Floxes vs Flexes - What's the difference?
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(flox)
(molecular biology) To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"
* {{quote-book, 2003, Louis-Marie Houdebine, Animal Transgenesis and Cloning
, passage=In order to do this, the gene to knock out must first be floxed by homologous recombination.}}
* {{quote-book, 2007, Curt D. Sigmund & David E. Stec, Angiotensin Protocols, chapter=Genetic Manipulation of the Renin-Angiotensin System Using Cre-loxP-Recombinase, editor=Donna H. Wang
, passage= Technically, the main problems encountered are in floxing the target gene.}}
(FLOX)
(astronautics, dated) To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel
* {{quote-book, 1965, Samuel Glasstone, Sourcebook on the Space Sciences
, passage= It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.}}
(flex)
(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
(countable) The act of flexing.
(uncountable, chiefly, British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
(countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
To bend something.
To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
To move part of the body using one's muscles.
(bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
* 1994 , Elise Title, Body Heat? , page 189
As verbs the difference between floxes and flexes
is that floxes is third-person singular of flox while flexes is third-person singular of flex.As a noun flexes is
plural of flex.floxes
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Verb
(head)flox
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Etymology 1
Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"Verb
(es)citation
citation
See also
* (Floxed)Etymology 2
Noun
(-)Verb
(es)citation
See also
* lox * (FLOX) ----flexes
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Verb
(head)Noun
(head)flex
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Noun
Verb
(es)- He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"