(n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results would suggest that N-terminal acetylation and C-terminal proteolytic cleavage are important post-translational modifications of the forms of Amia beta-endorphin.
(2) Its existence in adult Amia, in most Osteoglossomorpha, and in many non-euteleostean bony fishes suggests that its persistence in the adult stage is a primitive trait of bony fishes, and its absence in the Notopteroidei (with the exception of Hiodon) is a derived condition.
(3) The suppressor mutations had therefore dissociated the two properties associated with a mutation in the amiA cistron, namely aminopterin resistance and isoleucine sensitivity.
(4) However, the two distributions of integration efficiencies of amiA mutants arisen either in strain Cl(3) or strain 401 are significantly different.
(5) Amino acid metabolism was examined in mitochondria from the lateral red muscle of a teleost (lake char, Salvelinus namaycush) and a nonteleost fish (bowfin, Amia calva).
(6) Yellow corpuscles from the ventral surface of the anterior kidney in bowfins (Amia calva L.) converted [7-3H]pregnenolone to radioactive 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, and corticosterone in vitro.
(7) In pneumococcal transformation a particular point mutation belonging to the amiA locus is able markedly to enhance recombination frequency when crossed with any other markers of this gene.
(8) A new technique is presented for determining the volume of extracellular space in bowfin (Amia calva) brain during in vitro incubation.
(9) Kinetic analyses of ligand binding indicate that the Bohr and Root effects of Amia calva hemoglobins are best explained by changes in both the "on" and "off" constants.
(10) It was first observed in two-point crosses between an amiA mutation (amiA36) carrying this sequence and other closely linked mutants of the locus.
(11) Homologous peptides belonging to the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) family were isolated from the pancreas of a teleostean fish, the American eel (Anguilla rostrata), an holostean fish, the bowfin (Amia calva) and an elasmobranch fish, the skate (Raja rhina), and their primary structures were determined.
(12) The two species of holosteans studied, Amia calva and Lepisosteus platyrhincus, exhibited changes of melanophore index (melanosome aggregation), indicating responses to MCH and to melatonin but no response to norepinephrine (NE).
(13) The nephron of adult bowfin, Amia calva, was described using light and electron microscopic techniques.
(14) Thus, the majority of quinacrine-induced mutants at the amiA locus of pneumococcus consists of frameshift mutations.
(15) The number of spontaneous amiA mutants, estimated by two methods, was found to be higher in strain 401 than in strain Cl(3).
(16) Amethopterin-resistant mutants belonging to the amiA locus were used for these investigations.
(17) The distribution of integration efficiencies of independent mutations spontaneously occurring in the amiA locus was determined in two strains of pneumococcus.
(18) The majority of the AMIA in all the animals was anti-idiotypic and wholly anti-idiotypic in the TLI animals.
(19) The primary structure of insulin from a holostean fish, the bowfin (Amia calva), was established as: A-chain: Gly-Ile-Val-Glu-Gln-Cys-Cys-Leu-Lys-Pro-Cys-Thr-Ile-Tyr-Glu-Met-Glu- Lys-Tyr-Cys-Asn B-chain: Ala-Ala-Ser-Gln-His-Leu-Cys-Gly-Ser-His-Leu-Val-Glu-Ala-Leu-Phe-Leu- Val-Cys-Gly-Glu-Ser-Gly-Phe-Phe-Tyr-Asn-Pro-Asn-Lys-Ser This amino acid sequence contains several substitutions (methionine at A16, phenylalanine at B16 and serine at B22) at sites that have been strongly conserved in other vertebrate species and that may be expected to influence biological activity.
(20) Ammonia-N was the major form of nonfaceal nitrogen excreted by L. amia and excretion rates were temperature-dependent.
Amir
Definition:
(n.) Emir.
(n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
(n.) Same as Ameer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The amiR gene shows no sequence homology with other bacterial regulator proteins.
(2) Mohammad Amir, who at the time of his crime was only 18 years old, was given a six-month sentence.
(3) Amir Taaki, a bitcoin developer, says: "The whole point of bitcoin is that it's here now, it's working, we don't need to ask [for] anything."
(4) Amir Khan, a PhD student at Pembroke College, said: "The government's plans are a disaster for Cambridge - not just students, but everyone who relies on the public sector in any way.
(5) 3.48pm: The Pakistan high commissioner has stressed the innocence of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and spoken of their 'mental torture' 3.50pm: Tea at the Emirates ICG, where Durham are 170 for two, and now have a lead of 199, writes Andy Wilson .
(6) Eddie Hearn on Friday handed Amir Khan and Kell Brook the ultimate incentive to bring one of British boxing’s most frustrating rivalries to a dramatic conclusion: a Wembley date in high summer.
(7) The cyclic decapeptide, polymyxin B (PMXB), was found to inhibit hypoglycemia in mice receiving exogenous insulin (Amir, S., and Shechter, Y.
(8) It was the early 1970s, our oil revenue had significantly increased and I spoke to His Majesty [the Shah] and [the then prime minister] Mr Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, and told them that it was the best time to buy some of our ancient works both internally and from outside.
(9) Writing in the journal Lancet Psychiatry , Amir Englund and other researchers say that with laws around cannabis rapidly changing, the need to protect users from the most harmful effects has never been greater, while more research is urgently needed to inform fresh drug policies.
(10) Meanwhile, the present day clapometer is in full effect ringside as the camera does that celeb-hunting thing, as Kevin notes: Camera panning the Garden for celebs, and Amir Khan gets just an edge in cheers over boos, and louder than Victor Ortiz, but biggest buzz for Evander Holyfield who, as ever, looks in great shape - in a suit, anyway.
(11) The new directive from the Indonesian justice minister, Amir Syamsuddin, to deny Iranians the right to buy temporary visas upon arrival, addresses an issue raised by Rudd in recent talks with the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
(12) "I admire her for her bravery and courage," said Amir Shakoor in a post.
(13) 10.36am GMT An email “So just popped online to see people’s reactions to the commentary,” says Amir Adhamy.
(14) The group was never uncontroversial, but it was also “central”, said Amir Tibon, a prominent Israeli journalist with the website Walla!
(15) Kirby said the operations would be limited in scope and duration as needed to address the humanitarian crisis in Amirli and protect the civilians trapped in the town.
(16) Amir of Kuwait, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah (L) meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office September 13, 2013 in Washigton, DC.
(17) The presiding judge, Abdul-Amir al-Rubaie, asked Zaidi whether he was innocent or guilty.
(18) Much depended on the attitude of Khamenei, said Amir Mohebbian, an influential rightwing writer, government insider and founder of the traditionalist Modern Thinkers party.
(19) Amir Khan is convinced he could be less than two weeks away from landing his long-awaited fight with Floyd Mayweather .
(20) Amir, who will be sent to a young offenders' institution to serve his punishment, also pleaded guilty, reducing his sentence from nine to six months.