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By combining this data with gene expression analysis and the known effects of perturbing specific genes, scientists have ascribed functions to such chromatin marks.

It’s a perturbing relationship; I feel as though my continued shunning of organized religion has in a sense estranged me from the memory of some very important people.

We now show that perturbing the water layer around the protein, even very slightly, has dramatic effects on collagen assembly.'

Changes in the spin state can be observed by shining a laser through the material to see how many defects are "on" or "off" after perturbing them.

"It is clearly in humanity's interest to avoid perturbing Earth system to a degree that risks changing global environmental conditions so markedly," the authors wrote.