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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
unzip .
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Examples
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Helicase enzymes are best known for "unzipping" DNA for replication, but have many other functions for DNA repair and maintenance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By 'unzipping' the DNA you end up with a track that can be used rather like the teeth in a clockwork mechanism.
Impact Lab 2010
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By 'unzipping' the DNA, one is left with one side of the strand whose rungs can then be paired up with matching rungs.
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Helicase enzymes are best known for "unzipping" DNA for replication, but have many other functions for DNA repair and maintenance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Brazil, and Yayoi Kusama from Japan; some who physically deconstructed the elements of a painting, as when Richard Tuttle pinned irregularly-shaped sections of canvas to the gallery wall or Karen Carson "unzipping" her canvases in the 1970s; and still others who blatantly mocked the "mandatory" components of a painting.
Art Knowledge News Scott Wild 2010
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Helicase enzymes are best known for "unzipping" DNA for replication, but have many other functions for DNA repair and maintenance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By "unzipping" carbon nanotubes, researchers can make graphene ribbons.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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A Cornell research team's experiments involve the "unzipping" of single DNA molecules.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Greasy beans 'disappearance from the collective Appalachian larder results not from any shortcomings in their flavor, but a pervasive preference for beans that don't require "unzipping," in mountain parlance.
Slashfood 2009
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(PhysOrg. com) -- By "unzipping" carbon nanotubes, researchers have shown how to make flat graphene ribbons.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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