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Base

Known as: alkalinity, bases, Basic 
In chemistry, a substance that can accept hydrogen ions in water and can neutralize an acid. Bases feel soapy or slippery on the skin and they can… 
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AlkaliesBronsted baseLewis Basesnonmetal alkali
Chemical acidity/alkalinity

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Indicators and Reagents

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Self‐organization processes of InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
In0.5Ga0.5As/GaAs (001) quantum dots (QDs) were grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on exactly (001) oriented… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Microplate hybridization of amplified viral DNA segment
We have developed a simple hybridization method for a DNA segment which is amplified by the polymerase chain reaction: after heat… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Evidence for a role for cellular alkalinization in the cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-mediated initiation of motility in bovine caput spermatozoa.
Bicarbonate ion, the local anesthetics procaine and dibucaine, and the ionophores monensin and nigericin have been shown to… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Geochemistry of Interstitial Waters and Sediments, Leg 64, Gulf of California
Studies of interstitial waters obtained from DSDP Leg 64 drill sites in the Gulf of California have revealed information both on… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Primary sequence of the 5' flanking regions of the Drosophila heat shock genes in chromosome subdivision 67B.
The 5' flanking regions of the four small heat shock genes of Drosophila melanogaster from cytological locus 67B have been… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Antiviral activity of aliphatic nucleoside analogues: structure-function relationship.
Of a series of 58 aliphatic nucleoside analogues, (S)-9-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)adenine [(S)-DHPA] proved to be the most active… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Comparative orientation of the fluorene residue in native DNA modified by N-acetoxy-N-2-acetylaminofluorene and two 7-halogeno derivatives.
Native calf thymus DNA was reacted with N-acetoxy-N-2-acetylaminofluorene (N-AcO-AAF) and its 7-fluoro and 7-iodo derivatives… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Translation of mRNA from rat-liver polysomes into tyrosine aminotransferase and tryptophan oxygenase in a protein-synthesizing system from wheat germ. Effects of cortisol on the translatable levels…
Messenger RNA was isolated from rat liver polysomes by phenol/chloroform extraction and subsequent oligo(dT)-cellulose… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Predictability of blood levels of gentamicin in man.
Data from 42 patients were analyzed to determine the predictability of the peak serum level and the t1/2 of gentamicin on the… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Structural bases for function in cytochromes c. An interpretation of comparative x-ray and biochemical data.
Abstract The tertiary structures of the photosynthetic cytochrome c2 of Rhodospirillum rubrum and eucaryotic mitochondrial…