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These molecules are lodged in intestinal cell membranes and shepherd urea from the blood into the gut where the microbes that contain urease are found.
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Matthew Regan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2022
Now When the researchers dipped the structure into a second bath of urea and calcium ions, the urease kicked off a chemical reaction that created calcium carbonate.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
The Sporosarcina pasteurii bacteria within the solution attached to the polymer lattice and started secreting an enzyme called urease.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
Further detective work published in 2014 in PNAS revealed that the culprit was a protein called urease.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2015
While Hinnebusch was working on urease, Lathem was examining another small genetic change that allowed the plague to defeat one of the body’s main defense mechanisms: blood clots.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2015
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Matthew Regan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2022
Now When the researchers dipped the structure into a second bath of urea and calcium ions, the urease kicked off a chemical reaction that created calcium carbonate.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
The Sporosarcina pasteurii bacteria within the solution attached to the polymer lattice and started secreting an enzyme called urease.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
Further detective work published in 2014 in PNAS revealed that the culprit was a protein called urease.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2015
While Hinnebusch was working on urease, Lathem was examining another small genetic change that allowed the plague to defeat one of the body’s main defense mechanisms: blood clots.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2015
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“Urease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urease. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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urease
noun
ure·ase
ˈyu̇r-ē-ˌās, -ˌāz 
: a crystallizable enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, is present in the alkaline fermentation of urine, and is produced by many bacteria and found in various seeds
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