dissociate
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"For example, if at first proteins A and B are separate, adding caffeine brings them together; conversely, if proteins A and B start out together, adding a drug like rapamycin can cause them to dissociate."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026
Although the actor felt tethered to the character while on set, she could easily dissociate at the end of the day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Some may look at this incident as being somewhat playful, but it's hard to dissociate what could very easily be construed as animosity toward the police," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
She has no trouble watching the finished product though — she can even dissociate and just watch it as a film.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Part of her wanted to just leave, just run away inside her head, dissociate deeper than anyone could find, but Jam knew she had to stay.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Phosphorylation of the inhibitor IκB dissociates the complex between it and NF-κB, allowing NF-κB to enter the nucleus and stimulate transcription.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The oxygen dissociates from the Hb molecule, shifting the oxygen dissociation curve to the right.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Because only 1.1% of the dissociates into Ag+ and NH3, the assumption that x is small is justified.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
When a stop codon is encountered, a release factor binds and dissociates the components and frees the new protein.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Sulphuric acid dissolved in water is an electrolyte, and dissociates into the ions 2 H+ and SO4—.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
She now believes she dissociated during the encounter and there was a "massive power imbalance", she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
In previous interviews, the musician has spoken of how she dissociated from Lady Gaga.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
In his scheme, the qubits would consist not of atoms, but those special anyon pairs, which can capture quantum information in their dissociated electrons.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023
In a dissociated state, he said, someone could sink into a tub without realizing it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
State and local affiliates dissociated from the National and formed new groups.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
"If you can trick gold into dissociating oxygen, it can actually become a very effective catalyst for certain reactions," Montemore said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
"She's created popularity by dissociating herself from the party's stagnant image," he says.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
So that was a good tool that they put into the script of her dissociating, kind of going somewhere else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Some people respond by mentally "dissociating," or disconnecting from their physical selves.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2021
At its annual convention in Washington, DC, a group of women offered a resolution officially dissociating the group from Stanton and The Woman's Bible.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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