What's the difference between binary and quaternary?

Binary


Definition:

  • (a.) Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
  • (n.) That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition to the phase diagrams reported here for these two binary mixtures, a brief theoretical discussion is given of other possible phase diagrams that may be appropriate to other lipid mixtures with particular consideration given to the problem of crystalline phases of different structures and the possible occurrence of second-order phase transitions in these mixtures.
  • (2) The equilibrium binding constants for the binary complex formation of eIF-4E-eIF-4A, m7GpppG-eIF-4E, m7GpppG-eIF-4F, globin mRNA-eIF-4E, globin mRNA-eIF-4F, and globin mRNA-eIF-4A were measured by direct fluorescence titration experiments.
  • (3) As a result, more and more people are beginning to look towards Irish reunification as being a real possibility.” The overriding issue, however, in this most marginal constituency in Northern Ireland is the old binary, sectarian one: the zero-sum game of orange versus green.
  • (4) For tests with binary outcomes, these measures are fixed.
  • (5) Whenever the univariate analysis achieved statistical significance, a multivariate analysis was performed by means of a multiple correlation and regression study in accordance with the Cox's model, in which the variables were expressed in a binary model.
  • (6) The results are most consistent with a general non-compulsory model for the formation of a ternary complex between carrier, phenylalanine molecule and a sodium ion, which can be formed from either binary complex, i.e., either species can combine first to the carrier.
  • (7) The ternary complexes between enzyme, NAD+ and either Cl- or trifluoroethanol and the binary complex between enzyme and orthophenanthroline have almost identical spectral parameters which are not consistent with a four coordinated geometry, but are consistent with a five coordinated geometry.
  • (8) Binary and ternary complexes of bovine adrenocortical mitochondrial cytochrome P-450scc with adrenodoxin and adrenodoxin reductase.adrenodoxin complex are formed in the presence of cholesterol and Emulgen 913.
  • (9) This paper addresses the latter assumption by applying a direct and flexible approach, cubic spline functions, to two widely used models: the logistic regression model for binary responses and the Cox proportional hazards regression model for survival time data.
  • (10) It is evident that assembly of the surface domain of TF with VIIa to form the binary TF.VIIa complex induces a significant increase in the Kcat of the catalytic domain of VIIa for small peptidyl substrates and more profoundly for protein substrate.
  • (11) Additional knowledge of the miscibility properties (phase diagrams) of the binary bulk systems is required.
  • (12) In the binary complex with enzyme, the positions of the resonances of oxaloacetate are shifted relative to those of the free ligand as follows: C-1 (carboxylate), -2.5 ppm; C-2 (carbonyl), +4.3 ppm; C-3 (methylene), -0.6 ppm; C-4 (carboxylate), +1.3 ppm.
  • (13) dUMP binary complex can be isolated and conveniently assayed by nitrocellulose disc filtration using [6-3H]dUMP as the radioactive ligand.
  • (14) 1965.-Thin sections of filterable hemolytic anemia agent of rat, now identified as Haemobartonella muris, revealed (i) that the agent is spherical or ellipsoidal and 350 to 700 mmu in size, (ii) that it has a single limiting membrane enclosing granules and some filaments (neither cell wall nor nucleoid was found), and (iii) that it is found preferentially at the surface and sometimes within the cytoplasmic vacuoles of erythrocytes in the circulating blood and bone marrow, and multiplies there through binary fission.
  • (15) These two processes are controlled by three parameters only: a lower threshold L on the platelet volume, below which the probability of a binary division is zero; a parameter lambda which defines the probability of division for volumes larger than this lower threshold; and the standard deviation S of the Gaussian distribution of possible volumes created by the binary division.
  • (16) The actin monomer-binding protein, deoxyribonuclease I, (DNase I) forms a binary complex with G-actin.
  • (17) The computer display of the molecular surfaces of the binary complex of substituted benzamidines and trypsin permitted unique insight into the identity and chemical properties of the atoms that participate at the interface of the molecular surfaces of the inhibitor and the protein.
  • (18) There was no evidence of a drug effect on cognitive processes associated with serial comparison, binary decision, or translation-response organization (response selection).
  • (19) Using similar techniques, the present study shows that the Gal-specific lectins from Erythrina indica and Ricinus communis (agglutinin I) form homogeneous cross-linked complexes with individual carbohydrates in binary mixtures of triantennary and tetraantennary complex-type oligosaccharides with terminal Gal residues.
  • (20) Serial binary dilutions of amyl acetate and nitrobenzene were used in a double-blind test to determine olfactory acuity of 40 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

