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
The city began making significant investments in violence interrupters five years ago, and programs run by D.C. and the independently elected attorney general have expanded.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022
And the Police Department said in a prepared statement that it “routinely collaborates with violence interrupters, local clergy, local organizations, community stakeholders and other city agencies to stem youth violence.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Increasing the number of hearers does not relieve the situation, but merely increases the number of possible interrupters or of people who stand about the stage more and more stiffly.
From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker
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