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Catabolism

Known as: degradation, breakdown, catabolic process 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances, including the breakdown of carbon compounds with the liberation of… 
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BiodegradationMetabolic BiotransformationMetabolism
Catabolic ProcessDisintegration (morphologic abnormality)

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Reliability of GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistors: State of the Art and Perspectives
Failure modes and mechanisms of AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors are reviewed. Data from three de-accelerated tests… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Miniaturized gas ionization sensors using carbon nanotubes
Gas sensors operate by a variety of fundamentally different mechanisms. Ionization sensors work by fingerprinting the ionization… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in activated sludge treatment works.
The release of endocrine-disrupting chemicals into the aquatic environment has raised the awareness of the central role played by… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A Topographic View of Supercooled Liquids and Glass Formation
Various static and dynamic phenomena displayed by glass-forming liquids, particularly those near the so-called "fragile" limit… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Electrical degradation and breakdown in polymers
The book is in five parts: Part I introduces the physical and chemical structure of polymers and their breakdown; Part II reviews… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Electrical breakdown in thin gate and tunneling oxides
The breakdown of thin oxides (7.9-32 nm) subjected to high-field current injection is investigated in this study. The physical… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Proposed role of ATP in protein breakdown: conjugation of protein with multiple chains of the polypeptide of ATP-dependent proteolysis.
The heat-stable polypeptide ATP-dependent proteolysis factor 1 (APF-1) of the reticulocyte proteolytic system forms covalent… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Early breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier in diabetes.
The blood-retinal barrier plays an important part in the processes of retinal pathophysiology. A new clinical method for the… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The theory of electrical conduction and breakdown in solid dielectrics
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
Hemoglobin catabolism. I. Glutathione peroxidase, an erythrocyte enzyme which protects hemoglobin from oxidative breakdown.
Although the exact mechanism of the conversion of hemoglobin into biliverdin in vivo is still in doubt, the most plausible route… 
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