cleave - use in sentences

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Tom can not cleave with apron strings still attached... ... ... ... ... ... ... .
  • closely: In its foundations, our model cleaves quite closely to Kiyotaki and Moore ( 2000 ).

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • unto: The verse reads, ' The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.

Subject

  • protease: Many of these proteins are also cleaved by proteases, and these enzyme activities are targets of drugs that stop invasion.

Modifying Another Word

  • together: Although they disagreed profoundly on religion it is recorded that " in all other worldly matters they cleaved together like burrs " .
  • also: Many of these proteins are also cleaved by proteases, and these enzyme activities are targets of drugs that stop invasion.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • off: Type II secretion, proteins are placed in the periplasm, where a signal is cleaved off, then the mature protein is secreted.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • off: Using a very sharp edge like a razor blade, thin flakes can be cleaved off the mica samples typically obtained from the suppliers.

Preposition: by

  • enzyme: By implication, C5 may bind to both C3b and C4b before it is cleaved by the enzyme.
  • protease: Many of these proteins are also cleaved by proteases, and these enzyme activities are targets of drugs that stop invasion.

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