What's the difference between brae and bran?

Brae


Definition:

  • (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We identified five cistrons corresponding to these bra genes by complementation analysis with various derivatives of pKTH24, confirming that the braD, braE, braF, and braG genes are required for the LIV-I transport system.
  • (2) The nucleotide sequence of the 4-kilobase DNA fragment was determined and found to contain four open reading frames, designated braD, braE, braF, and braG.
  • (3) Take the left-hand turn for Balmeanach off the Braes road and look out for the parking spot.
  • (4) Analysis with an omega interposon showed that the bra genes are organized as an operon and are cotranscribed in the order braC-braD-braE-braF-braG from a promoter located in the 5'-flanking region of the braC gene.
  • (5) The braD and braE genes specify very hydrophobic proteins of 307 and 417 amino acid residues, respectively.
  • (6) (The walking tours visit the old pier and pontoons, the Brae with its crofts and ancient trees, the Open Air Church and the War Memorial.)
  • (7) While neolithic Skara Brae and Maes Howe on mainland Orkney hoover up the publicity, this astonishingly well-preserved burial chamber is all but unknown.
  • (8) The high affinity branched-chain amino acid transport system (LIV-I) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is composed of five components: BraC, a periplasmic binding protein for branched-chain amino acids; BraD and BraE, integral membrane proteins; BraF and BraG, putative nucleotide-binding proteins.
  • (9) These sites included the 5,000-year-old village of Skara Brae; the giant chambered grave of Maeshowe, a Stone Age mausoleum whose internal walls were later carved with runes by Vikings; and the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, two huge neighbouring circles of standing stones.
  • (10) Many of the earliest ones, such as the neolithic Scara Brae in Orkney, have single-roomed homes ordered around a central hearth, an arrangement found in traditional societies all over the world.
  • (11) All of the mutants were complemented by plasmid pKTH24, harboring the braC gene, which encodes the branched-chain amino acid-binding protein, and the four open reading frames named braD, braE, braF, and braG (T. Hoshino and K. Kose, J. Bacteriol.
  • (12) Every animal on that brae is likely to have cost taxpayers thousands of pounds a year.
  • (13) Ben Tianavaig, Braes Looking across the Sound of Raasay to Ben Tianavaig.

Bran


Definition:

  • (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
  • (n.) The European carrion crow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Trichophytosis (T. equinum) is characterized as typical numerous small and round patches, covered by small, bran-like, asbestos-coloured scales.
  • (2) The dietary fibre intake of 25 patients with the irritable bowel syndrome was assessed by dietary recall over one week for the period before onset of symptoms, at diagnosis and after six months treatment with bran and a fibre-rich diet, and compared with controls matched for age and sex.
  • (3) On the other hand, wheat bran, pectin, guar gum, and degraded carageenan all stimulate large bowel cell proliferation, the greatest growth response tending to occur in the cecum or proximal colon.
  • (4) Colonic transit was measured before and after 6 weeks on a bran preparation (Fiberform, 10 g daily) or an ispagula bulk preparation (Lunelax, 10 g daily) in random order.
  • (5) Gastrointestinal transit time, frequency of defecation, stool weight, and stool consistency were studied in 12 subjects who were each given fiber supplements containing wheat bran, psyllium gum, a combination of wheat bran and psyllium gum, or a low-fiber control for 2 weeks.
  • (6) Compared to fiber-free, feeding corn bran increased binding in the duodenum 30% and ileum 50% but decreased binding in the jejunum 44%, and feeding guar gum increased binding in the colon 73% but decreased binding in the jejunum 40%.
  • (7) A kinetic study of hydrolytic catalysis by wheat bran carboxypeptidase (carboxypeptidase W) was carried out using 3-(2-furyl)acryloyl-acylated (Fua-) synthetic substrates.
  • (8) Urinary and fecal estrogen excretion were studied in male rats fed a non-fiber wheat starch diet (dietary fiber less than 1%; NF group; n = 4), a low-fiber wheat flour diet (dietary fiber 2%; LF group; n = 4) or a high-fiber wheat bran diet (dietary fiber 11.6%; HF group; n = 3).
  • (9) Bran reduced genotoxicity by restricting uptake of MeIQ from the gut lumen.
  • (10) In a second study, chicks were fed FFRB, defatted rice bran (DFRB), and CS diets balanced for 18% protein, 14.47% total dietary fiber and 10.78% lipid with 0.5% added cholesterol.
  • (11) Neither bran influenced fecal wet weight or stool frequency.
  • (12) Two mixed-food breakfast meals composed predominantly of either red kidney beans or bran cereal were fed to six healthy young men.
  • (13) Dietary intakes of fiber (wheat bran) and fat (corn oil) by rats were quantitatively varied for 6 wk while intakes of energy and essential nutrients were constant among the diets.
  • (14) Sensory evaluation indicated no significant differences (P less than 0.05) between the control and 10 per cent bran cakes for moistness, flavor, and overall acceptability.
  • (15) It means that if I get a little bored with Daenerys refusing to bring her dragons and her army over to the main continent, I just need to wait a few minutes until Bran's adventures take over.
  • (16) The aim of this study was to determine the effect of wheat bran consumption on exocrine pancreas secretion in pigs.
  • (17) Data on colonic intraluminal pressures are scanty, but those that exist seem to indicate that the addition of bran to the diet results in a decrease in overall colonic pressures.
  • (18) Bran reduces faecal mutagenicity, although the mutagen concerned is unknown.
  • (19) Addition of the extracted material to a wheat-bran diet had no effect on plasma cholesterol.
  • (20) Similarly, in studies of porcine TPO, extracts of bran fraction 1 caused pronounced (85%) inhibition of enzyme activity, and progressively less inhibition was induced by extracts of bran fractions 2, 3, and 4.

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