We have lots of examples in molecular biology of components for one system being adapted or co-opted for use in a different system. |
They've also co-opted the mocking, confrontational tone of bygone campus radicals in their tactics. |
As expected, these systems involve using bits co-opted from other pathways originally having different functions. |
The great monastic orders were similarly co-opted to educate, administer, and farm. |
She was first co-opted and then elected on to the professional conduct committee. |
Other departmental managers are co-opted onto the committee when the specific issues under discussion relate to their activities. |