Recent Examples on the WebThe other kind, known as cleavable linkers, are chemicals that break in response to very specific cues, such as enzymes that are abundant in tumors, in the spaces between individual cancer cells.—Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 4 July 2013 That small molecule includes an enzyme-cleavable bond, which means it can be split by enzymes that are present during inflammation.—Megan Thielking, STAT, 3 Apr. 2018
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