(n.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) The kidney of the bowfin possesses an abundant supply of renal corpuscles with each consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule of visceral (podocyte) and parietal layers.
(2) Undecussated ipsilateral retinal projections, as present in the bowfin, are a widely distributed character in vertebrates and appear to be plesiomorphic for vertebrates.
(3) Amino acid metabolism was examined in mitochondria from the lateral red muscle of a teleost (lake char, Salvelinus namaycush) and a nonteleost fish (bowfin, Amia calva).
(4) Intracellular recordings were obtained from biphasic- and triphasic-type horizontal cells (C cells) in the retina of the bowfin.
(5) Yellow corpuscles from the ventral surface of the anterior kidney in bowfins (Amia calva L.) converted [7-3H]pregnenolone to radioactive 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, and corticosterone in vitro.
(6) A new technique is presented for determining the volume of extracellular space in bowfin (Amia calva) brain during in vitro incubation.
(7) The posterior pretectal nucleus is relatively small in the bowfin, and the distribution of a small, versus a large, posterior pretectal nucleus in Teleostei and Halecomorphi suggests that this nucleus was small plesiomorphically.
(8) Homologous peptides belonging to the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) family were isolated from the pancreas of a teleostean fish, the American eel (Anguilla rostrata), an holostean fish, the bowfin (Amia calva) and an elasmobranch fish, the skate (Raja rhina), and their primary structures were determined.
(9) The rate of glutamine oxidation by bowfin mitochondria exceeds that of lake char mitochondria, and the bowfin displays correspondingly higher levels of mitochondrial phosphate-dependent glutaminase.
(10) The nephron of adult bowfin, Amia calva, was described using light and electron microscopic techniques.
(11) The findings in bowfin and other species suggest that both feedback and direct pathways shape the depolarizing response of C cells.
(12) The primary structure of insulin from a holostean fish, the bowfin (Amia calva), was established as: A-chain: Gly-Ile-Val-Glu-Gln-Cys-Cys-Leu-Lys-Pro-Cys-Thr-Ile-Tyr-Glu-Met-Glu- Lys-Tyr-Cys-Asn B-chain: Ala-Ala-Ser-Gln-His-Leu-Cys-Gly-Ser-His-Leu-Val-Glu-Ala-Leu-Phe-Leu- Val-Cys-Gly-Glu-Ser-Gly-Phe-Phe-Tyr-Asn-Pro-Asn-Lys-Ser This amino acid sequence contains several substitutions (methionine at A16, phenylalanine at B16 and serine at B22) at sites that have been strongly conserved in other vertebrate species and that may be expected to influence biological activity.
(13) To assess the role of triiodothyronine (T3) in mediating short-term changes in metabolism, such as those occurring in circadian patterns, we examined the effects of intraperitoneal injection of T3 on the oxidation of substrates by isolated mitochondria from liver of the bowfin, Amia calva, and red muscle and liver of the lake char, Salvelinus namaycush.
(14) Blood from the primitive holostean fish, the bowfin, Amia calva, contains 2 mo of ATP per mol of hemoglobin.
(15) The pattern of retinofugal projections in the bowfin is similar to that in other non-teleost actinopterygian fishes and in teleosts in most regards.
(16) Activity of sulfated CCK8 in bowfin, a holostean fish, suggests sensitivity of gallbladder to CCK-related intestinal hormones may be a general feature of osteichthyeans.
(17) Three hours after intraperitoneal injection of T3, oxidation of some substrates by mitochondria isolated from the liver of the bowfin was reduced.
(18) The retinofugal projections in the bowfin, a non-teleost actinopterygian, were studied by autoradiographic and horseradish peroxidase methods, and the cytoarchitecture of retinorecipient regions of the diencephalon was analyzed with serially sectioned, Bodian stained material.
(19) In the bowfin CCK immunostained cells were detected only in the anterior and mid-intestine; the stomach and the rest of the gastrointestinal tract were negative.
(20) The effect of hypophysectomy on chloride balance was examined in young-of-the-year bowfin, Amia calva.
Sawyer
Definition:
(n.) One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
(n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.
(n.) The bowfin.
Example Sentences:
(1) Previous experiments had demonstrated that the receptors for the lectins soybean agglutinin (SBA), wheat germ agglutinin, concanavalin A and Lens culinaris agglutinin all were relatively uniformly distributed on both myoblasts and myotubes, and that SBA receptors were capable of rapid redistribution on myotubes but not myoblasts at 4 degrees C (Sawyer & Akeson, 1983).
(2) Meanwhile, unlike kick-off's Simon McMahon, Phil Sawyer is not off to France on Thursday.
(3) Sawyer, William D. (U.S. Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md.
(4) Photograph: Reuters Sawyer is believed to have contacted the virus from his sister, who died of Ebola earlier this month.
(5) Lutz points out that he's talked to Natalie Sawyer, so I think he's stepping forward.
(6) We previously demonstrated that a heterotypic complex of the two rat asialoglycoprotein receptor subunits was assembled during cell-free translation (Sawyer, J. T., and D. Doyle.
(7) The team also includes Julie Sawyer, Indyk’s senior aide, economics expert Hady Amyr, and Michael Yaffe, who oversees liaison with world powers with an interest in the region.
(8) "I think handshakes should be introduced into all forms of work," announces Phil Sawyer.
(9) "No," he says in response to Sawyer's question about whether the US should "brace" for retaliation from Assad, whose military capabilities are "insignificant" compared to those of America.
(10) Even though that involved hunting through crowded buildings in streets without door numbers, Nigerian teams managed to trace everybody who had been in contact with Sawyer and everybody who had contact with those who later developed the disease.
(11) Yvonne Roberts’s baby boomer view: ‘The perils of a moneyless old age have been brought forward’ Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the Observer Miranda Sawyer says she hasn’t written a self-help manual, but it’s an often wise and reflective book that drops more famous names than currants in a fruitcake.
(12) In 2016, in the Sawyer version, she is wobbling, “carrying several large suitcases from the past, plus a few significant others who are clinging to you”.
(13) For the love of God will you be quiet, Sawyer, you'll be giving people ideas.
(14) Thanks for reminding me of Arachnophobia," writes Phil Sawyer.
(15) Eighty-three patients (47 male, 36 female) meeting the inclusion criteria of Sawyers et al.
(16) Written and directed by 31-year-old Richard Tanne, Southside with You stars Parker Sawyers as Barack and Tika Sumpter as Michelle; the executive producer is the musician and Obama fan John Legend.
(17) I am a woman, Bruce Jenner tells Diane Sawyer in ABC interview Read more Bruce Jenner’s public announcement that she identifies as a woman is likely to elicit a “mixed bag” of reactions in track and field and society as a whole, Bert Bonanno, Jenner’s coach at the 1976 Olympics, said on Saturday.
(18) But Sawyer highlights the difficulties for over-50s of finding employment after the economic crisis.
(19) The German samples were not analyzed by the Sawyer method.
(20) Authorities said they were considering applying for an experimental drug used on two Americans to treat the doctor who headed Sawyer's team and is now battling the virus herself.