Sentence examples for shortened half from inspiring English sources

But in this shortened half term week and with continuing worries about Greek debt and the state of the global economy, volumes are fairly thin as investors sit on their hands.

Overall, in a shortened half day for Christmas Eve, the FTSE 100 finished 14.19 points better at 5954.18, despite worries about the continuing uncertainties over the US fiscal cliff, the combination of tax rises and spending cuts due to come into effect in 2013.

DNA damage, such as double strand breaks (DSBs), triggers a cascade of intracellular signaling pathways that lead to post-translational modifications (e.g., phosphorylation) of both p53 and MDM2, rendering p53 more stable with enhanced transcriptional activity [18] [20] and MDM2 less stable with shortened half life [21].

More epicatechin also shortened half-time when monomer was not sufficient in the system.

The CHX-chase assay revealed shortened half-life of MUT PNKD-L in cultured cells (Fig.  1B).

A recent findings supported that missense mutant pVHL was easily degraded, and therefore had shortened half-life in cell [ 26, 27].

Future studies are needed to investigate whether the reverse relationship of protein and mRNA indicates a higher degree of protein turnover (i.e., shortened half-life of the protein by increased degradation) or translational inhibition or posttranslational modifications [ 26, 27].

It is formally possible that some of the unstable chimaeric proteins produced and examined in the present study have acquired a ubiquitin-dependent mode of degradation, resulting in shortened half-lives.

Dr. W arren's upper third, lacerated integuments; double inclined plane used; shortened one-half inch.

This November the usual four-year term is shortened by half to allow for a post-census redistricting and all the seats are up for grabs again.

Although the school board obtained an injunction in State Superior Court ordering the teachers back to work, the teachers continued the strike for the first day of school, which was shortened to half a day.