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Meanings of factor in English

Portuguese
divisor
Catalan
divisor
Spanish
divisor
Wikidata

One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer.

divisor
Portuguese
fator
Catalan
component
Spanish
elemento

An abstract part of something.

fator
Portuguese
intermediário
Catalan
agent comercial
Spanish
agente

Agent for commerce.

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intermediário
Portuguese
genes
Catalan
gen
Spanish
gen

(Genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity.

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Examples for "gene"
Examples for "gene"
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Bdelloid rotifers haven't seen a new gene combination in years-eighty-fivemillionyears.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
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It will certainly speed up and help all future gene sequencing projects.
Wired
3
Jake was one of 13 patients given pioneering gene therapy last year.
BBC
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However, no studies are available comparing these amplification events with gene expression.
Pubmed
5
Possible contributors include multidrug resistance, extensive virulence gene content, and ongoing transmission.
Pubmed
1
We have developed a rapid and general technique for purification of a protein encoded by a cistron contained in a recombinant DNA clone.
Pubmed
2
We report the discovery of a short ORF embedded within the P3 cistron of the polyprotein but translated in the +2 reading-frame.
Pubmed
3
Our results suggest that a nonoverlapping cistron in the beta 2 receptor mRNA 5' leader region is translated and the resulting peptide inhibits receptor translation.
Pubmed
4
Members of the Paramyxoviridae family utilize a variety of different strategies to increase coding capacity within their P cistrons.
Pubmed
5
The techniques consist of tagging the initiator cistrons at the C-terminus with beta-galactosidase-encoding DNA of Escherichia coli in the correct translational phase.
Pubmed
Usage of factor in English
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A risk factor associated with crisis contagion is sharing a common industry.
Radio NZ
2
Objective: Inflammation is key risk factor for several conditions in the elderly.
Pubmed
3
Rio culture 'significant factor' in sites' destruction The political fallout is ongoing.
The Guardian
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Objective: Controversy surrounds appropriate risk factor targets in older adults with diabetes.
Pubmed
5
Lacklustre demand in China has also been a factor, industry sources said.
Reuters
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This remains a major risk factor for emerging markets like South Africa.
The South African
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Background: Human movement is likely an important risk factor for environmentally-transmitted pathogens.
Pubmed
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High unemployment rates among youths are also a factor, the report said.
Feminist dot com
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Your personal economic situation is one factor to consider in this analysis.
Reuters
10
Key points: Hypokalaemia is a risk factor for development of ventricular arrhythmias.
Pubmed
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Objective: Cigarette smoking is an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.
Pubmed
12
This score, of course, means away goals are no longer a factor.
The Guardian
13
Underlying all this is the factor any successful film needs: good timing.
The Guardian
14
She said meth was a factor in a number of those cases.
Radio NZ
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Photo: AAP An earlier report found no one factor sparked the violence.
Radio NZ
16
Overall geopolitical pressure is the top risk factor for the coming week.
The South African
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