interrupters
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Those characteristics include the same number of exons, which encode the protein, and phases of introns, which act as interrupters to stop or start splicing of the RNA molecules transcribed from the gene.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
Tyrone Parker, executive director of the nonprofit Alliance of Concerned Men, said the District’s ecosystem of violence interrupters and other support programs aren’t collaborating with each other to squash the blood feuds.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Amanda Beale, an ANC representative from Ward 8, pleaded for more resources for violence interrupters who mediate disputes before they erupt in gunfire, saying, “When they are able to prevent retaliation, that is effective.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
Violence interruption works: There was a 31% drop in homicides and 19% in shootings in two Chicago districts where interrupters worked.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
A handy carriage procured from somewhere served as a platform and, under the light of Africa's silvery moon, 1,500 Burghers crowded round the improvised platform while the turbulent interrupters screeched some English national airs.
From Native Life in South Africa by Sol (Solomon Tshekisho) Plaatje
