(n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Glyceryl p-aminobenzoate and amyl p-dimethyl-aminobenzoate were labeled on 1 and 3 sunscreens, respectively, but glyceryl p-aminobenzoate was not found in any of them and only traces of amyl p-dimethylaminobenzoate were found in 1 sunscreen.
(2) Amplitude of the musical vibrations decreased by inhalation of amyl nitrite, but increased by infusion of methoxamine.
(3) Serial binary dilutions of amyl acetate and nitrobenzene were used in a double-blind test to determine olfactory acuity of 40 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
(4) The odorant, diluted in diethyl phthalate, was n-butanol in two experiments and n-amyl acetate in two others.
(5) The response (increase in action potential frequency) of nasopalatine and ethmoidal nerves to brief presentations of formaldehyde, ozone, or amyl alcohol was a power function of stimulus concentration.
(6) The response of cells to four odors (amyl acetate, 1-butanol, ethyl acetate and ethyl butyrate) showed differences in odor selectivity, suggesting their ability to discriminate among odors.
(7) In order to direct chromosomal integration of the alpha-amylase-encoding gene from Bacillus licheniformis (amyL) under the control of expression and secretion signals from Enterococcus faecalis, the chromosomal fragment (named AB) from the pGIP3124 plasmid [Hols et al., Gene 118 (1992) 21-30] was chosen and split into two fragments (A and B).
(8) Experiments focused on obtaining a complete intensity series, including interspersed unstimulated spontaneous activity records, for a single odorant (usually amyl acetate), but concentration responses to other odorants were tested when possible.
(9) The study of the carotid pulse tracing and systolic time intervals was made using the injection of methoxane and inhalation of amyl nitrite.
(10) This study showed that it is possible to produce a relaxation of biliary tract muscle fibres with an injection of nitroglycerin and then replace amyl nitrite during anesthesia.
(11) Regional cerebral blood flow (CBF), mood states and somatic symptoms were measured before and after inhalation of amyl nitrite in 10 physically healthy volunteers with a prior history of using volatile nitrites for recreational purposes.
(12) There was no evidence of any increase in [Ca2+]i in the olfactory receptor cells in nominally Ca2+ free solution and stimulated by amyl acetate.
(13) The present electrophysiological and behavioral experiments address this issue using tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum, and four compounds (amyl acetate, cyclohexanone, butanol, and d-limonene).
(14) Glucose represses both spore formation and expression of amyL.
(15) The study was conducted to obtain information on the recreational use of the vasodilators (RVs) amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite in Toronto.
(16) Three lipophilic amide derivatives of phthaloyl-GABA (P-GABA), namely gamma-phthalimido N-amyl butyramide (PGA), gamma-phthalimido-N-hexylbutyramide (PGH) and gamma-phthalimido N-phenylbutyramide (PGP), were synthesized and evaluated for their hypnotic and anticonvulsant activities in mice.
(17) In artificially ventilated, paralyzed rabbits amyl nitrite caused a pronounced sensitization of pulmonary stretch receptors (PSRs) during the inflation phase, typically with a reduction in the level of activity during the deflation phase.
(18) It is concluded that from the clinical stand point, neither amyl nitrite administration nor standing up can be used as a test to assess acurately the degree of beta blockade, because both procedures activate vagal withdrawal which increases heart rate regardless of the degree of beta blockade.
(19) In this study ethanol and certain other short-chain aryl (benzyl and phenethyl) and aliphatic (methyl, propyl, butyl, and amyl) alcohols produced up to 10-fold increases in cyclic AMP (cAMP) concentrations in purified human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
(20) Catabolite repression occurred independently of the amylase promoter and irrespective of the distance of the promoterless amyL gene from the promoter which transcribed it.
Amylose
Definition:
(n.) One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The action pattern on amylose, soluble starch, and glycogen showed that the products were maltose and maltotriose.
(2) The fusion protein was readily isolated from whole cell lysate by amylose agarose affinity chromatography.
(3) Studies were made on the ultraviolet difference-spectra of glucoamylase from Rhizopus niveus [EC 3.2.1.3] specifically produced by the substrate maltose and the inhibitors, glucose, glucono-1: 5-lactone (gluconolactone), methyl beta-D-glucoside, cellubiose, and cyclohexa-, and cyclohepta-amyloses.
(4) The author demonstrated column and paper chromatographically that no or very little amylose is extracted when using HAMPEL's method for the colorimetric determination of starch damage ("amylose number").
(5) In addition, the kinetics at low concentrations of amylose, amylopectin and rabbit liver glycogen were non-linear for transglucosylase III.
(6) Amylose and, to a lesser extent, amylopectin resulted in biphasic growth when each replaced starch in the sporulation medium.
(7) The minimum length of amylose chain that can act as an acceptor in the transglycosylation reaction, under the experimental conditions described, is greater than 40 glucose units.
(8) From the measurements on the malto-oligomers it was possible to obtain, by extrapolation, the high DP limits of delta Cp and Tg, which are appropriate to amylose and amylopectin.
(9) The enzyme was repressed by glucose but formed at a constant differential rate on cellobiose and amylose.
(10) It was discussed whether both are to be considered species or biotypes of another Klebsiella species, however, by determining citrate as carbon source, by MR test and by tests on malonate, gluconate, methyl-xyloside, 1 (--) sorbose, inulin, amylose, methyl-d-mannoside, glycogen, melezitose, VP test, amygdalin, d-tartrate and gas from glucose, we arrived at the conclusion that both could be considered species of the genus.
(11) The fall in absorbance at 640 nm observed when the temperature of amylose - iodine complex in the presence of complexing agents is raised, and the subsequent regeneration of the absorbance on cooling, indicates the possible helix to random coil transition of the amylose chain in an aqueous system.
(12) Their occupancy has been studied using as a substrate maltooligosaccharide of various chain lengths (maltose up to maltoheptaose), some of their p- and o-nitrophenylated derivatives, and 412-residue amylose.
(13) The alpha-amylase (amylose substrate) required Cl(-) for maximum activity; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) partially inhibited activity, but CaCl(2) prevented EDTA inhibition.
(14) The polyamide 11 alpha-amylase derivative acted on amylose-azure in the same way as the water-soluble alpha-amylase.
(15) Porcine pancreatic alpha-amylase (EC 3.2.1.1, abbreviated as PPA) hydrolyzes alpha-D-(1,4) glucosidic bonds in starch and amylose at random, and the optimum pH for the substrates is 6.9.
(16) To study the effect of the degree of chain branching, waxy starch, containing 98% amylopectin, was compared with high amylose starch, containing 30% amylopectin, and normal crystalline starch, containing 74% amylopectin.
(17) We have cloned the Wx gene from this allele and from two germinal derivatives, S5 and S9, that produce intermediate levels of amylose.
(18) In consideration of the fact that HAMPEL's solvent mixture extracts not only amylose from the damaged starch, the term of "amylose number" should be rejected and replaced by the term of formamide ammonium sulphate sulphosalicylic acid (FAS) method or formamide sodium sulphate sulphosalicylic acid (FNS) method.
(19) High resolution of amylose fractions (released by treatment of amylopectin with debranching enzyme) has been attained using pore-size gradient gel electrophoresis.
(20) The MalE hybrid proteins can be affinity purified on an amylose column using mild nondenaturing conditions and can be crystalized for structural studies; LamB hybrid proteins express the inserted peptide on the cell surface so that intact bacteria can be used as a reagent.