What's the difference between hetero and homo?

Hetero


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To overcome this difficulty, a "hetero-antibody" RIA was studied.
  • (2) 2D NMR techniques such as mono and hetero-COSY, NOESY, COLOC as well as 1H-NMR line broadening effect were utilized for structure elucidation.
  • (3) Methyl 4-azidobenzoimidate, a photosensitive hetero-bifunctional cross-linking reagent, was synthesized and characterized.
  • (4) The efficacy of CsA in suppressing ongoing and secondary hetero- and autoimmune responses against AChR in EAMG encourages its ultimate application in autoimmune diseases of man, such as MG. Its usefulness will depend on the ability to determine effective doses of CsA that are well tolerated.
  • (5) E-86, and four kinds of hetero-oligosaccharides, two arabinoxylo- and two glucuronoxylo-oligosaccharides, were isolated from the hydrolysate by charcoal column, gel filtration, ion-exchange, and aminopropyl silica column chromatographies.
  • (6) No aromatic, carboxamido, carboxylic carbon, or hetero atoms are attached directly to the alpha carbon, but they are separated by this methylene or occasionally by a longer n-alkylene spacer group.
  • (7) Detection of hetero-organic antigens in the thymus is the basis for the hypothesis that natural immunological tolerance to tissue self antigens is formed within the thymus in the course of T-lymphocyte maturation, with thymus antigens taking part in the process.
  • (8) The two ;acid' beta-galactosidase fractions had considerably lower K(m) values for hetero beta-galactosides than for lactose.
  • (9) The authors report nine cases of hetero-digital neurovascular island flaps raised by the "disconnecting-reconnecting" technique for defects of the tactile pad of the thumb.
  • (10) Photoaffinity labeling of the hetero- and homodimeric forms of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase has been carried out using [32P]rA12-18.dT10 as a representative template-primer and [alpha-32P]dTTP as a representative 2'-deoxynucleoside-5'-triphosphate.
  • (11) Haemopexin receptors from mouse hepatoma (Hepa) cells were affinity-labelled by cross-linking to haem-125I-haemopexin complexes using two homo-[disuccinimidyl suberate (DSS) and 3,3'-dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate) (DTSSP)] and one hetero-[sulphosuccinimidyl 4-(p-maleimidophenyl)butyrate (sulpho-SMPB)] bifunctional cross-linking agents.
  • (12) The hetero-anti-TNF (LuKII) did not inactivate the suppressive effects of TNF-alpha and the monoclonal anti-recombinant TNF-alpha did not inactivate TNF (LuKII).
  • (13) The molecular mass of intracellular hCG consisting of these subunits, based on gel filtration, was approximately 200 kDa, suggesting homo- or hetero-oligomerization of intracellular hCG.
  • (14) Fc gamma RIIIA chimeras in which the alpha subunit transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains were substituted with the corresponding gamma chain sequences functioned as well as wild-type hetero-oligomeric receptors.
  • (15) Using published data extracted from the Cambridge structural database for 20 such structures, a total of 14 base-pairs were found, of which 10 were hetero-pairs and 4 homo-pairs.
  • (16) Using this strategy for detecting leucine zipper interactions, we observed homo-oligomerization between leucine zipper domains of the yeast protein GCN4 and hetero-oligomerization between leucine zipper regions from the mammalian transcriptional regulating proteins c-Jun and c-Fos.
  • (17) In mammalian tissues three phosphoglycerate mutase (D-phosphoglycerate 2,3-phosphomutase, EC 5.4.2.1) isozymes result from the homo-dimeric and hetero-dimeric combinations of two subunits (types M and B).
  • (18) These facts strongly indicate that in all the three fractions lactose is hydrolysed by the same active sites as the hetero beta-galactosides.
  • (19) The value of a standardized hetero-anamnestic questionnaire, the Dementia Questionnaire for Mentally Retarded Persons (DMR), as a screening instrument for diagnosis of early dementia, has been evaluated during a longitudinal follow-up of 139 institutionalized ageing mentally retarded subjects.
  • (20) DNA fragments resulting from digestion of these genetic elements with Eco RI and Hind III restriction enzymes have been characterized by agarose gel electrophoresis and electron microscopy, including hetero-duplex analysis.

