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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
catalyze .
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Examples
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The UV "catalyzes" the ozone to produce an even more rapid and effective reaction in a compact space.
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The tRNA is combined with a particular amino acid; the holoenzyme catalyzes the transfer of the amino acid to the amino acid string attached to another part of the holoenzyme.
Attached to Strings 2009
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What catalyzes significant changes to the social entropic state?
Expression 2010
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What catalyzes significant changes to the social entropic state?
Globalization 2009
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The overall shape of a sequence of the molecules in a particular stretch of DNA is such that it combines with a molecule (or collection of molecules) that we designate "RNA polymerase", to form a holoenzyme that catalyzes the addition of a particular ribonucleotide to a string of nucleotides, which we call "RNA".
Attached to Strings 2009
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The program catalyzes the kinds of reforms human capital systems in our schools need.
Wonkbook: Our last chance to stabilize the housing market 2011
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It does this by irreversibly blocking the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX), which catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid to endoperoxide compounds.
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The overall shape of a sequence of the molecules in a particular stretch of DNA is such that it combines with a molecule (or collection of molecules) that we designate "RNA polymerase", to form a holoenzyme that catalyzes the addition of a particular ribonucleotide to a string of nucleotides, which we call "RNA".
Attached to Strings 2009
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The program catalyzes the kinds of reforms human capital systems in our schools need.
Wonkbook: Our last chance to stabilize the housing market 2011
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The tRNA is combined with a particular amino acid; the holoenzyme catalyzes the transfer of the amino acid to the amino acid string attached to another part of the holoenzyme.
Attached to Strings 2009
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