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Both metaphor and simile compare one thing to another, but simile is specific, as in the Shakespeare sonnet 97's "How like a winter," while metaphor is poetic, as in U.S. Grant's "I am a verb".
Blocking the viral entry is specific as alpha virus Sindbis shows no reduction in infectivity.
The presence of long aliphatic chain was important for the desired activities and such hydrophobic effect is specific as no beneficial effect is observed when the same aliphatic chain was attached to the other part of the molecule.
The method is specific as no cross-reaction was observed between grass carp hemorrhage virus (GCHV), white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), tiger frog virus (TFV), infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), fish nervous necrosis virus (NNV) and the muscovy duck virus (MDRV).
This interaction is specific, as knockdown of ULK1 abrogated co-immunoprecipitation of ULK1 with AMPK (Fig 1E).
The response against GnRH is specific, as antibodies generated against AP205 alone do not recognize GnRH (data not shown).
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Tahir's question was specific, as it should be in a fatwa request.
Be specific as possible.
"It was specific, as if someone was pointing at people," she recalled.
The reactions noted were specific as was confirmed with negative control.
Staining was specific as it was reduced in Tfe3 shRNA knockdown cells.
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