(n.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus, although the genes involved in self-incompatibility in Brassica and Nicotiana are not homologous in their coding regions, signals for expression of these genes are apparently conserved between the two genera.
(2) A cDNA clone encoding a Brassica napus drought-induced 22 kDa (BnD22) protein has been isolated and characterized.
(3) The coding sequence of both B. napus genes are highly homologous (96% and 93% respectively) to a Brassica campestris ACP cDNA sequence, suggesting that they may have evolved from this ancestral gene.
(4) This is the first study in which an attempt has been made to define the inducing compounds in Brassica vegetables by feeding the individual purified glucosinolates.
(5) The sequence is reported of a cDNA molecule homologous to an mRNA from stigma tissue of Brassica oleracea plants homozygous for the S5 self-incompatibility allele.
(6) In both studies the mean plasma half-life of caffeine was reduced by approximately 20% following a Brassica diet, suggesting that Brassica vegetables stimulate caffeine metabolism.
(7) No binding with either toxin form could be observed with hemocytes of P. brassicae.
(8) The two Brassica species and R. sativa contain roughly equal amounts (12-14 kb) of cpDNA sequences integrated within their 208-242 kb mtDNAs.
(9) This would suggest that the duplications which gave rise to the different members occurred independently in the two groups of species after separation of Arabidopsis from the Brassica lineage.
(10) Antibodies were raised against the major seed apolipoproteins of Brassica napus, Sinapis alba and Raphanus sativum.
(11) Both protoxin and activated toxin bound to primary midgut cell cultures of Pieris brassicae larvae as well as to cells of an established culture of Drosophila melanogaster.
(12) The presence of a fragment of polyA resistant to both T1 and p ribonucleases in mRNAs extracted from wing imaginal disks of an insect, Pieris brassicae, is reported.
(13) The successful transfer of a marker gene (hpt gene) from Brassica nigra into B. napus via direct gene transfer was demonstrated.
(14) In ligand blotting experiments the toxin bound proteins of 120 kDa in M. sexta, 125 kDa in P. brassicae and numerous proteins in H. zea.
(15) Levels of indolylglucosinolates in Brassica vegetables correlated significantly with the amounts of N-nitroso compounds formed in these vegetables after nitrite treatment.
(16) An ATP-independent DNA topoisomerase has been isolated from chloroplasts of cauliflower leaves (Brassica oleracea var.
(17) These results show the development in the rhizosphere of Brassica campestris of a very active microbiological process of insoluble phosphorus mineral compounds dissolution; thus, the growing of Brassica may be expected to raise the phosphorous fertility level of the soil.
(18) Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase was purified from Brassica juncea leaves approximately 4000-fold, to homogeneity.
(19) When fused to napin regulatory sequences, the exotoxin gene specifically arrested embryo development in the seeds of transgenic Brassica napus plants concomitant with the onset of napin expression.
(20) Sequence analysis of the Ogura-specific mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragment isolated previously from Brassica cybrids carrying Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) revealed a tRNA(fMet) sequence, a putative 138 amino acid open reading frame (orf138), and a 158 amino acid ORF (orf158) previously observed in mitochondrial genomes from several other plant species.
Cole
Definition:
(n.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Cole-Moore effect, which was found here only under a specific set of conditions, thus may be a special case rather than the general property of the membrane.
(2) And Norris Cole hits a "good night everybody" three-pointer.
(3) Cole said there were a number of reasons why the rate cut may not be passed on, including the need for building societies to fund the cost of the bail-out of the Bradford & Bingley and Icelandic banks, the need to maintain profits, the need to keep savings rates high and competition in the martgage market.
(4) The prime minister told the Radio Times he was a fan of the "brilliant" US musical drama Glee, preferred Friends to The West Wing, and chose Lady Gaga over Madonna, and Cheryl Cole over Simon Cowell.
(5) Ashley Cole has joined LA Galaxy after his contract at Roma was terminated by mutual consent .
(6) Defenders: Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Phil Jagielka, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Kyle Walker.
(7) The Londoners had already used up their allocated four "association trained" players with Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Ross Turnull and Daniel Sturridge, leaving Bertrand ineligible.
(8) Cole, after missing much of the 2013-14 season through injury, left Chelsea on a free transfer in June and has since joined Roma.
(9) As ever in children's books, when things get too complicated, animal characters can provide a useful way out, but even then, attempts to represent same-sex parenting can attract censure - as revealed by Justin Richardson's And Tango Makes Three , illustrated by Henry Cole.
(10) Can't put a finger on it, though there were obvious extenuating personal circumstances in the case of the two most anticipated acts (Gaga and Cole).
(11) 34 min: England turn the screw, with Wright-Phillips and Ashley Cole combining beautifully down the left flank, before the full-back brings a crucial interception out of Ricardo Clark when he pulls the ball back into the penalty area from the touchline.
(12) Going back over past jobs figures paints a more balanced picture, say authors Ian Stewart, Debapratim De and Alex Cole.
(13) The joined products are a random recombination of the original segments, and can be cleaved by the same Hae III endonuclease to restore the exact electrophoretic pattern of the Hae III-cut ColE 1 DNA.
(14) Joe Cole made his full debut for Villa and Shay Given made his first appearance since January 2013, while Darren Bent started a game for the first time since the final day of the 2012-13 season.
(15) Coventry City (@Coventry_City) Welcome to #CCFC Joe Cole, yes actual Joe Cole.
(16) Cole did leave the door open to a change in approach, saying federal authorities should still step in if those involved in the regulated marijuana trade failed to support eight “enforcement priorities” set by the department, which include ensuring the drug is not smuggled across state borders, accessed by minors, or used to fund criminal cartels or violence.
(17) Several hundred Roma fans were at the club’s Fulvio Bernadini training ground on Tuesday to welcome him and Cole insisted he is ready for the next stage in his career.
(18) Finally it has been confirmed that Cheryl Cole , the formerly punchy but now ever-so-ladylike doyenne of British showbiz, is shipping out to Los Angeles to take her place on the US X Factor judging panel.
(19) Cole-Cole's beta parameter, which culminated around 0.9 for isotonic cells and declined to approx.
(20) What's impressive is Cole's unfailing good cheer in the face of so much unpleasantness.