(n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.
Example Sentences:
(1) A chimaera, called pCS200, which mediated expression of the CS1 or CS2 fimbrial antigen but not of CS3 fimbrial antigen in appropriate host strains, was obtained.
(2) In additional experiments, F1 to parental bone-marrow chimaeras were constructed such that the bone-marrow-derived cells and the non-bone-marrow-derived cells were of different RT-1 allotypes.
(3) Our motility analyses of the chimaeras confirmed that transplanted thoracic somitic mesoderm gives rise to brachial musculature and that the experimental muscles maintained the inherent dystrophic phenotype.
(4) Nevertheless, in a substantial proportion of chimaeras, OCs colonized derivatives of the ICM.
(5) These share a common placental circulation and hence develop as haematopoietic chimaeras.
(6) Results in a group of AKR reversible CBA leukaemia susceptible reversible resistant chimaeras suggest resistance is dominant.
(7) The [lpr----lpr] chimaeras were similar to untreated lpr mice.
(8) This leads to the total elimination of cell populations with one genotype, rat in particular in the mouse--rat chimaeras, or, possibly, to the sterility of the sheep--goat chimaeras.
(9) Germ-line transmission of the inactivated IGF-II gene from male chimaeras yielded heterozygous progeny that were smaller than their ES cell-derived wild-type littermates (about 60% of normal body weight).
(10) Plasmid pRB1, a representative chimaera carrying only the 3.3 kbp Sau3A fragment of pCB101, was successfully transferred from B. subtilis back to E. coli.
(11) Using the chick-quail chimaera technique we also studied the fate of each half-somite.
(12) By using the cytotoxic test, we found that both tolerant and nontolerant recipients were complete chimaeras, i.e., had only (C57BL x CBA-T6T6)F1 cells in their lymph nodes.
(13) Cell line SIKR-OSB resulted in one normal chimaera in 44 mice born.
(14) Two surgical embryo transfers to the chimaera resulted in pregnancies.
(15) The results demonstrate that the properties of protein domains are not always additive in a particular chimaera.
(16) Therefore, the possibility that the defect in development of P primitive ectoderms resided in their extra-embryonic tissues was investigated by analysing a series of chimaeras produced by injecting them into intact F blastocysts.
(17) Totally allogeneic chimaeras could be sensitized but only if given antigen in association with the appropriate Mph.
(18) The ultrastructure of T and B lymphocytes has been examined in long-term syngeneic chimaeras and age-control mice.
(19) delta-crystallin expression in these tissues is due to proper transcriptional regulation, since no expression was observed when chimaeras were produced with the ES lines carrying the mutant gene.
(20) Therefore, the lymphoid aplasia of [lpr----wild] radiation chimaeras does not result from an lpr graft-versus-host-like syndrome.
Marine
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
(a.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.
(a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
(a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.
(a.) A picture representing some marine subject.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cameron had a legitimate argument, but the marines didn't want to hear it.
(2) The marine vibrio alone is a powerful stimulus to mucus secretion but lethal for the host.
(3) Voluntary intake and nutritive value of diets selected by goats grazing a shrubland at Marin county, N.L., Mexico were determined.
(4) omega-Conotoxin GVIA is a peptide purified from the venom of the marine snail, Conus geographus, that specifically blocks voltage-sensitive calcium channels in neurons.
(5) The marine natural product lophotoxin has produced a non-reversible antagonism of parasympathetic and sympathetic functions that are known to be mediated by C6 sub-type nicotinic receptors.
(6) Six marine bacteria which synthesize macromolecular antibiotics were isolated from neritic waters on the French Mediterranean coast, and their frequency recorded over two successive years.
(7) After the gunfight the marines made the shocking discovery of bodies of 58 men and 14 women in a room, some piled on top of each other.
(8) It’s clear which way the ultra-right community around Ukip wishes to go: their timelines are full of praise for Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders , and blazing with imagery – both real and fake – of migrant riots in France and Sweden.
(9) Resting plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine levels were 13.1 and 2.1 nmol liter-1 for the marine toad (Bufo marinus).
(10) The only inconsistency in the mariner gene phylogeny is in the placement of the Zaprionus mariner sequence, which clusters with mariner from Drosophila teissieri and Drosophila yakuba in the melanogaster species subgroup.
(11) The goal of the expedition, led by Prof Ken Takai of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was to study the limits of life at deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough as part of a round-the-world voyage of discovery by the research ship RV Yokosuka .
(12) The present study demonstrated that delayed administration of a marine lipid diet, 25% menhaden oil (MO) by weight, until after the onset of overt renal disease, also resulted in significant improvement in rates of mortality, proteinuria, and histologic evidence of glomerular injury, compared with control animals fed a diet that contained mostly saturated fatty acids, 25% beef tallow.
(13) Intramembrane faces were visualized in the marine dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra by the freeze-fracture technique, in order to test a prediction of a membrane model for circadian oscillations--i.e;, that membrane particle distribution and size change with time in the circadian cycle.
(14) A total of 2,208 male subjects, enrolled as merchant marine seamen at the Civitavecchia (Italy) harbor from 1936 to 1975 were followed up through 1989 in order to evaluate their mortality experience.
(15) These tacos, the legacy of the city's many Lebanese immigrants, a variation of shawarma , the grilled marinated meat dish popular throughout the Middle East.
(16) Two new isomeric delta-lactones 2 and 3 have been isolated from the marine fungus Helicascus kanaloanus (ATCC 18591).
(17) Earlier today Liz Sandeman, a marine mammal medic who went out in a lifeboat to examine the whale, said: "It looks quite healthy and quite relaxed.
(18) Greg Hunt , the environment minister, said he will use the existing Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority act to “put in place this ban in legislative form”.
(19) Modern lungfish are air-breathing nonmarine forms, yet their Devonian forebears were marine fish that did not breathe air.
(20) In France last year, Marine Le Pen scored 18% in the presidential election and is now powering ahead against François Hollande, while in the Netherlands Geert Wilders' Freedom party is polling at 15%.