What's the difference between affy and taffy?

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.

Taffy


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
  • (n.) Flattery; soft phrases.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Adams's close associate, DC Alan "Taffy'' Holmes shot himself dead on 27 July , 1987, on the eve of Adams being interviewed by corruption investigators.
  • (2) Behavioral observations indicated that behaviors associated with SMB (self-biting and taffy pulling) were present in neonatal, but not adult lesioned rats.
  • (3) These accentuated behaviors included licking, grooming, taffy pulling, jumping, paw treading and locomotion.
  • (4) Behavior induced by higher doses of apomorphine in the 6-OHDA group (reduced licking and head nodding; increased paw treading, taffy pulling and self-biting) were not attenuated by MIF-1.
  • (5) Eat yeot!” yelled an angry taffy-thrower at the team, according to reports from the airport.

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