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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
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Fundamentos de bases de datos
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
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Sequencing of 16S–23S spacer in a ribosomal RNA operon of Euglena gracilis chloroplast DNA reveals two tRNA genes
Chloroplasts of the unicellular flagellate eukaryote Euglena gracilis contain several copies of a circular 135–140-kilobase pair… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Nucleotide sequence homology at the 3' termini of RNA from vesicular stomatitis virus and its defective interfering particles.
Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and defective interfering (DI) particle RNAs were labeled at their 3' ends by using RNA ligase… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Ethidium bromide complexes with self-complementary deoxytetranucleotides. Demonstration and discussion of sequence preferences in the intercalative binding of ethidium bromide.
The binding of ethidium bromide to the self-complementary deoxytetranucleotides containing guanine and cytosine bases has been… 
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
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… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
The microbiology of built up poultry litter.
The numbers of viable bacteria in built up poultry litter were found to be 1010-1011/g fresh weight and appeared to be little…