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  • adverb In an ectopic manner

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Examples

  • Thus even as a communion of churches, they exist as church "ectopically" as it were: authentic, and properly parts of the Church, but deficient by maintaining distance from an indispensable principle of communion, namely Rome.

    Ever ancient, ever new...arguments: Part II Mike L 2007

  • Thus even as a communion of churches, they exist as church "ectopically" as it were: authentic, and properly parts of the Church, but deficient by maintaining distance from an indispensable principle of communion, namely Rome.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Mike L 2007

  • HoxD12 is expressed at the boundary of the ceca/colon, and mice that ectopically express HoxD12 fail to show budding of the cecum.

    Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • To test if TaVRN2 can act as a flowering repressor in species different from the temperate cereals, the gene was ectopically expressed in the model plant

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amadou Diallo et al. 2010

  • Consistent with results from a recent study of PINK1's topology when it is ectopically expressed

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Derek P. Narendra et al. 2010

  • One of many down-stream MYCN targets is miR-184, which is either directly or indirectly repressed by this transcription factor, possibly due to its pro-apoptotic effects when ectopically over-expressed in neuroblastoma cells.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Niamh Foley 2010

  • Experimental teratocarcinomas may also be derived from ectopically transplanted embryos

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Outi Hovatta et al. 2010

  • To test if TaVRN2 can act as a flowering repressor in species different from the temperate cereals, the gene was ectopically expressed in the model plant

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amadou Diallo et al. 2010

  • Furthermore, organ-selectivity is maintained in ectopically grafted tissues.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ara Parlakian et al. 2010

  • One of many down-stream MYCN targets is miR-184, which is either directly or indirectly repressed by this transcription factor, possibly due to its pro-apoptotic effects when ectopically over-expressed in neuroblastoma cells.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Niamh Foley 2010

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