Meddle with a campus's schedule, they say, and you are meddling with its basic metabolism.

Kelgians are very close to Earth-humans in both basic metabolism and temperament.

It affects basic metabolism, including how the body handles cholesterol and glucose, and thus may affect the future risk of serious illness.

"It suggests that your own basic metabolism generates molecules that can damage proteins, DNA and fats, and that's the cause of aging."

This can be achieved by experimental and computational analysis of the biochemical pathways needed to carry out basic metabolism and reproduction.

The variety of reactions that can be catalyzed by RNA suggest that it once could have handled the reactions necessary for a basic metabolism.

RNA alone passed on genetic information and catalyzed the reactions of basic metabolism; DNA and proteins were not in the picture.

At this point, the player moves from questions of basic metabolism to social dynamics: Is your tribe a band of warriors or a peace-loving commune?

The being we examined was a warm-blooded oxygen breather with the type of basic metabolism associated with that physiological grouping.

As nearly as I can tell," The Doctor said, "their basic metabolism is intertwined with their psionic capacity to an unprecedented degree.