Sentences with phrase «series of reactions»

So the liver then attaches a chemical or enzyme and takes it through a second series of reactions which ultimately renders it harmless and it passes out in our stool.

The assumed change of mind by the president has set into motion series of reaction from various quarters of the public.

The tobacco plant synthesises nicotine by a complex series of reactions which start with ornithine and nicotinic acid.

Chlorine monoxide, which is produced by a similar series of reactions involving icy particles in the stratosphere, is blamed for the springtime depletion of ozone above Antarctica.

In the lab, they successfully tested a new series of reactions for isolating titanium that halves the temperature requirements of the conventional method and consumes 60 percent less energy.

Woodruff in 1941, under the heading «Nature and Nurture» in his Foundations of Biology, has this to say, for instance: «Since the life of an organism is one continuous series of reactions with its surroundings, it follows that nurture plays an immensely important part in moulding the individual on the basis of its heritage.

One form of methanogen has a metabolism utilizing a CO2 to CH4 series of reactions (which I don't understand, either chemically or energetically).

Food energy is converted into ATP by your muscle cells through a very complex series of reactions.

She also uses the famous «butterfly effect», in which the flapping of a butterfly's wings can trigger a series of reactions that produce a hurricane thousands of miles away, to illustrate the way in which our seemingly insignificant prayers can achieve great things if offered in love.

These cells also produce a protein called «complement, «which is involved in a series of reactions that help establish immunity.

Grandparents who learn that their grandchild has special needs often experience a series of reactions.

When confronted with a fearful scenario, the amygdala receives signals of potential danger (from the sympathetic nervous system) and begins to set off a series of reactions that will help individuals protect themselves.

But the outlines of the legislation show where negotiations are heading, and drew a series of reactions.

These RNA - binding proteins could also be used to build molecular assembly lines that would bring together enzymes needed to perform a series of reactions that produce a drug or another molecule of interest.

Inside, it will enter the final stage of its journey: a series of reactions known as the electron transport chain.

Johan Auwerx's team showed that the disease leads to a second cycle of events inside the cells, a series of reactions that exacerbate the disease's damaging effects.

«The presence of a particular DNA molecule sets in motion a series of reactions whereby we can get the DNA computer to run various programs,» explains PhD student and primary author Wouter Engelen.

These functions could be lost due to a series of reactions triggered by climate change.

This series of reactions can be anaerobic, so more suited to their typically low - oxygen environment, but also provides the supply of metabolic intermediates necessary for rapid growth and division.

The right mix of heat, pressure, and chemistry keeps the coal from burning; instead, it undergoes a series of reactions that give rise to a mix of gases, including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sulfur dioxide.

The leakage of proteins like cytochrome c and other molecules from the space between the inner and outer membranes of the mitochondria into the cytosol activates caspase proteases and sets in motion a series of reactions that lead to the rapid demise of the cell.

These two chemicals could produce components of the genetic material RNA, the team discovered through a series of reactions.

High calcium levels trigger a series of reactions that break down cell proteins known as microtubules (My - kro - TOOB - yuhlz).

The second group, analogs of previously reported palladium triphosphine complexes, removes an oxygen molecule to create carbon monoxide, a precursor to another series of reactions that lead to fuel.

This step is just one part of a series of reactions to split water and make hydrogen gas, but the researchers say the result shows they can learn from nature how to control those reactions to make durable synthetic catalysts for energy storage, such as in fuel cells.

A research team led by chemistry professor William Jones has developed a series of reactions that results in the selective conversion of ethanol to butanol, without producing unwanted byproducts.

As alluded to above, we have two main options: we either burn fats, carbs or proteins without oxygen in a series of reactions called anaerobic glycolysis.

The production of cholesterol proceeds by a series of reactions.

Oxaloacetate is a four - carbon compound that begins the first reaction of the Krebs Cycle, a cycle containing a series of reactions that produces high - energy species to eventually be used to produce energy for the cell.

This is a series of reactions in which aerobic organisms release energy.

«I thought I was going to be employee of the month,» he says, after a series of reaction shots to his growing understanding of the situation before him.

There was a moment at the end, we won't spoil it too much, but I did notice there was a series of reaction shots from all the female «Cars» characters.

Once an NSAID for dogs has inhibited the relevant COX receptors, which are found in different parts of the body, it helps to repress a series of reactions that lead to pain and inflammation, and therefore relieve their associated unpleasantness and discomfort.

Everything from then on is a series of reactions.»

The painting that results is a series of reactions to this initial mark.

«When methane makes its way into the upper atmosphere, it is oxidized by a complex series of reactions to form water vapor,» Russell added.

PAN is formed in a series of reactions that involve compounds found in sources like tailpipe emissions, sunlight and molecules with different combinations of nitrogen and oxygen.

It is much more useful and helpful to see the pattern as a series of reactions one partner to the other in a continuous loop.