(n.) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.
(n.) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
(n.) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
Example Sentences:
(1) DNA double strand breaks were observed in the dAdo treated cells 12 hr after the administration.
(2) dAdo toxicity could be prevented in MM96L by addition of the other three deoxynucleosides together but not by removing dAdo after a brief (2 hr) treatment.
(3) The number of viable cells at day 4 increased from 13.7% to 41.1% with the addition of 5 mM nicotinamide, and to 28.8% with 5 mM 3-aminobenzamide added with dCF and dAdo.
(4) On gel electrophoresis, both dCyd and dAdo phosphorylating activities comigrated, indicating that the activities are associated with the same protein.
(5) 2-Cl-dAdo had similar cytotoxic effects at a 0.1 microM concentration.
(6) The present studies with intact human erythrocytes demonstrate that nucleoside analogues which inhibit SAH-hydrolase caused substantial attenuation of adenine transfer from dAdo into ATP.
(7) However, when these special conditions were followed, oligomeric DNA containing 8-oxo-dGuo and 8-oxo-dAdo residues could be prepared in excellent yield.
(8) Deoxyadenosine (dAdo) and deoxyguanosine (dGuo) decrease methionine synthesis from homocysteine in cultured lymphoblasts; because of the possible trapping of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate this could lead to decreased purine nucleotide synthesis.
(9) dAdo and ddAdo were phosphate acceptors and dAMP was a donor.
(10) In medium supplemented with deoxycoformycin, a tight binding ADA inhibitor, dAdo retarded DNA rejoining in a dose and time dependent manner.
(11) Inhibition of LMC by Ado appears to be related to increases in lymphocyte cAMP levels, while the mechanism of action of dAdo remains obscure.
(12) Therefore, it is proposed that the presence of dAdo dThd affects the rate of insertion of repair patches but not the total amount of synthesized and inserted patches.
(13) Approximately two logs of human bone marrow T cells were removed by 24 h of incubation with dCf and dAdo at doses that preserved colony-forming ability of the treated marrow.
(14) Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Curators: Sébastien Martinez Barat, Bernard Dubois, Sarah Levy, Judith Wielander A simple white dado rail skirts the edge of one room, branching off to form the silhouettes of a line of chairs pushed against the wall.
(15) In sum, we report here three T-cell lines of different phenotypes that displayed significantly different sensitivities to dAdo plus dCoF which may facilitate investigations on the mechanisms of ADA deficiency.
(16) 9-(2'-Deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)adenine (2'-F-araA) was the only compound to show an incorporation pattern similar to that observed with dAdo by forming analog triphosphate only in the B cell-enriched lymphocyte population.
(17) The near-UV-induced photoreaction of the bifunctional 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) with 2'-deoxyadenosine (dAdo) was investigated in the dry state.
(18) Expression of dAXP catabolic activity in T X B hybrids behaved as a dominant mechanism, conferring resistance to dAdo- and dAdo-related nucleosides to T X B hybrids.
(19) Our studies confirm that CEM avidly accumulates dAXP from dAdo but does not catabolize intracellular dAXP.
(20) To explore the basis for this phenomenon, we have assessed the effects of dAdo and other deoxynucleosides on the repair of gamma-radiation induced DNA strand breaks in resting normal lymphocyte cultures.
Dodo
Definition:
(n.) A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eventually he just voiced roles, as with the Dodo Bird in the same director's Alice in Wonderland film last year, but always to striking effect.
(2) Larry Kestelman, who scooped up around £100m from the sale of his telecoms company, Dodo, in March is aiming for Newsmodo to leverage the growing number of media outlets that need professional content.
(3) But, like many other such proposals, it is a dodo, and one that is potentially politically dangerous.
(4) Under a blood red sky, a crowd has gathered in black and white ... (to watch a 42 inch flatscreen in HD) Elsewhere on New Year's Day, David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive, in which Attenborough spent some screen time with dinosaurs and a dodo, began its 3D voyage with an average of 583,000 viewers, a 2.4% share, between 6.30pm and 8pm on Sky1.
(5) He had a short stint in politics as the director of communications for an atheist group called Enlighten the Vote , and he co-authored a well-received book mocking creationism, Flock of Dodos , which the Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz compared to works by celebrated authors Thomas Paine and Mark Twain.
(6) In particular, the perennial interpretation of past psychotherapy meta-analyses that therapeutic orientation makes no difference to outcome--or as the dodo bird put it: "Everyone has won and all must have prizes"--may be wrong.
(7) His critic pleaded for "this whole sorry saga to go the way of the dodo", while other Fry fans beseeched him not pull the plug on his tweets, prompting Fry into a change of heart.
(8) Whether this is the result of impenetrable stupidity, dodo-like foresight, monumental incompetence, the cynical realisation that they will be booted out in 2015 anyway so might as well inflict as much damage as possible or a combination of all the above, I have not yet decided.
(9) We have already let the dodo die out, we can't and mustn't let this happen to a people and their culture."
(10) To me, it’s dead as a dodo.” Mundine, who heads the Indigenous Advisory Council, said some outspoken members of the Coalition were pushing for the changes but the rest of the government was happy to let the matter rest.
(11) Everywhere you look, things made from it are going the way of the dodo.