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More interestingly, the G107S CDR3β showed diminished motility compared with the wt, corresponding to a decrease in the mutant's entropy (Fig. 7c).

For example, cyclopamine, a SMO antagonist, diminished motility and growth of cells [ 54, 55].

There was no azospermia, diminished motility, or clinically significant abnormalities reported.

Specifically, smooth transparent M. avium variants show higher motility on hydrophilic surfaces and increased GPL production; conversely, rough variants show diminished motility and impaired GPL production [ 22].

This result is in agreement with a previous report in which Aspirin diminished cell motility in highly invasive prostate cancer cells [ 24].

Similarly, diminished colonic motility resulting in slow-transit constipation with colonic dilatation (megacolon) or even ileus are reported in human hypothyroidism [29].

In in vitro assays, quercetin increases the bacterial cell membrane, giving rise to dissipation in membrane potential, and diminished cell motility, which is an important factor in bacterial virulence [ 74].

Diminished sperm motility has been identified among exposed men (Duty et al. 2003; Hauser 2006; Hauser et al. 2006), and low-molecular-weight phthalates have been associated with increased birth weight and longer duration of gestation in at least one birth cohort (Wolff et al. 2008b).

In addition, RS5444 caused dramatic changes in cellular morphology which were associated with increased motility and diminished cellular adherence, but no increase in the ability of such cells to digest and invade Matrigel.

Studies using organochlorines, which are found in the diet of Inuit tribes from the Arctic (Dewailly et al. 1993), have demonstrated decreased motility and diminished viability of sperm within 2 hr of exposure.

PrfA*-harboring strains have diminished flagella-dependent swimming motility and an impaired ability to utilize carbon sources such as glucose and cellobiose, and cannot survive long periods of starvation.