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adenosine triphosphate

noun

  1. the full name of ATP 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adenosine triphosphate

/ trī-fŏsfāt′ /

  1. See ATP
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Example Sentences

This leads to more production of adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that stores and transfers energy in the cells.

In the field of cancer immunotherapy, it has long been known that T cells are not able to create their cellular energy, called adenosine triphosphate or ATP, when they are inside of a solid tumor.

This prompts the cell to generate ATP, or adenosine triphosphate: the basic source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level.

This translated into rhythms of energy through rise and fall of production of adenosine triphosphate or ATP, the body's cellular source of energy.

As a result, the T cells are forced to switch to alternative metabolic pathways, mainly aerobic glycolysis, to meet their bioenergetic demand in the form of adenosine triphosphate.

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