 6 October 2022
- Max Ernst and other surrealists saw him as a precursor of their movement. Along with other romantic painters like J. M. W. Turner and John Constable ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 14:22, 29 November 2023
- use as the source of salicylic acid, the precursor to aspirin. ... because they contain salicylic acid, the precursor to aspirin. ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 21:53, 25 November 2022
- The xylophone is a precursor to the vibraphone, which was developed in the 1920s. ==Early appearances in orchestral scores== Ferdinand Kauer ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- style of the King James Bible, was the major precursor for many modern poets writing free verse, though they were often reluctant to acknowledge his ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- Islamic civilizations, the bazaar is the precursor for the modern day shopping ... still further. General stores were the precursor of modern convenience stores ...16 KB (2,486 words) - 08:16, 4 August 2022
- In botany, a seed plant embryo is part of a seed, consisting of precursor tissues for the leaves, stem, and root. Once the embryo begins to germinate—grow ...8 KB (1,283 words) - 18:00, 13 February 2024
- of Wealth (1831) can thus be regarded as a precursor of the English Historical School of economists such as Walter Bagehot and the Institutionalist ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- James Reese Europe (1881-1991) was another important precursor to the formulation of Ragtime and Jazz. His Harlem Hellfighters Band and Clef ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- a major public success and became "a precursor to the hold van Gogh has ... Precursor to the current hold of van Gogh in public imagination. Bernice ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- during development (Browder 1996). The muscle precursor cells do not start to manufacture large quantities of muscle–specific proteins until days ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- Raucher, Laura. "American Ballet Caravan was a precursor company to New York City Ballet…After the war, Balanchine and Kirstein founded ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- Precursor = neural crest mesenchyme and third and fourth pharyngeal pouch endoderm | System = | Artery = superior thyroid artery ...10 KB (1,360 words) - 07:55, 18 November 2022
- trade across Panama were an early precursor to the development of the Panama Canal. He remains famous for his idea of the Darien Scheme, the Scottish ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- Precursor = neural and oral ectoderm, including Rathke's pouch | System = | Artery = superior hypophyseal artery, infundibular artery, prechiasmal ...11 KB (1,456 words) - 06:20, 24 November 2022
- novels', a genre seen nowadays as the precursor to detective fiction and suspense fiction. He also wrote penetratingly on the plight of women and ...9 KB (1,258 words) - 12:01, 5 May 2023
- with electric guitar distortion effects, the precursor of the "fuzz" tone now a standard feature for nearly all rock guitarists. ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- they are used as indicators of protoliths (precursor rocks). The oldest minerals found so far are zircons from Jack Hills in the Narryer Gneiss ...9 KB (1,181 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- component (contains maturing ribosomal precursor particles) (Alberts et ... Transcription of the ribosomal gene yields a long precursor molecule ...21 KB (3,018 words) - 00:41, 17 November 2022
- the larger Unified Silla Kingdom that was the precursor to the later Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty Joseon Dynasties. Seongdeok's reign is recorded ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 02:52, 30 September 2022
- its extended violin solos was a precursor to his five violin concerti), the Gran Partita for 13 Wind Insturments (K. 361) and the wind Serenades ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- Precursor = | System = | Artery = middle meningeal artery, meningeal branches of the ascending pharyngeal artery, accessory meningeal ...12 KB (1,800 words) - 10:31, 10 March 2023
- notably Lake Agassiz, the Pleistocene precursor to Lake Winnipeg and the ... Agassiz's death, but is considered a precursor of the Marine Biological ...18 KB (2,730 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- As a precursor of Austrian economic theory, Cantillon was the first ... a circular flow diagram. His work was a precursor to national income accounting ...20 KB (3,098 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- of it via the Arab world. Thus he served as a precursor for the reconciliation of science and religion through his call for academic development and ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 02:30, 16 December 2022
- which he termed "gluts" was a precursor to later theories about ... creates its own demand, his theory was a precursor to later theories about ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 15:46, 6 February 2024
- Ancient Near East. The Samarran Culture was the precursor to the Mesopotamian culture of the Ubaid period. The city of Sur-marrati--re-founded ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- Today phosphorus production is larger than ever, used as a precursor ... Drug Enforcement Administration as List I precursor chemicals under 21 CFR ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- device. They patented, in 1885, a precursor of the modern petrol engine ... engines, which is often considered the precursor of all modern petrol engines ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 12:13, 24 January 2023
- Neoclassicism, while others view him as a precursor of Symbolism and Surrealism ... (1930). His work can also be seen as a precursor to all forms of Surrealism. ...19 KB (3,002 words) - 13:41, 8 February 2022
- Precursor = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = c_47 | DorlandsSuf = 12249855 | }} The colon is the longest portion of the large intestine ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 22:38, 7 January 2024
- Cholesterol is an important precursor of the steroid hormones. Steroid hormones are steroids that act as hormones. Mammalian steroid hormones ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 20:04, 9 February 2023
- borate, B(OCH3)3, which is used as a precursor to boronic esters. == Effects on living organisms == Boron is an essential micronutrient for plant ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- James Reese Europe (1881-1991) was another important precursor to ... the piano and sometimes the banjo. As a precursor to jazz, ragtime was used ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- It has been suggested that the Siren is actually the precursor for the Northern European mermaids, half-women and half-fish creatures that lured ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- #039;s work can be understood as an important precursor of twentieth century theories of matriarchy that still echo today, such as the Old European ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- thumb|right|400px|A shofar, ancient Hebrew precursor to the modern bugle]] [[Image:Naval Militia Bugler NGM-v31-p346.jpg|thumb|300px|American ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- derived from the weathering and erosion of precursor rocks and consist primarily of fragmental material. Clastic rocks are classified according to their ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- American musical style recognized as a precursor to jazz. Joplin is considered ... Ragtime is also recognized as a precursor to jazz, with such as pianist ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- cafestol, kahweol, cembrene, and taxadiene (precursor of taxol). Diterpenes also form the basis for biologically important compounds such as retinol, ...11 KB (1,643 words) - 14:57, 30 April 2023
