Sample Sentences for
enzyme
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    The toxin does the deed insidiously, indirectly, by inhibiting an enzyme essential to glycoprotein metabolism.  (source)
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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
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    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)
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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
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    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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    There is a purity within her, a careful enzymatic balance she does not wish to disturb.†  (source)
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    Hilton suggested using enzymes to dissolve the connected tissue and leave the cancer cells intact.†  (source)
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    The new enzyme-based processes are responsible for extremely lifelike dairy flavors.  (source)
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    If it was an enzymatic block of some kind—like arsenic or strychnine—we'd expect fifteen or thirty seconds, perhaps longer.†  (source)
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    Disturbs the gastric enzymes and leads to ulcers, the occupational disease of the underground.†  (source)
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    Perhaps an enzyme imbalance.†  (source)
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    His ability, for example, to switch from enzymes to Quality Lit.†  (source)
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    Or maybe it's a chemical principle, an enzyme.†  (source)
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