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COVALENT

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characterized by covalenceplay

Example:

covalent bond

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

covalence (valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share)

Derivation:

covalence; covalency (valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share)

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 Context examples: 

Plasminogen Activator Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding through intermolecular physical forces of attraction with heterogeneous group of widely expressed lysosomal and secreted serine proteases having fibrin-binding activity that convert plasminogen to fibrinolytic plasmin.

(Plasminogen Activator Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)

A covalent conjugate of recombinant interferon alpha and polyethylene glycol (PEG), used as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent.

(Pegylated Interferon Alfa, NCI Thesaurus)

A covalent conjugate of recombinant interferon alfa, subtype 2a, and polyethylene glycol (PEG), used as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent.

(Peginterferon alfa-2a, NCI Thesaurus)

Orlistat forms a covalent bond with the active serine site in gastric and pancreatic lipases, thereby inhibiting their activity and preventing dietary fat from being hydrolyzed and absorbed.

(Orlistat, NCI Thesaurus)

A process that involves the non-covalent binding of parathyroid hormone to one of the parathyroid hormone receptors.

(Parathyroid Hormone Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

BAY 56-3722 stabilizes the topoisomerase I-DNA covalent complex and forms an enzyme-drug-DNA ternary complex.

(BAY 56-3722, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunoglobulin-like neuronal surface glycoprotein which binds to a variety of other cell adhesion proteins to mediate adhesion, guidance, and differentiation during neuronal growth; may contain covalent phospholipid.

(CD56 Antigen, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Acetate salt of Ametantrone, a topoisomerase II inhibitor of the anthrapyrazole family that causes covalent cross-links in DNA.

(Ametantrone Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

After internalization and proteolytic cleavage, SN-38 selectively stabilizes topoisomerase I-DNA covalent complexes, resulting in DNA breaks that inhibit DNA replication and trigger apoptosis.

(Anti-TROP-2 Antibody-Drug Conjugate IMMU-132, NCI Thesaurus)

A topoisomerase II inhibitor of the anthrapyrazole family that causes covalent cross-links in DNA of tumor cells.

(Ametantrone, NCI Thesaurus)




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