Through a meticulous series of experiments, Tang homed in on one nutrient, a fatty acid called myristic acid, whose abundance, it turns out, worms can «monitor» using an enzyme
called acyl - CoA synthase 4 (ACS - 4).
Not exact matches
A spike at C - 8 indicates something
called medium - chain
acyl - CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, which mercifully can be shortened to the acronym MCADD.
Once bound to amino acids, the tRNAs (also
called amino -
acyl tRNAs) will seek out ribosomes.
A week after her birth, I learned I would have a harder path ahead than I had expected: The doctors told me that my daughter was born with a rare genetic condition
called medium chain
acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.