(n.) Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
(n.) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
(n.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.
Example Sentences:
(1) This result implies that the nodule invasion defect of exoD mutants arises from their sensitivity to alkaline conditions and, furthermore, that alkaline conditions may obtain in the developing infection thread.
(2) In this study, we characterize mutant phenotypes of exoD strains in both free-living and symbiotic states.
(3) Rhizobium meliloti exoD mutants are deficient in invasion of alfalfa nodules and, as a consequence, the nodules that exoD strains induce fail to fix nitrogen.
(4) The deduced amino acid sequence of ExoD is extremely hydrophobic, suggesting that the protein is membrane associated.
(5) Nodules induced by exoD mutants are generally small and empty of bacteria, and exhibit the same structural features as nodules induced by other invasion-deficient mutants.
(6) exoD mutants are thus alkali sensitive for both free-living and symbiotic phenotypes.
(7) The results suggest that exoD represents a new class of Rhizobium genes required for nodule invasion, distinct from the other exo genes and the ndv genes.
(8) Mutations in the exoD gene result in altered exopolysaccharide production and in a nodule invasion defect.
(9) However, the effects of exoD mutations on exopolysaccharide production and growth on various media are different from the effects of other exo and ndv mutations.
(10) NGR234 exoD was found to be an operon that included genes equivalent to exoM, exoA, and exoL in R. meliloti.
(11) Interestingly, we find that buffering the plant growth medium at slightly acidic pH (6.0-6.5) restores the ability of exoD mutants to invade alfalfa nodules.
(12) Loci involved in effective nodule formation (fix-379, fix-382, fix-383, fix-385, and fix-388), polysaccharide synthesis (exoR, exoS, exoC, and ndvB), nodule invasion (exoD), and nitrogen regulation (ntrA) were ordered with respect to previously mapped markers and each other.
(13) The presence of the glucan and normal LPS in the exoA, exoD, exoF, and exoH mutants eliminated defects in these carbohydrates as explanations for the nodule entry defects of these mutants.
(14) For the Calcofluor-dim exoD mutant, the distribution of high- and low-molecular-weight forms depended on the growth medium.
(15) We show that exoD mutants are sensitive to alkaline conditions, ceasing to grow at elevated pH in liquid yeast extract cultures and exhibiting decreased viability in alkaline medium.
(16) All of the exo mutants except exoD and exoH completely lacked both forms.
(17) Finally, exoD mutations behave differently from other exo mutations in their ability to be suppressed or complemented extracellularly.
(18) However previous genetic and biochemical evidence suggested that the nodule invasion defect of exoD mutants arose from a biochemical deficiency distinct from those of both EPS I-deficient exo mutants and ndv mutants.
(19) In this work we show that the stage of symbiotic arrest of exoD mutants is similar to that of other exo and ndv mutants.
Travesty
Definition:
(a.) Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.
(n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
(v. t.) To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's a good job too, as it would have been a travesty if that goal had been disallowed.
(2) How much poorer would British theatre be without productions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , the Real Inspector Hound or Travesties .
(3) It would be a travesty if their first experience of democracy was this shambles.
(4) The BBC is facing a growing political backlash to its proposed cuts to local radio after MPs lined up at a Westminster debate to criticise the changes as unfair, unjustified and a "travesty" for listeners.
(5) It would be a travesty for Australian democracy if these careful and thought-through reforms were not in place in time for the next federal election,” said the shadow resources minister, Gary Gray.
(6) Like his party, Griffin likes to project an image of besuited normality, speaking for the common citizen against the liberal establishment, and the BBC appears to have bought this travesty.
(7) Amnesty International called the verdict a "travesty".
(8) It would be a travesty if Chile were to concede a late equaliser here, such has been their almost total domination.
(9) Klimt is so often undervalued, just because of this travestied masterpiece.
(10) And if Walcott somehow ends up with England in France this summer it’ll be an utter travesty.
(11) In an interview with Deadline, the film-maker angrily vowed to put the film on hold in the hope that such drastic measures might prevent similar travesties in future.
(12) It was a game that got away from us and we could have lost it in the end, which would have been a travesty.” While Villa did not play like a side in trouble, points are ultimately what matter and Lambert still has to convince all of his side’s supporters that he is the man to lead the club into calmer waters.
(13) The payments scheme, which NHS England has introduced to increase woefully low levels of dementia diagnosis, has been condemned as “odious” and “an intellectual and ethical travesty”.
(14) "With Costa Rica's rich biodiversity, it would be a travesty for them not to stand up for sharks, which sit at the highest levels of the food chain assuring balance among ecological communities in the ocean," Sea Shepherd said.
(15) The award-winning children's writer Alan Gibbons read a statement from the playwright Hall , in which Hall urged the council to change its mind, saying that "a Labour administration which would even consider closing all local libraries travesties the history of the Party and the Labour movement".
(16) He said "of course [Jones] meant hide the decline in temperatures, which caused another scientist, Kevin Trenberth of the National Centre for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, to write: " The fact is that we can't account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can't ."
(17) If Cameron and his ministers try the same trick with the commemoration of the 1914-18 carnage, it will be a repulsive travesty.
(18) That Ray Tensing is currently free and walking around in public is a travesty,” the statement said.
(19) "The impact these cuts will have on all of its programming is a travesty," she told the debate in parliament's Westminster Hall.
(20) "A standing tribute to one of the biggest travesties of the 20th century on Saturday followed by VIP guided bar crawl with English speaking guides."