(n.) A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
(n.) A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of these findings, we conclude that 1) BAC can be classified within the same spectrum as well differentiated papillary adenocarcinoma, and 2) selective lung metastasis occurs in well differentiated adenocarcinomas showing mild NDC abnormalities and having a thin fibrovascular stroma without apparent destruction of the alveolar wall.
(2) Plasmids pCB20 and pCB22 were used for cloning and expression of the Bac brevis 7882 neutral protease gene in Bac.
(3) A relatively high count of neutrophils in BAC (over 10%) during therapy was observed in preserved significant IFA activity resistant to drug therapy.
(4) The 1977 to 1988 Lung Study Group experience with this tumor was reviewed to more precisely define the incidence of recurrence and survival of surgically resected and staged patients, to determine the incidence of BAC in the adenocarcinoma population, and to evaluate the impact of age, sex, smoking, and chronic lung-disease history on the incidence of BAC.
(5) galleriae strains possessing a bacteriocin-like factor (factor K) which inhibits the cultures of a number of serotypes of Bac.
(6) Subjects with less behavioral impairment underestimated their BACs more than subjects with greater behavioral impairment on the ascending limb of the blood alcohol curve.
(7) On the other hand, extracts of a dnaB252(P1 bac) lysogen, in which the dnaB mutation is suppressed in vivo by the constitutive expression of the P1 dnaB analog (ban protein), are active in dnaB complementation and the activity is also sensitive to dnaB antibody.
(8) When applied to the intact cornea, BAC with or without Na2EDTA caused only slight clarification of the endothelial cytoplasm, whilst in a few mitochondria the cristae were displaced.
(9) Participants were classified into three groups, based on the pattern of their BAC estimation errors-Underestimators, Overestimators, or Mixed Pattern estimators.
(10) In addition, many lacked an understanding of the relationship between the amount of alcohol consumed and the resulting BAC, and of the rate at which BAC decays.
(11) Moreover, in both cell types, A-II receptors were coupled to intracellular effectors since A-II: 1) stimulated the accumulation of inositol phosphates, although the effects in BAC were higher than in OAC; 2) enhanced the influx and the efflux of 45Ca2+; 3) increased cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i); 4) potentiated ACTH-induced cAMP production; and 5) induced A-II receptor loss.
(12) In optimal conditions of reduction but with the minimal concentration of BAC that permitted 100% alkylation of the human AChR's alpha-bungarotoxin sites, only 74% of the Torpedo AChR's binding sites were alkylated.
(13) In unnatural death cases the BAC under 0.05% was found in 64% of the suicides, 62% of the accidents, 54% of the homicides and 51% of the drug intoxications.
(14) As compared to normal subjects, patients with all stages of bronchogenic carcinoma consistently had very high levels of IL2 in their bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and this titer correlated with an increase in NK activity in the BAC both in absolute level and in relative level to the blood.
(15) In an attempt to characterize such lesions, we studied the clinicopathological, ultrastructural, and immunohistochemical features of three mucinous and eight nonmucinous BAC (four Clara cell, four Type II pneumocyte) along with one sheep pulmonary carcinoma (SPC).
(16) Among brain-injured survivors with more severe injuries, however, we found that BAC level was positively associated with the prevalence of physician-diagnosed neurological impairment at discharge and with the length of hospitalization.
(17) Mortality was 4% and morbidity was 14%, varying from a combined low morbidity-mortality of 8% for ICA lesions to a high to 50% for BAC aneurysms.
(18) BACs were obtained in 150 of 213 fatally injured pilots whose bodies were recovered.
(19) No homology was found between plasmids pRJ6 or pRJ9 and the large Bac plasmids.
(20) Comparing a BAC of 0.15 or more with a MAST score of greater than or equal to 5, we obtained a sensitivity of 0.36, a specificity of 0.76, a positive predictive value of 0.86, and a negative predictive value of 0.23.
Bam
Definition:
(n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
(v. t.) To cheat; to wheedle.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 6.6-kb DNA Bam HI fragment containing the resistance gene was cloned with the plasmid vector pIJ699.
