(n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.
(n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.
Example Sentences:
(1) A bovine pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (bPAG) of 67 kDa has previously been isolated from bovine fetal cotyledons.
(2) The mRNAs begin to accumulate during late embryogeny, reach maximal levels in seedling cotyledons, are not detected at significant amounts in leaves, and are distributed similarly in cotyledons and axes of seedlings.
(3) Dehydrin proteins were some of the most actively synthesised at about the time of maximum fresh weight and represent about 2% of protein in mature cotyledons.
(4) The birth weight, placental weight, volume, surface area, and number of cotyledon showed significantly decreasing trends (P less then 0.001) with the fall in socioeconomic group and maternal dietary intakes.
(5) Furthermore, catalases from leaves, stems and cotyledons were electrophoretically identical.
(6) The preparation and properties of a cell-free protein-synthesizing system from germinating pea cotyledons is described; polyuridylic acid must be added for l-phenylalanine incorporation.
(7) Polyadenylated RNA from 2-day-old cotyledons directed synthesis of 56-kDa subunits, whereas 59-kDa subunits predominated after in vitro translation of RNA from 4-day-old cotyledons.
(8) Angiotensin caused a 13-fold increase in the umbilical arterial resistance, whereas there were no changes in cotyledon or venous resistances.
(9) A histological evaluation of the cotyledons revealed an abnormal placentome structure in the first pregnancy but not in the second.
(10) Weights of the fetus, fetal membranes, cotyledons, caruncles, and uterus were recorded as were weights of the fetal liver, heart, kidneys, spleen, lungs, stomach complex, intestines, and semitendinosus muscle.
(11) The plants Arabidopsis thaliana grew from cotyledons to flowers during flight.
(12) The accumulation of total RNA transcripts of 18 late embryo-abundant (Lea) gene families, each encoding two closely related Lea mRNAs, was measured in cotyledon total RNA during embryogenesis and germination of Gossypium hirsutum L. by RNA dot hybridization.
(13) The aim of this work was to investigate the role of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (ATP:oxaloacetate carboxy-lyase (transphosphorylating) EC 4.1.1.49) in the conversion of fat to sugar by the cotyledons of seedlings of Cucurbita pepo.
(14) Tunicamycin inhibited both glycosylation and secretion of PHA by the COS1 cells, a finding indicating an essential role of the oligosaccharides for transport of PHA in these cells in contrast to the situation found in bean cotyledons.
(15) Isocitrate lyase (threo-DS-isocitrate glyoxylate-lyase, EC 4.1.3.1) was isolated from cotyledons of Lupinus seedlings, purified 100-fold with respect to its initial specific activity and characterized (Km, pH optimum, Mg2+ requirement, sulfhydryl inhibitors, and synthase activity).
(16) In the cells established from cotyledon, the 1-palmitoyl-2-linolenoyl species increased dramatically.
(17) The conclusion is drawn that the rate of turnover of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in dark-grown mustard cotyledons is too rapid compared to the measured rise in enzyme activity for density labelling to reveal directly control over the rate of synthesis de novo by phytochrome.
(18) For this purpose we divided the flow length of the cotyledon in central and a peripheral part.
(19) Mixing of BAP-treated and untreated cotyledons before polysome isolation showed that the difference in their activity did not result from isolation procedure.
(20) Both AS1 and AS2 mRNAs also accumulate to high levels in cotyledons of germinating seedlings and in nitrogen-fixing root nodules.
Radicle
Definition:
(n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.
(n.) A rootlet; a radicel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although its etiology is still undetermined, the liver pathology is characterized by occlusive changes of the intrahepatic portal radicles, portal and periportal fibrosis, irregularly distributed parenchyma atrophies and absent of regeneration nodules.
(2) The common hepatic duct opened directly into the mass, and the intrahepatic radicles were dilated.
(3) In order to provide drainage, the catheter should be advanced under fluoroscopic control into one of the major radicles ore preferably into the distal common duct beyond the point of obstruction.
(4) There were numerous retained gallstones in biliary radicles of the right hepatic duct; attempts to dislodge these by saline flushing failed.
(5) Special phenomena related to the small caliber of the needle include duct filling from "invisible" radicles, perivenous or periductal dissection of contrast, and pseudolesions in an incompletely decompressed stagnant bile column.
(6) In the group with Budd-Chiari's syndrome (BCS), in addition to the involvement of the large veins, thrombosis was observed in the small hepatic vein radicles in five out of six cases with myeloproliferative related disorders.
(7) In contrast to previous reports of hepatopathy after irradiation injury, histologic sections of the liver did not demonstrate occlusion of the central veins, but rather a diffuse obliteration of intrahepatic portal venous radicles.
(8) Cholangiographic features were the most characteristic and included irregular narrowing and segmental dilatation of the biliary radicles giving them a beaded appearance.
(9) The changes in hepatic venous radicles are characterized by irregular sclerosis, which seems to contribute significantly toward postsinusoidal block in advanced cases.
(10) This combination is highly radiopaque; it perfuses the small radicles of the vascular tree and sets to a firm rubbery consistency to fascilitate dissection.
(11) The basis of the pathogenesis in pseudocardialgia is the irritation of posterior sensory radicles by osteophytes or disc protrusion.
(12) Angiography showed a hypervascular lesion with shunting of dense contrast material into portal vein radicles.
(13) Pathomorphological studies revealed tissue infiltration of the surrounding intracerebral vessels by tumors cells without proliferation into the dura mater and radicles of the spinal cord.
(14) Our results indicated that the injured type I pneumocytes and endothelia caused by oxygen radicles are the fundamental damages in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.
(15) We present a case with extrahepatic portal hypertension and polycythemia vera who complained acute recurrent variceal bleeding in spite of multiple sclerotherapy sessions, with a massive thrombosis of the portal bed and radicles without any possibility to perform a shunt.
(16) At autopsy the radicles of the portal veins were occluded by leukemic infiltrates and fibrosis.
(17) Recording of TSEP and GSEP was found to be of high diagnostic value for the establishment of vascular compression of the nervous radicle in the cerebellopontile angle to determine indications for microvascular decompression.
(18) An extended choledochotomy with further exploration of the intrahepatic radicles also failed to remove the incarcerated stones.
(19) If the tissue scavengers of oxygen radicles are not sufficient to scavenge the increase in oxygen radicles, then lipid peroxidation and tissue damage will occur.
(20) The increased brightness and clear visualization of portal vein radicle walls, previously described in this disease, were detected in only 32.2% of the hepatitis patients but were also seen in 30.9% of the normal controls.