(n.) An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
(n.) A petticoat.
(n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
(n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
(n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
(n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below.
(n.) A coat card. See below.
(v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.
(v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cyanoacrylate and PDS coatings were not detectable after 6 weeks while PHBA and PLLA coatings were still observed after 48 weeks.
(2) This mAb inhibited monocyte binding of both soluble FITC-labeled IgA and IgA-coated E, whereas it did not inhibit IgG binding.
(3) We have measured the antibody specificities to the two polysaccharides in sera from asymptomatic group C meningococcal carriers and vaccinated adults by a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure using methylated human serum albumin for coating the group C polysaccharide onto microtiter plates.
(4) When compared with nonspecialized regions of the cell membranes, these contact sites were characterized by a decreased intercellular distance, subplasmalemmal densities and coated pits.
(5) Charcoal particles coated with the lipid extract were prepared and the suspension inoculated intravenously into mice.
(6) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
(7) Today, she wears an elegant salmon-pink blouse with white trousers and a long, pale pink coat.
(8) Using polyclonal antibodies raised against yeast p34cdc2, we have detected a 36 kd immunoactive polypeptide in macronuclei which binds to Suc1 (p13)-coated beads and closely follows H1 kinase activity.
(9) Although the brain AP50 is prominently phosphorylated by an endogenous protein kinase in isolated coated vesicle preparations, the neuronal AP50 was not detectably phosphorylated in intact cells as assessed by two-dimensional non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis of labeled cells dissolved directly in SDS-containing buffers.
(10) MAb Q-1 distinguishes between Sendai virus-coated and uncoated lymphocytes only cells with low-affinity binding.
(11) Both buffy coat and platelet transfusions evoked production of the non-specific blocking antibodies.
(12) Interaction of viable macrophages with cationic particles at 37 degrees C resulted in their "internalization" within vesicles and coated pits and a closer apposition between many segments of plasmalemma than with neutral or anionic substances.
(13) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
(14) The coatings formed contain only stable chemical bonds (e.g., C-C, C-O-C), and easily-derivatized hydroxyl moieties.
(15) Structural studies indicate that caveolae are decorated on their cytoplasmic surface by a unique array of filaments or strands that form striated coatings.
(16) Significant biases in the distribution of cases of babesiosis were found with regard to season (P < 0,05), sex (P < 0,001) and coat colour (P < 0.01).
(17) One portion of the coat is complete by 5 to 6 h but additional material consisting primarily of glucose is added after 8 h.
(18) Recently the presence of a coating inhibitory factor was described in human tears which can prevent the binding of proteins to a solid phase.
(19) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
(20) The average repetitive yields and initial coupling of proteins spotted or blotted into PVDF membranes ranged between 84-98% and 30-108% respectively, and were comparable with the yields measured for proteins spotted onto Polybrene-coated glass fiber discs.
Pelage
Definition:
(n.) The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.
Example Sentences:
(1) Operated by the North Atlantic Fishing Company (NAFC), based in Caterham, Surrey, it is one of 34 giant freezer vessels that regularly work the west African coast as part of the Pelagic Freezer Association (PFA) , which represents nine European trawler owners.
(2) The involvement of active inorganic ion transport and Na+,K(+)-ATPase in oocyte hydration in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) and spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), marine teleosts which spawn pelagic eggs, was investigated by examining changes in the inorganic ion content of ovarian follicles containing mainly oocytes, by performing in vitro incubations of the follicles with ion channel blockers, and by assaying membrane preparations of ovaries containing hydrating and non-hydrating oocytes for Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity and content.
(3) Areas of sparse pelage were most affected, with the most severe exfoliation occurring on the palms, soles, face and ears.
(4) The MCS said the best choice now is Cornish mackerel caught by "hand-line", with British, European or Norwegian mackerel that is "pelagic-caught" – caught in shoals – as the best alternative.
(5) Brown weasels and white animals undergoing the spring change to the brown pelage and reproductive activity molted, grew a new white coat, and became reproductively quiescent after treatment.
(6) Pregnancy and lactation inhibited moult into winter pelage in voles maintained in short daylengths; development of a winter pelage was, however, greatly accelerated once the short-day dams weaned their litters.
(7) It is concluded that the white muscle of the pelagic species studied is functionally and structurally adapted for sustained aerobic activity with relatively abundant mitochondria being preferentially situated close to the source of gas and metabolite exchange.
(8) Pelagic threshers grow to nearly four metres long, around two metres of which is tail.
(9) In contrast, all or most of the Merkel cells that normally develop within collars or annular clusters in the pad epidermis (around both the vibrissal and intervibrissal or pelage hairs) either disappeared within a few days or failed to develop.
(10) Metabolic and vascular adaptation of teleost lateral propulsive musculature to an active mode of life was investigated in four pelagic teleosts (mackerel, yellowtail scad, pilchard and Australian salmon).
(11) Appropriate seasonal patterns and levels of torpor, body weight, pelage color stage, and food intake were exhibited after T implant removal although serum T was clamped to long-day levels during the preparatory phase.
(12) It is suggested that the pineal gland product, melatonin, initiates changes in the central nervous system and endocrines which result in molting, growth of the white winter pelage, and reproductive quiescence in the weasel.
(13) Two trials were carried out to investigate the potential of small pelagic fish (Rastriobola argenteus) locally referred to as omena, as a protein supplement for pigs.
(14) A previously undescribed morphological variant (completely red) was observed in one specimen of the east bank, where pelage color of the local population varied from completely black to completely red.
(15) Fresh water fishes are generally macrosomatic and microptic, marine fishes (especially coral reef fishes) are microsmatic and macroptic while piscivorous pelagic fishes are macrosmatic and macroptic.
(16) We suggest that tissue from within the ethmoid region of the skull in pelagic fishes is the only site yet identified where magnetite suitable for use in magnetoreception is concentrated.
(17) Pelage hair follicles were isolated by gentle microdissection from 8-12-day-old rats, and maintained in supplemented Williams E medium.
(18) About 60% of fluorescing eggs placed in the pelage were recovered in collecting trays underneath the host in 2 h. An average of 87.7 eggs per cat was laid during the last 8 h of the scotophase compared with 49.9 and 59.1 eggs during the other 8-h periods.
(19) Digested mixtures of squid (Loligo reynaudi), Pelagic Goby (Sufflogobius bibarbatus) and Cape Anchovy (Engraulis capensis) did not resemble the undigested standards of each species respectively.
(20) In addition to acting as a chemosignal, the Harderian material serves two major homeostatic functions: (1) the lipids on the pelage act to insulate the animal against cold and wetness, and (2) the lipids and pigments darken the pelage and increase radiant absorption.