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

Jawanna Hardy, director of Hope in Action, said that although the number of violence interrupters working in the county is small, additional hires are being made.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

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

The crowd passed out of the Lyric Hall and marched in the direction of the Dutch Reformed Church Square, closely followed by the hooting band of interrupters.

From Native Life in South Africa by Plaatje, Sol (Solomon Tshekisho)