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insertion
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insertion
1. Anatomy the point or manner of attachment of a muscle to the bone that it moves
2. Botany the manner or point of attachment of one part to another

insertion [in′sər·shən]
(aerospace engineering)
(anatomy)
The point at which a muscle is attached to a bone that moves when the muscle contracts; it is the distal end of the muscle.
(cell and molecular biology)
The addition of an extranumerary base pair to double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid; causes errors in transcription.


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Needle electromyography (EMG) of bilateral tibialis anterior and peroneus longus muscles revealed motor unit potentials of normal amplitude, duration, and phasicity; increased insertional activity, 2+ fibrillations, 2+ positive sharp waves and reduced recruitment.
The papers focus on a range of chromosomal mutagenesis techniques for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and present a variety of state-of-the-art methods in step-by-step laboratory format, including insertional gene disruptions, gene knockouts, stimulated homologous recombination techniques and novel tools based on integrases, eukaryotic transposons, triplex forming oligonucleotides, group II introns, and engineered site-directed nucleases.
 
 
 
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