- converted to vinyl chloride, the monomer precursor to the plastic known as ... to ethylene glycol. It is also a precursor to vinyl acetate. ...26 KB (3,781 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, whose work may be considered a philosophical precursor to existentialism, often expressed a similar concern in his novels ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 10:44, 30 October 2021
- Strauss. In addition, the operetta is the precursor of modern musical theater. ... Operetta is a precursor of the modern musical comedy. At the same ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- Stylistically, the precursor to bard songs were Russian "city romances" which touched upon common life and were popular throughout ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- of the National Civil Liberties Bureau (the precursor of the American Civil Liberties Union) and The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. He was ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- tested are attempting to introduce cartilage-precursor cells that will differentiate into chondrocytes in the affected area. Such treatments are still ...12 KB (1,668 words) - 00:43, 29 November 2023
- aminolevulinic acid, the key precursor to porphyrins, is biosynthesized from glycine and succinoyl coenzyme A. Glycine provides the central ...10 KB (1,540 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- and dhyana. In Buddhism, it is considered a precursor for enlightenment. At this level of consciousness, the mind is said to become still in one ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 02:04, 23 December 2022
- is a variety that forms from a sodium silicate precursor in highly alkaline lakes such as Lake Magadi in Kenya. Other lesser used terms for chert ...10 KB (1,548 words) - 14:54, 5 December 2023
- Mehrgarh had been a precursor to the Indus Valley Civilization. "Discoveries at Mehrgarh changed the entire concept of the Indus civilization ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- squads and a team from the NBL, the NBA's precursor. The crowds were getting bigger and by 1948 Saperstein was boasting that his team had won more ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 04:45, 14 June 2023
- ===Precursor in plutonium-238 production=== The isotope 237Np can be irradiated with neutrons to create 238Pu, a rare plutonium isotope useful ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- solid has not been isolated. It is a common precursor to other rhenium compounds, some of have applications in the petrochemical and fine chemical ...10 KB (1,384 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- In literary criticism it would provide an important precursor to the development of both Structuralism and Post-structuralism. === Defamiliarization ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 14:07, 8 June 2020
- a controversial role in politics as a precursor of the fascist movement ... D'Annunzio is often seen as a precursor of the ideals and techniques ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- foremost poet of the 1820s, and was an important precursor to Alexander Pushkin. Avdotia professed her disdain for Peter the Great because of his treatment ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 07:38, 12 March 2024
- the steroid, 7-dehydrocholesterol, the precursor of vitamin D. Prior to the fortification of milk products with vitamin D, rickets was a major ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 18:53, 11 August 2022
- century Classicism, as well as a major precursor and inspiration to the style of Romanticism. Gray was one of the most studious and fastidious ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 21:15, 30 April 2023
- The precursor of the NLM was the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. The Library of the Surgeon General's Office, later called ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- was Pope Alexander VI. He is sometimes seen as a precursor of Martin Luther, though he remained a devout and pious Roman Catholic his whole life. ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 15:15, 15 December 2022
- with the dance form known as the quadrille—a precursor of the square dance—and began to compose quadrilles himself, becoming largely responsible ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 14:55, 1 August 2022
- , multiple reaction monitoring (MRM), and precursor ion scan. In SRM, the first ... elucidation in mass spectrometry, called precursor ion fingerprinting identifies ...44 KB (6,414 words) - 16:19, 7 November 2022
- calamities. All of this is but a precursor to more disasters, temptations, and finally the Second Coming of Christ. ==Interpretations== ...13 KB (2,133 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- and a less specialized diet, became the precursor of an entire line of new species, whereas Paranthropus boisei and its robust australopithecine ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 12:08, 2 February 2024
- and is considered the counterpart, or the precursor, of what is now called natural science, especially physics. Naturphilosophie, a German philosophical ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- steroids is efficiently sulfated. DHEA is a precursor steroid that can be converted to estrogens (estradiol) and androgens, such as testosterone and dihydrotestosterone ...11 KB (1,614 words) - 00:20, 19 March 2022
- reduces very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), a precursor of low density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad" cholesterol, secretion from the liver, and ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 09:41, 11 March 2023
- plays in Russia. This play was an important precursor to many of the finest modern satires, including the stories of Nikolai Gogol and his Dead Souls ...11 KB (1,699 words) - 13:49, 18 July 2023
- types of granite were formed by the melting of precursor rock called the protolith. Later, "M-type" (mantle-derived) granite was proposed ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- and the multiplier, made him an important precursor of Keynes. ... and the multiplier, made him an important precursor of Keynes. ...27 KB (4,103 words) - 17:22, 29 September 2023
- battle seen by John of Patmos as the precursor to the descent of the New Jerusalem and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Known as Armageddon, ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- of "Negro History Week," the precursor of Black History Month ... of "Negro History Week," the precursor of Black History Month ...27 KB (3,964 words) - 00:40, 29 November 2023
- good treatment and saw this as a precursor to the Ottoman sultan& ... professed to be the returned Elijah, the precursor of the Messiah. In 1665 ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:16, 26 January 2023
- drugs, where 5-HTP, a Serotonin precursor often used as an antidepressant, is often used prior to, during, and shortly after recreational use ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 01:57, 27 February 2023
- Russian Civil War, also working in the Cheka, precursor to the KGB, as a translator for the counter-intelligence service. He served the party in a number ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
