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- noun
incubation prior to some other treatment or process
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A23187 was studied according to preincubation time of mast cells with drugs and to incubation time of cells with the triggering agent.
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When compound 48/80 was used to trigger histamine secretion, the inhibitory potencies of all the compounds used were decreased according to preincubation time.
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Six flavonol glycosides, three quercetin glycosides and three kaempferol glycosides were mutagenic after preincubation with "hesperidinase," a crude extract of Aspergillus niger.
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PMS preincubation resulted in the enhancement of antioxidant activity and anti-lipid peroxidation.
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KATP current recorded in excised patches was blocked by glybenclamide, but preincubation with antibody against SUR1 abolished this blocking effect of glybenclamide, confirming that the antibody targets the SUR1 protein in the neuronal plasmalemmal membrane.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Vasiliki Zoga 2010
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In contrast, a short preincubation (2 min) of cells with quercetin or luteolin decreased their inhibitory effect on the ionophore-induced release, whereas a longer preincubation increased the inhibition.
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Fig 6 show that preincubation of the INr peptides with LC5-RIC cells prior to the addition of HIV-1 resulted in significant stimulation of the infection efficiency, as estimated by the expression of a fluorescence reporter gene
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After the preincubation, [14C] octanoyl CoA was added to begin the acylation reaction.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Akihiko Ozawa et al. 2009
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However, preincubation of the enzyme substrate-reaction with zinc prior to addition of octanoyl CoA did not result in any loss of zinc stimulation or of EDTA inhibition during the actual acyl transfer reaction.
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Despite the preincubation with AKT inhibitor VIII, the drug fails to inhibit PDGF-induced change in conformation and activation of PKBα.
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