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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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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Excited States of Free Base Phthalocyanine Studied by the SAC-CI Method
The SAC (symmetry adapted cluster)/SAC-CI method was used to calculate the ground and excited states of free base phthalocyanine… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The role of polyphosphoinositides and their breakdown products in A23187-induced release of arachidonic acid from rabbit polymorphonuclear leucocytes.
Stimulation of rabbit polymorphonuclear leucocytes with A23187 causes phospholipase C mediated breakdown of polyphosphoinositides… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Distribution of microtubules during the breakdown of the nuclear envelope of the Xenopus oocyte: an immunocytochemical study
Xenopus oocytes were stained by anti‐tubulin and anti‐MAP1 antibodies during the first meiotic cell division. In the prophase… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) selectively and rapidly stimulates phosphatidylinositol turnover in GH pituitary cells: a possible second step of TRH action.
TRH was found to rapidly influence 32PO4 incorporation into phospholipids of PRL-secreting GH pituitary cells. Analogs of TRH… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The roles of native milk proteinase and its zymogen during proteolysis in normal bovine milk
SUMMARY Proteolysis was measured quantitatively in normal bulk milk, either raw, pasteurized or heated (95 °C, 15 min). During… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Attempts toward biosynthesis of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone and studies on its breakdown in hypothalamic tissue preparations.
Attempts were made to study the reported biosynthesis of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH = pyroGlu-His-Pro-amide) by… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The adenylate kinase of human plasma, erythrocytes and platelets in relation to the degradation of adenosine diphosphate in plasma.
1. Adenylate kinase (EC 2.7.4.3) has been shown to be present in human plasma obtained by conventional means and the adenylate… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
The breakdown of self-incompatibility in cultivars of Brassica oleracea
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
The pathway of breakdown of 2:4-dichloro- and 4-chloro-2-methyl-phenoxyacetic acid by bacteria.
SUMMARY: The metabolism of 2:4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid by a strain of Flavobacterium… 
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
Dielectric Breakdown of Solids