(n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
(n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.
(n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
(n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
Example Sentences:
(1) A strong block to the elongation of nascent RNA transcripts by RNA polymerase II occurs in the 5' part of the mammalian c-fos proto-oncogene.
(2) The Ta loop was a smooth, elongated ellipse in configuration and showed clockwise rotation in all planes, as did the P loop.
(3) Aberrant forms (elongated and twisted) in the vacuole and double virions in the plasma membrane were observed as early as 65 h after infection.
(4) Elongation of existing RNA primers by the human polymerase-primase was semi-processive; following primer binding the DNA polymerase continuously incorporated 20 to 50 nucleotides, then it dissociated from the template DNA.
(5) The elongation of helix III with the addition of helix II at the N-terminus somewhat stabilizes the ordered structure.
(6) We show that it does apply under conditions of high ionic strength (0.3 M KCl), and under these conditions time courses may be analyzed to yield unbiased estimates of the initiation (Vi) and chain elongation (Vp) rates.
(7) These early hyperplastic lesions revealed stellate-shaped dilated bile canaliculi lined by blebs and abnormally thick elongated microvilli, a decreased number of microvilli on the sinusoidal surface, a marked increase in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, large nucleoli, and bundles of pericanalicular microfilaments.
(8) These two enzymes may act jointly in filling up the gaps along the DNA molecule and elongating the DNA chain.
(9) A radical rearrangement of the organism occurred gradually: initially oval in shape, the parasite became round, then elongated, flattened, and underwent cytokinesis.
(10) In muscle cells the mitochondria were in the process of dissolving and the sarcoplasmic reticulum formed elongate cisternae.
(11) The crus has been elongation 8 cm by Ilizarov method in 9 years old boy and 5 cm elongation of the tibia has been achieved with the use of Bastiani method in 8 years old girl.
(12) From the different shapes of the scattering curves of the native phosphofructokinase at pH 7.5 in the presence of 15 mM ATP and of the cross-linked tetramer or octamer, it can be inferred that the shapes of the protomers are different: in the presence of ATP the protomers are elongated, having an axial ratio of 1.8 to 2.0; the cross-linked state reveals a spherical protomer of radius 33.0 A, similar to that of the native enzyme at pH 7.5 in the presence of fructose 6-phosphate or fructose 1,6-bisphosphate.
(13) Whereas elongation of cDNA100 increased with time of incubation at the optimal detergent concentration, this process was retarded at higher detergent concentrations.
(14) This, along with evidence that kinesin is associated with the endoplasmic reticulum, has led to the suggestion that kinesin provides the motive force for the formation and maintenance of elongated tubulovesicular structures in cells.
(15) The results may point to an inhibition of replicon initiation, and a larger DNA chain elongation in UV-sensitive clones after UV irradiation.
(16) The cells elongate, keeping their original polarity, and acquire numerous filopodia which contain punctate junctions at sites of cell-to-cell contact.
(17) The remaining nonswarming mutants produced flagella but were defective in surface-induced elongation.
(18) The "hexagonal ribbon" model proposes that hexagonal profiles are true cross-sections of elongated hexagonal ribbons.
(19) The results raise important questions as to the actual mechanism of transcription elongation, and suggest that it is a much more complex process than previously assumed.
(20) It has been possible to separate this dissipation from that associated with elongation factor Tu function.
Tensile
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
(a.) Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Example Sentences:
(1) Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure tolerance; but only about 50 percent of the tensile strength of manual-suture anastomosis.
(2) A logarithmic relationship between closing tension and tensile strength was demonstrated using linear regression analysis with t = 6.18, p less than .0001, and R2 = .44.
(3) This could be explained by the different tensile properties of the two types of grafts.
(4) Therapeutic doses of cHyp in liposomes injected for 6 months affected tensile properties of main pulmonary artery and aorta, but there were no apparent histological effects on other organs.
(5) After the tensile test the residue of the bonding agent on one surface of the test-piece pairs, always remained significantly higher, than on the other, but this phenomenon cannot be explained by the differences between R(a) and Rmax within the test-piece pairs.
(6) Alternatively, a loss of collagen tethers or decline in matrix tensile strength can be responsible for regional or global transformations in myocardial architecture and function seen in the reperfused ("stunned") myocardium and in dilated (idiopathic) cardiopathy.
(7) Proof stress, ultimate tensile strength, elongation, and plastic stiffness have been measured and results compared by use of analyses of variance.
(8) Dexon's tensile strength is high initially and it retains its strength through the critical period of muscle-scleral wound healing, then dissolves in a rapid uniform manner.
(9) The mechanical properties of compressed beam specimens of microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel pH 101) have been assessed in terms of the tensile strength (sigma t), Young's modulus (E) and the following fracture mechanics parameters: the critical stress intensity factor (KIC), the critical strain energy release rate (GIC) and the fracture toughness (R).
(10) It was found to be 35% of the static tensile strength and greater than 0.6 Nmm-2 within a 95%-safety-range.
(11) The growth of the host tissue occurred in and around a Leeds-Keio ligament in response to tensile stresses.
(12) (2) The effect of the addition of In and Sn to the tensile strength depended on the concentration of Pd and Ag.
(13) Incorporating polyvinylpyrrolidone, gelatin and methylcellulose binding agents in a metronidazole formulation alters the tensile strength, disintegration and dissolution times of the tablets by reducing their wettability as measured by the adhesion tension of water.
(14) The tensile bond strengths of the bonding resin to the etched enamel surfaces were not significantly different.
(15) A corrugated appearance of the patellar tendon on sagittal images indicates a reduction in the normal tensile force applied to it and indicates the need for careful evaluation of the patella and quadriceps tendon mechanism.
(16) The peak tensile strength of the reconstructed ligament was about one third of the paired normal ACL ligament during the 16 week experiment.
(17) The purpose of this in vitro study was to determine the tensile bond strengths (TBS) of several orthodontic bonding systems and orthodontic brackets to enamel surfaces exposed to different etching procedures.
(18) There are no significant differences of shrinkage temperature and ultimate tensile stress among all tissue samples pretreated with GA, EP 1# and EP 2#.
(19) Testing the bone models to failure in tensile mode showed that the perforations weakened the bone and that the Partridge plates and bands decreased the weakening effects of the perforation.
(20) In some cases, one or more microsurgical epiperineurium-fascial stitches (EPFS) along the proximal and distal stumps of a transected nerve permit their firm approximation, shifting tensile forces from the suture line over longer segments of the nerve stumps.