Sentence examples for degrade rather from inspiring English sources
(Indeed, as George Bush has demonstrated, quality can degrade rather quickly from one generation to the next).
Although the mission was to "degrade" rather than destroy Iraqi air defense, all it degraded was our air force technology's reputation for accuracy.
Although this protein is better known for its ability to degrade rather than transport RNA [64 66], Wang et al. performed a large number of in vitro and in vivo experiments in various species to support the claim, including the use of mutated PNPase to separate import and enzymatic functions.
However, due to the high degree of crystallinity and hydrophobicity, PCL degrades rather slowly and less biocompatible with soft tissue, which restricts its further clinical application.
The added material is not only superior in mechanical strength but also compatible with the tissues surrounding the implant, promoting cell adhesion and gradually degrading rather than intoxicating the patient.
They must undergo post-transcriptional modification in the nucleus before being exported to the cytoplasm; mRNA that appears in the cytoplasm without these modifications is degraded rather than used for protein translation.
This quality-control mechanism is important due to these molecules' central role in protein translation; mis-expression of a protein due to incomplete excision of exons or mis-incorporation of amino acids could have negative consequences for the cell; thus, incompletely modified RNA that reaches the cytoplasm is degraded rather than used in translation.
As STAT5b was not present in nuclear extracts at any time point (Figure 5D), we concluded that STAT5b was degraded rather than translocated to the nucleus.
However, the material is still weak and degrades rather quickly when compared with industrial polyurethane products.
In this way, sarDinG could achieve the same end result as E. coli DinG by degrading rather than displacing DNA or RNA strands.
By degrading rather than displacing RNA or DNA strands, the S. aureus DinG nuclease may accomplish the same function as the canonical DinG helicase.
