biochemical mechanism
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biochemical
adjective
uk/ˌbaɪ.əʊˈkem.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌbaɪ.oʊˈkem.ɪ.kəl/
connected with the chemistry of ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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So the search was for some fundamentalbiochemicalmechanismwhich would allow an otherwise meaningless array of responses to be understood.
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Thebiochemicalmechanismfor this increase in photoreceptors is not understood.
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Thebiochemicalmechanismof imprinting is not fully understood.
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Secondly, nobiochemicalmechanismhas been demonstrated whereby fluoride at a concentration of one part per million is likely to cause cancer or to accelerate existing cancerous growth.
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Thebiochemicalmechanismthat determines product length is not fully characterized.
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Agonists were thought to turn on a "single" cellular response by binding to the receptor, thus initiating abiochemicalmechanismfor change within a cell.
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The slow block is through abiochemicalmechanismtriggered by a wave of calcium increase.
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The inter-relationship is complex and is not likely to be fully understood until the biochemical mechanisms involved have been fully elucidated.
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Because these two phases are distinct in their onset and intensity, their biochemical mechanisms are thought to be unique in nature (22;26).
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The forms described here say little about the molecular or biochemical mechanisms involved.
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The clock is abiochemicalmechanismthat oscillates with a period of exactly 24 hours when it receives daily corrective signals from the environment, primarily daylight and darkness.
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There are many oscillating phenomena in cellular biology, for which detailed biochemical mechanisms are currently not at hand.
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Perhaps the greatest deficiency for biomimetic robots, however, is their inability to mimic the biochemical mechanisms that are at the heart of physiological processes.
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The physiology and biochemical mechanisms of the excretory process are poorly understood.
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Her research is primarily concerned with elucidating the molecular andbiochemicalmechanismof the energy-storing reactions in photosynthetic organisms, especially the function of novel photopigments in oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria.
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Therefore, studies to delineate the biochemical mechanisms and pathways of nitrofen's actions were initiated.
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Data from previous studies indicate some of the neurophysiological and biochemical mechanisms which might be involved in the genotype.
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Here we report on biochemical mechanisms that confer desiccation tolerance.
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This study attempts to elucidate the nature of the adaptation of the visual systems of aquatic mammals, and to investigate the biochemical mechanisms of these changes.
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All papers assume familiarity with the basic biochemical mechanisms of action of the insecticides and of resistance to them and little concession is made to those without such knowledge.
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