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• That would be a fine example of establishing what we call a terminus ante quem, "point [in time] before which," the latest year a particular document could have been written. —  Richard Carrier Blogs
• "When the N-terminus is disrupted by its polyglutamine neighbor, it takes a lead role in the aggregation process, with the polyglutamine then following to consolidate and stabilize the clumps - a kind of 'aggregation two-step'." —  innovations-report
• "If the N-terminus is not there, huntingtin makes clumps very slowly, even if the polyglutamine stretch is rather long," Dr. Wetzel noted. —  innovations-report
• It will take you as far as the terminus, and there you must see what you can do I went back to my horses. —  In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry
• And so they waited till the terminus was almost deserted, and the last cab had driven off, when, suddenly, dashing up the station yard out of another, came Ascott He was so sorry, so very sorry, downright grieved, at having kept his aunts waiting. —  Mistress and Maid

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