(1) In conclusion, DNA has been transferred sequentially from the chloroplast to the mitochondrion during crucifer evolution and there cpDNA sequences can persist in the mitochondrial genome over long periods of evolutionary time.
(2) Consumption of vegetables, especially crucifers, reduces the risk of developing cancer.
(3) The acid-condensed mixture of indole-3-carbinol (a component of crucifers) binds to the TCDD receptor and causes responses similar to those of TCDD.
(4) We examined the tempo and mode of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolution in six species of crucifers from two genera, Brassica and Raphanus.
(5) However, certain cpDNA sequences, including the central portion of the rbcL gene and the 3' end of the psaA gene, are shared by all six crucifer mtDNAs and appear to have been transferred in a common ancestor of the crucifer family over 30 million years ago.
(6) High efficiencies of transformation to hygromycin resistance were achieved employing the bacterial hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene with N. crassa, the patulin-producer Penicillium urticae, and the causal agent of blackleg disease of crucifers, Leptosphaeria maculans.
(7) The GL1 gene is required for the initiation of differentiation of hair cells (trichomes) on the crucifer, Arabidopsis thaliana.
(8) An allozyme analysis of trematode species Glypthelmins californiensis, Glypthelmins quieta, Glypthelmins pennsylvaniensis, Glypthelmins hyloreus, and Haplometrana intestinalis from hosts Rana aurora, Rana clamitans, Hyla crucifer, Pseudacris triseriata, and Rana pretiosa, using starch gel electrophoresis, revealed allozymes for glucose-phosphate isomerase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, and isocitrate dehydrogenase that were similar in electrophoretic mobility to host tissue controls.
(9) Southern blot hybridization techniques were used to examine the chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) sequences present in the mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) of two Brassica species (B. campestris and B. hirta), two closely related species belonging to the same tribe as Brassica (Raphanus sativa, Crambe abyssinica), and two more distantly related species of crucifers (Arabidopsis thaliana, Capsella bursa-pastoris).
(10) Here we present recent progress on flower and root morphogenesis in the small crucifer Arabidopsis thaliana.
(11) A comparison of several crucifer mitochondrial DNAs indicates that this rearrangement also occurs in the normal radish cytoplasm and is, therefore, not involved in Ogura CMS.
(12) We have found that Arabidopsis thaliana is susceptible to infection with a crucifer strain of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV-Cg); the coat protein of TMV-Cg accumulated to a high level in uninoculated rosette leaves several days after inoculation.
(13) Although crucifers may provide some protection from cancer when taken prior to a carcinogen, when taken after a carcinogen they act as promoters of carcinogenesis.
(14) While the crucifer Arabidopsis thaliana does not have a self-incompatibility system, S-related sequence were detected in this species by cross-hybridization with Brassica DNA probes.
(15) The fast generation time, small genome size and extensive genetic map of the crucifer Arabidopsis thaliana have made it the subject of an increasing number of studies in plant molecular genetics.
(16) Survey of extracts of a variety of commonly consumed, organically grown vegetables for quinone reductase inducer activity identified crucifers (and particularly those of the genus Brassica) as singularly rich sources.
(17) Crucifers contain naturally occurring components that are goitrogenic, resulting from the combined action of allyl isothiocyanate, goitrin, and thiocyanate.
(18) Autoradiographic studies with [3H]1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 demonstrated nuclear high affinity binding sites (receptors) in epithelial cells of choroid plexus, ependyma and arachnoid in "seasonal" breeders of various vertebrate phyla, namely Xiphophorus helleri, Hyla crucifer, Xenopus laevis, Bufo woodhousei, Chrysemys scripta, Anolis carolinensis, Nerodia sipedon and Phodopus sungorus, but vitamin D receptors were undetectable in these tissues in non-seasonal breeders, such as zebra finch, laboratory mice and rats.
(19) The percentage of DNA from the crucifer Matthiola incana coding for different types of RNA was measured by filter saturation hybridisation experiments using RNA labelled in vivo.
(20) Four species of frogs Rana sylvatica, Hyla versicolor, Hyla crucifer and Pseudacris triseriata, survived extracellular freezing at moderate subzero temperatures (-2 to -4 degrees C) for periods of time ranging up to 2 weeks.
(a.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
(a.) Chastity; modesty.
(a.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
Example Sentences:
(1) Trump and Hillary Clinton’s dismal honesty ratings, he says, show scrutiny is working.
(2) The authors conducted the course together and an atmosphere of intellectual honesty was developed through open discussion between faculty and students.
(3) Hunt’s comments were, in many senses, a restatement of traditional, economically liberal ideas on relationships between doing wage work and poverty relief, mirroring, for example, arguments of the 1834 poor law commissioners, which suggested wage supplements diminished the skills, honesty and diligence of the labourer, and the more recent claim of Iain Duncan Smith’s Centre for Social Justice that the earned pound was “superior” to that received in benefits.
(4) Also on Monday, rock musician and leading opponent of the cull Brian May issued a call for Paterson to resign, claiming he had failed to meet the public's expectation of "honesty and transparency".
(5) During a break between Detective Frost and Whitechapel, I decided to have a farewell glass of port in the honesty bar adjacent to the library.
(6) The battery assesses constructs related to honesty, violence, substance abuse, emotional stability and safety.
(7) (part 1 of 2) #mufc April 22, 2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) BREAKING: The club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role.
(8) The prayer appeals for “grace to debate the issues in this referendum with honesty and openness”.
(9) Hopefully these observations will help bring some honesty to the debate about alcohol, which kills up to 40,000 people a year in the UK and over 2.25 million worldwide in the latest 2011 WHO report .
(10) But for those Eurosceptics he needed to secure the party leadership, the realignment was an act of honesty and principle since the Tories oppose the Lisbon treaty and are utterly at odds with Europe's dominant Christian Democrats.
(11) An NHS trust's lack of honesty caused "unnecessary pain and further distress" to a family who had already suffered from the tragic and avoidable death of a baby boy, the health service ombudsman has said in the latest scathing verdict on the defensive culture within the health service.
(12) I am truly saddened by Dick’s decision but I respect him for his honesty and for doing what he feels is right for the club,” said Sunderland’s owner.
(13) The diplomats told Washington that certain themes in American movies seemed to appeal to the Saudi audience: heroic honesty in the face of corruption (George Clooney in Michael Clayton), supportive behaviour in relationships (an unspecified drama that was repeated during an Eid holiday featuring an American husband dealing with a drunk wife who smashed cars and crockery when she wasn't assaulting him and their child), and respect for the law over self-interest (Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Insomnia).
(14) It is necessary to face the problem with complete intellectual honesty and say that a fetus is a human being no matter what its age, but that voluntary abortion is also a social necessity.
(15) Envelopes stuffed with cash, it is claimed, were their reward for ensuring Blatter beat Lennart Johansson, the 'honesty' candidate, to become the soccer world's most powerful leader.
(16) Rather they are a plea for greater honesty in the evaluation process.
(17) Now that the book is published, does she regret such naked honesty?
(18) Today's verdict ‑ the striking-off of Wakefield and Prof John Walker-Smith, who was in charge of the department of paediatric gastroenterology at the Royal Free hospital in London, where the research took place and the acquittal of the-then junior consultant Simon Murch, who had doubts about the project ‑ was about ethics and honesty, not science.
(19) But the frailty of a three-minute song – the concise honesty of that expression – amazes me and turns me into a bucket of jealousy.
(20) The shadow chancellor said it "will come down to honesty versus dishonesty", as parties battle for votes ahead of the general election, which is expected to take place on 6 May.