Sentence examples for causing a shortening from inspiring English sources

During contraction the S filaments shorten, so that the actin filaments slide toward each other, past the myosin filaments, thus causing a shortening of the muscle (for a detailed description of the process, see muscle: Striated muscle).

The protein Kcnip1 is an integral part of the multimeric Kv4 channel complex, and important for modulating the K-flux across this channel by causing a shortening of the cardiac action potential [ 32].

In contrast, an increase in pO2 causes a shortening of the half-life of NO [17] due to increased metabolism and most likely a decrease in the effect of GTN.

The small molecule DTAB (IUPAC: 3-[(4,6-diphenoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]benzoic acid) (Fig. 2A), caused a shortening of the body axis.

The increase in iron content of tissues can cause a shortening in the T2* relaxation time.

Conversely, Δprs3 disruption caused a shortening on the hyphal length, and an abundant early branching was observed (Fig. 5).

Throughout the entire small intestine MTX caused a shortening of villus length, to a minimum of 0.2 mm was seen due to MTX toxicity.

Knockdown of raldh2 in Xenopus embryos caused a shortening of anteroposterior axis and a posterior shift of neural marker en2 and krox20 [ 46].

The lack of this information in imagery may be what causes a shortening of the duration of the imagined event" [ 66], p. 880.

Gestational exposure of rats to BDE-99 caused a shortening of the anogenital distance in male and female rats, reduction in primordial and secondary ovarian follicles, a lower sperm count, and lower estradiol and testosterone levels in adulthood (Kuriyama et al. 2005; Lilienthal et al. 2006).

For lower compressive loads, the cycling of transverse forces or deflections causes a gradual shortening in the axial direction under the axial load alone, a ratcheting extension that rapidly turns into shortening when failure is imminent.