Homo


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Conversely, beta-L-homo analogues of fuconojirimycin can also be regarded as derivatives of deoxymannojirimycin.
  • (2) A basic premise is that emotional process is not unique to homo sapiens and that human behavior might better be understood by observing this process in the broader context of all natural systems.
  • (3) Monodispersed N- and C-protected linear homo-oligomethionines (n = 2- -7) are studied by measurements of circular dichroism in the vacuum ultraviolet region.
  • (4) The assay of homo- and heteroduplexes with the S1 endonuclease permits an accurate, reproducible and rapid determination of polynucleotide sequence relationships and may be seriously considered as a method of choice for survey work and for investigations which require a large number of DNA-DNA hybridization assays.
  • (5) The conformations of the cyclic hexapeptides in DMSO-d6 solution were determined by a number of homo- and heteronuclear two-dimensional n.m.r.-techniques including 2D rotating frame NOE-spectroscopy.
  • (6) A commentator in one of the political weeklies would describe him as "the only known example of that rare species homo Wilsonicus ".
  • (7) Administration of the antidiuretic hormone at physiological doses was followed by the same increase in the enzymatic activity in renal papilla of homo- and heterozygotes, while certain correlation between the urine osmolality and the degree of the enzymes activation was observed.
  • (8) No satisfying physiological explanation of these events is retained despite data obtained with monaural homo and heterolateral stimulations and with variation of tone of sound stimulation.
  • (9) Although most studies emphasise the similarity of the australopithecines to modern man, and suggest, therefore, that these creatures were bipedal tool-makers at least one form of which (Australopithecus africanus--"Homo habilis", "Homo africanus") was almost directly ancestral to man, a series of multivariate statistical studies of various postcranial fragments suggests other conclusions.
  • (10) to the HOMO energies resulted in a marginally significant relationship; addition of the Log P's resulted in no significant improvement.
  • (11) The enzyme consists of two components; component A in the presence of Mg2+ catalyzes the synthesis of homo- and heteropolymers using ATP, CTP and UTP but not GTP as substrates.
  • (12) Besides poly (A) and poly (G), most of synthetic homo- and heteropolynucleotides were also susceptible to RC-RNase.
  • (13) Following homogenization and shaking at 22 degrees C for 30 min, media were extracted by XAD-2, treated with sodium hydroxide in order to convert PGE compounds into PGB compounds, purified by thin-layer chromatography, and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography with homo-PGE1 as an internal standard.
  • (14) The authors report on an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab) prevalence (6.9%) in 622 homo-bisexual males from Northern Italy, voluntarily attending an HIV and STDs screening program in the period 1984-89.
  • (15) For instance, the substitution of one C:G with one A:T base pair in the stem helix of d(CG)7 diminishes the stability of the hairpin by 9 degrees C. It is found that the stability of the stem helix, in hairpins of defined sequence and with the same loop length, decreases in the order alternating-CG greater than homo-CG greater than AC(GT) greater than alternating-AT, i.e.
  • (16) In the LADS analysis, homo- or heterozygosity of a mutation was easily distinguished by the appearance of a single- or double-lane band in the sequencing gel.
  • (17) The data obtained suggested that the 'Indis' translocation has homo(eo)logy to the Lr19 translocation and homoeology to 7DL of common wheat.
  • (18) They appeared to be lethals, as judged from viability of homo- or hemizygous females.
  • (19) Symptoms of bleeding, almost always harmless skin or mucosal bleeding, were found in 45% of patients with a history of intravenous drug abuse and in 18% of the homo- or bisexual men.
  • (20) But by including a final chapter, 30 pages out of almost 600, on the ultimate social animal, homo sapiens, Wilson was lighting the blue touch-paper.

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