Sentence examples for confer characteristics from inspiring English sources

Nanomaterials can be defined as materials that possess clearly defined features of less than 100 nm, and whose nanostructured features confer characteristics crucial to the material's bulk property.

In the absence of experimental confirmation or bone fide models of a 3 D structure for any protein containing this HMM repeat motif, we speculate that the tandemly repeated domains may confer characteristics common to analogous helical repeat proteins with similar sequence features.

Hence, our results reflect that Streptococcus pathogen evolution may be thought of having at least two components: (i) the acquisition by LGT of accessory genes that confer characteristics necessary for a pathogenic lifestyle, and (ii) the long term evolutionary arms race between host and pathogen that impacts the evolution of certain core and accessory genes.

One is the conventional function, i.e., miRNAs perform negative regulation and confer characteristic changes in the expression levels of target genes.

In Hydra, inhibition of activity of the HyGSK-3 confers characteristics of the head organizer to the body column resulting in the differentiation of ectopic heads and tentacles on the body column [ 11].

Tumor cells obtained from these patients conferred characteristic chromosomal abnormalities, including deletion of chromosome 13 (del 13), t(4 14) translocation and deletion of chromosome 17, on which tumor suppressor gene TP53 is localized.

In an Alpine environment, diets based on local forage resources are needed to maintain the link with the territory and confer special characteristics to typical cheeses.

Transmittable phages and plasmids contain unique genetic elements which could confer novel characteristics on the recipients.

Microbial capsules are structures found surrounding the cell body that confer particular characteristics to encapsulated organisms.

Disproportionately represented categories are interesting to consider for candidate proteins that confer distinguishing characteristics.

Second, the repABC elements have a large genetic carrying capacity and the genes encoded on these replicons often confer defining characteristics to the bacteria that harbor them.