inward

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Using a laser to precisely cut the actin band, Alison found that the band continued to move inward even after being severed.

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Researchers are encouraged by this because the outward-facing form of MurJ is exposed to the surrounding environment, which could make it more accessible to future drugs than a conformation that faces inward.

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They can shape a galaxy's long term development by channeling gas from the outer regions inward.

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Those studies showed that most of the debris from such impacts would eventually clump back together into moons, but some material would be scattered inward and remain as rings.

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When prices rise for reasons couples don’t fully understand, the stress often turns inward.

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