(n.) That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
(n.) A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."
(n.) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.
(n.) A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
(n.) A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera.
Example Sentences:
(1) The PSB dioxygenase system displayed a narrow substrate range: none of 18 sulphonated or non-sulphonated analogues of PSB showed significant substrate-dependent O2 uptake.
(2) A novel bicyclic prostaglandin analogue, (1S)-[1 alpha,2 alpha(Z),3 alpha,4 alpha]-7-[3-[(hexylthio)methyl]-7- oxabicyclo [2.2.1]hept-2-yl]-5-heptenoic acid ((-)-10), and its cogeners were found to be potent antagonists at the TxA2 receptor.
(3) A novel prostaglandin E2 analogue, CL 115347, can be administered transdermally on a long-term basis.
(4) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(5) During the chronic phase, pain was assessed using visual analogue scales at 8 AM and 4 PM daily.
(6) Analogues of [Orn6]-SP6-11 have been synthesized in which the Met11 residue is replaced by glutamate gamma-alkylesters.
(7) These results show that lipo-PGI2 at a very low dose would be beneficial as a treatment for relieving the clinical symptoms of chronic cerebral infarction and that lipid microspheres are a useful drug carrier for PGI2 analogue therapy.
(8) Cicaprost is an orally available analogue of PGI2 and has been shown to inhibit platelet aggregation in both in vitro and animal studies.
(9) The illumination of the F1-ATPase complexes with NAB-ADP or NAB-GDP leads to the covalent binding of one nucleotide analogue molecule to the enzyme and to the irreversible inactivation of F1-ATPase.
(10) Conversely, beta-L-homo analogues of fuconojirimycin can also be regarded as derivatives of deoxymannojirimycin.
(11) Thallium-201, a radiopharmaceutical that possesses many of the characteristics of potassium analogues, at present is receiving the greatest attention as a regional blood flow indicator.
(12) The administration of stable analogue of the leu-enkephalin did not alter the concentration of cortisole and aldosterone in the blood of white male rats whereas this concentration increased after administration of the parathormone.
(13) Assessments were made daily by patients, using visual analogue scales, of their pain levels at rest, at night and on activity, and of the limitation of their activity.
(14) The antidiuretic action of a number of vasopressin analogues has been measured in the rat and man in water diuresis.
(15) Second, interconversion of adenine nucleotides to guanine nucleotides, is curtailed by the inhibition of IMP dehydrogenase by these same IMP analogues.
(16) Adenylate cyclase activation by GTP non-hydrolyzable analogues was greatly decreased in immune, as compared to preimmune, antibody-treated membranes, whereas the enzyme basal activity was unaffected by both types of antibodies.
(17) This 50% inhibition varied from 70 pmole to 200 nmole using a series of NNK analogues, depending on the integrity of the POB moiety.
(18) In this work we have examined the binding characteristics of luciferin, luciferin analogues, and competitive inhibitors of the luciferin-luciferase reaction.
(19) A low-protein, low-phosphorus diet supplemented with essential amino acids and keto analogues was given to 12 rats, starting from the 90th day after subtotal nephrectomy.
(20) GTP and its analogues decrease the requirement of the reaction for Ca2+ and also increase its activity at saturating Ca2+.
Homologue
Definition:
(n.) That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the other hand, human IL-9, which is a homologue to murine P40, was cloned from a cDNA library prepared with mRNA isolated from PHA-induced T-cell line (C5MJ2).
(2) This implies that the epitope(s) of NNA-PLA2 might comprise some substituted residues in the sequence of PLA2 homologues.
(3) A single repeatedly reactive cDNA clone was identified, by screening with CSF antibody, sequenced, and found to be the human homologue of the rat insulinoma gene, rig.
(4) These results demonstrate that adipocyte differentiation is accompanied by the expression of mRNA encoding a serine protease homologue that can be synthesized with two different signal peptides.
(5) On the other hand, the carboxyl-terminal half of A0 is enriched with hydrophobic amino acid residues including four pairs of phenylalanine residues which are all conserved in a human homologue.
(6) The 1,1-dimethylheptyl (DMH) homologue of 7-hydroxy-delta 6-tetrahydrocannabinol (3) is the most potent cannabimimetic substance reported so far.
(7) SPR-1 and SPR-2 are homologues of the transcription factor Sp1.
(8) Expression of the Drosophila homologue (DER) of the human epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor has been studied during development by RNA blot hybridizations and in situ hybridizations.
(9) A mouse homologue was indeed identified and is located 16 kb downstream of the C alpha 1 exon.
(10) Chicken anti-human IgD antiserum (anti-delta) has demonstrated an antigenically cross-reactive homologue on rat lymphocytes.
(11) Helodermin-like immunofluorescence was observed in the parafollicular (C) cells in several mammals and in the C cell homologues of the chicken ultimobranchial gland.
(12) Inclusion of the biotin homologues norbiotin or homobiotin, but not bishomobiotin, in the biotin-deficient medium caused an appreciable increase in ornithine carbamoyltransferase synthesis without affecting growth or synthesis of total RNA and protein.
(13) Each homologue was shown to be specifically expressed in post-meiotic phase of spermatogenesis, as was seen in rats.
(14) The alphoid repeat DNA on chimpanzee chromosome 22 was compared with alphoid repeat DNA on its human homologue, chromosome 21.
(15) Here, we describe the cloning of a murine homologue of snail, Sna, and in situ hybridisation studies of its developmental expression.
(16) Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and its closely related homologue, TGF-beta 2, rapidly induce growth factor gene expression by freshly isolated human peripheral blood monocytes.
(17) The effect of chain length and unsaturation on the haemolytic properties of cereal resorcinolic lipids, (5-n-alk(en)ylresorcinols), was studied using isolated saturated, monoenoic and dienoic homologues.
(18) In the present study, genes encoding the TSA homologues of the other four variants, Kato, Kawasaki, Kuroki, and Shimokoshi, which are all distinguishable serologically, were cloned and sequenced, and consequently, it became possible to compare the primary structures of the six antigenic variants.
(19) By radioactive in situ hybridization (ISH) using a fragment from the murine Pax-1 paired box that is almost identical to the respective sequences from the cognate human gene HuP48 and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using a complete mouse Pax-1 cDNA, we have assigned the human homologue of murine Pax-1, the PAX1 locus, to chromosome 20p.
(20) The mammalian protooncogene homologue of the avian v-ets sequence from the E26 retrovirus consists of two sequentially distinct domains located on different chromosomes.