chemical modification

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chemical
adjective
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/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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modification
noun
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/ˌmɒd.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmɑː.də.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a change to something, usually to ...
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(Definition ofchemicalandmodificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If a radiation-inducedchemicalmodificationcreates an unremovable methylation site, then an unintended imprint could be carried into a future organism.
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By protein engineering andchemicalmodificationone can separate these mis-ligation processes to allow one to find how contact formation depends on the sequence separation of the contact pair.
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This result could be attributed to the accumulation of by-products in the closed reaction tube and/or the decrease of active species by thechemicalmodificationof oligomers.
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The mix of ice and dust then aggregated into a comet without appreciablechemicalmodification.
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The high energy electrons of microplasmas accommodatechemicalmodificationand reformation of liquid hydrocarbon fuels to produce fuel for fuel cells.
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The buckled structure of silicene gives it the unique property of being able to tune the band gap of the material withoutchemicalmodification.
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Biocides are incorporated into an anti-fouling surface coating, typically physical adsorption or throughchemicalmodificationof the surface.
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Chemicalmodificationby esterification is also used to control solubility.
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Surface stability is higher inchemicalmodificationthan in physical adsorption.
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Although pure manganese spinel fades with cycling, this can be overcome withchemicalmodificationof the material.
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Theirchemicalmodificationpermits the integration of cellular attachment sites and a certain control over degradation rates.
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It is probably impossible to completely eliminate dimensional change in wood, but elimination of change in size may be approximated bychemicalmodification.
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To work their way out of the dilemma, they usedchemicalmodificationto tailor the materials they used.
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Labeling with organic fluorescent dyes requires purification,chemicalmodification, and intracellular injection of a host protein.
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This analog has achemicalmodificationat position 40 of the rapamycin ring.
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In spite of the vast amount of research onchemicalmodificationof wood, and, more specifically, on the acetylation of wood, commercialization did not come easily.
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Microwave heating in the laboratory began to gain wide acceptance following papers in 1986, although the use of microwave heating inchemicalmodificationcan be traced back to the 1950s.
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Epigeneticchemicalmodificationof the structural proteins in chromatin also alter the local chromatin structure, in particular chemical modifications of histone proteins by methylation and acetylation.
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Chemicalmodificationof surfaces provides the potential to precisely control the chemistry of the surface, and with the correct chemical modifications, there are several advantages to this approach.
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