What's the difference between bivalent and polyvalent?

Bivalent


Definition:

  • (p. pr.) Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bivalent F(ab')(2) also retains its insulin-like effects.
  • (2) It could be demonstrated that equimolar doses of the bivalent alpha,N-(epsilon,N-DNP-aminocaproyl-)-epsilon,N-DNP-L-lysine and the multivalent dinitrophenylated bovine serum albumin were equally effective in eliciting reactions in skin sites provided that a high affinity antibody was used for sensitization.
  • (3) The function of the other bivalent cations is unknown.
  • (4) We interpret these experiments in terms of a theory of equilibrium binding of bivalent haptens to cell surface antibody that is presented in the previous paper.
  • (5) Bivalent cations (Ca2+, UO2(2+) or Zn2+) in the subphase at pH 5.6 significantly modified the behaviour of mixed monolayers of fusogenic lipids with phospholipids; there was a parallel perturbing effect of fusogenic lipids on interactions between monolayers of phospholipids and bivalent cations.
  • (6) In continuation of the research on male human meiosis within the study of pachytene bivalents, results from the analysis of 125 cells are presented.
  • (7) These oocytes contain 6 distinct bivalent chromosomes in diakinesis.
  • (8) In meiotic prophase of spermatocytes, chromosomes 2 and 3 form pachytene-diplotene bivalents whose arms may be associated by chiasmata in postdiplotene stages, but the X, Y and fourth chromosomes participate in a complex multivalent.
  • (9) Experiments indicated that complement deposition altered functionally bivalent IgG3 antibody in the immune complex into a univalent one.
  • (10) Low melittin concentrations (1-2 mcM) increased in several times the rate of H+, K+, Na+ ions and Tris transport, in a lesser degree--bivalent ions and Cl- transport and did not affect the permeability for succrose.
  • (11) The first two opioid peptide bivalent ligands with different spacer lengths containing different numbers of hydroxyl groups, (Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-NH-CH2-CHOH-)2 (Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-NH-CH2-CHOH-CHOH-)2, were synthesized and their binding to mu, delta, and kappa opioid receptors was characterized.
  • (12) The bivalent vaccine was completely attenuated for children.
  • (13) Bivalent cations such as Mg2+ and Zn2+ differentially affect their binding to oligonucleotides which contain the HIV-enhancer domain.
  • (14) The purified enzyme showed a pH optimum 8.5 (Tris-HCl buffer) and required bivalent cations for catalysis.
  • (15) A method of radioimmunoscintigraphy using bivalent "Janus" haptens with an apparent enhanced affinity ("avidity") for the antibody is described.
  • (16) Two monovalent CD3 antibodies with mixed heavy chain isotypes were very poor in lysis but, in contrast, a monovalent antibody possessing two identical rat gamma 2b heavy chains but two non-identical light chains was found to be more lytic with human complement than the parental bivalent CD3 antibody.
  • (17) It is concluded that reactive oxygen species, especially hydroxy radical, play a significant role on renal injury in bivalent hapten immune complex glomerulonephritis.
  • (18) Dissociation of the X-Y chromosome bivalent in diakinesis-metaphase I spermatocytes of adult mice was significantly more frequent in the CBA strain (29%) than in C57, KP, or KE strains (7-11%).
  • (19) It is suggested that bivalent ligand binding is required as a signal to elicit chemotactic locomotion.
  • (20) Results included the following: (1) lymphocyte stimulation responses to PHA and SPL were generally depressed in the CA patients versus controls; (2) incubation with indomethacin produced bivalent effects in both controls and CA patients, depending on the concentration of indomethacin and lymphocyte stimulant; incubation with optimum concentrations of indomethacin generally produced augmented responses in both study groups whereas high concentrations of indomethacin were suppressive; (3) the immune potentiating effects were not observed in older patients with advanced disease; and (4) removal of adherent leukocytes (mainly monocytes) also restored depressed lymphocyte responses.

Polyvalent


Definition:

  • (a.) Multivalent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The actions of the polyvalent cationic dye Ruthenium Red and the enzyme neuraminidase were studied at the frog neuromuscular junction.
  • (2) The prophylactic effect of immunization with P. aeruginosa polyvalent corpuscular vaccine has been shown on the model of P. aeruginosa generalized chronic infection in mice with leukopenia induced by the intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamids.
  • (3) The immunogenicity of the polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine was studied in renal allograft recipients and dialysis patients.
  • (4) The virus neutralizing (VN) titers were occasionally lower where the polyvalent vaccines were used when compared to those from chickens given the monovalent vaccines.
  • (5) The polyvalent and adaptable material which we have developed (sliding splint-staple) and which we also use in thoracic traumatology (thoracic flaps), has allowed us to perform audacious corrections for deformities or wide resections for tumours since 1980.
  • (6) Furthermore, unlike the cells, the cytoplasts failed to raise their intracellular free Ca2+ levels after addition of polyvalent Ag.
  • (7) The polyvalent antiserum administered contained A, B and E antitoxins.
  • (8) The transport of C4-dicarboxylates in B. subtilis is strongly stimulated by intracellular polyvalent anions.
  • (9) Likewise, benzamil exhibited a protective effect, completely overcoming the inhibitory action of the polyvalent cations.
  • (10) Anti-hemorrhagic antibodies were isolated from a polyvalent antivenom by affinity chromatography using purified hemorrhagins from Bitis arietans and Crotalus adamanteus venom as ligands.
  • (11) Polyvalent alloantisera, prepared by reciprocal immunization of F344 (RT1lv1 haplotypes) and WF (RT1u haplotype) rats, as well as monoclonal antibodies, were used to immunoprecipitate class I alloantigens from detergent extracts of monolayer cultures of 35S-methionine-labelled liver cells.
  • (12) The efficiency of an ELISA method, designed to detect polyvalent IgG and IgM antibodies to Salmonella typhi polysaccharide was evaluated in patients admitted or convalescing from typhoid fever and in control subjects.
  • (13) The chelating approach provides a powerful means for removing a single class of unwanted, random crosslinkages, i.e., those due to extraneous polyvalent metals such as lead, cadmium and aluminum.
  • (14) Prophylaxis with 23-polyvalent anti-pneumococcus vaccine would prevent severe processes in high risk populations.
  • (15) An immunoglobulin class specific, indirect ELISA (polyvalent immunoglobulin, IgG, IgM, and IgA) was established employing as antigens formalinized whole bacteria ("OH"-antigens) and LPS preparations (hot phenol-water extraction).
  • (16) Two commercial Chlamydia-specific monoclonal antibodies as well as polyvalent anti-Chlamydia rabbit serum recognized C. trachomatis, but did not recognize Cowdria.
  • (17) the monovalent preparation of K. pneumoniae bacteriophage and the polyvalent bacteriophage preparation for the treatment of infections caused by K. ozaenae, K. rhinoscleromatis scleromatis and K. pneumoniae sensu lato, have been obtained.
  • (18) During the acute phase he was treated with packed red blood cells, frozen fresh plasma and polyvalent immunoglobulins.
  • (19) Quantitative immunoelectrophoresis allows a polyvalent approach to immuno-chemical problems, i.e., identification, quantitation, and thereby standardization of antigens and antibodies in complex mixtures, for example as in crude extracts of microorganisms and their corresponding antisera.
  • (20) Ca2+ and other polyvalent cations as well as polycations, such as neomycin, produce similar effects on intracellular second messengers and PTH release in dispersed bovine parathyroid cells, but it is unclear whether all of these agents share the same mechanism of action.

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