(n.) Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore.
Example Sentences:
(1) Similar analyses demonstrate that efficient excision can occur with two other different sets of wild-type arm-type sites in attL and attR.
(2) The results indicate that pSG1int is flanked at attL by a functional tRNA(ser) gene and at attR by a 60-nt sequence of the 3' end of the same tRNA(ser) gene.
(3) A 1200-bp region of P2 DNA containing the int gene and attP, the prophage hybrid ends attL and attR, and one bacterial attachment site, the preferred site locI from E. coli strain C, have all been sequenced.
(4) Moreover, lambda DNA containing a pBR322 derivative flanked by the lambda attL and attR sites could be specifically recircularized by excisive lambda recombination to yield the pBR322 derivative.
(5) Excision (intraplasmid att site recombination) was examined by constructing plasmids carrying attL and attR or two attP sites separating CmR from KmR and by following segregation of the markers in various hosts.
(6) To map the protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions involved in lambda site-specific recombination, Int cleavage assays with suicide substrates, nuclease protection patterns, gel retardation experiments, and quantitative Western blotting were applied to wild-type attL and attL mutants.
(7) The pSG1 plasmid integration site (attP) and the pSG1int-chromosome boundaries (attL and attR) were cloned and sequenced.
(8) Similar plasmids containing the two junction segments (attL and attR regions) between the phage genome and the lysogenic host chromosome were also prepared.
(9) The results lead to a model in which one IHF molecule bends the attL DNA and forms a higher order complex with the three bivalent Int molecules required for excisive recombination.
(10) The attL of the second bacterial attachment site present in the host SmaI fragment 7 and the leftmost part of phage S2 type B DNA of its genome organization (Piekarowicz et.
(11) Nucleotide sequencing of attP, attB, attL, and attR revealed a 57-base-pair sequence common to all sites with no duplications of adjacent plasmid or chromosomal sequences in the integrated state, indicating that integration takes place through conservative, reciprocal strand exchange.
(12) Using site-directed mutagenesis, we have constructed a related set of point mutations within each of the five Int "arm-type" binding sites located within attP, attL and attR.
(13) The attachment site of pIJ408 (attP) and the junctions of its integrated form with the chromosomal DNA in S. glaucescens (attL and attR) contain an identical 43 bp sequence.
(14) This recombination was directional, since no reaction was observed between plasmids containing attR and attL sites.
(15) Oligonucleotides derived from the sequence of the attP-containing fragment enabled us to amplify predicted junction fragment sequences and thus to identify attL, attR, and attB.
(16) With these novel substrates we show that Xis specifically promotes the first strand exchange and that attL enhances Int cleavage at the top-strand site of attR.
(17) A 58-bp sequence (att) present in both pSAM2 (attP) and S. ambofaciens strain DSM40697 (attB) attachment regions is found at the boundaries (attL and attR) of integrated pSAM2 in S. ambofaciens strain ATCC23877.
(18) The endpoints of the bacterial DNA segments in lambdagal3 and lambdagal8 are physically mapped in relation to attL.
(19) By combining the attL and attR sequences, the attB sequences of locations II, III, and H have been deduced.
(20) The DNA nucleotide sequences of attP, attB attR and attL were determined.
Tattle
Definition:
(v. i.) To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
(v. i.) To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
(n.) Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Others will point out that this is a case of pot calling kettle black as Wolff is himself a famous peddler of tittle-tattle – the aggregator website that he cofounded, Newser, even has a section called "Gossip".
(2) Barry Glendenning juggles a ball and transfer tittle-tattle as he prepares to sit in the Big D-Day Chair.
(3) Whenever prominent South African figures misbehave, Xhosa title-tattle centres on whether they have been circumcised.
(4) Salmond's spokesman said last night that the leaks were "diplomatic tittle tattle", but "vindicated" the Scottish government's position.
(5) We all enjoy a bit of gossip, it's hard to look away from kiss'n'tells or tittle-tattle whether it's about a doped-up soap star or Murdoch himself.
(6) "I'm not too disappointed that tittle tattle has stopped," he says.
(7) He said there was "too much trivialisation" and "tittle tattle" in the UK press.
(8) If Fleet Street had dutifully awaited the official release of the data, as the likes of Sir Stuart once said it should, the big story would have been the blush-worthy tittle-tattle of grocery claims instead of the incomparably more serious issue of the dodgy property deals.
(9) Cameron called it "tittle-tattle and rumour – utterly pathetic!".
(10) I think it would have been appropriate and right and respectful of people’s feelings to have done so.” There was further confusion after a Twitter account claiming to be the official Jeremy Corbyn campaign, with a verified blue tick, dismissed the row as “tittle-tattle”.
(11) His Eye sets its sights at genuine corruption or hypocrisy or mendacity, rather than offering tittle-tattle.
(12) In the public perception this ephemeral tittle-tattle replaced her timeless talent.
(13) On the other hand, there is also no doubt that there is no genuine public-interest justification for publishing tittle-tattle.
(14) White assiduously avoided clearing up the tittle-tattle, until eventually birth, marriage and divorce certificates were slightly churlishly unearthed by journalists.
(15) And while I didn't write tittle-tattle dreaming of Pulitzers, I never knew I'd fear a Booker Prize nomination instead.
(16) I’m not interested in all the tittle‑tattle ... we all have to remember that he is a truly gifted player.” United were eighth when Cantona strode in and were finding goals hard to come by.
(17) The sum total, he said, was "gossip, conjecture, unpleasant tittle-tattle and dollops of nostalgia".
(18) Leading the charge of this year’s batch of tittle-tattle is that the 3.5mm headphone jack is being ditched for the iPhone 7 .
(19) Regurgitating tittle-tattle is the Mill's forte, confused readers, not arithmetic.
(20) 7.03pm BST Some tittle for your tattle Probably bollix, but then so's most of the day's "news".