renature

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re·na·tur·a·tion

 (rē-nā′chər-ā′shən)
n.
The process by which proteins or complementary strands of nucleic acids re-form their native conformations.

[From renature, to undergo renaturation : re- + (de)nature.]

re·na′ture v.
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renature

(riːˈneɪtʃə)
vb
to restore to an original stateto undergo the process of renaturation
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However, some competent hydroid and gastropod larvae metamorphosed after being stressed with increased temperatures (Kroiher et al., 1992; Gaudette et al., 2001; Bishop and Brandhorst, 2003), probably because HSP90 proteins were diverted from NOS to renature proteins that had denatured from thermal stress (Bishop and Brandhorst, 2003).
Previously it was thought that since RNA can renature in the presence of both divalent and monovalent ions, divalent ion binding to RNA is due to a common electrostatic interaction of ions with phosphates [18].
After electrophoresis, the gels were washed for 1 h with 2.5% Triton-X-100 in 50 mM Tris pH 7.4 containing 5 mM Ca[Cl.sub.2] and 1 [micro]M Zn[Cl.sub.2], to remove SDS and to renature the MMP species in the gel.
After electrophoresis (180 V, 1 hour), the gels were removed from their cassettes, rinsed in distilled water, and incubated for two half-hour periods in 2.5% Triton X-100 to remove SDS and renature the proteins (as described earlier).
After getting renatured at room temperature for 1 hour in zymogram renature buffer, the gel was incubated overnight at 37[degrees] C in the zymogram development buffer (Bio-Rad).
The gel for zymogram analysis was washed two times for 30 min at 4[degrees] C in 100 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) containing 25% isopropanol to remove SDS and renature the protein.
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