(n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
(n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.
(n.) One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple.
(n.) The hagfish (Myxine).
Example Sentences:
(1) Changes in haemolymph juvenile hormone (JH) concentrations of larvae of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, were used to estimate the activity of the corpora allata.
(2) 1964.-A highly proteolytic bacterial species was isolated from the alimentary canal of the marine borer, Limnoria.
(3) European corn borer phosphodiesterase is highly activated by (NH4)2SO4 and moderately activated by NH4C1 (pH 7.6, 33 degrees).
(4) Worse, pests like the berry borer beetle and leaf rust fungus are flourishing as the world warms.
(5) It utilizes the clasper from male pharate adult European corn borers and measures the incorporation of [14C]N-acetylglucosamine.
(6) The results obtained with a borer electrode, designed by the authors, are reported (130 cases).
(7) The major quantitative characteristics of chromosomal Q-HR variability were shown to be very similar in oil-borers and natives, and this is considered to be the result of specific selection of individuals according to the amount of Q-HRs in their genome.
(8) The acetone precipitation procedure, introduced by Gluck, L., Kulovich, M.V., Borer, R.C.
(9) Results of field physiologic and hygienic investigations of borer's work schedule during the subterranean gold extraction in the Chukot Range [correction of Chukotka] are presented.
(10) The E and Z pheromonal strains of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, are characterized by female production of and male preference for opposite blends of (E)-11-and (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate.
(11) Spores of two microsporidia, Nosema pyrausta (from the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis) and N. furnacalis (from the Asian corn borer, O. furnacalis) were harvested from laboratory-reared O. nubilalis caterpillars and purified by centrifugation through Percoll.
(12) Dithyreanitrile inhibits feeding of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) larvae.
(13) Both compounds are effective antifeedants when incorporated into artificial diets and fed to fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) or European corn borer (Ostrina nubilalis) larvae.
(14) Ultrastructural examination of diapause and nondiapause larval brains of the European corn borer disclosed anatomical differences that may be related to the insect's "blood-barrier".
(15) In in vitro tests caffeine (0.008 M) and theophylline (0.008 M) inhibit phosphodiesterase more effectively in European corn borer larvae than in crayfish, ovine, bovine, or rat tissue.
(16) An adduct of Kepone, Kelevan, is now distributed by Spiess and Sohn, Chemische Fabrik, Germany, with an as yet unknown manufacturer, for control of the Colorado potato beetle in Eastern Europe and Ireland, and for control of the banana root borer in the cameroons, Caribbean, and South America.
(17) The pest, berry borer beetle, was unknown until about 2000 in Ethopia, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, as it preferred the warmer temperatures at lower altitudes.
(18) (E,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate, and (Z,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate, isolated from the female lesser peachtree borer, Synanthedon pictipes (Grote and Robinson), and the female peachtree borer, Sanninoidea exitiosa (Say), respectively, strongly attract the respective males of these species in field bioassays.
(20) Dr David Schudel of Keith Borer Consultants said: "The new GPS devices are bulkier and protrude from the leg, lending themselves open to being snagged, twisted or rotated away from the leg, and are generally likely to be subject to greater forces in normal wear than the old style tags."
Boyer
Definition:
(n.) A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
Example Sentences:
(1) (1983) in The Enzymes, 3rd Edn., Vol 16 (Boyer, P., ed.
(2) The relationship of equilibrium-reaction-rate measurements [Boyer & Silverstein (1963) Acta Chem.
(3) The results obtained are discussed in connection with the subunit-subunit and site-site interactions and three-site model for F1 catalysis proposal by Boyer and his group.
(4) Previous in vivo studies [Duffy, J. J., Chaney, S. G. & Boyer, P. D. (1972) J. Mol.
(5) These data and the earlier results on the oxygenation of furanoic fatty acids (Boyer et al., 1979) indicate that the lipoxygenase reaction is not restricted to substrates containing a 1,4-pentadiene structure.
(6) A 32P-labelled ATP analog, 3'-O-(4-benzoyl)benzoyl ATP (BzATP) previously shown to be an agonist at P2Y-purinergic receptors (Boyer J. L., and Harden T. K. (1989) Mol.
(7) The Escherichia coli uvrB gene, located on a 1.5-megadalton EcoRI (fragment F, derived from transducing phage lambda b2att2 [lambda b2cI857intam6 delta (bioAB)bio-FCD+uvrB+], has been cloned in the unique EcoRI site of several "relaxed" plasmids, i.e., pMB9, pBR322, and pBH20 (= ;BR322, including the lac regulatory elements [K. Itakura, T. Hirose, R. Crea, A. D. Riggs, H. L. Heyneker, F. Bolivar, and H. W. Boyer, Science 198:1056--1063, 1977]y.
(8) (Kayalar, C., Rosing, J., and Boyer, P. D. (1977) J. Biol.
(9) This review summarizes recent isotopic and kinetic evidence in favour of the concept, originally proposed by Boyer and coworkers, that energy from the proton gradient is exerted not directly for the reaction at the catalytic site, but rather to release product from a single catalytic site.
(10) Boyer, who wrote a conciliatory open letter to Kaepernick earlier this week, had a long conversation with the quarterback about his stance this week, and he posted a photo of the two on Twitter with a caption reading, “Let’s just keep moving forward.
(11) The clinical criteria of Heyman and Herndon and the radiographic parameters cited by Boyer et al.
(12) I’m not judging you for standing up for what you believe in,” Boyer said.
(13) Boyer and his co-workers (private communication) on enzyme-catalyzed phosphate-water exchange, it appears unlikely that the hydrolysis of enzyme-bound pyrophosphate is the rate-determining step in the overall enzymatic catalysis of pyrophosphate hydrolysis, at least when Mn2+ is the required divalent metal ion cofactor.
(14) Boyer has been part of Sky's comedy team since July 2012 and recently commissioned and executive produced comedy-drama The Dog Thrower, which was written by Jon Ronson and starred Matthew Perry.
(15) The time dependence of this inhibition and the effect of various agents on this process have been described (Du, Z., and Boyer, P. D. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 402-407, and references therein).
(16) Turkey erythrocytes express a P2Y-purinergic receptor that employs an unidentified G-protein to activate phospholipase C (Boyer, J. L., Downes, C. P., and Harden, T. K. (1989) J. Biol.
(17) It was incredibly brave what he did.” Boyer, writing an open letter to the San Francisco QB in the Army Times , said he initially felt anger toward Kaepernick but then changed his mind.
(18) To our knowledge this is the first reported case of a malignancy developing after a Heitz-Boyer procedure.
(19) To determine whether a delay in carbohydrate absorption would increase the effectiveness of subcutaneous insulin in controlling postprandial hyperglycemia in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and whether it could allow insulin to be taken immediately prior to meals, the effects of an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (Acarbose Boyer AG, Wuppertal, Germany) on postprandial plasma glucose profiles were determined in six subjects with insulin-dependent diabetes when a subcutaneous insulin infusion was started immediately or 30 minutes prior to meal ingestion.
(20) This is in contrast to other flavoprotein disulfide oxidoreductases which cycle between Eox and EH2 forms in catalysis (Williams, C. H., Jr. (1976) in The Enzymes (Boyer, P. D., ed) 3rd Ed., Vol.