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  • Because this enzyme was a marker for genetic engineering, and not found in wild animals, technicians assumed it was a lab contaminant and did not report it when they called Dr. Cruz, the referring physician in Puntarenas.  (source)
    enzyme = complex protein that cause a chemical reaction
  • The toxin does the deed insidiously, indirectly, by inhibiting an enzyme essential to glycoprotein metabolism.  (source)
    enzyme = substance that causes a chemical reaction
  • Just one enzyme misfiring, just one wrong protein activation, and you could have cancer.  (source)
    enzyme = complex protein that cause a chemical reaction
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  • His blood work showed high cholesterol, sucky liver enzymes, and a lot of white blood cells, which meant he had an infection somewhere, plus his blood pressure was through the roof.  (source)
    enzymes = complex proteins that cause chemical reactions
  • That's when Japanese chemists discovered an enzyme that could transform glucose into the much sweeter sugar molecule called fructose.  (source)
    enzyme = any complex protein that is produced by cells and acts a chemical catalyst (causing a chemical reaction)
  • There is a purity within her, a careful enzymatic balance she does not wish to disturb.†  (source)
  • There are ways to tell with absolute certainty whether someone is having a heart attack, but those involve tests of particular enzymes that can take hours for results.†  (source)
    enzymes = substances that causes a chemical reaction
  • The new enzyme-based processes are responsible for extremely lifelike dairy flavors.  (source)
    enzyme = complex protein that cause a chemical reaction
  • If it was an enzymatic block of some kind—like arsenic or strychnine—we'd expect fifteen or thirty seconds, perhaps longer.†  (source)
  • Hilton suggested using enzymes to dissolve the connected tissue and leave the cancer cells intact.†  (source)
    enzymes = substances that causes a chemical reaction
  • Reports on enzyme exchange communication between termites.†  (source)
    enzyme = substance that causes a chemical reaction
  • I will have a positive attitude, take care of myself, I'll feed myself enzymes, and friendly bacteria.†  (source)
    enzymes = substances that causes a chemical reaction
  • "Fascinating," said the woman, "to think that it possesses some process or enzyme that can convert common metals into something extraordinary.†  (source)
    enzyme = substance that causes a chemical reaction
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