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  • adverb In a processive manner; progressively

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  • Nishikawa S, Homma K, Komori Y, Iwaki M, Wazawa T, et al. (2002) Class VI myosin moves processively along actin filaments backward with large steps.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shenping Wu et al. 2010

  • We assume that PKA phosphorylates PLC processively on multiple phosphorylation sites and set a Hill coefficient of four to describe their interaction.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • This novel dimeric motor mechanism differs from that of dimeric motors such as kinesin and dimeric helicases that processively translocate unidirectionally and reflects the unique challenges faced by motors that move nucleosomes. can view articles published from 1997 to the current issue.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Lisa R. Racki 2009

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