biological activity

collocation in English

meaningsofbiologicalandactivity

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biological
adjective
uk
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofbiologicalandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The striving to integrate and cohesively direct action is a basic form ofbiologicalactivity.
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Antibody isotype affectsbiologicalactivityof the antibodies and therefore should be considered in vaccination efforts.
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Thebiologicalactivityof a single dose of tamoxifen in the adult ovariectomized rat.
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However, when the same protein was expressed in bacteria it lost itsbiologicalactivity.
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A biochemical purification method requires the ability to followbiologicalactivityduring single purification steps.
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This new model was used to predict thebiologicalactivityof the removed agonist.
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Isolation andbiologicalactivityof the proteins released by sea urchin eggs following fertilization.
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The physical motions finally arrive at the site ofbiologicalactivity: the ion-permeating pore.
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Studies on thebiologicalactivityof this protein are currently in progress.
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Typically, an enterprise developing pharmaceuticals will screen a large number of extracts from different organisms forbiologicalactivity.
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In the tropics, temperature and moisture conditions are near the optimum forbiologicalactivitymost of the time.
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Thus, we conclude that the amino-terminal regions are not essential for thebiologicalactivityof asterosaps.
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Nowadays, studies ofbiologicalactivityof subsoil layers suppose that mostly bacteria populate deep terrestrial permafrost sediments.
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This can be evaluated using analytical methods that compare these fields with thebiologicalactivityof agonists.
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The site ofbiologicalactivitycan be confined within each subunit, or it can be located at the interface between subunits.
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Several other studies have found a strong correlation betweenbiologicalactivityand degree of soil disturbance and amount of surface residue7,22,24.
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The chaperonins have received the most attention, and the literature on thebiologicalactivityof these proteins has been reviewed in the next section.
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Further research is needed to improve our understanding of the relationship between the chemical features of the condensed tannins and theirbiologicalactivity.
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Coral reefs are in some ways paradoxical in that they are oases ofbiologicalactivitygrowing in seas of otherwise extreme low productivity.
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Wetted stream perimeter is also higher during the wet season when streamflow is higher, which would contribute to additionalbiologicalactivityin the stream.
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In order to explore these possibilities, identificationand characterization, both biochemically and in terms ofbiologicalactivity, of trypanosome components is needed.
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This will allow subsequent purification of this protein for determination of itsbiologicalactivity to be undertaken using a heat-treated extract as the source material.
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