(n.) The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
(n.) Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
Example Sentences:
(1) Moreover in MIT-1, the size of the novel polypeptide was not that predicted of the precursor (44.9 kDa) but was about 39 kDa, the same size as the authentic GS gamma polypeptide in CYT-4.
(2) In the absence of an authentic target for the MASH proteins, we examined their DNA binding and transcriptional regulatory activity by using a binding site (the E box) from the muscle creatine kinase (MCK) gene, a target of MyoD.
(3) Except in the case of the phenolic metabolite, structures were confirmed by direct comparison of electron impact mass spectra and chromatographic behaviour with those of authentic samples.
(4) These latter cardiovascular changes imply that the endotracheal pressure variations are the reflection of authentic inspiratory movements under the influence of the central nervous system.
(5) Several in vitro transcripts both larger and smaller than the authentic transcript were seen; presumably, these transcripts result from adventitious promoterlike elements in adjacent chlamydial DNA and may be responsible for the expression of the gene in E. coli.
(6) The amidolytic activity of [R275G]t-PA was comparable to that of authentic one-chain t-PA, and so was the activity of [R275L,K277L]t-PA, in which additional substitution of lysine residue 277 was carried out.
(7) 15, 961-969] prompted an investigation to confirm its authenticity.
(8) The authentic dolichyl phosphates (Dol-7-P, Dol-9-P, and Dol-11-P) were assayed relative to the natural dolichyl phosphate mixture from pig liver as acceptors for transglycosylation from nucleoside diphosphate sugars (glucose, mannose) by standardized membrane vesicle preparations from plants (Volvox) and animals (liver).
(9) The polypeptide encoded by the cDNA was synthesized by in vitro transcription and translation and identified by its comigration with authentic plakoglobin in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.
(10) An authentic poly(ADP-ribose), with a mean chain length of approximately 30 ADP-ribose units, produced significant inhibition of the neutral protease isolated from macrophage chromatin.
(11) Fructose 2-phosphorothioate 6-phosphate was 10-100-fold less potent than authentic fructose 2,6-bisphosphate in stimulating 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase and pyrophosphate:fructose 6-phosphate phosphotransferase, but about 10 times more potent in inhibiting fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase.
(12) The separated cholesterol oxides were identified by comparing with authentic standards.
(13) Radioimmunoassays carried out on acidic extracts of the same organs confirm the molecular results and lead us to conclude to the presence of substances strongly related to MK in the ovotestis as well as in the circumoesophageal ganglia (COG), and to ascertain that the MK-positive tentacular collar cells do not contain authentic MK.
(14) In return, the government would finger freelance or rival operators so that the authorities could give the impression of an authentic enforcement operation.
(15) Comparison of elution patterns of authentic cholesterol and cholesteryl esters revealed that a mu Bondasphere reverse-phase C8 (300-A) column was more suitable than a corresponding reverse-phase C4 or C18 column in terms of rapidity and sensitivity.
(16) This polypeptide reacted specifically with rabbit antisera made against synthetic peptides corresponding to exposed regions of authentic p14 as predicted from the S1 cDNA sequence.
(17) An aesthetic of authenticity guides his approach to movie-making.
(18) But if there's a piece you particularly enjoyed, or found interesting or useful, please add a comment below or tweet us: @GdnSocialCare At the start of the year, the BBC screened fly-on-the-wall documentary series Protecting Our Children , an authentic portrayal of the difficult decisions and situations social workers face every day.
(19) I don’t think this ghostwritten book undermines her authenticity elsewhere.
(20) It is concluded that authentic hCG does occur in human seminal plasma, but only in about a third of samples.
Verisimilitude
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.
Example Sentences:
(1) He's hounded out of town in the most hysterical way, but the film is reckless with its logic and fails to observe due processes of plot, milieu, verisimilitude – massive failings when dealing with such a sensitive subject.
(2) For those who like verisimilitude in their faux fags there are disposables – the hefty but effective Ten Motives or the petite, feminine NJOY – and rechargeable kits complete with USB chargers and cartridges from the likes of E-Lites, Halo and Skycig.
(3) "Clearly, it works the same way with awards voters, who appear to be easily impressed by performances with a visible standard of verisimilitude; 60% of the lead-acting Oscars in the past decade have gone to biopic performances."
(4) The fact that the next television novelty after incarceration game-shows was the revival of talent contests (The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent) suggests that "real people" will remain the medium's favoured working material: partly because it is cheaper but also because television has become addicted to verisimilitude, or at least the appearance of it.
(5) Made on the cheap, in sweltering conditions, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a nasty, grubby feel, giving it a disturbing verisimilitude that has yet to be matched in any of its countless sequels, remakes and imitations.
(6) Like Defoe, Poe also ramped up "the potent magic of verisimilitude" (his own phrase) by borrowing freely from contemporary accounts of South Sea adventure.
(7) Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are rednecks, and Twain's language depends on verisimilitude for its comedy.
(8) The watchword of George Miller’s movie is verisimilitude; CGI sneered at for all but tweaks.
(9) He did a wordcount on George Osborne’s emergency budget of the season before, for verisimilitude.
(10) Irish actor Michael Fassbender, who plays a sadistic slaveowner, said the offending scenes were vital to maintain verisimilitude.
(11) In a concession to verisimilitude, Stevens appeared to be wearing the same M&S V-neck sweater and bad jeans I was wearing the day the Fifth Estate's screenwriter, Josh Singer, came to interview me.
(12) The fistfight-to-the-death scene was done with such startling verisimilitude that nearly all the stage furniture was demolished nightly, and Gough broke three ribs and injured the base of his spine.
(13) What adds a certain verisimilitude to the latest claim of a crush on Blair is the publication of a note, apparently written by Deng, in which she rhapsodises about Blair like a gushing schoolgirl.
(14) Gilligan is true to his word about his commitment to verisimilitude.
(15) The analysis shows that there is a fundamental trade-off in scaled down computer models between verisimilitude at the level of network interconnectivity and verisimilitude at the level of individual neuronal dynamics.
(16) They were against sadness, moonlight, sentimentalised love, syntax, monotony, the tango, Parsifal, Venice, marriage, the papacy, modesty, museums, English art, verisimilitude, the nude ("we demand, for 10 years, the total suppression of the nude in painting") and, perhaps most surprisingly, "that idiotic gastronomic fetish of the Italians", pasta.