(n.) Brother; -- a title of a monk of friar; as, Fra Angelo.
Example Sentences:
(1) Taking this into account, we derived equilibrium equations for the fragile X [fra(X)] genotype frequencies.
(2) In this paper we present data on the cognitive abilities analyzed by systematic, standardized psychometric testing in 18 fra(X) boys who participated in a multicenter, longitudinal study.
(3) In female relatives, a relationship was found between the fra(X) carrier status and psychopathology including schizoaffective and major affective disorders.
(4) In the second family, there is a severe mentally retarded 3-year-old boy with fra (X) syndrome who besides typical phenotipic changes also exhibits symptoms of autism.
(5) By using a two-step procedure, it is possible to screen a large population of the mentally retarded for fra(X) without testing each male cytogenetically.
(6) If this proves reliable, a request for a fra(X) cytogenetic analysis could be limited to the clinically screened matching cases, rather than the present costly exercise of testing all undiagnosed intellectually handicapped children.
(7) The precipitating FCE reaction antibody (FRA) in sera of rabbits at 20 min and 24 h after i.v.
(8) In the growth-arrested cells, a small amount of 6.8 kilobase (kb) fra-2 transcript was synthesized and several species (40-46 kilodaltons (kd) of hypophosphorylated fra-2 gene products (Fra-2) were detected.
(9) Since 1985, we have provided coordinated DNA-based and cytogenetic prenatal analysis for couples at risk for offspring afflicted with the fragile X [fra(X)] syndrome.
(10) The fra(12)(q24.2) was expressed in 34%-48% of metaphases in lymphocyte cultures from carriers when BrdU and FdU were added 6.5 h before harvest, while the expression ranged between 5% and 20% when the cultures were treated with BrdU alone.
(11) In the preschool age group the majority of fra(X) boys was mildly mentally retarded.
(12) In addition, one published fra(X) pedigree includes an apparently normal male who expresses cytogenetically the fra(X) site at high frequency and who has 3 daughters.
(13) The FPG, HbA1C and FRA levels in diabetic subjects distributed over a wide range overlapping largely with the distributions of non-diabetic subjects.
(14) The reliable detection of fra(X)(q27.3) in prenatal samples is important for providing genetic counseling.
(15) Some hypotheses, explaining complicated mechanism of fra-X syndrome inheritance are discussed.
(16) The ultrastructural localization of immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA, IgM), complement component (C3c), or fibrinogen-related antigen (FRA) was investigated on 5 biopsy samples from 5 children with idiopathic MN or lupus nephritis using protein A-gold (PAG) complex method.
(17) Although most males with the fragile-X [fra(X)] syndrome do not reproduce, there are 2 published pedigrees that include affected males who have daughters and who thus appear to have transmitted the fragile-X chromosome to their progeny.
(18) Effective Fis fell within the excitatory FRA of a given multi-unit.
(19) Thirteen patients were found to carry fra(X) (6.5%).
(20) In this paper we report the results of a brief examination of verbal learning and memory in 20 heterozygous fragile X [fra(X)] positive females and in 2 control groups of 20 subjects each.
Kra
Definition:
(n.) A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.
Example Sentences:
(1) The KRA of SHR at age 10, 20, and 30 wk was also lower, confirming a previous report.
(2) In rats treated with DOCA plus high salt or with high salt alone, hypertensive rats with renal vascular lesions showed an incomplete suppression of KRA.
(3) Plasma and kidney renin activities (PRA, KRA) were determined in male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the inbred strain of F27-30.
(4) At 50 wk of age, PRA and KRA were significantly lower in SHR (F25) from a random-bred colony than in normal Donryu rats.
(5) Minoxidil (150 mg.litre-1 drinking water) effectively controlled blood pressure (17.3 kPa vs 24.9 kPa [130 mmHg vs 187 mmHg], P less than 0.001) despite marked and sustained increases in both PRA and KRA ventricular weight which were not reduced and myocardial DNA, RNA, and hyperdroxyproline which were increased by minoxidil (P less than 0.01).
(6) 3) KRA was higher in SHRSP aged 10 months than in SHRSR, though KRA of SHR was smaller than KRA of WK rat.
(7) In diabetic animals, kidney renin activity (KRA) was significantly lower than that of the controls, while plasma renin substrate (PRS) concentration was slightly higher and PRA was normal.
(8) 2) In rats of both sexes SHR showed greater KRA and cathepsin activities than WK rat under high salt loading.
(9) Biochemical (myocardial DNA, RNA, and hydroxyproline) and humoral (plasma [PRA] and kidney [KRA] renin activity) factors were determined in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar controls (NR) before and following treatment with minoxidil or propranolol.
(10) Furthermore, new world monkey erythrocytes and chymotrypsinized chimpanzee and kra monkey erythrocytes were invaded, although there was no serologic evidence of Fya or Fyb determinants on these cells.
(11) At 5 wk of age, KRA was slightly higher than that of normal controls.
(12) From the archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax, strain Kra-1 a mixture of 6 quinones of menaquinone and phylloquinone type with isopentyl side chains, MK-6(12H), MK-6-(10H), MK-5(10H), MK-5(8H), MK-4(8H), MK-4(6H) and two analogous quinones, containing in addition a methyl group in the naphthoquinone system, were isolated and characterized.
(13) PRA after transplantation, or KRA of the transplanted kidneys were not correlated to the blood pressure levels.