(v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
Example Sentences:
(1) The nucleotide sequence of a 2.2-kb DNA fragment which contains the complete RAD7 gene was determined.
(2) In the second approach, attachment sites of DTPA groups were directed away from the active region of the molecule by having fragment E1,2 bound in complex, with its active sites protected during the derivatization.
(3) The Fc fragment of this protein reacted with and was solubilized by the staphylococcal A protein which also precipitated the intact immunoglobulin.
(4) In order to determine the extent of this similarity, I have developed a panel of probes for many of the Pacl restriction fragments and have shown that most of the Pacl and Notl fragments found in MBa are also present in MBb.
(5) Under milder trypsin digestion conditions three resistant fragments were produced from the free protein.
(6) Five of them had a fast-moving Eco RI fragment 5.6 kb long that hybridized with zeta-specific probe but not with alpha-specific probe.
(7) Comparative data for the fragments from RNAs 1, 2, and 3 show that they have nearly the same sequence as the RNA 4 fragment.
(8) A sperm whale myoglobin gene containing multiple unique restriction sites has been constructed in pUC 18 by sequential assembly of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide fragments.
(9) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
(10) Northern hybridization analysis of R. toruloides RNA with a restriction fragment encoding part of the PAL gene indicates that PAL mRNA is 2.5 kilobases in length.
(11) The method of sonicating L3 and Mf fragment antigens used in this study is simple, and its results are easy to observe.
(12) Benzyloxycarbonylarginine p-nitrophenyl ester and other activated esters of N-a-sustituted arginine salts may be useful reagents for introduction of trypsin-labile protecting groups into peptide fragments for purpose of polypeptide semi-synthesis.
(13) The 6.6-kb DNA Bam HI fragment containing the resistance gene was cloned with the plasmid vector pIJ699.
(14) It was found that these Hageman factor fragments promoted rapid proteolysis of one-chain factor VII to a more active two-chain form.
(15) Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) were studied in a large Algerian family which includes 6 haemophiliacs and a previously described case of female haemophilia A.
(16) A 2.7-kilobase DNA fragment carrying the entire exotoxin A (ETA) structural gene was divided into three nonoverlapping probes.
(17) A 6.4 kilobase C4B-5'-specific Taq I fragment usually provided a reliable guide to the presence of a C4A deletion but unusually in one instance this fragment was found to be a marker of a functioning C4A gene.
(18) The method involves the use of a monoclonal antibody fragment mixture that binds to platelets.
(19) Three distinct antigenic regions of bovine somatotropin (bST) were identified on the basis of the ability of a set of monoclonal antibodies to bind to proteolytic fragments and deletion variants of recombinant bST (rbST) in Western blot analyses.
(20) The coding sequence for Spirulina platensis acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS, EC 4.1.3.18) is shown to be contained within a 4.2 Kb ClaI fragment (ilvX) that has been cloned from a recombinant lambda library.
Morsel
Definition:
(n.) A little bite or bit of food.
(n.) A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.
Example Sentences:
(1) He has been feeding the press morsel by juicy morsel to keep the story alive, and the fear within the PP is not only that he has more information but that he is holding back the most damning evidence.
(2) Roy Jenkins, the Chancellor, was desperate for some reassuring morsel to feed the bankers hungrily circling the floundering pound.
(3) These 12-peso morsels are pure corazón Mexicano (heart of Mexico).
(4) It was found in the first experiment that monkeys with total removal of the inferotemporal visual area (TIT monkeys) showed a significant elevation of the discrimination limen for visual patterns of reduced sizes even when compared to monkeys with removal of lateral striate cortex (LS monkeys); yet in a food-morsel (raisin) detection test the TIT monkeys performed as well as normal monkeys, although the LS monkeys showed significant deficits.
(5) The removed femoral head is morselized in the bone mill and packed into the prepared femoral canal to enhance a tight fit.
(6) These were combined with four different bone augmentation constructs, using nonstructural morselized fresh-frozen allograft or segmental freeze-dried allograft.
(7) Demineralization increased with increasing sucrose content of the cookies and reached a plateau when cookies containing 1.08 g sucrose per morsel were administered.
(8) As Hazan notes, the Italians like to describe such dishes as "un bocone da cardinale", or a "morsel for a cardinal".
(9) Here is a list of 10 morsels that, I hope, give a taste of the pleasures to be had.
(10) Customers from all walks of life happily devour their succulent char-roasted morsels of goodness, while downing ice-cold beer or horchata , a milky-looking drink made from rice.
(11) On many occasions bulk graft requires conversion to cancellous morselized graft to fill defects.
(12) The results of eighteen acetabular reconstructions in which a bipolar prosthesis and morseled bone grafts were used for a major acetabular defect were evaluated.
(13) The papers also show how MI5 appeared to seek a trade of information about Libyan dissidents in London for morsels of intelligence gleaned from Tripoli – despite Libya's reputation for torturing prisoners.
(14) Javier Gomez sucks the last morsels of meat from the leg bone of an agouti , a large Amazonian rodent, his creased face belying his 44 years.
(15) Worse for Tsvangirai, there is at least a morsel of truth in the accusations against him.
(16) Van Gaal's press conference here, after a training session with his Netherlands-based players in the hotel grounds, was a breezy affair but when questioned about United he offered only the odd morsel in response.
(17) Newly formed bone was observed in the marrow spaces and along the morselized autograft bone chips, which had been surgically placed in the medullary canal at the time of implantation.
(18) Clearly, the greatest thing on TV right now is Channel 4's Homeland ( Sun, 9pm ), a strong acquisition, currently being fed to the UK in measly weekly ad-filled 45-minute morsels.
(19) One-hundred percent morselized HA-TCP, a 50:50 mixture of morselized HA-TCP, and autogenous cancellous bone, and 100% autogenous cancellous bone were used to bridge 2.5-cm defects in the left ulnae of three groups of six dogs each.
(20) In return for surrendering their country – the essence of Aboriginality – communities will receive morsels of rent, which the government will take from Indigenous mining royalties.