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This may function as a way of demarcating these regions as transcriptionally permissive.

This may function as a latent form of MT1-MMP in WT osteoclasts and possibly did not have affinity to TIMP2.

Curiously, as does GNF-Pf4492R-3, Kalso8R-2 also possessed a nonsynonymous mutation in the ADP/ATP antiporter (Ile119Ser), suggesting that this may function as a compensatory mutation or possibly an additional target.

This may function as a sampling mechanism which provides CpG islands with the opportunity to become occupied by the polycomb group repressive proteins should they lack counteracting transcriptional activities [123 125] (see Ref. [159] for a detailed discussion).

It may be that receptor activation requires tenascin-C assembly into a cell-associated matrix; this may function as a scaffold essential for receptor ligation or for recruitment of potential coreceptor(s).

This may function as a way of protecting these CGI associated gene promoter regions from the inhibitory effects of H3K36me1/me2, which is proposed to counteract transcription (Strahl BD et al 2002 and Carrozza MJ et all 2005).

In vitro experiments showed that let-7 was able to inhibit cell proliferation through RAS downregulation, inferring that this miRNA may function as a tumor suppressor in this context [ 19].

The suggestion that this domain may function as a helicase and might even act as a functional equivalent of Cas3 (paragraph beginning line 412) is ingenious although I suspect incorrect.

Thus, based on the high levels of ABA found in 'Sunki Maravilha' mandarin [ 17], it can be speculated that this protein may function as a positive regulator of the accumulation of annexin in this variety.

The over-arching research question is: This investigation may function as 'proof of concept' for the extension of analysis of cloze results from the holistic to the particular.

Unlike the C + F vs C comparison, diterpenoid synthesis-related genes were enriched in the W + F vs W comparison; indicating that this metabolite may function as part of the ASR mechanism to M. oryzae in wild rice.