Example sentences for: insensitive

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  • Tetraethylammonium is known as a pore-occluding blocker of voltage-gated potassium channels [ 1 ] , but it also blocks other cationic channels such as calcium-dependent K +channels [ 2 3 ] and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor [ 4 ] . TEA at 0.1 to 10 mM also inhibits osmotic water flux through human AQP1 channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes, decreasing the net swelling rate in hypotonic saline by 30-40% as compared to AQP1-expressing oocytes not treated with TEA [ 5 ] . This blocking effect on osmotic water flux was demonstrated to involve AQP1 channels specifically by using site-directed mutagenesis (tyrosine 186 to phenylalanine) to generate a Y186F AQP1 channel that is insensitive to block by TEA, but retains sensitivity to block by mercury.

  • A Walk on the Moon leans to the side of "family values" but scapegoats no one--neither the decent but insensitive Marty nor the opportunistic salesman.

  • In the wild-type, the prephenate dehydratase activity of the P-protein is completely inhibited by phenylalanine, whereas *PheC is completely insensitive.

  • Nodal cancer staging currently relies on invasive procedures (surgical lymph node dissection, sentinel lymph node resection, biopsy) with significant morbidity and cost [22,23], or insensitive tomographic imaging methods [24].

  • Prudie offers the following ideas to eliminate the insensitive hostility: You could send a memo, in-house, stating that if the pronoun problem persists, you will take your gussied-up self, along with your skills, to another firm.


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