Depolymerization, on the other hand, is the elimination of low molecular weight substances ( monomers, dimers and suchlike ) from a polymer.
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This depolymerization mechanism which allows clean and complete volatization is in contrast to mineral oils which leave gum and sludge or thermoplastics which melt and spread.
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At low concentrations of free tubulin, the growth rate at the microtubule ends is slowed and results in an increased rate of depolymerization ( disassembly ).
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Tubulin inhibitors thus act by interfering with the dynamics of the microtubule, i . e ., growing ( polymerization ) and shortening ( depolymerization ).
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While the project to block air intakes requires polymerization, another effort at the Office of Naval Research takes the opposite tack _ depolymerization of things like rubber.
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Thermal depolymerization is similar to the geological processes that produced the fossil fuels used today, except that the technological process occurs in a timeframe measured in hours.
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Under normal in vitro conditions C c is 0.1 ?M, which means that at higher values polymerization occurs and at lower values depolymerization occurs.
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High concentrations of are found in the rock, which may have resulted in the depolymerization of the melt, increasing its fluidity and resulting in effusive activity.
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In addition to MAPs that have a stabilizing effect on microtubule structure, other MAPs can have a destabilizing effect either by cleaving or by inducing depolymerization of microtubules.
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These inhibitors may function in a variety of different methods, however, most employ the inhibition of subunit depolymerization and actin-depolymerizing actin-binding-proteins.
