Sentences with phrase «function as circuit breakers»

The researchers show that, when ethylene is perceived, transcription of certain genes that function as circuit breakers of ethylene signaling occurs, but protein production becomes restricted until ethylene is removed.

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Three people familiar with the commission's deliberations told Capital that rather than an income - tax cut, which was hinted at by committee co-chair and former governor George Pataki, committee members are instead focusing on some sort of property tax «circuit - breaker,» where individuals would get a break on local levies if their property taxes were adjudged to be too high as a function of their income.

This system of simple sensors and controllers provides three critical functions — data acquisition, control of power plants, and alarm display — and allows operators who sit at central control stations to perform certain tasks, such as opening or closing a circuit breaker.