"All genes are encoded by DNA and the DNA is present in the chromosomes in the cell nucleus and telomeres, they are the ends of the chromosomes and they have an important function to protect the chromosomes and maintain the integrity of the chromosomes."

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And in his role here as a mute, as an infant, Christ is serving, I think, an important function for Milton.

作为一个哑巴，一个婴儿，基督对，弥尔顿起了很重要的作用。

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I put it there because, well, I think the major chain bookstores fulfill an important function but I also like to support independent bookstores.

我推荐这个书店是因为,我认为,虽然主流的连锁书店,起到了很重要的作用,但是我仍然想支持一下独立书店

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The renal system has an equally important function in that way, in maintaining your water balance.

泌尿系统也同样十分重要,它能够维持体内的水平衡

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I couldn't have told you, for example, if we look at a phosphate group, that that's going to be incredibly important in DNA, that it's also an incredibly important group when you're dealing with proteins and whether you're turning the function of a protein on or off.

怎么和化学反应相联系起来的，更不记得其它我更不感兴趣的规律,我不能告诉你，如果我们看磷酸盐,它们对于构成DNA十分重要,也是构成蛋白质的重要组份,它是否能打开或关闭一个蛋白质的功能。

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