Preposition: of

• bond: Why is the cleavage of this bond by hydrolysis spontaneous?

• protein: The cleavage of these proteins precludes fusion of the vesicles with the nerve membrane, thereby preventing release of neurotransmitters into the neuromuscular junction.

Converse of object

• mediate: The enzyme DMSP-lyase, found in algae and some bacteria, mediates the cleavage of DMSP to DMS and acrylic acid.

• involve: The reaction, which involves cleavage of 2 ~P bonds of ATP, is essentially irreversible.

• show: Liz Hurley shows far more cleavage than Beatrice does.

• follow: At higher photon energies, smaller fragment ions are formed following cleavage of more than one bond.

Adjective modifier

• proteolytic: Note that some chains are formed by the proteolytic cleavage of an intact precursor chain.

• ample: It just doesn't seem fashionable to have big tits these days and the size 20 jacket only just covers my ample cleavage.

• social: Belgian opposition to the Emperor was marked by less social cleavage than had appeared in the Dutch rising.

• political: RAE D and Taylor M ( 1970 ) The analysis of political cleavages.New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

• specific: Specific cleavage of the apoB mRNA at the predicted site was demonstrated, using sophisticated analytical methods.

Modifies a noun

• furrow: The mechanism by which the microtubules communicated the positioning of the cleavage furrow in mammalian cells was largely unknown.

• plane: Between cleavage planes the atomic bonding is weak compared to within the planes.

• site: The HA cleavage site relies on the presence of basic amino acids.

• reaction: This cleavage reaction causes the firey glow in fireflies and certain types of fish, hence its name.

• pattern: The cocktail produced specific cleavage patterns, or fingerprints, for a variety of proteases.

• product: The individual cleavage products of the polyprotein are not shown.

Noun used with modifier

• peptide: Once activated caspases act as cysteine proteases, using a cysteine side chain for catalyzing peptide bond cleavage at aspartyl residues in their substrates.

• backbone: Backbone cleavages of [ M H ] anions of peptides.

• bond: At high collision energies, all protonated benzodiazepines eliminate a hydrogen atom by simple bond cleavage.