It falls apart, or at least it threatens to do so.

他们破碎了，或者即将破碎。

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When that thing falls apart, you go back to the parts.

当它四分五裂的时候，就会回到原来的那些部分。

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If I took two double stranded DNA molecules and I exposed them to certain conditions that caused them to denature, that means its native structure falls apart.

假如我把两条DNA双链,放在特定的条件下,使它们变性,变性表示使它们的原始结构分开

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This gives you a biological mechanism for cutting, using restriction enzymes, and then you denature so that it falls apart, and then you renature so that it comes back together.

这是一种切割DNA的生物机制,用限制性内切酶,改变DNA的性质让它打开,然后让它合起来恢复它的性质

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