What's the difference between affy and engaged?

Affy


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust.
  • (v. t.) To betroth or espouse; to affiance.
  • (v. t.) To bind in faith.
  • (v. i.) To trust or confide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Purification of the new conjugate was performed in three sequential steps: (1) by HPLC gel filtration on TSK G3000SW to remove the unconjugated ricin: (2) by affinity chromatography on Affi-Gel Blue to separate the free antibody from the conjugate and (3) by affinity chromatography on Sepharose 6B to separate the galactose-binding IT from the non-binding moiety.
  • (2) Calcium-dependent binding to phenothiazine Affi-Gel confirmed that calcium binding induces conformation changes characteristic of calmodulin.
  • (3) In order to increase understanding of the control of inositol-1,3,4-trisphosphate kinase activity, the enzyme was highly purified from rat liver by precipitation with polyethylene glycol, MonoQ ion-exchange chromatography, heparin-agarose affinity chromatography, and a novel affinity chromatography procedure that utilized Affi-Gel resin to which InsP6 was coupled (Marecek, J.F., and Prestwich, G.D. (1991) Tetrahedron Lett.
  • (4) An affinity-purified fraction (APF) was obtained by passing crude somatic antigens of Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae through an Affi-Gel 10 column coupled with anti-Trichuris suis IgG.
  • (5) Rabbit liver tRNA nucleotidyldransferase bound to columns of Affi-Gel Blue and could be specifically eluted with tRNA.
  • (6) A thiol peptidase that catalyzes at near neutral pH the hydrolysis of insulin, the isolated A and B chains of insulin, and glucagon was purified from rat liver cytosol by fractionation on Sephadex G-200, Affi-Gel Blue, and Spherogel TSK-G 3000 SW.
  • (7) Purification involved sonic disruption of bacterial cells, ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on Affi-Gel Blue, chromatofocusing, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-100.
  • (8) The versatility of the Affi-Gel-10 monomer affinity matrix was further demonstrated by purifying 13 mammalian arylsulfatase A enzymes to homogeneity, as assessed by Sephacryl chromatography, native and SDS gel electrophoresis.
  • (9) Pooled serum from normal cattle and sheep and serum from sheep, infected with two different viruses, were prepared for HPIEC by chromatography on CM-Affi-Gel Blue.
  • (10) A chalcone derived from a potent retinobenzoic acid (Ch55) was chosen as the ligand and fixed to an immobilized matrix by coupling with the N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of agarose (Affi-Gel 10, Bio-Rad Laboratories).
  • (11) The purpose of this study was to characterize a suppressive active glycopeptide (SAP) using affinity chromatography (AFFI) and explore its similarity to fibronectin (FN) degradation products.
  • (12) The active fraction, which eluted from an Affi-Gel Blue column between 0.10 and 0.15 M NaCl, was further resolved on a QMA anion exchange column.
  • (13) Angiotensin II antiserum purified by affinity chromatography was covalently coupled to Affi-gel 10 (Affi-gel 10-AB).
  • (14) However, both the GDP- and GTP-bound forms of the N-terminal fragment failed to bind to membranes and phosphatidylserine-linked Affi-Gel.
  • (15) Purification steps included several chromatography using Q-Sepharose Fast Flow, cellulose phosphate, Toyopearl HW 55 and Affi-Gel Blue.
  • (16) Dialyzed serum was chromatographed successively on Affi-gel blue, hydroxyapatite, DE-cellulose, phenyl-Sepharose, an affinity matrix for angiotensin converting enzyme and concanavalin-Sepharose.
  • (17) Plasminogen activating activity appeared resulting from the separation of UKI from PPA-UKI complex through UK-Sepharose or UK-Affi Gel 10 affinity chromatography.
  • (18) A 130-kDa integral membrane glycoprotein from brush border membrane was shown to bind specifically to 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate immobilized on Affi-Gel 102 resin.
  • (19) One of them was araUTP-Sepharose 4B which was coupled directly with the ligand and the other was araUTP-Affi-Gel 10 which was coupled with the ligand through a spacer.
  • (20) The product was purified by Affi-Gel Blue followed by Bio-Rex 70 column chromatography.

Engaged


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Engage
  • (a.) Occupied; employed; busy.
  • (a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
  • (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
  • (a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This finding is of major importance for persons treated with diltiazem who engage in sport.
  • (2) "But we develop a picture of someone from their previous engagements with us.
  • (3) In this study we were engaged on the pharmacokinetics of fosfestrol (Honvan) after oral administration.
  • (4) It is also a clear sign of our willingness and determination to step up engagement across the whole range of the EU-Turkey relationship to fully reflect the strategic importance of our relations.
  • (5) Nice (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) has also published new guidance on good patient experience that provides a strong framework on which to build good engagement practice.
  • (6) A man wearing a badge that says "property team" quietly parries some of her points, but chooses not to engage with others.
  • (7) I never had any doubt that the vast majority of people engaged in "business" are not the exploiters but the exploited.
  • (8) The need here is to promote the development of genuinely participative models – citizens panels and juries, patient and community leaders, participatory budgeting, and harnessing the power of digital engagement.
  • (9) Engagement in reminiscing may be stable during old age or may follow a developmental course.
  • (10) Using allozymes as the genetic probe, data are presented which show that wild Drosophila buzzatii females and males engaged in copulation mate at random.
  • (11) "This will obviously be a sensitive topic for the US administration, but partners in the transatlantic alliance must be clear on common rules of engagement in times of conflict if we are to retain any moral standing in the world," Verhofstadt said.
  • (12) Enright said: “We call on the home secretary and chair of IICSA [the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse] to engage actively and urgently to find a way forward that secures the confidence of survivors and provides the inquiry’s legal team with the resources and support they need to deliver justice and truth that survivors deserve.” Stein said his clients were “deeply disatisfied” with aspects of how the inquiry had been conducted but called for Emmerson to stay, adding: “I urge the home secretary to seek to find a way in which his valuable contribution can be maintained”.
  • (13) However, the mean serum EPO concentrations of male and female athletes engaged in a variety of sports were not different from those of sedentary control subjects of both sexes (26.5-35.3 U.ml-1).
  • (14) The findings may have a more general significance in relation to the site of engagement between processed antigen and MHC molecules in specialized antigen-presenting cells.
  • (15) These steps signify a willingness for engagement not seen before, but they have been overshadowed by the "nuclear crisis" triggered in October 2002 when Pyongyang admitted to having the "know-how", but not the technology, for a highly enriched uranium route to nuclear weapons.
  • (16) Through cues or precues, attention was directed to one location of a multistimulus visual display and, while attention was so engaged, the identity of a stimulus located at a different position in the display was changed.
  • (17) An Ofsted for universities Read more Too often a commitment to learning and teaching is presented in opposition to engagement with research and scholarship, but the two should be inextricably linked.
  • (18) And he failed to engage with these sensible proposals to limit bonuses to a maximum of a year's salary or double that if explicitly backed by shareholders - proposals which even his own MEPs have backed – until the very last minute.
  • (19) And an increasing number of critics say that no nuclear weapon would be a credible deterrent in any counter-terrorist operation British forces will be engaged in for the foreseeable future.
  • (20) The patient was engaged in the magistraliter preparations of medicaments in a pharmacy.