unknown mechanism

collocation in English

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unknown
adjective
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/ʌnˈnəʊn/us
/ʌnˈnoʊn/
not known ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
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/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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As a result of these modifications, spermatozoa become hyperactive and acrosomally responsive by anunknownmechanism.
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Calcium might be chelated by the oviductal explants via calcium binding protein(s) or by some other yetunknownmechanism.
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Retrograded menses enter the peritoneal cavity and, by someunknownmechanism, reside and survive.
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These mutations disrupt cellular functions and lead to a neurodevelopmental disorder through anunknownmechanism.
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It works by anunknownmechanismin this disorder.
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Anunknownmechanismin plants may use titanium to stimulate the production of carbohydrates and encourage growth.
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Through anunknownmechanism, both heads share a single consciousness.
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This constitutively expressed protein recognizes the capsid proteins of entering retroviruses and prevents viral uncoating and reverse transcription through anunknownmechanism.
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However, the thyronamines function via someunknownmechanismto inhibit neuronal activity; this plays an important role in the hibernation cycles of mammals and the moulting behaviour of birds.
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Via an as yetunknownmechanism, lysosomal cystine appears to amplify and alter apoptosis in such a way that cells die inappropriately, leading to loss of renal epithelial cells.
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It is possible that growth factors and steroid hormones or gonadotropins regulating oocyte maturation through some known and unknown mechanisms individually or together.
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As they arrive and begin to explore what appears to be an enclosure generator, it is shut down by anunknownmechanismand the barrier around the star disappears.
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By anunknownmechanism, which appears to be linked to genetics and metabolism, some of the silica is then laid down in the plant as silicon dioxide.
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Endocytosed proteins are transported out of this compartment into the cytoplasm by unknown mechanisms.
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