Sentence examples for functions as a sink from inspiring English sources

Kimbrell and Holt [28] used a model similar to that of Frank, but considered the ecological implications given a source patch in which individuals are adapted to the environment and a novel patch which functions as a sink (negative population growth) until an adapted population has evolved.

We hypothesize that MCL-1 functions as a sink in reserve that sequesters free BIM and prevents subsequent BAX activation.

In fact, several studies have demonstrated that the AOX pathway functions as a sink for the excess reducing equivalents generated by photosynthesis [ 16, 25].

Our results support the hypothesis that DARC functions as a "sink" in vivo, whereby it binds ELR+ CXC chemokines and prevents them from associating with other receptors that would lead to the induction of biological responses, such as angiogenesis.

In this scenario, higher blood and kidney activity in the blocked group compared to that of the [68Ga(THP-TATE)] group is a result of blocked SSTR2 sites that are no longer able to function as a "sink" for [68Ga(THP-TATE)] [48].

Moreover, the combined data support the hypothesis that fibrillar tau-aggregates function as a sink, to protect neurons against smaller tau-aggregates or -oligomers that are the real neurotoxic species [24], [36].

Because H2O2 readily crosses membranes, some investigators have suggested that erythrocytes, which are rich in catalase, are cell-protective by functioning as a sink for extracellular H2O2 [ 27].

In the case of a reduced sequestration rate (ΔC2 < ΔC0), debits are created in spite of the fact that the LULUCF sector is still functioning as a sink – but a sink that is of lower magnitude.

Conversely, in neuronal cell bodies the inherent ability of wild-type hVAPB to be included into aggregates that may also function as a sink for other important proteins, suggests that DVAP could be pathogenic by a possible loss-of-function mechanism.

In this situation, when the Calvin cycle has stopped and can no longer function as a sink for carbon and energy, the system is in a reduced state and the cells will be dependent on releasing electrons from the system in order to prevent oxidative damage.

In most of the shops, and in the junkyards speckled among them, buckets double as toilets and kerosene torches serve as radiators, while the constant trickle from a hydrant functions as a communal sink.