cleavage
2
7.2
- noun
- /ˈklivɪdʒ/
- Specialized
- Beclin 1 cleavage might therefore counteract this potentially beneficial effect of increased autophagy.
- proteolytic cleavage
- bond cleavage
- cleavage site
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeAnd that piece is called a furan cleavage site.
- And that piece is called a furan cleavage site.
- Where they had been part of an application to insert a furan cleavage site able to infect human cells.
Examples
-
As a result, fibrinogen adsorbs and converts in situ to fibrin through a structural cleavage and eventually creates thrombosis.
Academic text (2018) -
The furin cleavage site is not present in C. ubiquitum.
Academic text (2014) -
The main failure mode of a probe is the cleavage of the defrost heater.
Blog text (25) -
Caspase-3 is the most important terminal cleavage enzyme in the process of apoptosis.
Academic text (2018) -
The scientist observed the cleavage of the chemical compound during the experiment.
-
In biology class, we learned about the cleavage stages of early embryo development.
-
The enzyme facilitates the cleavage of protein chains into smaller peptides.
Synonyms
73
1.7
To cause something to fall into pieces or become damaged
27
3.6
A separation into parts when something falls apart
15
6.3
Breaking something into small pieces, often by force
8
4.1
A process in which a substance is broken into simpler parts by chemicals or living things
8
3.4
The act of dividing something into parts or groups
5
6.2
Something breaks into smaller pieces and falls apart
4
6.1
Dividing something into separate parts
4
5.7
Breaking a substance into simpler parts
2
4.2
Breaking something into many small pieces with sudden force
2
4.6
An act of wood breaking that sends out small sharp pieces
1
6.0
Dividing something into parts or groups
1
7.9
Breaking a whole into smaller separate parts
1
7.0
To divide something into separate parts that work on their own
1
9.8
The cutting or splitting of something into parts
1
9.0
The breaking of a group or society into smaller, competing groups
1
8.9
Separation of parts that are normally joined in a structure or machine
Antonyms
Compounds
How Split
15
6.3
2
7.0
- Specialized
2
7.2
- Specialized
1
7.0
283
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cleavage in science also comes from cleave 'to split' plus the ending -age that makes a noun, and it keeps the same image of something being cut or broken. So scientists use cleavage to describe the breaking of molecules or bonds, just like cutting a chain.