(n.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, distribution of lead and cadmium varied within the individual producer (Fucus vesiculosus) in such a way that the holdfast exhibited the highest concentration followed by the apcial tip and the branches of the first dichotomy was the lowest.
(2) The steady state mechanism of the Macrocystis and the Fucus enzymes are compared to the mechanism of the bromide-assisted disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by V-BrPO from Ascophyllum nodosum.
(3) Unfertilized eggs and zygotes of the marine brown alga, Fucus serratus, have been subjected to single external electric field pulses of 1 to 1760 musec duration (tau p) and 50 to 400 V field strength (Upcm-1).
(4) A polyclonal antibody raised against the LH polypeptide of Fucus serratus has been tested on LH apoproteins of other Chromophytes and Chlorophytes.
(5) Antisera raised against surface antigens of Fucus serratus sperm flagella, cause inhibition of fertilization in a species-specific manner, possibly by binding directly to the sperm fertilization receptor.
(6) In this report the additional requirement for cell wall in polarization of Fucus zygotes was investigated.
(7) In the marine brown alga, Fucus vesiculosus L., the sperm pronucleus is delimited by an envelope following penetration of the eff by the sperm.
(8) The mono and polyester glycosyl sulfates or phosphate diglycerides account for a group of polar lipids which is found in large amounts in the three fucacae that are studied: Pelvetia canaliculata (L) Deen and Thur, Fucus vesiculosus (L), Fucus serratus (L).
(9) Vanadium bromoperoxidase (V-BrPO) has been isolated and purified from the marine brown algae Fucus distichus and Macrocystis pyrifera.
(10) At present we know of two components in the proposed ASC of Fucus: an adhesive sulfated glycoprotein which is localized in the ECM, and an actin network which is localized on the adjoining cytoplasmic face.
(11) Condensation of the chromosomes during the first cell division following fertilization of the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus L. is accompanied by the almost complete disappearance of the nuclear envelope.
(12) He then explains that some people like to reuse their bucket of serrated wrack (Fucus serratus) in a bath back at home.
(13) The mechanism of the bromide-assisted disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by V-BrPO, which is the reaction that forms dioxygen, has been investigated for V-BrPO isolated from two new marine algal sources, Macrocystis pyrifera and Fucus distichus.
(14) Brown algae Fucus vesiculosus is recommended for monitoring polycyclic arene pollution in the area from Vormsi Island to Käsmu and green algae Cladophora or Enteromorpha in the eastern part of the Finnish Gulf.
(15) Ribonucleic acid required for rhizoid formation in Fucus zygotes is synthesized several hours before the production of proteins essential for this process.
(16) A comparison of the N-terminal amino acid rbcS sequence of A. eutrophus to those of O. luteus and brown alga Fucus species shows extensive sequence similarity (68.3% identity).
(17) Ethanol extracts of Laminaria ochroleuca, Saccorhiza polyschides and Fucus vesiculosus were administered orally to normal animals and their effects on glycemia and triglyceridemia evaluated.
(18) Extracts from the brown algae Fucus vesiculosus, F. serratus, and Halidrys siliquosa agglutinated human erythrocytes of groups A, B, O, and AB as well as erythrocytes from some animal species, ascites tumour cells from mice, and streptococci of many groups of the LANCEFIELD system.
(19) Following fertilization, there are rapid changes in the appearance of the Fucus egg.
(20) By isoelectric fucusing, the latter type can be split into the S0 and S1 types.
Mucus
Definition:
(n.) A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
(n.) Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used.
(n.) A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algae and other plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peptidoglycan of MRSA grown in the presence of cefazolin was susceptible to lysis by respiratory mucus.
(2) To develop a new immunobead binding test (IBT) procedure that will detect sperm antibody in cervical mucus (CM), especially in very small samples of mucus.
(3) The marine vibrio alone is a powerful stimulus to mucus secretion but lethal for the host.
(4) The treatment led to decreased spinnbarkeit, arborization and sperum penetration in the cervical mucus.
(5) Although no anatomical 'barrier' has been described, it has been suggested that the gel mucus and epithelial phospholipids are constituents.
(6) This hydrostatic pressure may well be the driving force for creating channels for acid and pepsin to cross the mucus layer covering the mucosal surface.
(7) Tracheal mucus transport rate (TMTR) and quantitative clearance of aerosolized Escherichia coli from the trachea, lung, and air sac were measured in healthy unanesthetized turkeys and in turkeys exposed by aerosol to a La Sota vaccine strain of Newcastle disease virus (NDV).
(8) After controlling for FEV1, cough was still significantly associated with treatment for airway disease in general and both cough, mucus hypersecretion and chronic bronchitis were significantly associated with treatment for airway obstruction.
(9) This report describes two patients with long-term catheter use who developed increasing respiratory failure and cor pulmonale, at least in part, due to a large tracheal mucus plug.
(10) Rabbits, affected by acute bronchitis, treated orally with the title compounds showed a considerable reduction of the viscosity of the bronchial mucus.
(11) The number of CC-treated patients with poor mucus quality in the face of adequate follicular development was 24, or 48%.
(12) The authors report two cases of primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder with secretion of mucus, observed over a year period, between 1978 and 1990.
(13) Acidic mucus containing goblet cells have been revealed using Alcian blue staining when added to the PAS stained cells in conditions that have previously been shown to have reduced goblet cell population when assessed by PAS-haematoxylin staining.
(14) Antioxidants and inhibitors of lipid peroxidation were effective inhibitors of both mucus secretion and 15 HETE production.
(15) The resulting reduction in fluid secretion by glands may contribute to the accumulation of airway mucus in CF.
(16) The migration of human spermatozoa in cervical mucus obtained from women shortly before mid-cycle was studied, using an in-vitro method for horizontal sperm penetration.
(17) Abnormalities of cervical mucus can have a bearing on a woman's fertility.
(18) The inability of these young smokers to enhance their mucus clearance by cough suggests a change in the mucociliary apparatus from normal.
(19) Cellular mucus of the mucous cells from gastric epithelium and surface mucus from gastric mucosa were obtained by perfusion in vivo of Ghosh-Lai rat stomachs with 2 M NaCl.
(20) These results suggest that long-lasting excitation of DMN neurons facilitate gastric ulcer formation and that a decrease in mucus content in gastric mucosa plays an important role in the process of gastric ulcer formation by kainic acid injection into the DMN.