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This might be due to the polysaccharide backbone of cellulose [ 60 ] with a propensity to form strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds and to be involved in hydrophobic interactions more than soluble dextrans [ 61 ] and galactose + 3,6-anhydrogalactose copolymers (= the saccharide moiety of carrageenan) [ 62 63 ] . Among the two polymers containing aryl sulfonates, poly(napthalene sulfonate) was more effective than poly(styrene-4-sulfonate) with respect to induction of gp41 six-helix bundles in HIV-1 BaL.
Consideration of nucleotide bias at the 5' end of miRNA (including a propensity to begin with U) may improve predictions [ 11 ] , although we stress that our algorithms were designed to predict pre-miRNA genes and not mature miRNA sequences themselves.
We did not find an association between diabetic ketoacidosis and viral infections other than hepatitis C, notably cytomegalovirus, nor did we find an association between diabetic ketoacidosis and antibody induction therapy, which would be expected to decrease immunity but might also allow for a greater propensity to viral infections.
It goes on to describe the `inhabitants” propensity for “goat-rustling.”
Increased expression of Fas and FasL appeared to increase the propensity to undergo apoptosis, but was not the sole determinant of this process.