Sentence examples for defence in response to from inspiring English sources
In the analysed debates, irony is used as a defence in response to criticism and as an attack; in both cases it provides a resource for the participants to improve their own position against their opponents.
Japan is reshaping its defence in response to the shifting balance of power in Asia.
Together these data indicate that PTX B-subunit may bind to Mac-1 integrin, which leads to a rapid rise in [Ca2+]i and subsequent activation of uPAR for adherence to vitronectin, suggesting a functional link between Mac-1 and activation of uPAR important to cellular trafficking and host defence in response to Bordetella pertussis infection.
Such reductions represent a shift in the balance between foraging and antipredator defence in response to an increase in the perceived risk of predation represented by recognition of an odour associated with a potential predator [12], [44].
A set of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was identified in P. monticola needle tissues in host defence in response to C. ribicola infection at early stage [ 15], 740 of them were detected to be expressed in shoot-tips.
Inking behaviour is used as a defence in response to only the most threatening situations (Moynihan and Rodaniche, 1982), suggesting that squid reserve inking as a last line of defence.
It was an act of self-defence, in response to 9/11.
The government in Ankara said the operation was an act of self-defence, in response to Isis shelling of Turkish border towns and suicide bombings and attacks targeting Turkish nationals.
Activation of local and systemic plant defences in response to pathogen attack involves dramatic cellular reprogramming.
We analysed, using an ANCOVA approach, whether the ability to increase the concentration of chemical defences in response to weevil damage was altered by light deprivation.
