(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.
Zebrine
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.
Example Sentences:
(1) Zebrin II-negative Purkinje cells are present in a continuous region encompassing the rostromedial part of the valvula, the lobus transitorius, lobe C1 and the ventral part of lobe C2, and in a small, lateral zone of the posterior part of the caudal lobe.
(2) The distribution of mossy fiber terminals originating from the lower thoracic-higher lumbar spinal cord was compared to the distribution of zebrin I bands.
(3) In each hemicerebellum there is one zebrin II+ band abutting the midline (P1+), and two others laterally in the vermis (P2+, P3+).
(4) A fourth zebrin II+ compartment straddles the paravermian region (P4+).
(5) A monoclonal antibody to zebrin II from the weakly electric fish Apteronotus recognizes a 36 kD polypeptide in homogenates of Monodelphis cerebellum that appears to be identical to the antigen in the rat.
(6) In the adult gymnotiform teleost Eigenmannia, Purkinje cells in the corpus cerebelli (CCb), lateral valvula cerebelli (VCbl), and eminentia granularis anterior (EGa) are zebrin II+.
(7) One such marker is the polypeptide antigen zebrin I that is recognized by monoclonal antibody (mab) Q113.
(8) In order to establish whether the different compartments share a common organizational plan, a systematic comparative analysis of the patterns of parasagittal zonation in the cerebellar cortex of the rat has been undertaken, by using the parasagittal compartmentation of zebrin I+ and zebrin I- Purkinje cells as revealed by monoclonal antibody Q113 as a reference frame.
(9) One such marker is the antigen zebrin I, a 120 kD polypeptide of unknown function that is expressed differentially by a subset of Purkinje cells.
(10) Zebrin II antigenicity is first present at 6 days postspawning (P6) in the EGa and at P8 in the CCb.
(11) In the present study, zebrin I has been used to reveal the molecular heterogeneity of the cerebellar cortex in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus).
(12) Zebrin I positive Purkinje cells appeared in seven sagittal bands (P1+ to P7+ bands).
(13) Immunocytochemistry of apteronotid brains reveals that zebrin II immunoreactivity is confined exclusively to Purkinje cells in the corpus cerebelli, lateral valvula cerebelli, and the eminentia granularis anterior.
(14) Additionally, Eigenmannia has a third class of Purkinje cells, in the EGp and EGm, that never express zebrin II immunoreactivity, indicating that zebrin II expression is not an obligatory feature of Purkinje cell development in all vertebrates.
(15) In weakly electric gymnotiform teleosts, monoclonal antibody anti-zebrin II recognizes developing pyramidal cells in the ampullary organ-receptive medial segment of the medullary electrosensory lateral line lobe (ELL) and in the mechanoreceptive nucleus medialis.
(16) During postnatal development, zebrin II is first expressed between P14 and P21 in Purkinje cells of the posterior lobe vermis, and spreads throughout the cerebellar cortex by P28.
(17) In all there are 7 zebrin II+ and 7 zebrin II- compartments in each hemicerebellum.
(18) MabQ113 recognizes a polypeptide antigen, zebrin I, that is confined to a subset of Purkinje cells.
(19) Purkinje cells in the eminentia granularis posterior (EGp) and medialis (EGm) and the medial valvula cerebelli (VCbm) are zebrin II-.
(20) Examination of these cells with the zebrin antibodies demonstrates that in spite of the morphologic and laminar disorganization of these cells in the anterior lobe, they are organized into the appropriate number of correctly positioned immunopositive zebrin clusters.