(v. i.) To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately.
(v. t.) To utter inconsiderately.
Example Sentences:
(1) We then demonstrated that this factor was an IGF-binding protein (Blat et al., 1989b).
(2) We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the plasmid genes blaT-4 and blaT-5 which encode the broad-substrate-range beta-lactamases TEM-4 and TEM-5, respectively.
(3) In the present studies, a 2.5-kilobase BamHI plasmid DNA fragment encoding TEM-3 was cloned in E. coli, and the entire nucleotide sequence of blaT-3 was determined.
(4) Oligotyping indicating that beta-lactam resistance in these strains was encoded by blaT-3 and synthesis of TEM-3 was confirmed by isoelectric focusing.
(5) 8.38pm BST His overall concept seems to be - blat the judges into a sugar coma and hope for the best.
(6) Using oligonucleotide probes, we found that the plasmid gene blaT-9 encoding TEM-9 differs from characterized blaT genes by a new combination of already known mutations.
(7) DNA-DNA hybridization analysis with a probe specific for TEM-1 indicated that the corresponding genes blaT-3 to blaT-7 were variants of the structural genes for TEM-type beta-lactamases.
(8) Gene blaT-9 was further studied by direct sequencing of an amplified 1.1-kb DNA fragment which contained the open reading frame and its promoter.
(9) We purified to homogeneity a growth inhibiting diffusible factor (IDF45) secreted by dense cultures of mouse 3T3 cells and which was able to inhibit 100% of DNA synthesis stimulated by serum in chick embryo fibroblasts (CEF) (Blat et al., 1989a).
(10) Strains BM2657 and BM2658 had identical resistance phenotypes, to beta-lactams, aminoglycosides and tetracycline, due to the presence of the same genes, blaT, aacA4 and tetC, respectively.
(11) Southern hybridization of plasmid DNA of these strains with probes pCFFO4, the prototype plasmid encoding TEM-3, genes blaT, aacA4 and tetC gave identical patterns.
(12) We have completed the nucleotide sequence of the genes blaT-1B from transposon Tn2, and blaT-2 from Tn1, which encode the penicillinases TEM-1 and TEM-2, respectively.
(13) • Some homes near the centre of the blat have been "levelled".
Blot
Definition:
(v. t.) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
(v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
(v. t.) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
(v. t.) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
(v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
(v. t.) To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
(v. i.) To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
(n.) A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.
(n.) An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.
(n.) A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
(n.) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
(n.) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
(n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
Example Sentences:
(1) Western blot analysis of these mitochondria using an antibody against carnitine palmitoyltransferase II purified from beef heart demonstrates a 68-kDa protein, which under ischemic conditions apparently is decreased by 2 kDa.
(2) We have developed a new procedure for the rapid preparation of undegraded total RNA from cultured cells for specific quantitation by dot blotting analysis.
(3) Only the approximately 2.7 kb mRNA species was visualized in Northern blots of total cellular and poly(A+) RNA isolated from cardiac ventricular muscle.
(4) In addition to performing Northern and Western blots for tyrosinase, tyrosine hydroxylase activity (THA) and dopa oxidase activity (DOA) were measured.
(5) After Western blot, 2 of the 5 protein bands of swine-cag (27 and 57 kD) and 3 of the 8 protein bands of human cag (27, 32, and 57 kD) reacted with the anti-Toxoplasma antibody used in the ELISA.
(6) Northern blot analysis with an 18-mer radiolabelled oligonucleotide, derived from an ALP specific cDNA clone, revealed a specific mRNA of about 700-800 nucleotides in HS-24 tumor cells.
(7) We have examined the pattern of bFGF expression during CNS development using protein immunoblot and RNA blot analyses.
(8) Therefore, we conclude this is a bovine DR beta-like pseudogene, BoDR beta I. Exon-containing regions have been used as probes in Southern blot analyses of bovine genomic DNA digested with EcoRI.
(9) Three distinct antigenic regions of bovine somatotropin (bST) were identified on the basis of the ability of a set of monoclonal antibodies to bind to proteolytic fragments and deletion variants of recombinant bST (rbST) in Western blot analyses.
(10) cDNA isolations, RNA, and genomic DNA blots confirm the existence and expression of two genes that produce indistinguishable SOD-4 proteins.
(11) We studied the feasibility of using RNA and DNA from autopsies for Northern and Southern blot analysis.
(12) Analysis of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) expression by enzyme assay and immunoblots, as well as Northern and dot blots of poly (A)+ RNA, in the deletion strains indicates that there are two upstream regulatory sequences that control the level of gene expression.
(13) The probe encoding LHCPII hybridizes to RNAs of 9.5 and 6.6 kb on northern blots of total RNA while the 3'-end probe hybridizes only to the 6.6 kb RNA.
(14) Enzyme activities were measured on nitrocellulose blots by using pure enzyme preparations as well as Triton X-100-solubilized membranes.
(15) The results indicated a very good comparability between the dot-blot assay and IF-tests, and this dot-blot method was ascertained as a simple and useful method for the scrub typhus serodiagnosis.
(16) An increase in cytoplasmic PRL mRNA content was evident in all the animals treated with estrogen as revealed with cytoplasmic dot blot analysis.
(17) All these strains produced an enterotoxic principle, antigenically related to cholera coli family of enterotoxins, as detected by latex agglutination and immuno-dot-blot tests.
(18) These alterations were not dependent on the prophage integration prior to curing, and no phage DNA was detected in cured cells by blot hybridisation.
(19) This study shows that the sensitivity and specificity of in situ hybridisation for the detection of EBV genomes in AIDS related lymphomas approaches that of Southern blotting, even when using routinely processed archival, paraffin wax embedded material.
(20) Western blot analysis revealed that the effect of PMA on U-373MG cells shows specificity in that GFA protein levels decline, while those of other major cytoskeletal proteins were unaltered.