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inactivation /in·ac·ti·va·tion/ (in-ak″tĭ-va´shun) the destruction of biological activity, as of a virus, by the action of heat or other agent.
inactivation
[inak′tivā′shən]
Etymology: L, in, not, activus, active
a reversible denaturation of a protein. See also deactivation. inactivate, adj.

inactivation [in-ak″tĭ-va´shun]
the destruction of activity, as of a virus, by the action of heat or another agent.

inactivation
the destruction of activity, as of a virus, by the action of heat, chemical or other agent.


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They have discovered that inactivation of a DNA repair gene called Hus1 efficiently kills cells lacking p53 - a gene mutated in the majority of human cancers.
PEFs have a similar bacterial inactivation effect as HTST pasteurization, and leave the product with better quality because they generate less heat.
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