Sentence examples for ancient property from inspiring English sources

The ability to transport a wide range of toxicants is probably a primary, ancient property of P-glycoproteins that is conserved for Abcb4 in fish.

Most of these functions depend on the ancient property of the classical ubiquitin-like 5-stranded version to mediate protein-protein interactions, particularly in relation to the assembly or stabilization of complexes.

The dyad symmetry of PARCEL coding sequences could reflect an ancient property (possibly diminished over time by sequence divergence) that was instrumental in their original introduction into assorted ORFs.

Gene methylation is an ancient property of eukaryotic genomes [ 22] and is a source of epigenetic information, by providing instructions on how, where, and when the genetic information should be transcribed [ 23].

In New Orleans in November they overwhelmingly approved the abolition of the ancient property-tax system, in which seven neighbourhood assessors would routinely undervalue the properties of their friends.

But ancient properties are money pits, and to keep it he needed to make it pay, so he has created a three-storey suite brimming with atmosphere.

In ancient Rome, property owners were responsible for cleaning the streets fronting their property.

Scientists and curators have generally supported the laws passed in recent decades giving countries ownership of ancient "cultural property" discovered within their borders.

'In a matter of days,' he said, commenting on the slideshows of bulldozers demolishing ancient cultural property, 'the whole city was razed to the ground.' No one complained.

The owners of Trabuxu wine bar and bistro have converted an ancient residential property into apartments that vary in theme from SoHo Loft to Roman Dolce Vita to, bizarrely, neolithic.

Between the rows of terracotta pots and assorted amphorae that are packed into the forum's granary in the manner of an ancient lost property office, a figure crouches in palpable despair, its hands raised in a bid to cover its face.