What's the difference between conformity and lemming?

Conformity


Definition:

  • (n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.
  • (n.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
  • (2) It has been conformed that catalase from bovine liver eliminates only the pro R hydrogen atom from ethanol.
  • (3) The high transition enthalpy for kerasin is ascribed to a lesser accommodation of gauche conformers in the hydrocarbon chains just below the transition temperature.
  • (4) The Tyr side chain had two conformations of comparable energy, one over the ring between the Gln and Asn side chains, and the other with the Tyr side chain away from the ring.
  • (5) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
  • (6) Recently, we have designed a series of simplified artificial signal sequences and have shown that a proline residue in the signal sequence plays an important role in the secretion of human lysozyme in yeast, presumably by altering the conformation of the signal sequence [Yamamoto, Y., Taniyama, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 2728-2732].
  • (7) The molecule may already in its native form have an extended conformation containing either free sulfhydryl groups or small S-S loops not affecting mobility in SDS-PAGE.
  • (8) In 0.17 M Na+(aq), tRNA(Phe) exists in its native conformation and the number of strong binding sites (Ka greater than or equal to 10(4)) was estimated to be 3-4 by titration experiments, in agreement with X-ray structural data for crystalline tRNA(Phe) (Jack et al., 1977).
  • (9) In voltage-clamp experiments the ion current flowing through the channels was homogeneous indicating a defined conformation and a uniform size.
  • (10) However, it does not and we therefore propose the presence of an unusual DNA conformation in these regions.
  • (11) We propose that, for a GC base pair in B conformation, there are two amino proton exchangeable states--a cytosine amino proton exchangeable state and a guanine amino proton exchangeable state; both require the disruption of only the corresponding interbase H bond.
  • (12) In air-saturated solutions of DNA, yields of 8-hydroxypurines were not influenced greatly by DNA conformation.
  • (13) A detailed stereochemical analysis of known protein structures has been made which shows that: (1) irregular regions of proteins consist of a limited number of standard structures formed by three, four of more residues; (2) an amino acid residue of a protein can adopt one of the six sterically allowed conformations designated here as alpha, alpha L, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon.
  • (14) The substructural units, 5-14 linear and 5-14 cyclic, have been used as models for MCH-- H-Asp1-Thr-Met-Arg-Cys-Met-Val-Gly-Arg HO-Val17-Glu-Trp-Cys-Pro-Arg-Tyr-Val in 1H-nmr conformational studies.
  • (15) The conformations of each peptide in various solvents were determined by CD and ir spectroscopy in order to relate immunological to structural properties.
  • (16) All data did, however, conform to normal distribution expectations.
  • (17) The conformations of cysteamine, thiazolidine, and thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid were determined in aqueous solutions using NMR spectroscopy.
  • (18) This structural change opens the heme pocket and modifies the general conformation of the EF segment, thus explaining the increase in oxygen affinity and the achievement of a three-dimensional structure favoring asparagine deamidation.
  • (19) It is likely that the molecule undergoes a conformational change when it is bound to the receptor.
  • (20) The phenylalanine-dependent conformation and the leucine-dependent conformation differ considerably.

Lemming


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The structure and ultrastructure of the following regions of the hypothalamo-hypophysial neurosecretory system (HHNS) in the population cycle of lemming were studied: supraoptic (SON), paraventricular (PVN) and arcuate nuclei (AN), the median eminence (ME) and posterior pituitary (PP).
  • (2) These results suggest that LEM are a reliable individual difference measure and are sensitive to task differences.
  • (3) Thus, the effects of LEM in stimulating hepatic amino acid transport appear to be direct, without mediation by other hormones, and to be independent of cAMP.
  • (4) In two patients with the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and small-cell lung carcinoma (SLLC), therapy for LEMS was effective when combined with cancer therapy.
  • (5) This syndrome is likely to be autosomal recessive and resembles Smith-Lemli-Opitz (SLO) syndrome.
  • (6) Characteristic reduction of quantal content elicited at 1 Hz and facilitation at 20 Hz was observed in mice treated with LEMS plasma compared to those treated with control plasma.
  • (7) The Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome is characterized by mental retardation, hypotonia, facial dysmorphism and abnormalities of the limbs, genitalia and kidneys.
  • (8) To test this hypothesis, mouse diaphragms were exposed to control and LEMS IgG and IgG fragments in organ culture for 24 hours and then studied by quantitative freeze-fracture electron microscopy.
  • (9) LEMS IgG also acts at motor nerve terminal Ca2+ channels leading to muscle weakness.
  • (10) The tested substances included two sulfated polysaccharides (lentinan sulfate and dextran sulfate) and a nonsulfated polysaccharide PSK, E-P-LEM, glycyrrhizin sulfate, and nucleoside analogues (AZT and DHT).
  • (11) Replication patterns of the X chromosomes were studied in X*XY wood lemmings with male and female phenotypes.
  • (12) Measurements of leukocytic endogenous mediator (LEM) activity, i.e., lowering of plasma iron and zinc and increases in blood neutrophils, were made on the same supernatant media.
  • (13) Plasma insulin and glucagon responses to crude LEM may explain increases in hepatic cAMP, uptake of AA, and glycogenolysis as well as hypoglycemia.
  • (14) LEMS IgG was equally effective in C5-deficient mice, indicating that late complement components are not required.
  • (15) Since some factor enhancing antibody response was detected in the culture supernatant of LEM-treated macrophages, this was fractionated by gel filtration, which revealed a substance with a molecular weight of about 15,000 daltons.
  • (16) The wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor, the collared lemming, Dirostonyx torquatus, and perhaps also one or two species of the genus Akodon have XX and XY females and XY males.
  • (17) Inhibition of the infectivity and cytopathic effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) by the immunoactive fractions obtained from LEM, which is an extract of the culture medium of Lentinus edodes mycelia, is reported.
  • (18) This study describes the sequential formation of lesions associated with the endogenous development of Sarcocystis rauschorum (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) in varying lemmings, Dicrostonyx richardsoni.
  • (19) Simultaneously registered EEG (O1-Cz and O2-Cz) and lateral eye movements (LEM) were analyzed with reference to different stimuli.
  • (20) SD-exposed lemmings showed 19.2% greater growth than those in LD, resulting primarily from a 29.2 and 15.0% increase in lean and ash components, respectively.