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Numerous reaction catalysts perform their function by providing a reactive surface on which substances can react.
To perform their function, biological systems need to operate across multiple scales.
Understanding the molecular mechanism by which the SULTs perform their function is important for optimizing future therapeutic applications.
All electronic physical security countermeasures require some kind of human interaction in various degrees to perform their function.
As a result of such decline, proteins cannot maintain their native fold, perform their function and, consequently, tend to form non-soluble cytotoxic aggregates3.
The problem in Japan, he said, is that banks, saddled with huge losses on real estate loans, have all but ceased to perform their function as financial intermediaries -- that is, lending to creditworthy enterprises to keep the economy moving.
One of the most intriguing features of IDPs is their ability to undergo disorder-to-order transitions upon binding in order to perform their function.
In particular, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) studies of single molecules have shown that biomolecules may adopt many conformations as they perform their function.
Elastomeric seals rely on the maintenance of sealing force to perform their function in resisting the passage of fluid past them.
The mature sperm epigenome represents remnant marks used throughout spermatogenesis to generate sperm cells competent to perform their function, but also marks that appear to be useful beyond fertilization for embryo development.
