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adj. - Of or relating to the inability to walk.

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  • As is already the case in Scotland and Wales, so in the cities and counties of England, voters should be free to make choices they can make in every other European country,...
  • In this study, we present X-ray structures of a DNA polymerase caught while incorporating a nucleotide opposite an abasic site.
  • An abasic site residue at position n, i.e. opposite the 3'-end of the primer, prevents binding of INDOPY-1, while an abasic site at the adjacent position n+1 has...
  • Although these lesions are devoid of the genetic information, adenine is most efficiently inserted when abasic sites are bypassed by DNA polymerases, a phenomenon termed...
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