The phrase "activate against" is correct and usable in written English.
You may use it to describe taking some kind of action in opposition to something. For example, "He decided to activate against the corrupt politicians in his town."
Different sets of genes have been identified that activate against various abiotic stresses, including heat, flood, drought, cold, and intense light (Kreps et al. 2002; Seki et al. 2002; Rizhsky et al. 2004).
This weekend there will be an event with lots of buzz, a sellout crowd, fans from all over the world tuning in, passionate supporters of the athletes buying up thousands of dollars in merchandise and brands looking to engage a core base of loyalists who spend money to support and activate against their brands.
In addition to poisoning the discourse with obvious fakery and lies with only scattered off-air glances behind the crazy curtain, he's able to convince millions of his listeners and viewers every day to activate against their own best interests, while arming them with embarrassingly misleading and outright false information.
12 Thus, monoclonal antibodies that bind CTLA-4 were developed as anticancer therapies under the theory that through blockade of the CTLA-4-mediated inhibitory signal, the activity of T-cells may be activated against tumor antigens and their activity harnessed for treatment of cancer.
If the immune organs could be activated against a cancer, we might find a pathway through the jungle and, maybe, to a cure.
The mother's immune system has been previously activated against the Rh antigen; this usually is the result of exposure to fetal cells during the birth of an earlier Rh-positive baby or a transfusion of Rh-positive blood.
For example, the rules of engagement and how and why they were broken: At the time, peace talks were under way, and the rules forbade bombings across the border in North Vietnam itself unless, as the Caseys put it, American planes were either (1) fired at or (2) activated against by enemy radar.
"I think the thing to see will be the extent to which Nike activates against the relationship because to sign her is one thing, but then to really take advantage of the relationship — have her in the advertising campaigns or other programs around her — is really going to be the test," Ackerman said.
Although the disapproval will almost certainly not lead to the new rules being undone, it is a powerful statement of solidarity with a constituency activated against this deeply unpopular order.
They will, however, find many departures from Heidegger on Nietzsche's philosophical significance (see Derrida 1979 [1978]), and many instances where Nietzsche's ideas are critically activated against Heidegger and his self-presentation.
Released HSPs may then stimulate the immune system to become activated against the host associated antigens presented by paraptotic cells.
