Associations to the word «Cysteine»

Wiktionary

CYSTEINE, noun. (amino acid) A sulphur-containing nonessential amino acid C3H7NO2S found in most animal proteins; it readily oxidizes to cystine.

Dictionary definition

CYSTEINE, noun. An amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope