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Wed 22 Dec, 2010 09:29 am
In the line-up of "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23.......", 7,14 and 21 belong to the "every seventh"?
Context:
"Rather than 'rounding up the usual suspects', we now have a comprehensive molecular playlist of 1000 suspects," says Professor Jeffrey L Noebels, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. "Every seventh protein in this line-up is involved in a known clinical disorder, and over half of them are repeat offenders. Mining the postsynaptic proteome now gives researchers a strategic entry point, and the rest of us a front row seat to witness neuroscience unravel the complexity of human brain disorders."
Yes, but you should understand that it is only every seventh by arbitrarily arranging the proteins. In this context, it only means that one in seven of the 1000 proteins meet the definition--it does not mean that literally, 7, 14, 21, etc. meet the criteria.