Selenium

From The School of Biomedical Sciences Wiki
Revision as of 11:05, 27 November 2014 by 140098897 (talk | contribs) (Created page with " Selenium is the 34th element in the periodic table, with atomic mass of 78.96.<ref>Royal Society of Chemistry (2011), Selenium. http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/34...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

 Selenium is the 34th element in the periodic table, with atomic mass of 78.96.[1] It is the key element in selenocysteine (a cysteine amino acid where the sulphur atom is replaced by a selenium atom), an amino acid that occurs infrequently in proteins in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes


References

  1. ↑ Royal Society of Chemistry (2011), Selenium. http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/34/selenium Last accessed 27/11/2014
Retrieved from "https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki//index.php?title=Selenium&oldid=12366"