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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polymerize.

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Examples

  • It also polymerizes the tissue, helping to maintain its texture, structure and color.

    Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008

  • He isolated the first enzyme, which polymerizes the DNA, known as DNA polymerase.

    Prof. Arthur Kornberg, Nobel laureate, died on Sunday, October 26, 2007 2007

  • While we can trace the evolution of many of the various parts, (by virture of their sequence and structural similarity to other known genes which function singly or in known simpler associations, such as the pore forming portion, the ATPase, the protein that polymerizes the subunits etc …), we do not know of an older structure that uses most of the parts together.

    A Nagging Question about MN 2005

  • It polymerizes in the presence of certain catalysts giving rise to polymers with excellent mechanical properties.

    Chapter 11 1994

  • One of the genes, mamK has been described as encoding a prokaryotic actin-like protein which when it polymerizes forms in the cytoplasm filamentous structures that provide the scaffold for magnetosome alignment.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010

  • One of the genes, mamK has been described as encoding a prokaryotic actin-like protein which when it polymerizes forms in the cytoplasm filamentous structures that provide the scaffold for magnetosome alignment.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010

  • One of the genes, mamK has been described as encoding a prokaryotic actin-like protein which when it polymerizes forms in the cytoplasm filamentous structures that provide the scaffold for magnetosome alignment.

    Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010

  • In vitro polymerization assays, as well as in vivo fluorescence imaging show that MamK-like polymerizes into long filaments, as previously shown for MamK.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010

  • This polymerizes the protein chains in the hydrogel and yields a liposome-hydrogel hybrid (d).

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • MamK is closely related to the MreB family: it has a nucleotide-binding site and polymerizes into filaments that assemble into bundles extending from one pole of the cell to the other.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010

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