What's the difference between cleaved and cleft?

Cleaved


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Cleave
  • (p. p.) of Cleave
  • () of Cleave

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Accordingly, when bFGF, complexed to heparin, is treated with pepsin A, an aspartic protease with a broad specificity, only the Leu9-Pro10 peptide bond is cleaved generating the 146-amino acid form.
  • (2) It was concluded that ochratoxin A was cleaved into the nontoxic ochratoxin alpha and phenylalanine by the contents from all but the abomasum.
  • (3) The 3C protease of poliovirus is distinguished from that of all other picornaviruses in that it only cleaves at Gln-Gly amino acid pairs within the viral polyprotein.
  • (4) To circumvent the restriction of having to analyze relatively short PCR fragments, restriction endonucleases were used to cleave a longer PCR product and the mixture of fragments was analyzed directly in SSCP gel electrophoresis.
  • (5) Under optimal reaction conditions, HhaI and RsaI cleaved the DMTS-std duplex to 76-77% completion and the DMTS-imp duplex to 96-99% completion.
  • (6) In the alpha 2M-thrombin, alpha 2M-plasmin, and alpha 2M-trypsin complexes, approximately 50%, 60%, and 75% of the subunits are cleaved, respectively.
  • (7) This finding suggested that cytosolic factors, removed from isolated nuclei, could influence the susceptibility of intact cells to the cytotoxic and DNA-cleaving actions of etoposide.
  • (8) Reversible chemical cross-linking with dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate) and analysis of cross-linked and cleaved complexes in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis confirmed that the C proteins exist as tetramers, most or all of which are composed of (C1)3C2.
  • (9) Brief digestion at neutral pH without reduction produced a molecule in which the Fab and Fc fragments were still linked by a pair of labile disulphide bridges, and the Fc fragment released by cleaving these bonds, called 1Fc fragment, contained a portion of the ;hinge' region including an interchain disulphide bridge.
  • (10) However, peptide bonds between 193 and 194, and 194 and 195 were cleaved in the presence of mAb 1C3 as easily as in the presence of mAb 31A4, suggesting that the region of residues 200 to 202 was obscured by, or within the antibody binding site, but that the region of residues 193 to 195 was not.
  • (11) We have shown that LPS induces a novel protease that functions optimally at pH 5 to cleave ACTH 1-39 into ACTH 1-22 to 1-26.
  • (12) Single-stranded linear DNAs were prepared by separating strands of duplex molecules or by cleaving single-stranded circles at a unique restriction site created by annealing a short defined oligonucleotide to the circle.
  • (13) In contrast, edited versions of CYb, COII, and COIII RNAs were not cleaved within the editing domains.
  • (14) This fusion protein exhibited an in vivo endonuclease activity which specifically cleaved the intron homing site within the intronless cob gene.
  • (15) These plasmin-cleaved peptides are derived from the COOH terminus of C2b, and they induce the contraction of estrous rat uterus.
  • (16) In contrast, phospholipase A2 treatment followed by papain digestion cleaved a fraction of these polypeptides.
  • (17) These data demonstrate that Fc epsilon RII can be internalized by ligand-induced endocytosis and subsequently cleaved in an intracellular compartment.
  • (18) The D-Phe peptides, which are cleaved especially rapidly by thrombin in water, have structures (in deuterated DMSO) in which the aromatic ring of the D-Phe residue is folded back over the Val or Pip residue.
  • (19) Substrate and product DNAs are cleaved with a restriction endonuclease and the resulting fragments are separated by electrophoresis in agarose gels.
  • (20) A comparison of two different restriction enzymes, which cleave the plasmid with blunt or cohesive-ended double-strand breaks, did not reveal differences in repair fidelity.

Cleft


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Cleave
  • (p. p.) of Cleave
  • () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
  • (a.) Divided; split; partly divided or split.
  • (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
  • (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
  • (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
  • (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Intraepidermal clefting starts at the junction between the basal and epidermal layers, and later involves all of the levels of the stratum spinosum.
  • (2) Closure of both cleft spaces by orthodontic means was achieved in 20 of the 21 patients in the first group, and in 14 of the 20 patients in the second group.
  • (3) In the absence of prostigmine, increasing the concentration of ACh in the synaptic cleft did not change the time constant for decay of end-plate currents.
  • (4) Both types of oral cleft, cleft palate (CP) and cleft lip with or without CP (CLP), segregate in these families together with lower lip pits or fistulae in an autosomal dominant mode with high penetrance estimated to be K = .89 and .99 by different methods.
  • (5) Three different structures have been observed among the binding proteins: unliganded 'open cleft', liganded 'open cleft', and liganded 'closed cleft'.
  • (6) Retrognathia or retrusion of the maxilla and mid-face is present in about one-third of treated cleft palate patients.
  • (7) At S-L clefts, paranodal-nodal regions, and Schwann cell nuclei, the axonal areas were smaller and the NF densities were higher than at compact myelinated regions.
  • (8) Cleft palate was found in 98.1% of fetuses in the positive control group and none of them in the negative control group.
  • (9) Recent reports have indicated the usefulness of nuclear grooves (clefts or notches) as an additional criterion for the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma in fine needle aspirates; most of these studies were carried out on alcohol-fixed material stained with the Papanicolaou stain or with hematoxylin and eosin, which yield good nuclear details.
  • (10) The question of how the contraction of adjacent endothelial cells might widen the intercellular clefts and thus regulate permeability is discussed.
  • (11) An examination of 9720 Zagreb school children, 6-13 years of age, revealed submucous cleft palate (SMCP) in 5 and cleft uvula in 232.
  • (12) These factors include narrowing of septal arteries and the artery to the atrioventricular node, preservation of fetal anatomy with dispersion in the atrioventricular node and His bundle, fibrosis of the sinus node, clefts in the septum, multiple atrioventricular pathways and massive myocardial infarction.
  • (13) Although maternal ingestion of antiepileptic drugs is strongly suspected of causing congenital defects, particularly oral clefts, the effect of epilepsy itself or a combined effect of drug intake and epilepsy have not been excluded as etiological factors.
  • (14) To clarify the mechanism by which retinoid causes cleft palate, we investigated the effect of retinoic acid (RA) on proliferation activity and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis in mouse fetuses palatal mesenchymal (MFPM) cells.
  • (15) The blood lymphocytes were small with scanty cytoplasm, densely condensed nuclear chromatin, and deep clefts originating in sharp angles from the nuclear surface.
  • (16) The familial association of epilepsy and cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL (P)) is analyzed assuming both entities share common genetic predisposing factors.
  • (17) In the following, there will be indicated the approved techniques and methods of suturing the cleft palate and a new method will be discussed related to the reciprocal Z-type plastic operation.
  • (18) Fifty per cent of the children with clefts of the palate and lip had deviated nasal septum producing nasal obstruction.
  • (19) A family is reported of 500 facial cleft index cases, attendees for plastic surgery review at hospitals in northern England.
  • (20) An infant with a complete unilateral cleft of the lip and palate underwent maxillary expansion treatment using an oral orthopedic appliance.

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