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Because defensins are cationic (positively charged), they are able to interact with negatively charged molecules on the surface of microbes and permeate their membranes.
Since Japan’s Shinto deities are believed to permeate the natural surroundings — in this case, a beautiful cedar forest — the man-made shrine is just there for the fleeting present moment.
Errors, distorted emphases, discredited theories, internal inconsistencies, and outright prejudice permeate Buchanan's book right from the beginning.
Genes for sibling love come to permeate our species--as, in fact, they now do.
Recently the ashtray smell has begun to permeate our apartment--I presume through the wooden floors.