Sentence examples for postulated to protect from inspiring English sources

The presence of LysM domains in Ecp6 effector was postulated to protect fungal cell walls from plant chitinases hydrolysis by competing with host receptors for chitin.

UGT2B7 is postulated to protect the breast tissue from oestrogen metabolites locally [ 30], and this is consistent with our findings that breasts with higher MD have reduced expression of this gene.

The tibial bone samples of patients from the FD group were characterized by a smaller Se/THg ratio compared to NFD, although dietary Se is postulated to protect against THg.

Soybean and soybean products, containing various compounds such as isoflavones, phytic acid, anthocyanin pigments, saponins, and unsaturated fatty acids, have also been postulated to protect against oxidative stress, due to their antioxidant ability [ 6].

Dividing adult somatic stem cells are postulated to protect themselves from mutation and cancer risk by segregation of their template DNA strands through a process known as asymmetric division [ 1- 3].

Early light induced proteins (ELIPs), belonging to the LHC super-gene family, accumulate transiently in plants exposed to high light intensities [ 29] and are postulated to protect plants from photo-oxidative stress [ 30].

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The most acceptable explanation for the protective effects of HDL-C on cardiovascular disease is its action to mediate the uptake of peripheral cholesterol and return it to the liver for excretion into the bile and gut, termed 'reverse cholesterol transport', 20 a process which has been postulated to explain how HDL-C protects against atherosclerosis.

Although there was still no consensus about the role of AMPs in scorpion venom, they were postulated to have the functions of protecting the scorpion from bacterial infection, depolarizing neural cells inducing immobilization of prey and potentiating the action of other neurotoxins within the venom[ 51].

Elips are postulated to scavenge free Chl a and protect PSII from photo-oxidative damage.

Mild decreases in mitochondrial protonmotive force caused by uncoupling proteins have been postulated to attenuate endogenous oxidative stress and protect against ageing (Skulachev, 1996; Brand, 2000).