amino acid
- Guideline or reference source
- HC-SC Glossary of terms
- Definition
- The building block of proteins. The messenger RNA tells the cell what amino acids are needed and what order they must be arranged in to build a particular protein. There are 20 different amino acids used in the human body.
- Narrower Term
- protein sequence
- Related Term
- protein sub-unit
- protein substance
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