0 something that happens or exists before something else and influences its development -- öncü, haberci, müjdeci
During lignification, phenyl rings of lignin precursors align to the cellulose molecule surfaces in a controlled and ordered process.
A set of precursors to cluster acquisition was thereby identified and shown to be recursive.
Understanding the ratio of precursor types in the population might be useful therapeutically.
These particles were prepared from molecular precursors combined with a surface modification agent either by a photolytic or a thermal nucleation and growth step.
Proliferation of granule cell precursors in the dentate gyrus of adult monkeys is diminished by stress.
Multiple proteases may also be involved in the degradation of the many protein precursors found in the developing seed.
This was the precursor to a remarkable series of events.
This board would be the precursor to the local advisory boards that would later play a key role in managing the public grasslands.