Word: clump
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According to Guan, part of the theory behind her research, discovered by members of the lab team she works with, is that proteins that are not water-soluble tend to clump together, thereby diminishing the ability of each protein to function. When the residues of these GFP proteins are positively charged, however, they have the ability to penetrate cell walls. Additionally, these super-charged proteins demonstrated the ability to carry nucleic, and even genomic, material into cells if the material was negatively charged...
...discreet, virtually-controlled commands so that animators could simulate wolf emotions (fear, submission, aggression, or the fervent yearning of unrequited love). The Tippett Studio invented a “proprietary fur tool” to generate the 4 million hairs on each wolf, and programmed each hair to randomly clump, rotate, vary in color, and simulate the effects of wind and movement...
...true networking fashion, people initially stood awkwardly in little clumps by alma mater, talking about how bad the economy was and how you, like, totally need to see Avatar. FlyBy joined the undergraduate clump and endured the regular firing round of questions (name, House, concentration). After idle small talk and some social lubrication, aided by the ridiculously long wine list and very reasonable drinking age of 19, the clumps started commingling. FlyBy felt immediately at home with the HCT because they, like this correspondent, were not that interested in American politics. Great...