(n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.
(n.) An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
(n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
(n.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
(n.) A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
(n.) Copyhold; tenure; lease.
(n.) To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
(n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
(v. i.) To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
(v. i.) To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.
Example Sentences:
(1) When micF was cloned into a high-copy-number plasmid it repressed ompF gene expression, whereas when cloned into a low-copy-number plasmid it did not.
(2) On removal of selective pressure, the His+ phenotype was lost more readily than the Ura+ Trp+ markers, with a corresponding decrease in plasmid copy number.
(3) We have generated a series of mutants in the two copies of this motif present in human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
(4) The v-erb A oncogene of avian erythroblastosis virus is a mutated and virally transduced copy of a host cell gene encoding a thyroid hormone receptor.
(5) The fact that the security service was in possession of and retained the copy tape until the early summer of 1985 and did not bring it to the attention of Mr Stalker is wholly reprehensible,” he wrote.
(6) A method for constructing Ti plasmids bearing multiple copies of a sequence integrated in tandem is described.
(7) Overexpression of asparagine synthetase in beta-aspartyl hydroxamate-resistant lines without amplified copies of the gene was also correlated with DNA hypomethylation.
(8) This 54-bp fragment is present at about 2000-2500 copies in the bovine male genome.
(9) Construction of a repR-lacZ fusion proved that the increase in copy number was due to a proportional increase in the amount of RepR protein.
(10) The E2A mutants were propagated by growth in human cell lines which express an integrated copy of the DBP gene under the control of a dexamethasone-inducible promoter (D. F. Klessig, D. E. Brough, and V. Cleghon, Mol.
(11) The fusion was prepared in multicopy (pVLN102 plasmid) and low-copy-number states, the latter constructed as a lambda phage lysogen carrying a fur'-'lacZ insert.
(12) An expanded version of this paper, containing full experimental details of the semisynthesis and characterization of [GlyA1-3H]insulin, has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50129 (30 pages) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem.
(13) All 51 undifferentiated NPCs contained significant numbers of EBV-genome copies per cell.
(14) By way of encouragement we've got 10 copies of Faber's smart new anniversary edition to give away.
(15) Programmed gene rearrangements are used in nature to to alter gene copy number (gene amplification and deletion), to create diversity by reassorting gene segments (as in the formation of mammalian immunoglobulin genes), or to control the expression of a set of genes that code for the same function (such as surface antigens).
(16) All three units are present in the same, probably single, copy number.
(17) Some derivatives of pIJ101, a 8.9 kb Streptomyces multi-copy plasmid, can co-exist with each other at similar copy numbers but others are strongly incompatible.
(18) Genomic southern hybridization experiments clearly indicate that the ribosomal RNA genes are unique single-copy DNA in H. cutirubrum.
(19) We demonstrate here that this transporter is encoded by a single family of tandemly clustered genes containing approximately 8 copies of the 3.6 kilobase repeat unit.
(20) There are approximately 20 copies of Tc1(Hin) amongst the Tc1's present in the Bergerac genome.
Reduplication
Definition:
(n.) The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
(n.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
(n.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.
Example Sentences:
(1) In these small vessels reduplication of the IEL at the luminal margin of the thickened intima appeared to offer an effective new barrier to the diffusion of albumin from the lumen.
(2) Reduplication of basal lamina was detected in breast tissue removed at all stages of the menstrual cycle, looping was not and could not be related to any particular phase of the menstrual cycle.
(3) There was also electron microscopical evidence of vascular basal lamina reduplication and the deposition of a fine fibrillar material in and around these vessels.
(4) The incidence of reduplicative paramnesia was sampled with a structured interview in 50 consecutive alcoholic inpatients.
(5) Of 36 mutant clones that showed deletion of the selected HLA-A allele, 8 had resulted from a simple gene deletion, whereas 28 had resulted from a more complex mutational event involving reduplication of the nonselected HLA-A allele as indicated by hybridization intensity on Southern blots.
(6) Therefore, the mechanism of nondisjunction and reduplication in the development of homozygosity for a mutant chromosome 3 in renal tumors remains questionable.
(7) Prominent myoepithelial cells and basal lamina reduplication were both conspicuous features of sclerosing adenosis that appeared to be absent in tubular carcinoma.
(8) Variable mesangial proliferation was also observed, with interposition, with focal irregular reduplication of the basement membranes and rare clusters of spherical particles, probably representing viral particles in the deposits.
(9) There was a reduplication of the basal layer of dermal capillaries and increased pinocytosis of endothelial cells, age and dose related also.
(10) Basal lamina deposition was invariably found; basal lamina reduplication was extremely frequent.
(11) Quantitative densitometry showed that each of the 10 deletions resulted in hemizygosity (no reduplication) of the remaining allele in tumor tissue.
(12) Characteristically, they consist of diffuse widening, focal thickening with vesicular and granular inclusions, circumscribed dissolution, or reduplication of this structure.
(13) The equations are elaborated for the whole curve with the periods of the single phases as parameter, for the positions of the maxima and the minimum and for the quotient of the arguments of the maxima ("rhythm of reduplication") as a function of the duration of the single phases.
(14) The ultrastructural data concerning the ameboid trophozoite, particularly the presence of lobopodies and the reduplication by binary fission, associated with cyst forming capacity, suggest that P. carinii can be reasonably placed within the Protozoa.
(15) The data are discussed in relation to hypotheses about the function of reduplication and the function of whole word repetitions in language development.
(16) There was epithelial and mesangial cell proliferation, splitting and reduplication of GBM, crescent formation, and glomerular scarring and atrophy.
(17) Cellular reduplication is normally achieved by mitosis.
(18) What is the mechanism of the reduplication of blood vessel basal lamina in the non-sun-exposed areas of both types of patient?
(19) Criteria for white matter ischaemia were reactive astrocytosis, macrophage infiltration, karyorrhexis and endothelial swelling or reduplication.
(20) The histological structure of the cyst wall and its relationship to the normal arachnoid are defined and found to consist of a reduplication of the normal arachnoid membrane resulting in a space within the arachnoid tissue.