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Alphabetical index

Collagen Collagen is a fibrillar protein that is composed of three ...	Colon The colon is part of the digestive system. Function of the ...
Complex sugar Polysaccharide.	Conformation The conformation of an object is its structure and shape. A ...
Convergent evolution Convergent evolution is a curious feature of evolution which ...	Cryptochrome A crypotchrome is a blue light receptor in plants and ...
Cysteine Cysteine (Cys, C) is one of the 22 amino acids present in ...	Cytidine Cytidine is a nucleoside belonging to the pyrimidine family ...
Cytochrome A cytochrome is a coloured protein (chromoprotein) bound to ...	Cytokinesis Cytokinesis is the final phase of cell division (a parent ...
Cytology Cytology is the part of biology which studies all aspects of ...	Cytoplasm The cytoplasm is the cell compartment bordered by the plasma ...
Cytoskeleton The cytoskeleton is the skeleton of the cell. Structure of ...	Cytosol The cytosol is the liquid fraction of the cytoplasm obtained ...
Cytostatic This refers to substances which can block the synthesis, ...	Cytotoxic The term cytotoxic refers to substances harmful to cells ...
Dark background microscope The dark background microscope is a light microscope used to ...	Defensin Defensin is a protein produced by vertebrates and ...
Denaturation (of DNA). Denaturation is a process involving separating the ...	Dendrite A dendrite is a filamentous extension of a neurone used to ...