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conserved

Of genetic entities that remain unchanged between individuals of a species or between different species or over a period of time. The adjective is often qualified as in ‘highly conserved’.
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Comparing two species usually isn't enough to find these conserved sequences, says Green.
Although the formation of typical A-type inclusions is restricted to cells infected with cowpox virus, ectromelia virus, and raccoonpox virus (2), the sequence coding the N-terminus of the protein is highly conserved in many viruses, including CPXV, VACV, variola virus, camelpox virus, and ectromelia virus.
Further M RNA sequences will help in determining the most conserved regions and subsequently the design of the most effective primers.
All these decorative features have been creatively conserved keeping in view the International practices of conservation," Wajahat explained.
Through a monetary valuation of the economic benefits that conserved lands provide, the results of this project are intended to more clearly articulate the value of Texas conservation lands and open spaces to decision makers.
This is partly due to the amount of work required to construct conserved flows; it can be cumbersome and tedious when dealing with the large systems of differential equations that arise in physics, cosmology, and engineering.
The team figured the RNA could serve a vital function if it conserved in species that aren't human.
The program has not only conserved Markhor but has also raised the socio-economic condition of the concerned communities in Markhor trophy hunting areas.
Since amino acid residues that are vital for function or structural stability of a protein tend to be conserved across species, any differences at the functional sites would indicate possible differences for biological activity.
The vector T = ([T.sup.1], ..., [T.sup.r]) is a conserved vector for the partial differential equation and [T.sup.1], ..., [T.sup.r] are its components.
In different laboratory tests, Quadvax-induced antibodies inhibited the growth of 26 different parasite strains, and the scientists suggest that "the combination of four AMA1 variants in Quadvax may be sufficient to overcome global AMA1 diversity." Besides varying a lot from strain to strain, AMA1 also contains less variable (conserved) exposed parts (so-called epitopes) on its surface.