They are multi-functional!
They are multi-functional proteins controlling diverse cellular events such as proliferation, polarity, differentiation and organogenesis.
Certainly, antimicrobial peptides are being recognized as important components in controlling microbial populations in the mouth, although their role is complex because they are multi-functional and have more than a mere antimicrobial action; for example, by linking the innate and adaptive arms of the immune response [ 14].
When assessing the environmental performance of products, the general situation is that most processes that constitute part of a production system are multi-functional: (1) they may produce more than one product (co-production), or (2) they may treat two or more waste inputs (combined waste treatment), or (3) they may treat one waste input and produce one valuable output.
UspA adhesins are multi-functional proteins for which a range of binding functions have been reported (see schematic in Figure 1).
Gorilla gestures are multi-functional, each typically used for several overlapping purposes, but the pattern of functions is characteristic of the individual gesture and not markedly different at different sites, for both species-typical and potentially ritualized gestures.
Muscle spindles are multi-functional.
We want to bring in players that are multi-functional".
Robots in the second group have kinematically synthesized locomotion mechanisms which are multi-functional.
The films are multi-functional, since their hierarchical surface morphology provides a biomimetical anti-reflective, air-stable, and hydrophobic encapsulation for Si.
C-Abl and the related protein Arg (Abl-related gene product) are multi-functional tyrosine kinases and are so far the only tyrosine kinases shown to directly phosphorylate and regulate the proteasome (Liu et al., 2006; Li et al., 2015).
