These mutations in tcdC have been proposed as a possible explanation for the increased virulence of the epidemic strains.
Fourie, A. B., Blight, G. E. & Papageorgiou, G. Static liquefaction as a possible explanation for the Merriespruit tailings dam failure.
Some have cited the reform of forest law, initiated by Vladimir Putin in 2007, as a possible explanation for the scale of the forest fires in Russia.
Federal investigators focused on dust from the mixing and drying of synthetic rubber and other ingredients as a possible explanation for the explosion.
"Due to the relatively low number of study subjects and other factors, chance cannot be excluded as a possible explanation for the findings".
The comparable length-dependent D/G′ for each dispersion scheme excludes defects as a possible explanation for the lower fluorescence in DNA versus deoxycholate dispersions.
It did not examine whether rising public awareness of autism might have led more parents to seek treatment for their children, and therefore did not rule out rising awareness as a possible explanation for the increase.
Human-induced climate change - caused by the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere - loomed large as a possible explanation for the 2003 heatwave in the months that followed.
Such treatment has been suggested as a possible explanation for the deaths of four critically ill patients last year in a sweltering, flooded hospital in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
The genetic compensation response (GCR) has recently been proposed as a possible explanation for the phenotypic discrepancies between gene-knockout and gene-knockdown1,2; however, the underlying molecular mechanism of the GCR remains uncharacterized.
Sterile neutrinos have been considered as a possible explanation for the recent reactor and Gallium anomalies arising from reanalysis of reactor flux and calibration data of previous neutrino experiments.
