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biochemical pathways

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  1. In biology, the long chains of chemical reactions that take place in the normal operation of living systems.


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While both drugs target the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase enzyme to prevent viral replication, they do so through entirely different biochemical pathways.

From Barron's

Although scientists have studied how these factors affect growth, most research has focused on individual nutrients or specific biochemical pathways.

From Science Daily

This study sheds light on evolution in two ways: we can see how biochemical pathways common to two entirely separate kingdoms of life, plants and animals, have been largely conserved through our long history apart.

From Salon

A study published last month in Nature Plants describes shared biochemical pathways involved in vitamin B6 levels that link human neurological health and plant immunity in ways that may teach us how plant immunity works — and how to better treat neurological conditions, like epilepsy, in humans.

From Salon

Coviello says that with such long and intricate biochemical pathways, there’s potential in new medications that incorporate more than one receptor agonist.

From Salon