Sentence examples for unusual modification from inspiring English sources

In an unusual modification, the female of the African hornbill, walled in during incubation and throughout the nest life of the young, molts during this period, losing and renewing all of her flight feathers.

This unusual modification renders the soluble ATG8 proteins membrane-bound and serves as an identifier for the isolation membrane (Ichimura et al., 2000).

The specificity of PNGase F also raises questions about the completeness of the prepared glycome, especially from nonmammalian systems, since unusual modification of the core structures of N-glycans can adversely affect PNGase F recognition.

Depending on the nature and strength of interfacial interactions on the surface of nanoparticles, strong and unusual modifications to reinforcement and viscoelastic properties were observed for nanocomposites made of an elastomer with chain-end mussel-mimetic modification.

Some of the scenes featured unusual modifications such as a retractable James Bond-style machine gun that could not have fitted under the Tiger's bonnet, so rebadged Alpine models were used instead.

Along with the closely related thiocyanate hydrolase, NHases are the only known enzymes to employ these unusual modifications in metal binding and possibly catalysis.

Given the unusual modifications observed in Mbns characterized thus far, understanding the roles of the putative biosynthetic proteins is likely to reveal novel pathways and chemistry.

In light of an extensive series of unusual modifications of the gill arches and anterior portion of the vertebral column, Vari [ 9] found a close relationship between the Chilodontidae and Anostomidae.

A remarkable feature of α-DG is its complex pattern of post-translational modifications, including unusual sugar modifications, which are crucial for binding to ECM proteins, such as laminins, perlecan, and neurexins [1].

But if you're unfamiliar with the book on which it's based, Kazuo Ishiguro's luminous novel of the same name, or if you want to be surprised this time by some unusual genetic modification, you might want to stop reading right here.

Interestingly, the modifying carbohydrates at these sites are simple mono-hexose or di-hexose sugars rather than N-acetylated sugars, revealing an unusual carbohydrate modification and suggesting the presence of a glycosyltransferase with a novel enzymatic activity capable of transferring hexose moieties to asparagine residues [6].