(n.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
(n.) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.
(n.) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using a tropomyosin-coupled affinity column, we have demonstrated a direct association between the chymotryptic 35 kDa fragment of h-caldesmon, which is located at the C-terminal of the parent molecule, and gizzard tropomyosin.
(2) Several studies of vinculin-binding proteins have described a 190 kDa protein in chicken gizzard smooth muscle which binds radioiodinated vinculin.
(3) Ca-activated hydrolysis of ATP catalyzed by gizzard myosin B proceeded at a reduced rate after removal of Ca2+ (by adding EGTA), whereas that catalyzed by a combination of actin, gizzard myosin, and gizzard NTM proceeded at the same rate even after removal of Ca2+.
(4) In Western blot experiments, CGA7 detected actin from chicken gizzard and monkey ileum, but not skeletal muscle or fibroblast actin.
(5) We also show here for the first time that the S1-S2 junction in gizzard myosin can be cleaved by chymotrypsin and that this cleavage (observed in papain-produced S1 devoid of the regulatory light chain) is also temperature-dependent but insensitive to nucleotides and actin.
(6) Arginine residues of gizzard myosin are necessary for the maintenance of the ATPase activity of this contractile protein.
(7) Using thiophosphorylated gizzard myosin, Sherry et al.
(8) One method consisted of examination of gizzards from mallards shot by hunters (n = 2,859) and the other method consisted of examination of gizzards from mallards caught in duck traps (n = 865).
(9) The length of small intestine, large intestine and caeca and the weight of gizzard expressed per kg of body weight increased with an increase in the level of carob pods meal, which is rich in fibre, in the diets.
(10) These calpastatins possessed the same inhibition properties when assayed with chicken gizzard calpains.
(11) Caldesmon, a major actin- and calmodulin-binding protein, has been identified in diverse bovine tissues, including smooth and striated muscles and various nonmuscle tissues, by denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of tissue homogenates and immunoblotting using rabbit anti-chicken gizzard caldesmon.
(12) Significant lesions are confined to the proventriculus which becomes inflamed, dilated and ulcerated, and loses its normal architecture, and to the gizzard in which there are degenerative changes in the koilin layer.
(13) The enzyme purified from human platelets phosphorylates the 20 000-dalton light chain of mouse fibroblast and chicken gizzard myosin, but does not phosphorylate human skeletal and cardiac myosin.
(14) An investigation was conducted on the histology and chemical nature of the inner lining of the gizzard of a fish-eating bird Pelecanus phillippensis.
(15) The association constant of the arterial enzyme to F-actin (5.1 X 10(6) M-1) was much larger than that of the gizzard enzyme (9.0 X 10(5) M-1) but the maximum binding was the same (1 enzyme per 12-13 actins).
(16) We investigated the presence of dystrophin in gizzard smooth muscle by immunofluorescence assay, immunoblot detection and an immunogold electron microscopy technique.
(17) CB-a encompasses the COOH-terminal segment of residues 659-756, according to the sequence of adult chicken gizzard caldesmon (Bryan, J., Imai, M., Lee, R., Moore, P., Cook, R.G., and Lin, W.G.
(18) The results presented here suggest the participation of the 18 kDa peptide in the nucleotide binding domain of gizzard myosin.
(19) Leaves collected from the gizzard were identified as coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia).
(20) The only difference we observed was that the Ca- and EDTA-ATPase activities of gizzard myosin were, as reported by other investigators, approximately one-half to one-third of those of skeletal myosin, although the pH-activity profiles for the ATPase of gizzard myosin was essentially the same as that of skeletal myosin.
Izzard
Definition:
(n.) See Izard.
(n.) The letter z; -- formerly so called.
Example Sentences:
(1) August 11, 2014 The British actor and stand-up star, Eddie Izzard, tweeted: “Robin Williams has died and I am very sad.
(2) The answer, apparently, is comedian Eddie Izzard , along with a whole fleet of red-carpet English entertainers , who are to be driven north to bring shine and glee to the rather dreary Project Fear .
(3) Otherwise it could not happen at all.” Izzard, was having none of it: “That’s not fact.
(4) And so, with recorded messages from David Beckham and Eddie Izzard, the 10-day countdown to the G8 summit in Fermanagh will begin.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The comedian Eddie Izzard (centre) in the audience at the Labour conference.
(6) Only 25% of voters in that poll knew which way Eddie Izzard, the Yes campaign's most high-profile celebrity backer, intended to vote.
(7) Besides Izzard, this gang needs a frontperson and who better than Katie Hopkins, who's outspoken and personable?
(8) Russell is coming from a positive heart point of view but I disagree on how he’s going about getting it done.” Izzard reckons more comedians are poised to make the leap to political leadership.
(9) Eddie Izzard's been in a few scrapes, too, according to this Mirror story , in which the comic reports he's been beaten up twice in the last year – once in New York, once in London – while wearing women's clothes.
(10) Like Eddie Izzard , also cited in one of the survey’s top 10 popularity lists, Evans – ruthlessly mainstream though his work can be – shows you don’t need a TV vehicle to break box-office records every time you take to the stage.
(11) The Olympics, said the actor and comedian Eddie Izzard, "redefined how Britain sees itself … People have understood what modern multicultural Britain is all about."
(12) While Brand’s iconoclastic politics, urging people not to vote and to abandon conventional party politics, emerge naturally from his subversive comedy, the spirit of Izzard’s surreal improvisations are harder to find in his pursuit of a conventional political career.
(13) Just a little bit of sneering going on I think.” Long-time Labour supporter Eddie Izzard said the party would offer a “fair chance for everyone”.
(14) Izzard has thrown his weight behind the opponents of the plans which have divided residents amid claims of “social cleansing”.
(15) And on Tuesday Eddie Izzard made clear he is serious.
(16) It is part of what might be called the Eddie Izzard outreach project – an attempt, he says, to "kick doors open".
(17) We reject outright the allegation that redevelopment of the scheme is motivated by creating large profits.” Izzard plans to run as London mayor or for parliament in 2020, putting “into hibernation” a comedy career that he loves.
(18) As well as working with Izzard, one of his heroes, Wood relished the chance to create the look of his character – dreadlocks, trinkets, tribal face paint, serious suntan.
(19) Eddie Izzard is in Edinburgh at 1pm on his Stand Up for Europe tour.
(20) Izzard, described on posters advertising his first German show as "the funniest Brit", knows the pressure is on.