(1) Eight-week-old virgin untreated female mice were induced to ovulate using equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and were then caged with males overnight.
(2) Equine erythrocyte peptidases were compared to the six human erythrocyte peptidases, A, B, C, D, E, and F, regarding substrate specificity, relative activity, and electrophoretic mobility.
(3) Equine Cushing's disease is caused by an adenomatous hyperplasia of the intermediate pituitary which secretes high levels of beta-endorphin, ACTH, and other peptide derivatives of POMC.
(4) The effect of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) on equine thyroid function was determined by quantifying serum thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) before and after TRH administration.
(5) The distribution of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the normal equine colon differed in some respects from patterns observed in large intestines of other mammals.
(6) Its nonstructural and capsid proteins are most closely related to those of eastern equine encephalitis virus while its glycoproteins are most closely related to those of Sindbis virus.
(7) The anti-Banzi viral factor inhibited the in vitro Banzi viral RNA synthesis but not that of Eastern equine encephalitis virus or of Japanese encephalitis virus.
(8) We have previously shown that transcription of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) DNA is temporally regulated and produces a single 6 kb IE RNA which is derived from the IRs segments.
(9) Detection of PGE2-specific binding in the oviductal isthmus on Day 2 and Day 5 indicates that the oviduct is responsive to PGE2 when it is capable of transporting equine embryos.
(10) Paired sera from 20 humans with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus infections and from 17 humans with western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus infections, all with previously demonstrated fourfold or greater rises or falls in hemagglutination-inhibiting, complement-fixing, or neutralizing antibody titers, were tested for immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies by an enzyme immunoassay.
(11) The strain of E. granulosus infecting equines in Spain and Ireland is genetically identical to that infecting horses in the United Kingdom.
(12) Our results indicate that the Rapid Strep system is a valuable aid for species identification of equine isolates of group C streptococci.
(13) The bean sprout enzyme catalyzed ferredoxin-dependent electron transfer from NADPH to equine cytochrome c at a high rate but, unlike the spinach enzyme, exhibited little NADPH to 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol diaphorase activity.
(14) We have observed pinealitis in a mare with equine recurrent uveitis.
(15) The capsule which surrounds the pre-attachment equine embryo has been compared with the zona pellucida (zp) that it replaces, as well as with the rabbit blastocyst coverings, by means of physicochemical and immunological methods.
(16) The primary structure of an elastase inhibitor located in the cytoplasm of leukocytes obtained from the equine species has been determined.
(17) As a result of the continuing threat of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE), a study was made to determine if revaccination against VEE (TC-83 vaccine) was feasible and if revaccination could be incorporated into other routine vaccination practices.
(18) During the past 20 years the equine population of Great Britain and Ireland has increased with the result that the practising veterinary surgeon is more frequently called upon to advise on equine problems.
(19) The inactivation of equine liver alcohol dehydrogenase by guanidine hydrochloride and urea has been studied by monitoring the intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence and phosphorescence emission.
(20) Challenge of the immunized hamsters, with a hamster-adapted strain of equine herpesvirus type 1 demonstrated protection only in those animals which had been vaccinated with envelope-containing materials.
Equus
Definition:
(n.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alan's pathology is highlighted by his psychotic identification with Equus and his binding of the horses.
(2) Leucocytes from the blood of adult and young donkeys (Equus asinus L.), adult horses (Equus caballus L.), adult mules (Equus asinus x Equus caballus) and adult pigs (Sus scrofa L.) were obtained in a high degree of purity (99.9%) using Na2-EDTA-dextrans mixtures.
(3) (2) The central theme of "passion" in Equus would seem to relate to the vicissitudes of infantile omnipotence, as noted in both the content of the play and the process of playwrighting.
(4) A 246 bp cDNA clone representing the C-terminal region of the donkey (Equus asinus) chorionic gonadotrophin (CG)-beta subunit was isolated from a placental library.
(5) Studies have been made on the peroxidase activity of metmyoglobins in animals from various ecological groups--the horse Equus caballus, cattle Bos taurus, beaver Castor fiber, otter Lutra lutra, mink Mustela vison and dog Canis familiaris.
(6) Photograph: Tristram Kenton An intriguing possibility is Thea Sharrock, who has run a small theatre (the Southwark Playhouse in London) and worked impressively at both the National, with a brilliant rediscovery of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance , and in the West End, directing Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths in Peter Shaffer's Equus, but, at 36, would be very young.
(7) The present study describes the patterns of melatonin production in the mule (Equus asinus x Equus caballus).
(8) Common white facial and leg markings have a multifactorial mode of inheritance in Equus caballus.
(9) Its premise is the futility of subjecting Equus to a traditional psychoanalytic investigation, as a product of the playwright's unconscious, when the play represents a skillful, highly conscious use of analytic cliches to manipulate the audience.
(10) In conclusion, the play's failure to evoke a genuine emotional response is explained by interpreting Equus as an "as if" tragedy.
(11) In this paper on Equus, an attempt is made to explore from an analytic point of view the psychodynamics of the protagonist, Alan, and his therapist, Dysart.
(12) Yet over the past half-dozen years, he has done everything he possibly could to distinguish himself from Harry: riding a horse naked and aroused on stage in Peter Shaffer's Equus , limping around stage as Billy Claven in The Cripple Of Inishmaan , haunted by ghosts in the horror movie The Woman In Black .
(13) Comparisons of cleavage maps between Equus przewalskii (Mongolian wild horse) and E. caballus (domestic horse) yielded estimates of nucleotide sequence divergence ranging from 0.27% to 0.41%.
(14) Similarly, sequences related to EIAV were neither found in the DNA of four other Equus species, nor in a variety of other mammals including sheep, cows, pigs- dogs, cats, and humans; nor did EIAV cDNA hybridize with a variety of other retrovirus RNAs.
(15) Five isolates of L. braziliensis were made from infected donkeys (Equus asinus) in Urdaneta, Lara State, suggesting a possible domestic reservoir of L. braziliensis.
(16) Milk samples of four species of wild equids (onager, Equus hemionus onager; mountain zebra, E. zebra hartmannae; plains zebra, E. burchelli; Przewalski horse, E. caballus przewalskii) and two domesticated equids (ass, E. asinus; pony, E. caballus) were analysed.
(17) Population data for 25 domestic breeds and Equus przewalskii are presented.
(18) 5. pH activity profiles are very similar for two races (Morucha and Charolais) of the same species (Bos taurus L.) and also for two species of the same genus (Equus caballus and Equus asinus L.).
(19) A 514 bp cDNA transcript coding for 78% of horse (Equus caballus.)
(20) A detailed biochemical characterization of four of the five previously described alleles of the plasma protease inhibitor (Pi) system of Equus przewalskii was performed using both one- and two-dimensional electrophoretic techniques.