(1) Structure assignment of the isomeric immonium ions 5 and 6, generated via FAB from N-isobutyl glycine and N-methyl valine, can be achieved by their collision induced dissociation characteristics.
(2) Polyribosomes isolated from the livers of rats sacrificed 6 h after treatment with actinomycin D showed a 42% reduction in their capacity to bind anti-RSA Fab'.
(3) The combined amounts of S-1 and Fab binding to actin suggested that the activation of the myosin ATPase activity was due to actin free of Fab.
(4) Brief digestion at neutral pH without reduction produced a molecule in which the Fab and Fc fragments were still linked by a pair of labile disulphide bridges, and the Fc fragment released by cleaving these bonds, called 1Fc fragment, contained a portion of the ;hinge' region including an interchain disulphide bridge.
(5) Initial analysis of aspirated bone marrow disclosed ALL FAB-L1 morphology, common (Ia+, cALLa+) immunophenotype and a complex abnormal karyotype.
(6) An isotopic double-labeling technique was developed that demonstrated that the 603 crystals bind 1 mol of hapten per mol of Fab-fragment, but with a binding constant significantly lower than that observed in solution.
(7) Its autoimmune nature is probable although we failed to demonstrate any inhibitory effect of Fab obtained from the patient's purified IgM.
(8) The use of Fab fragments in conjunction with Fab-specific secondary and tertiary antisera improved tissue penetration and made it possible to identify a number of the immunoreactive neurons.
(9) We present here a case of acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL, FAB M5b) with four copies of chromosome #8.
(10) The superprecipitation activity of Fab-myosin was also highly dependent on phosphorylation of the light chains.
(11) The FAB-MS was used in conjunction with carboxypeptidase Y digestion and results indicated that this procedure proved to be a powerful tool for rapid sequence determination.
(12) Fab fragment half times were only 0.31 and 5.4 h, with 9% remaining intravascularly.
(13) In 100 children with acute lymphatic leukaemia the cytomorphological subclassification of the pathological cell type was made according to Mathé and the French-American-British Co-operative group (FAB).
(14) The affinity-purified rabbit anti-human chorionic gonadotropin Fab'-beta-D-galactosidase conjugate was separated from non-specific goat Fab'-beta-D-galactosidase conjugate and unconjugated beta-D-galactosidase by affinity chromatography on a column of goat (anti-rabbit IgG) IgG-Sepharose 4B using 4 M urea.
(15) At 37 degrees C, heparin-releasable binding of LDL and binding of Fab fragments were double that at 4 degrees C, whereas binding of antibody remained unchanged.
(16) An infertile 37-year-old woman was diagnosed as having acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL) (FAB classification; M5b).
(17) 5-10%), according to analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB-MS).
(18) The Fab fragments contained neutral, monosialylated, and disialylated oligosaccharides, whereas the Fc fragment contained only neutral and monosialylated structures.
(19) IgM antibody levels against both whole IgA and Fab of IgA were significantly higher than IgG antibody levels.
(20) CD11b was uniformly weakly expressed by all FAB subgroups.
Fag
Definition:
(n.) A knot or coarse part in cloth.
(v. i.) To become weary; to tire.
(v. i.) To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
(v. i.) To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools.
(v. t.) To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.
(v. t.) Anything that fatigues.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rebelling by dabbling in drink, fags, sex – the list goes on – is part of growing up.
(2) Here, we examine a group of six recessive mutations, the facets (fa, fa3, fag, fag-2, fafx and fasw), which affect eye and optic lobe morphology and have been previously shown to be associated with the insertion of transposable elements into an intronic region of Notch.
(3) There were 54 cases of somaticised anxiety (brain fag); 22 cases of depressive neurosis characterised by hypochondriasis, cognitive complaints, and culturally determined paranoid ideation; 23 cases of 'hysteria' in the form of dissociative states, pseudoseizures and fugues; and 39 cases of brief reactive psychosis which differed from the dissociative states more in duration and intensity than in form.
(4) The use of VW FAg levels in the diagnosis of vasculitic disorders has been proposed.
(5) It is the fact that the poor spend too much on fags and booze.
(6) In this paper an attempt has been made to tie the concept down more firmly by proposing a strict definition, examining the appropriateness of this definition in determining the CBS status of two new syndromes (anorexia nervosa and brain-fag) and analysing the usefulness or not of the basic CBS concept.
(7) In males, atrophic areas and the remaining choriocapillaris are clearly demonstrated in FAG and less well visible in ICG angiograms.
(8) At baseline, although the levels were not outside the laboratory range, the disease groups had raised VW FAg compared with the simultaneously tested controls.
(9) For those who like verisimilitude in their faux fags there are disposables – the hefty but effective Ten Motives or the petite, feminine NJOY – and rechargeable kits complete with USB chargers and cartridges from the likes of E-Lites, Halo and Skycig.
(10) Venostatic stress increased VW FAg activity in all disease groups, control levels also increased and differences between controls and disease groups diminished in significance.
(11) Brown's fear has been that he might inherit the fag end of a tired government.
(12) In other words, the noise surrounding this debate, not to mention the TV duel, will only partly be about whether Britain should be in Europe or not: the rest of it, one would imagine, will centre on the issue of immigration, both in terms of its links with the EU, and as a public concern that informs just about every other area of policy – and, implicitly or otherwise, the sense a lot of people have that we are governed by a homogeneous, well-heeled, cosseted bunch of politicians, and among the only people who offer any kind of alternative is Farage, complete with his pint and fag.
(13) At fluorescein angiography (FAG) at a mean of 8 months post-operatively, 9 showed leaking from the iridal vessels, and 3 were normal: Three cases were excluded because of factors affecting the iris FAG.
(14) He cycles down to the docks, puffs a fag and contemplates the water.
(15) In 1995, when Williams walked out on his boyband, he bounded into Liam's rock'n'roll life with ease – because although he had once writhed around in jelly , he also had a rebellious side with a penchant for Adidas jackets, booze, birds and fags.
(16) A lovely woman meets us, gives us fags in the cab and says she'll happily answer to the name of Dave too.
(17) ITV chief executive Charles Allen accused the corporation of "back of a fag packet" calculations after it requested an inflation-busting settlement that would result in the current £131.50 fee increase to more than £180 by 2014.
(18) "Obviously all the other cunts will have the same idea, and the motorways will be rammed," Dad continued, fag wedged in mouth, "so we'll be taking the back roads.
(19) In M-SHRSPs with age of 8 weeks, systolic blood pressure was 220mmHg or more and retinal arterioles showed generalised narrowing but no dye leakage was recognized by fluorescein angiography (FAG).
(20) The gently warm vapour ingeniously replicates the reflective pause of a real fag, the same quiet little buzz.