(n.) A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Phenotypic revertants of galOP::IS1 and galOP::IS2 mutations have been isolated after mutagenesis with nitrosoguanidine, they are probably caused by mutations in gene suA.
(2) Efficient incorporation of exogenous galactose into lipopolysaccharide was observed in a strain with a galE::Tn10 insertion and a strain with a deletion of galOPE.
(3) We show that transcription originating at the gyrA promoter of Escherichia coli is less subject to termination at the lambda Toop terminator (22% read-through) than is transcription originating from either the galOP (1% read-through) or topA (3% read-through) control regions.
(4) The sequence of this part of IS2 differs from the published sequence of galOP-308::IS2 at a number of positions.
(5) Reversion of galOPE-490 is at least 10,000-fold lower and has not been detectable even under conditions conducive to enhanced double mutations in other systems.
(6) Analysis of a newly isolated allele (galOP-490*) which retains the IS2 of galOPE-490 but is galE+ reveals a reversion frequency approximately 30-fold higher than that of galOP-3.
(7) To learn more about the ways in which genes silenced by insertion mutations can be reactivated, we have undertaken a systematic investigation of Gal+ revertants of the polar mutant galOP-306::IS1 in Escherichia coli K12.
(8) Shaun Walker Moscow UK “I call the internet and social media the ‘wild west’,” says Nik Noone, CEO of Galop , London’s LGBT anti-violence organisation.
(9) There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of ventricular galop, electrocardiographycally extensive cicatrix and in the values of cardiothoracic ratio, systolic and diastolic time intervals between patients with hypotensive response and patients without abnormal blood pressure response.
(10) Read more Nik Noone, the chief executive of Galop, the LGBT anti-hate crime charity that helped develop the site, said: “Evidence suggests that more than 1 million people in the UK face online abuse each year.
(11) It was all about emotion, about trying to polarise the public identity.” Nick Antjoule from Galop , a charity which combats anti-LGBT hate crime, said he agreed with this assessment of the debate.
(12) The synthesis of the three enzymes in galOP::IS suA double mutants is constitutive and the ratio of the three enzymes is altered in comparison to the wild type.
(13) Our casework here at Galop also evidences an increasing trend, the impact of which can have far-reaching consequences.
(14) Two previously characterized mutations in the galOPETK operon of Escherichia coli, galOP-3 and galOPE-490, contain IS2 insertions only 1 bp apart in the gal regulatory region; yet only the former yields Gal+ phenotypic revertants at a detectable frequency.
Polka
Definition:
(n.) A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.
(n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented.
Example Sentences:
(1) The latter is an intriguing vision , a trojan horse of massive deregulation of some of everything – a clown balloon horse, with rainbow polka dots and a jackass smile.
(2) Vitaly continues to bring his collection of Soviet cameras, photographs and other paraphernalia to an outdoor flea market, where the afternoon sun gleamed off a Lenin bust that he had repainted to look like a "'90s gangster" with a moustache and a polka-dot tie.
(3) There is a flashy new restaurant block, high-rise apartments, and department stores where you can buy Dior cosmetics, Siemens washing machines and blue and yellow polka-dot swimsuits.
(4) The very small spines (also glochids) of the polka dot or bunny's ear cactus (Opuntia microdasys) and the beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) offer the most frustrating problem of all, but can be peeled off with a dried film of a professional facial gel.
(5) With the Slovak Peter Sagan having secured his second successive green jersey and Colombia's Nairo Quintana guaranteed those in polka dot and white before the beginning of Sunday's stage, those in the peloton eschewed early aggression in favour of a leisurely meander towards the Champs-Elysées.
(6) The man the NME once referred to as the coolest in London sits in the Soho offices of a film distribution company, wearing a blue polka-dot shirt and an expression of absolute mortification.
(7) Instead of echoing Diana's look - a pink floral dress with matching hat - as she did with blue polka dots post-birth, this gives a clue to what we'll see in the future.
(8) In London five nights beforehand, the quartet wore casual wear to perform; here, they are dressed in formal black – and I should damned well hope so, because Christy has changed into a polka-dot party frock and swapped her blue hairband for a lacy black ribbon tied in a big bow.
(9) His outfit could almost be a store-bought costume: the bright red braces, the wide polka-dot tie, even the carefully folded red handkerchief protruding from the left breast pocket of his suit.
(10) Spirited polka music was pumped out from the Village Bakery on to a sidewalk still littered with broken glass from shattered windows.
(11) Curiously, her final novel, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress , would have been eligible this year but for an inexplicable rule that the award can't be posthumously awarded).
(12) The compound causing the blue–green glow of the polka-dot tree frog was not previously thought to exist in vertebrates and its discovery has excited researchers.
(13) She came for supper with Valerie Eliot , and the widow of the poet was wearing – he remembers it vividly – a polka-dot dress.
(14) A pub iin Knaresborough, decorated with King of the Mountains polka dots.
(15) Once the preserve of a few pioneering organisations – in particular the Polka and the Unicorn children’s theatres in London – relaxed performances are percolating through British theatre, from panto season to major subsidised theatres, such as the National and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), all the way to the West End.
(16) What made him think that the trench needed a polka dot bow tie to finish off the look?
(17) The equations presented admit solutions describing the "polka-dot" patterns seen at low organism concentration in suspensions slightly deeper than the critical value.
(18) The Colombian snaps up the double points on offer at the finish to secure the polka-dot jersey as king of the mountains.
(19) Narcocorrido takes its form from the polkas and waltzes of northern Mexico, and its lyrics blend a documentary eye for detail with a mythologising flair for an outrageously tall tale.
(20) The latter is classified as blend, laminate, swiss-roll, polka-dot, and froth in type.