0 a type of molecule (= the simplest unit of a chemical substance) that is involved in the processes that keep an organism alive: --
Biomolecules are too small to see in detail even with the most advanced light microscopes.
When using biosensors, polymers such as polyethylene glycols or dextrans are applied onto the layer system, and on these recognition elements for biomolecules are immobilized.
It offers very high chromatographic resolution, but requires chemical derivatization for many biomolecules: only volatile chemicals can be analysed without derivatization.
It has applications in basic research in proteomics and quantitative analysis of biomolecules as well as in clinical medicine.
Among the vast number of different biomolecules, many are complex and large molecules (called polymers), which are composed of similar repeating subunits (called monomers).
In a dot blot the biomolecules to be detected are not first separated by electrophoresis.
A chaotrope denatures biomolecules by disrupting the shell of hydration around them.
Consumed with food, some biomolecules (e.g., essential amino acids) become building material for the human cells.
