This comparison would be a first proof of concept, while we were trying to uncover genes' illuminating or unexpected functions that would, in this way, suggest a participation in the evolution of pathogenicity.
Here, we review the diverse applications of light-sensitive UAAs in two superfamilies of ion channels (voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels; VGICs and LGICs) and summarize existing UAA tools, their mode of action, potential, caveats, and technical considerations to their use in illuminating ion channel structure and function.
(It is, however, doubtful that these arguments were historically ever intended as freestanding proofs that would be convincing to atheists. For an illuminating discussion of the functions of such arguments in pre-modern and early-modern contexts, see Clayton, Parts II and III).
The amplitude of the bi-material cantilever deflection as a function of an illuminating wavelength shows the amount of heat energy generated by the adsorbed molecules at that wavelength and matches very well with the IR absorption peaks of the adsorbed molecules.
Further experiments specifically targeted at illuminating changes in muscle mitochondrial function in vivo in response to hypoxic exposure are required.
An example is a recent paper by the Evan laboratory, which addressed the mechanisms of p53 tumor suppression function in an illuminating way.
Proteins of interest were further investigated using the NCBI Conserved Domain Database, which in several cases proved illuminating in relation to possible function.
After rapid mixing, light scattering at 436 nm at right angle to the illuminating light was recorded as a function of time.
In a typical light scattering experiment to monitor a binary complex formation between particles of type A and B, a solution containing particles A is rapidly mixed with a solution containing particles B and the intensity of light scattered perpendicular to the beam of illuminating light is recorded as a function of time.
The consciousness-changing powers of mescal perform a function that is simultaneously transgressive and illuminating, analogous to the desperate (and doomed) heatings and mixings of the alchemists: "The agonies of the drunkard," wrote Lowry, "find their most accurate poetic analogue in the agonies of the mystic who has abused his powers".
