(n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
(n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
(n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
(n.) A ridge or mound of earth.
(a.) Crooked.
Example Sentences:
(1) The combined results suggest that any possible heterogeneity in the L-CAM genes is not reflected in the size of either the mRNA or protein.
(2) The chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model was used to study vascular effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and hyperthermia (HPT) and the synergism of these modalities.
(3) These studies indicate that at each site of induction during feather morphogenesis, a general pattern is repeated in which an epithelial structure linked by L-CAM is confronted with periodically propagating condensations of cells linked by N-CAM.
(4) By 3 d in the chick embryo, the first neurons detected by antibodies to Ng-CAM are located in the ventral neural tube; these precursors of motor neurons emit well-stained fibers to the periphery.
(5) CD-349 inhibited the [3H]CD-349 binding to CaM, at a concentration producing a 50% inhibition (IC50) of 2.4 microM, whereas the CaM antagonist, trifluoperazine hydrochloride (TFP), stimulated the [3H]CD-349 binding to CaM.
(6) Comparison of the native and derivatized wheat germ CaMs with native bovine testis CaM indicates that the concentrations of these proteins required for half-maximal stimulation of either erythrocyte membrane Ca2+-ATPase activity or cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum phosphorylation are very similar.
(7) CAM, especially CD11c, were also detected in cytoplasmic granules by immunostaining in IL2-activated NK cells.
(8) compounds tested, chlordecone is a specific inhibitor of CaM-activated PDE.
(9) In situ hybridization in normal visual cortex revealed a complex sublaminar organization of GAD-expressing cells within layers IVC and VI and a distribution of CaM II kinase alpha-expressing cells that was greatest in layers II, III, IVB, and VI.
(10) We are describing two post-translational modifications; glycosylation and glypiation; which affect the neural cell adhesive molecule (N-CAM).
(11) These results show that mitogenic activation of human fibroblasts leads to the binding of Ca2+ to CaM and the subsequent activation of CaM-dependent processes.
(12) Conversion of S180 cells to a communication-competent phenotype by transfection with a cDNA encoding the cell-cell adhesion molecule L-CAM induced phosphorylation of connexin43 to the P2 form; conversely, blocking junctional communication in ordinarily communication-competent cells inhibited connexin43-P2 formation.
(13) The responsiveness of test tissue to low versus high androgen levels was evaluated in this CAM assay using both cellular morphology and mitotic index as response criteria.
(14) Immunoblot together with immunoprecipitation experiments with cell lines or tissue extracts showed that N-CAM are the major glycoproteins bearing such polysialosyl units.
(15) The fluorescent dihydropyridine calcium antagonist drug felodipine binds to calmodulin (CaM) in a Ca2+-dependent manner.
(16) However, whereas a critical value of N-CAM expression is required for increased neurite outgrowth, with small increases above this value having substantial effects, N-cadherin promotes neurite outgrowth in a highly linear manner.
(17) These results provide structural and functional evidence that CaM and CDP-I act synergistically in the regulated proteolysis of fodrin.
(18) In this study, we examined the modulation of cell surface expression of MHC antigens and the CAM intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), lymphocyte function antigen 3 (LFA-3), and CD44 on human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMEC) both grown in monolayers and differentiated into capillary-like structures on the basement membrane-like substrate matrigel.
(19) The second type of protein bound 125I-CaM only when the free Ca2+ concentration was below 1-2 microM and included polypeptides of 95 kDa (E95) and 105 kDa (E105).
(20) Day and night forms of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.31) (PEPC) were extracted from leaves of the CAM plants Kalanchoe daigremontiana, K. tubiflora and K. blossfeldiana previously fed with [32P] labelled phosphate solution.
Kam
Definition:
(n.) Crooked; awry.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparison of phenotypic characteristics of deletion plasmids pAS9, pAS10, pAS11, pAS12 and pAS10-2 permitted to propose the map for pAS8 plasmid with the following sequence of markers: tra--kam--ColE1--amp--tet... Heteroduplex analysis of deletion mutants of pAS8 permitted to construct a physical map and to elaborate in greater detail the functional map of RP4 plasmid.
(2) A stannous fluoride solution (0.717% SnF2, Gel-Kam, Scherer Laboratories, Dallas, TX) was applied to the entire treatment preparation of each tooth.
(3) The twin pairs were part of a larger collaborative study between Israel and Sweden (the KAM-project).
(4) Sarwar's family had reported him missing in May last year after they found a handwritten letter saying he had left to join a terrorist group called Kataib al-Muhajireen (KaM) to take part in jihad.
(5) The maximum value of ka when the histidine is fully protonated (kam) increases in the same order.
(6) They sped over dangerous roads and inhospitable mountains in planes chartered from local firms keen to turn aircraft into political influence – Kam Air (motto: Trustable Wings) and new contender East Horizon (no motto, just a sign on the plane advising: "chop here with crash axe").
(7) He wrote on Skype: "I come to join KaM," to which the Swede replied: "Inshallah (God willing)".
(8) Police searched the men's homes, revealing an online conversation between Ahmed and a Swedish national fighting with the KaM, during which Ahmed said he wanted to join the group.
(9) On second down Kam Chancellor just pops Vernon Davis, who naturally can't hold on.
(10) In addition it is found that Kam, henceforth Kam(At), varies with the total actin concentration At, but controversy continues over the actin dependence of Vamax.
(11) A key amino acid substitution specific for allotypic Gm b markers, b0, b3, b5, were determined through sequence analyses of the pFc' fragments of IgG1 (Su) and IgG3 (Ba[Gm(g)], Bu[Gm(b1b3)], and Kam[Gm(b3st)]) myeloma proteins.
(12) Group managing director of CKI, H L Kam, said: "We attach great importance to the skills and experience of the existing management and employees of Northumbrian and believe they will be an important factor in the continuing success of the Northumbrian group."
(13) Likewise, the apparent activation constant Kam is several fold weaker than KATPase.
(14) The KAMS group exhibited a transitory increase in BWt and increased male sexual behavior.
(15) Crabtree was open but he knows that Kam Chancellor was there to lay him out and he says, thanks but no thanks, and it costs San Francisco a first down as we head to the two minute warning.
(16) The amount that Kam awarded the victims falls well short of the $287m that the victims’ lawyers had asked for, and there was no allocation of money for collective compensation, which they had requested to build a memorial.
(17) Due to their high sequence similarity to the YmL9 protein two mammalian cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins [MRL3 human and rat; Ou, J.-H., Yen, T. S. B., Wang, Y.-F., Kam, W. K. & Rutter, W. J.
(18) Hissène Habré, who in May was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Extraordinary African Chambers , a court set up specifically to try him, must pay his victims up to $34,000 (£25,627) each, ordered the judge, Gberdao Gustave Kam.
(19) Two plays later, the quarterback is very lucky to avoid an interception as Kam Chancellor steps in front of a pass only to let the ball slip clean through his hands and fall to the floor.
(20) A second group was instructed to apply a gel containing .04% stannous fluoride (Gel-Kam) twice a day.