(2) Analysis of HLA DRB1 and DQB1 Bam HI RFLPs revealed four DRB1 (4.8, 5.2, 6.0 and 7.0 kb) fragments and a 3.2 kb DQB1 fragment to be significantly increased in Caucasians with seropositive RA compared to healthy individuals.
(3) A rearranged Hind III-Bam HI fragment of 9.5 kb was detected in only one patient instead of the rearranged fragment of 8.5 kb described in CLL.
(4) And Germany in South Africa and, bam!, our best game.
(5) Digestion of nuclear DNAs with the restriction endonucleases Hae III, Hpa II, Msp I, Eco RI, Xba I, Pst I and Bam HI reveals that there is a series of highly repetitive sequences forming similar band patterns in the different species.
(6) Three different DNA substrates, designed to yield simple integration patterns, were used: a gel-purified 3.6-kb Bam HI fragment containing the HSV tk gene; the same fragment self-ligated; and the 3.6-kb fragment ligated to a Bam HI-cleaved subset of genomic mouse DNA.
(7) The specific endonuclease Bam HI from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (RUB 500) has been purified to apparent homogeneity.
(8) The anti-Candida activity noted in lung macrophages recovered from normal 1-day-old and adult rabbits was similar to that seen in human BAM.
(9) Incorporation of an alternative substrate, [3H]eicosapentaenoic acid [( 3H]EPA) into BAMs incubated in parallel resulted in production of [3H]LTB5 and [3H]5-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid (5-HEPE).
(10) Earlier studies demonstrated that transfer of a 10.8-kb Bam HI piece of MV (fragment "C") to SFV resulted in the ability of SFV to replicate in lymphocytes and suppress immune function.
(11) Ninety four percent of the genome of bovine herpesvirus 4 (BHV-4) strain DN 599 was cloned and a physical map was constructed by Southern blot analysis using a library of cloned fragments cleaved with the 3 restriction enzymes (Eco RI, Bam HI, and Hin dIII).
(12) Amongst the four common Ha-ras alleles in both controls and cancer patients, we detected the presence of a polymorphic Xho I site associated specifically with the 6.6 and 7.7 kb Bam HI fragments but absent from the 7.1 and 8.2 kb alleles, as recently reported by others.
(13) Treatment of mutant mouse cells (Ltk-) deficient in thymidine kinase with Bam I restriction endonuclease-cleaved HSV-1 DNA results in the appearance of numerous surviving colonies which stably express thte tk+ phenotype.
(14) A DNA probe which hybridizes to all pathogenic species of slow-growing mycobacteria has been used to identify restriction-fragment-length-polymorphisms (RFLPs) in Bam Hl digests of chromosomal DNA from members of the Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare-Mycobacterium scrofulaceum complex.
(15) The 8.6- and 12.6-kilodalton species were isolated from the pH 5.5 peak by TSK gel filtration HPLC, whereas the pH 4.5 peak was further purified by passage over successive affinity columns coupled to antiserum against BAM 22P (proenkephalin 182-203) and [Met5]-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8.
(16) A partially purified preparation of restriction endonuclease Bam I was isolated from the cells of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
(17) The generation of the peptidoleukotrienes LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4 by BAM could not be detected under these in vitro conditions.
(18) The present study used the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method, thick Vibratome sections and antisera specific for the carboxyl termini of [Met]enkephalin, [Met]enkephalyl-Arg6-Phe7, [Met]enkephalyl-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8, and metorphamide and for BAM 22P in order to obtain a detailed description of the distribution of authentic proenkephalin-containing perikarya and nerve processes.
(19) Any DNA digested with AvaII, SstI, XbaI, and Bam HI, followed by hybridization with pHE5.4, demonstrated no genomic alterations or amplification of the ets-1 oncogene.
(20) Using Taq I, Bam HI or Bgl II, we found no difference in restriction fragment patterns between adrenal cancer and normal tissues.