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mimic

1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie. (Dryden)

2. (Science: biology) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.

Synonym: To ape, imitate, counterfeit, mock.

Origin: Mimicked; Mimicking.


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Protein phosphorylation

My question is regarding mimicing of protein phosphorylation. Changing a serine (Ser) amino acid residue to aspartic acid (Asp) or glutamic acid (Glu) supposedly mimics a phosphorylated serine. 1. How much is it mimicing, can I accept ...

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by kk
Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:37 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Protein phosphorylation
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Do you think that robots could one day be living organisms?

Robots can reproduce, they are called assembly lines. We can program a robot to do just about anything we can mimic with basic motor skills or representation of data, such as show emotion (program facial expressions), play soccer (program ball tactics) or fight wars (program heat ...

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by Jesse2504
Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:09 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you think that robots could one day be living organisms?
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Views: 119

Re: Bird-Dinosaur News

... the cell itself, as well as the enzymes which make the proteins for the enzymes--how did that happen?????? 2)Man does not have the capability to mimic such a result as life, though he has tried. It seems to me that if life was so possible to produce from molecules simply bonding together, then ...

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by AFJ
Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:33 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bird-Dinosaur News
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Views: 1047

Question about Mimicry evolution?

... to look like a an organism with an antipredator defense. The trend continues as more and more organisms in the species exhibit this harmless mimic. (Batesian mimicry) An organism with a bad taste evolves to look like an organism that stings. (Mullerian mimicry) What can be said about this? ...

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by rinnie
Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:29 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question about Mimicry evolution?
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Views: 1014

Synthetic Body Organs

To be as real as possible you need to mimic the physical properties first because looking at the chemical. The chemical depends on the application of the physical object. You don't need to waste budget fixing things in your experiment that don't ...

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by daniel.kurz
Tue May 27, 2008 1:15 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Synthetic Body Organs
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