molecular switch

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molecular
adjective
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/məˈlek.jə.lər/us
/məˈlek.jə.lɚ/
relating to molecules (= the simplest units of a ...
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switch
noun
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/swɪtʃ/us
/swɪtʃ/
a small device, usually pushed up or down with your finger, that controls and turns on or off an ...
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(Definition ofmolecularandswitchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Could these changes in structural conformation act as amolecularswitchin telomerase function?
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Thus, the postsynaptic machinery acts as a nonlinearmolecularswitch, suppressing noise, but turning on suddenly when an event exceeds the threshold.
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This change in the conformation of the two switch motifs is what mediates the basic functionality as amolecularswitchprotein.
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An evolutionary capacitor is amolecularswitchmechanism that can toggle genetic variation between hidden and revealed states.
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Binding of calmodulin appears to act as amolecularswitchto enable electron flow from flavin prosthetic groups in the reductase domain to heme.
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Researchers have identified a mammalian gene that normally acts as amolecularswitchto block the regrowth of cochlear hair cells in adults.
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This change acts as amolecularswitchto activate a signal transduction mechanism within the cell.
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The rotational barrier for a push-pull olefin is lower than that of an ordinary olefin and this makes it an interesting candidate for amolecularswitchfor instance azobenzenes.
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The molecular component can be described as amolecularswitch, and may perform this function by any of several mechanisms, including charge storage, photochromism, or changes in capacitance.
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Controlling the position of the macrocycle allows the rotaxane to function asmolecularswitchwith each possible location of the macrocycle corresponding to a different state.
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Solvatochromism can in principle be used in sensors and in molecular electronics for construction of molecular switches.
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In addition, recent interest in photoisomerizable molecules has been aimed at molecular devices, such as molecular switches, molecular motors, and molecular electronics.
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Thus, photochromic units have been demonstrated as components of molecular switches.
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Currently synthetic molecular switches are of interest in the field of nanotechnology for application in molecular computers.
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Both processes are often applied in molecular switches and for photochromism (reversible state changes from exposure to light).
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He has demonstrated that these topologies can be employed as molecular switches and as motor-molecules.
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These interlocked molecules have potential uses as molecular sensors, actuators, amplifiers, and molecular switches, and can be controlled chemically, electrically, and optically.
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They act as molecular switches usually tethered to membranes by isoprenyl groups linked to their carboxyl ends.
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Alloproteins can be used as molecular switches for signal pathways, as photocrosslinkers, or as fluorescently labeled probes.
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Molecular switches are also important to in biology because many biological functions are based on it, for instance allosteric regulation and vision.
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