Quaternary


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
  • (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
  • (n.) The number four.
  • (n.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The quaternary structure of ribonucleotide reductase of Escherichia coli was investigated, with the use of purified B1 and B2 proteins and bifunctional cross-linking agents.
  • (2) The sensitivity of an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test (screening test) for the detection of antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was examined by using 128 serum specimens and quaternary aminoethyl (QAE)-Sephadex A50 column chromatography to separate IgM from IgG class antibodies.
  • (3) Modifications in quaternary structure induced by variation of these physicochemical parameters were followed by means of X-ray and quasi-elastic light-scattering and quantified in terms of weight average molecular weight (M), radius of gyration (Rg) and hydrodynamic radius (Rh).
  • (4) These features of the new quaternary structure, denoted Y, may therefore be representative of quaternary states that occur transiently along pathways between the normal unliganded, T, and liganded, R, hemoglobin structures.
  • (5) On the other hand, the lack of any twitch-potentiating effect by naloxone methylbromide, a quaternary derivative of naloxone, suggests that opioids which potentiate the twitch must enter the lipid phase of the membrane to act.
  • (6) Two additional quaternary ammonium compounds, tetraethylammonium and N1-methylnicotinamide, were not significantly bound to either tissue.
  • (7) These effects are due to residual silanols on the surface of the column material and may be remedied by adding suitable amines or quaternary ammonium ions to the eluent as anti-tailing agents.
  • (8) A quantitative thin layer chromatographic (TLC) method has been developed for determination of the antiarrhythmic quaternary ammonium compound N,N-bis (phenylcarbamoyl methyl) dimethylammonium chloride (QX-572) in biological materials.
  • (9) While currently available antiarrhythmic agents fail to achieve the desired effect, the recent evidence dealing with the quaternary ammonium derivatives of propranolol, lidocaine, and bretylium provides some hope for the future development of drugs with antiarrhythmic as well as antifibrillatory properties which may provide a therapeutic approach to the prevention of SCD.
  • (10) In case of non hydrolyzing salts, the quaternary ammonium bromide salts it could not surely be proved by the applied methods whether primary ion exchange had been followed by secondary ion exchange or only primary ion exchange had occurred.
  • (11) Naloxone methobromide (naloxone MB), a quaternary compound, was also effective in antagonising this effect of nalbuphine but was less effective than naloxone hydrochloride.
  • (12) Temperature, protein tertiary and quaternary structure, chain heterogeneity, and ligand rebinding subsequent to CO photolysis all affect the line width and position of this transition.
  • (13) Iodine-containing solutions and quaternary ammonium compounds rarely sensitize.
  • (14) Administration of the quaternary derivative, neostigmine, indicated that the effects of scopolamine at 22 days were probably central in origin.
  • (15) The relationships between thermodynamic quantities in a quaternary system of electrolytes are discussed in Appendix 2.
  • (16) Liquid crystals possess high density packing of DNA molecules complexed with quaternary ammonium salt of oligomer-25 conidin.
  • (17) Its quaternary dimethyl derivative, designated as pranolium was firstly prepared by Lucchesi.
  • (18) On the basis of these structural studies, we discuss the relationships between the conformational differences in the allosteric site and the small changes in the quaternary structure within the T form to the possible mechanisms for CTP inhibition and ATP activation.
  • (19) N,N-dimethylanatoxin (DMAnTX), the quaternary derivative of the potent nicotinic agonist (+)-anatoxin-a (AnTX), has been evaluated for potency and efficacy at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of frog motor endplates and Torpedo electric organs.
  • (20) Reaction of the thiol reagent 5,5'-dithio-bis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (Nbs2) with the brain-specific protein S-100 favours stabilization of the quaternary structure of the protein via disulfide bond formation.