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Meaning of "degradative"

degradative (adjective) - relating to the process of breaking down or deteriorating. It can refer to chemical reactions, environmental processes, or biological degradation of substances
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  • Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation.

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No appreciable degradative products were detected by this method.
A lysosome is an organelle that contains degradative enzymes.
This degradative system has been shown to modify PCBs.
Sequencing of a molecule requires reiterated degradative steps.
It is made up of degradative chemical reactions in the living cell.
The protein has no detectable steroid degradative activity.
Ceramides are identified by degradative charring and comparison to ceramide standards.
Oxidative degradation is the most important degradative phenomenon.
Degradative effects are particularly problematic when the medicament is a polypeptide.
The antiviral factor is probably not a degradative enzyme.
Corrosion is a degradative electrochemical reaction of a metal with its environment.
These reactions can be functionally classified as synthetic or degradative reactions.
Functional blockade of either degradative system leads to an enhanced aggresome formation.
This can minimise subsequent exposure to potentially degradative procedures.
The main pathway is degradative reducing the immunogenicity of the antigen.

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The stomach and intestinal tract are bathed in degradative enzymes.
Presence of catabolic genes encoding degradative enzymes can indicate a potential for bioremediation.
Tissue was manually processed to prevent contamination with ribonuclease or other degradative enzymes.
Lipases are enzymes catalysing the degradative hydrolysis of various types of lipids.
Net degradative activity in the extracellular environment is regulated by specific activators and inhibitors.
There was no apparent correlation between degradative ability and genus or source.
These degradative enzymes and inhibitors coordinate remodeling and maintenance of normal cartilage.
They serve primarily in synthetic and degradative reactions and in energy production.
The less degradative adhesives to be used in the present invention are silicone based polymers.
Alterations in this bony bed precede degradative changes in the articular cartilage.
Endosomes provide an environment for material to be sorted before it reaches the degradative lysosome.
Such a combination utilizes the different degradative specificities of the involved microorganisms.
Enzymatic action or reactive oxygen species attack at the site of inflammation or degradative metabolism.
The degradative activity of the enriched cultures increased as the number of enrichment cycles increased.
The loss of native protein structure can occur through a number of degradative pathways.
These biochemical mechanisms increase the degradative activity of bacteria associated with plant roots.
It is therefore important to select a product with a broad range of strains and degradative abilities.
Chondroitin sulfate also acts to inhibit the degradative enzymes that break down connective tissue.
The breaking of the carbon bonds in the molecule is partially oxidative and partially degradative.
This leads to degradative effects between the two mating surfaces and also around fasteners.
Any IgG not bound to FcRn will enter the lysosomal degradative pathway.
A tentative degradative pathway for phloroglucinol by Rhodococcus sp.
One putative role for telomeres includes stabilizing chromosomes and shielding the ends from degradative enzyme.
CBL is a degradative product like cannabinol.
HGH in aqueous solution is known to undergo a variety of degradative.
A degradative process would also have a larger effect on Mw.
BFL EcoCompost contains a small quantity of enzymes that initiate the degradative process.
A sequence encoding a fumonisin degradative esterase enzyme comprising an ATLM and a TNI amino acid domain.
A blank indicates that a Pth amino acid was not identified in this degradative cycle.
Degradative hydrolysis of compound IV was also observed.
As a result, lysosomes degradative capacity is decreased.
In the native context, the enzyme functions in the degradative direction.
Corrosion, on the other hand, is a degradative electrochemical reaction of a metal with its environment.
Lysosomes are sac-like compartments that contain a number of powerful degradative enzymes.
Typically, antioxidants are used to overcome the degradative effect of chlorine and / or its derivatives.

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