(a.) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The myocardium was assumed to be composed of a nonlinear viscoelastic, inhomogeneous, anisotropic (transversely isotropic) and incompressible material operating under adiabatic and isothermal conditions.
(2) Results from the simultaneous global analysis of the frequency domain data sets from the three proteins revealed anisotropic rotations for the macromolecule, consistent with the known elongated shape of the repressor tetramer.
(3) The spatial correlation of regional pulmonary perfusion was anisotropic in both supine and prone positions.
(4) The new theory to describe this basic mechanism shows that the vascularization of tissue causes it to behave as an anisotropic heat transfer medium.
(5) Quantitative criteria for the validity of the first Born approximation in differential polarization imaging are explicitly derived for three different types of media: (a) linearly anisotropic, (b) circularly anisotropic, and (c) linearly and circularly anisotropic (medium displaying linear birefringence and circular birefringence).
(6) Studies using scanning electron microscopic techniques permitted characterization of the nature and structure of the anisotropic elements present in dried preparations of mid-cycle cervical mucus.
(7) Such an arrangement can provice a certain measure of anisotropic disinhibition which may be responsible for specific transformations occurring in the LGNd depending upon the size and velocity of the stimulus as well as of the degree of synchronicity of temporal patterns.
(8) The structured and unstructured grid models are used to investigate recent interpretations of experimental data that concluded that more than 80% of the total defibrillation current is shunted by the anisotropic skeletal muscle thoracic cage.
(9) Propagation was more rapid in the direction perpendicular to the left anterior coronary artery than in the direction perpendicular to the base of the heart, because of the uniform anisotropic structure of the surviving muscle fibers which were arranged in tightly packed bundles oriented perpendicular to the left anterior coronary artery.
(10) Also, anisotropic atomic fluctuations and their interatomic correlations can be determined experimentally even with a relatively small number of adjustable parameters.
(11) The anisotropic conduction of ventricular muscle is a contributory factor but, on its own, is unlikely to support a pathological arrhythmia.
(12) The various degrees of prolongation of the action potentials in the centre of functional anisotropic re-entry were caused by electrotonic current flow between the two limbs of the circuit, which were closely opposed but activated with a large time difference.
(13) Anisotropic structures can be observed either at the periphery of the dendrites or isolated as small spheroliths.
(14) In each case, neither repolarization inhomogeneities (leading circle concept) nor anisotropic discontinuous propagation was the only "mechanism" involved.
(15) The changes of T1 and T2 were treated based on the assumption of two types of molecular motions: (1) isotropic "slow" motions with times approximately greater than 10(-8) s (including the rotation of a molecule as a whole) and (2) anisotropic "fast" motions with times approximately less than 10(-10) s. Experimental data show an essential increase of the scale of intramolecular mobility for the majority of side groups upon transition of the protein from the native to the molten globule state.
(16) In this paper we will show that this approach can also be applied to solve the anisotropic mixed boundary value condition problems studied in electrical impedance tomography (EIT).
(17) Experimental results are presented, and the effect of an anisotropic resolution property on the overall image quality is discussed.
(18) The flow and fracture behavior of sucrose, the model substance used in this study, were anisotropic.
(19) The purpose of this study was to study the role of anisotropic distribution of conduction velocity in the initiation and perpetuation of ventricular tachycardia in an experimental model of sustained reentrant ventricular tachycardia in the Langendorff perfused rabbit heart.
(20) The anisotropic period, 7 days long, is inscribed within the ferning period.
Dichroism
Definition:
(n.) The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Circular dichroism (CD) spectra indicating different local orientation of oxazolone, when coupled to L or D side chain-terminating amino acids, support this suggestion.
(2) The alpha-helical content of the free form of the lipoprotein was measured from the circular dichroism spectrum of the lipoprotein in 0.01% sodium dodecyl sulfate and found to be 87%.
(3) The structure of the Z-helix antigen was confirmed by circular dichroism (CD) and U.V.
(4) Infrared linear dichroism investigations indicate that the alternating poly[d(A-T)]-poly[d(A-T)], enzymatically synthesized, adopts a lower humidity a well-expressed A* form in which stability is relatively small,i.e., restricted to limited relative humidity.
(5) A comparison of the conformation of Folch-Pi apoprotein in organic solvent and in aqueous solutions has been made by ESR, infrared and circular dichroism spectroscopy studies.
(6) Monodispersed N- and C-protected linear homo-oligomethionines (n = 2- -7) are studied by measurements of circular dichroism in the vacuum ultraviolet region.
(7) We discuss the role of symmetry operations in mode calculations and the relevance of these displacement vectors to the interpretation of linear dichroism measurements performed on the A- and B-DNA helix.
(8) Using circular dichroism and fluorescence methods as well as disc-electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel, it has been shown that trinitrophenylation does not cause any significant changes in the enzyme structure.
(9) The chlorite product of horseradish peroxidase, compound X, is shown by magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy in the temperature range 1.6-50 K to have a very similar haem structure to compound II under the same conditions (pH 10.7).
(10) Rotation time constants obtained from the dichroism decay are not consistent with a spherical shape, for either the holo- or core repressor.
(11) Circular dichroism studies show that the conformation of each subunit is unusually resistant to change in 6 M guanidine HC1 at 25 degrees C. This suggests that exposure of the epitope by dissociation requires minimal or no unfolding of subunits.
(12) Secondary structure contents of tetanus neurotoxin have been estimated at neutral and acidic pH using circular dichroism (CD) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.
(13) The absolute stereochemistry of the preferentially oxidized dihydrodiols was assigned by circular dichroism spectrometry.
(14) We found that in solution conditions which produced circular dichroism spectra compatible with B-form or A-form DNA, no interstrand cross-linking or photoproduct formation could be demonstrated.
(15) Human parathyroid hormone (hPTH) and several deletion analogues were examined for the presence of secondary structure using circular dichroism spectroscopy.
(16) The formation of Cu(II)-bleomycin complexes as a function of pH has been studied using circular dichroism, absorption, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and potentiometric titration.
(17) Both free and luciferase-bound B show similar negative circular dichroism in the region 330-475 nm with troughs at 375 and 380 nm, respectively.
(18) The former contains significant helical structure at neutral pH while the latter has none, based on ultraviolet light circular dichroism measurements and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
(19) The 225-230 nm circular dichroism band found in many disulfide-containing proteins and peptides is sensitive to environmental changes.
(20) Absorption spectra, circular dichroism spectra, and differential scanning calorimetry thermograms suggest that the amino acid change at the active site causes no detectable change in the tertiary structure of the enzyme.