Sentence examples for molecular switch turning from inspiring English sources

The protein acts like a molecular switch, turning specific genes on and off.

miRNAs act like molecular switches, turning on or off genes, including ones that lead to or protect from disease.

It has been well documented that the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of Drp1 may act as a molecular switch to "turn on" or "turn off" mitochondrial fission (Chang and Blackstone, 2010).

Many kinases require phosphorylation within a region of the catalytic domain, known as the activation loop that serves as a molecular switch to turn on catalytic activity.

Activation of the Nrf2 pathway is primarily controlled by Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1), which is a molecular switch that turns on or off the Nrf2 signaling pathway according to intracellular redox conditions.

Thus, Trx-1 might function as a molecular switch to turn off the oxidative stress-induced activation of Mst1 [ 26].

Dimerization and/or activation of a molecular switch to turn down the kinase activity may be necessary to generate conformational folding required for guanylate cyclase activity [ 1].

It belongs to the LBD region that acts in response to ligand binding, which caused a conformational change in the receptor to induce a response, thereby acting as a molecular switch to turn on transcriptional activity [ 26].

Is the switch turning on?

The clinic says it uses "antineoplastons" – "molecular switches that turn off life processes in abnormal cells" – to treat cancer patients.

PTMs of proteins may function as molecular switches to turn on or off signaling and/or metabolic processes in plant response to external stimuli.