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is abortive
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Produced by abortion; born prematurely.
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In Df 2R Dg248 deficient discs both of these dimensions are reduced to 1.2±0.50 µm (Fig. 6B), suggesting that differentiation of Df 2R Dg248 R cells is abortive.
In the adult central nervous system, axonal regeneration is abortive.
Dead-end infections and limited infections are part and parcel of viruses' unstoppable propensity to infect, whether the infection is abortive or not.
Based on the premise that "neurons do not divide", the notion that has emerged from this evidence is that activation of a neuronal cell cycle does exist but it is abortive, the final result being the initiation of apoptosis.
We were surprised by the rescue of VSV and SINV replication in LD652 cells by VACV, despite the fact that VACV replication is abortive in these cells (Li et al., 1998).
During infection of LD652 cells, VACV undergoes early gene expression, DNA replication and late gene expression, but the infection is abortive due to a defect in one or more steps of virion morphogenesis (Li et al., 1998).
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There have been abortive attempts so far.
"This one is so cut right off it's abortive of any aspiration".
(An attempt to set up a European career, at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, was abortive and brief).
And then the whole season was abortive because of the recession and Sept. 11.
A liberal government was established, and a Constituent Assembly was summoned, but the liberal moves were abortive.
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