Sentence examples for caused breakdown of from inspiring English sources
The head impacts in our mouse models caused breakdown of the blood-brain barrier ― essentially, they caused blood vessels in the brain to become leaky.
This screen identified a mutation, designated self-compatible 1 (sc1), which caused breakdown of SI in −1-stage floral buds of SRKb transformants.
Electron microscopy imaging revealed that ouabain treatment (1 μM, 24 hrs) caused breakdown of the plasma membrane, while the nucleus showed shrinkage in the absence of absolute cell volume decrease.
For example, when PiSLF 2 was introduced into S 2S 3 transgenic plants, it caused breakdown of SI in S 3 pollen (heteroallelic pollen carrying both S 2- and S 3-alleles of PiSLF) but not in S 2 pollen (homoallelic pollen carrying two copies of S 2-allele of PiSLF) (Sijacic et al. 2004).
High electrical currents generate Joule heating and then cause breakdown of the BP in the air at over 400 °C due to rapid oxidation.
Corrosion is a costly and dangerous issue in most industries causing breakdown of equipment, increased downtime and potential risk to personnel and environment.
Heat shock and to a lesser extent cold shock experiments have been able to provide better understanding of coral physiology, showing that elevated, but also depressed temperatures, can cause breakdown of the symbiosis especially when combined with high irradiance.
The purpose of this study was to determine if intravitreally-injected PAF would cause breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier and, if so, by what mechanism.
The AFM results showed that initially oxygen atoms/ions penetrate inside the bulk of the grains/surface and cause breakdown of the grains which leads to formation of smaller (needle-like) grains.
They cause breakdown of the complex polymers of carbohydrates into its oligomeric and monomeric units.
