What's the difference between copy and ropy?

Copy


Definition:

  • (n.) An abundance or plenty of anything.
  • (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.

Ropy


Definition:

  • (a.) capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The formation of ropy slime also occurred on sausages without added sugars.
  • (2) Scanning electron micrographs of milk gel prepared by the ropy strain showed that slime was in the form of a network attaching the bacterial cells to the protein matrix.
  • (3) Examination of the group with myocardial infarction disclosed a significantly higher incidence of soft tissue changes (increased firmness, warmth, ropiness, oedematous changes, heavy musculature), confined almost entirely to the upper four thoracic levels.
  • (4) The classification of lactic acid bacteria able to cause ropy slime on vacuum-packed cooked meat products was carried out based on DNA-DNA homology.
  • (5) cremoris strain LAPT 3001 isolated from Swedish ropy sour milk 'långfil' was investigated for the chemical nature of its capsule.
  • (6) The ropy slime-producing lactobacilli were identified as strains of Lactobacillus sake and the ropy slime-producing leuconostocs, such as Leuconostoc amelibiosum and Leuconostoc mesenteroides.
  • (7) At three Finnish meat processing plants the processing rooms, meat trimmings and carcasses were examined for the presence of ropy slime-producing lactic acid bacteria.
  • (8) The ability to produce ropy slime would appear to be a common characteristic of lactobacilli, since altogether 10 different ropy lactobacilli groups were isolated in this study.
  • (9) Subjects were then examined and the four quadrants of each breast were rated on a scale of 0 to 3 (0 = normal, fatty tissue, 1 = little seedy bumps or fine nodularity, 2 = discrete nodules or ropy tissue, 3 = confluent areas, hard or soft masses).
  • (10) Two different homofermentative lactobacilli and a Leuconostoc strain were isolated from different ropy vacuum-packed meat products.
  • (11) Meanwhile, Lynn comes back strong after the ropy second inning, taming LA 1-2-3.
  • (12) Milk gel prepared by the ropy strain also exhibited decreased syneresis (wheying-off) as compared to that by the non-ropy variant.
  • (13) Hyperplastic areas had ropy microridges and uniform short microvilli.
  • (14) Thick, ropy lattice lines were seen to traverse the corneas almost from limbus to limbus and were easily detected with direct illumination.
  • (15) Ropy Streptococcus (Lactococcus) cremoris strains isolated from a ropy Swedish sour milk ("longfil") and a ropy Finnish milk product ("Viili") were screened for their plasmid-encoded functions.
  • (16) Measurements of texture showed that milk gel prepared by the ropy strain exhibited remarkably increased adhesiveness as compared to that by the non-ropy variant.
  • (17) Only 3.7% of acinetobacters from dairy sources was able to produce ropy milk.
  • (18) For testing purposes, use of the method producing the highest proportion of ropy colonies for each bacterial strain is recommended.
  • (19) This paper deals with the cause of the formation of ropy slime on the surface of vacuum-packed cooked meat products.
  • (20) Scanning electron microscopy showed that most surface cells of papillomas had numerous short uniform microvilli and ropy rounded microridges.

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