Sentences with phrase «expected role of this protein»

The work confirmed the expected role of this protein: helping a cell respond to viral infection by producing interferon.

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The rising food demand is not just a result of the global population growth [although the planet can expect (UN medium variant) an estimated 2.3 billion extra people in 2050 — as no one even mentions the possibility of policy on that front]-- but also of an increasingly decadent average food consumption pattern, in which (next to globalisation of food production) the rising consumption of animal protein plays a key role.