WATER CHARACTERISTICS
type: Concept

PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS
type: Concept
change note: 2018-03-07 12:30:37.0 [tstevens] insert Definition (id: null text: Compounds of phosphorus that play a vital role in the metabolism of both plants and animals. The energy "currency" of all living things, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), is probably the best known organic phosphorus compound, but others are constituents of nervous tissue, cell membranes, and other tissues, as well as of many coenzymes. Phosphates also are key components of DNA and RNA, which carry genetic information in all organisms. language code: en);
change note: 2018-03-07 08:34:34.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS [f9f5cedd-9a0e-4058-87ff-c97df63fc326,310703] - WATER CHARACTERISTICS [f7e97dc3-1181-41b5-8b90-946eb2504110,310633]);
definition: Compounds of phosphorus that play a vital role in the metabolism of both plants and animals. The energy "currency" of all living things, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), is probably the best known organic phosphorus compound, but others are constituents of nervous tissue, cell membranes, and other tissues, as well as of many coenzymes. Phosphates also are key components of DNA and RNA, which carry genetic information in all organisms.
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