() The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
() The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have used P1 transduction to create intergeneric hybrid strains of enteric bacteria by moving the genA and hut genes between Klebsiella aerogenes, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.
(2) Possible roles for GENA and P30 as transcriptional regulators of the adjacent operons encoding the pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes are discussed.
(3) The family contains the repressor of the Bacillus subtilis gluconate operon (GntR), the regulators for histidine utilization in Pseudomonas putida (HutCPp) and Klebsiella aerogenes (HutCKa), the repressor (FadR) of fatty acid degradation in Escherichia coli, a regulator involved in the conjugal transfer of the broad host range plasmid pIJ101 (KorA), and three proteins of unidentified function in E. coli (GenA, P30 and PhnF).
(4) The event gave honorary Oscars to Debbie Reynolds, Gena Rowlands and Spike Lee , while also serving as a fertile campaign ground for those hoping to be nominated for an Academy award themselves.
(5) I am very glad that Gena Afanasev [a witness for the prosecution who renounced his original testimony against Sentsov, saying it had been given under duress] was able to overcome his fear.
(6) Highly significant similarities were detected between the N-terminal region of P30 and those of GENA [the product of another unidentified gene (geneA) located upstream of the aceEF-lpd operon], and GNTR (a putative transcriptional repressor of the gluconate operon of Bacillus subtilis).
(7) In her opening remarks at the Governors awards, Isaacs addressed the attacks, saying: “All of us here stand in solidarity with France and the French people.” Late divas were remembered Facebook Twitter Pinterest Accepting her honorary Oscar, Gena Rowlands spent most of her speech recounting an interaction with her all-time favourite actor, Bette Davis, with whom she worked in 1979, on the television movie Strangers: the Story of a Mother and Daughter.
(8) Lee made the remarks on Saturday as he accepted an honorary Oscar at the film academy’s annual governors awards dinner in Hollywood, where Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds were also honoured.
(9) The film of Persepolis, which was nominated for the best animated feature Oscar, features the voice of her all-time hero Iggy Pop, and those of Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands and Chiara Mastroianni, as young Marjane.
(10) The nucleotide sequence of a 1,142-bp distal sequence of an unidentified gene (genF) located upstream of fumB was also defined and found to encode a product that is homologous to the product of another unidentified gene (genA), located downstream of the neighboring aspartase gene (aspA).
Genu
Definition:
(n.) The knee.
(n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Partial duplication of the proximal part of the long arm of chromosome 5, on the other hand, is associated mainly with musculoskeletal abnormalities including muscle hypotrophy and hypotonia, scoliosis, lordosis, pectus carinatum, cubitus valgus, and genu valgum, in addition to psychomotor retardation.
(2) During the second month, a variable spurt of growth occurs in the genu, followed by a similar period of rapid growth in the splenium between 4-6 months of age.
(3) The normal level is thus approximately -5 to +5 degrees, and there was thus no "physiological" genu-valgum in the population studied.
(4) Serial MRI studies showed damage to the genu and most of the body of the corpus callosum but not the splenium.
(5) Patients with gonarthrosis associated to varose deformity excrete, a day after intravenous administration of calcium, the relatively least amounts of phosphorus, as compared to the healthy controls and other degenerative joint diseases without genu varum.
(6) A non-neoplastic syndrome of inappropriate secretion of TSH (ITSHS) was diagnosed in a hemithyroidectomized and clinically euthyroid 44-yr-old man, who also exhibited limping (Perthes' disease), genu valgum, pes supinatus and lateral nystagmus.
(7) Some injections were made in normal cats and some in cats in which the middle segment of the internal facial genu had been cut.
(8) The syndrome is characterized by short stature; a broad, prominent forehead, hypertelorism, congenital ptosis, a broad, short nose with anteverted nostrils, a long, broad upper lip, low-set, abnormally shaped and posteriorly rotated ears; simian palmar creases; brachyclinodactyly; short fingers; ligamentous laxity allowing for hyperextensibility of the fingers, genu recurvatum, flat feet; and an anomalous penoscrotal configuration resulting in "saddle" deformity with scrotal folds incircling the base of the penis.
(9) Thin fibers are most dense in the anterior corpus callosum (genu), and decrease in density posteriorly towards the posterior midbody, where they reach a minimum.
(10) CT scan in these cases showed infarctions of the right uncus, amygdaloid nucleus, genu and posterior limb of the internal capsule, globus pallidus, lateral geniculate body and tail of the caudate nucleus.
(11) We divided the corpus callosum into three segments: rostrum and genu; anterior and posterior trunks; splenium.
(12) The VAmc gives rise to the superficial T-C projections onto the banks of the arcuate genu and adjacent region of area 8.
(13) This study analyzes mathematically the orientation of the superior tibial epiphysis in frontal and sagittal planes for knees with genu varum arthrosis.
(14) The CT showed a low density area in the genu of the left internal capsule.
(15) The question was whether pathological statics (genu varum) act significantly in the pathogenicity of the condition.
(16) In 9 of 11 specimens (81.8%), the ganglion cell bodies appeared to be aggregated at the apex of the genu close to the origin of the greater superficial petrosal nerve.
(17) Our two cases of trisomy 12p (ter leads to 12.1) were compared with eight cases of trisomy 12p described earlier, and the following common characteristics were found: severe mental and physical retardation; flat and round, broad face with prominent cheeks; flat and broad nasal bridge with short nose; anteverted nostrils and large philtrum; broad and prominent lower lip; low-set or slanting ears, poorly formed with folded helix, prominent antihelix and deep concha; short neck; short sternum; "spade"-shaped fingers, the fifth being short; bilateral genu valgum; bilateral pes planus and talus valgus; increased space between the first and second toes; generalized hypotonia; and certain dermatoglyphic characteristics.
(18) Measurements of myelin lamellae indicate similarities between anterior and posterior regions of the callosum, although development occurs earlier in the genu than in the splenium.
(19) Two months later, clinical examination was normal, but the CT showed cystic area in the genu and splenium.
(20) Large cyst-like structures were centered in the anterior limb bilaterally and extended caudally to the level of the genu.