How to Use intracellular in a Sentence
intracellular
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That intracellular lipid mortar is partly composed of a form of lipids called ceramides.
— Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 16 May 2018 -
T cells scan the intracellular environment and then, with the help of other parts of the defense system, target and destroy invaders such as viruses.
— Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 5 Apr. 2018 -
All the genes identified so far have to do with intracellular trafficking, or the transport of molecules within cells.
— Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021 -
That way, products can be shuttled directly to the next reaction, with no time to spiral off into the chaotic intracellular milieu.
— Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2015 -
Staff members at the Mayo Clinic write that symptoms of a listeria infection in a newborn can be subtle but can include: Listeria, an intracellular pathogen, can go through gut lining and into blood.
— Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022 -
Poinar has worked on amber fossils for decades, first discovering that amber could preserve intracellular structures in an organism trapped inside in a 1982 study.
— Katie Hunt, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020 -
Poinar has worked on amber fossils for decades, first discovering in a 1982 study that amber could preserve intracellular structures in an organism trapped inside.
— Katie Hunt, CNN, 26 Nov. 2021 -
The reduced cognitive function seen in Alzheimer’s is more closely correlated with the number and location of intracellular tau-tangles.
— Andrew Williams, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022 -
But Girault noted that the enzyme that catalyzes the attachment of dopamine to H3 is also regulated by levels of intracellular calcium.
— Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020 -
The intracellular domain describes receptors lying within the T cell.
— William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022 -
These all converged on one target, CRMP2, an intracellular protein that regulates neural networks.
— Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 May 2017 -
In previous studies, basic physiological assessments were used to determine how warmer storage worked; Cypel and his team, led by Aadil Ali, could study lung function at an intracellular level.
— Isabella Cueto, STAT, 15 Sep. 2021 -
When its external part contacts a particular feature on the surface of a cell, its intracellular part sends a signal through a cascade of molecules that eventually results in collection genes getting expressed.
— Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2017 -
The Mystic dataset is 3.3 times higher resolution than Eyewire — each pixel is 5 nm— and unlike Eyewire, these new images reveal intracellular structures like mitochondria and vesicles.
— Guest, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2017 -
It is proposed that percussion decomposition of peroxynitrate compounds occurs in the intracellular fluids of the sensory organ and brain cells.
— Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2014 -
Manipulating these intracellular signals, combined with the addition of a widening field of neuron growth factors, offers hope to ramp up the extent, speed and accuracy of regeneration.
— Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2021 -
The neuron in the center (yellow) contains an abnormal intracellular accumulation of huntingtin called an inclusion body (orange).
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 -
Mice treated with the antibodies developed fewer tumors and lived at least 20 percent longer than untreated ones, holding the promise that similar techniques might eventually target a suite of intracellular cancer proteins.
— Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2012 -
Are hypotheses involving intracellular enzyme pathways and the effects of microRNA on protein regulation so much less constrained than, say, solid-state physics and materials science?
— George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2014 -
Previous work suggested phase separation of the intracellular protein HP1 helped stretches of heterochromatin bunch up.
— Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 21 Jan. 2021 -
The slow growth, together with its intracellular residence, make extracting M. leprae from human tissue incredibly difficult.
— Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2018 -
Together these early proteins create the intracellular conditions for replication and transcription.
— William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 -
Specifically, opioids activate an intracellular signaling protein called beta-arrestin, while the mitragynines do not.
— Mason Marks, STAT, 26 Aug. 2021 -
Others may improve brain health by supporting cerebral functions like molecular processes, neurotransmission, and intracellular signaling.
— Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022 -
Additionally, nootropic supplements support a range of cerebral functions that help with intracellular signaling, neurotransmission, and molecular processes.
— Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023 -
This innovative formula is designed to bolster muscle growth and athletic performance by specifically targeting the intracellular and intercellular signaling pathways involved in muscular adaptations.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022 -
Downstream signaling results from the generation of extracellular H(+), intracellular acidosis, and recovery from acidosis.
— Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2015
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