What's the difference between homologous and multivalent?

Homologous


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
  • (a.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
  • (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
  • (a.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.
  • (a.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Trifluoroacetylated rabbit serum albumin was 5 times more reactive with these antibodies and thus more antigenic than the homologous acetylated moiety confirming the importance of the trifluoromethyl moiety as an epitope in the immunogen in vivo.
  • (2) The ORF2 showed homology with the Escherichia coli regulatory gene ompR, and ORF4 showed homology with E. coli and Rhizobium meliloti regulatory genes fnr and fixK, respectively.
  • (3) Nucleotide sequence analysis of cDNAs for asparagine synthetase (AS) of Pisum sativum has uncovered two distinct AS mRNAs (AS1 and AS2) encoding polypeptides that are highly homologous to the human AS enzyme.
  • (4) In four main regions the conservation varied from 83-91% while in the remaining regions the homology dropped to between 56-62%.
  • (5) It has 61% homology with tRNA(Leu)(anticodon m5CAA) and 63% homology with tRNA(Leu)(anticodon UAG), the two other known yeast tRNAs(Leu).
  • (6) The specified region of the inner E2 core domain was highly homologous to the region of the E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase.
  • (7) This novel mechanism of receptor regulation, named transmodulation, should be distinguished from the reduction in total receptor number caused by the homologous ligand (downregulation) and from the change in affinity produced by the binding of agonists or antagonists to the same receptor site.
  • (8) This unusual insertion could affect the interaction of cat CD4 with class II molecules, or with FIV, a feline homolog of HIV.
  • (9) On the basis of primary sequence homology with other known Pseudomonas lipases, a number of putative active site residues located in conserved areas were found.
  • (10) Extensive sequence homologies and other genetic features are shared with the related oncogenic virus, human papillomavirus type 16, especially in the major reading frames.
  • (11) Since the plasmid-cured strains did not contain DNA sequences homologous to plasmid DNA, the gene for the free-inclusion protein must be encoded in the chromosome.
  • (12) Examination of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed an apparent homology to cAMP binding sites in several other proteins.
  • (13) Thus, introduction of arginine in position 5 with a hydrophobic amino acid in position 6 is compatible with high potency in several biological systems and results in compounds with lowered potency to release histamine compared to homologous peptides with tyrosine in position 5 and D-arginine in position 6.
  • (14) This receptor and a growing family of related cytokine receptors share homologous extracellular features, including a well-conserved WSXWS motif.
  • (15) Amino acid analysis indicated a significant number of serine amino acids: N-terminal sequence data demonstrated a high level of homology; and trypsin digestion followed by reversed-phase HPLC indicated the possibility of multiple phosphorylation sites.
  • (16) Homologous insemination in 52 couples during a period of one year yields a conception rate of 38.5%.
  • (17) The region is distinctive in that the sequence is absent from the homologous domain of the erythroid alpha chain and diverges from the normal internal repeat structure observed throughout other spectrins.
  • (18) Surrounding intact ipsilateral structures are more important for the recovery of some of the language functions, such as motor output and phonemic assembly, than homologous contralateral structures.
  • (19) The results show that in both viral DNAs cleavage occurs at the origin and at one additional site which shows striking sequence homology with the origin region.
  • (20) The most striking homology was to yeast SEC7 in the central domain of the gene (57% identical over 466 bp) and also the protein level (42% identical amino acids; 39% conserved amino acids).

Multivalent


Definition:

  • (a.) Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.
  • (a.) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It could be demonstrated that equimolar doses of the bivalent alpha,N-(epsilon,N-DNP-aminocaproyl-)-epsilon,N-DNP-L-lysine and the multivalent dinitrophenylated bovine serum albumin were equally effective in eliciting reactions in skin sites provided that a high affinity antibody was used for sensitization.
  • (2) In meiotic prophase of spermatocytes, chromosomes 2 and 3 form pachytene-diplotene bivalents whose arms may be associated by chiasmata in postdiplotene stages, but the X, Y and fourth chromosomes participate in a complex multivalent.
  • (3) We have used this technique to prepare soluble multivalent heteroligating antibody conjugates that can bind either of two antigenically distinct cell lines, as well as reagents that specifically label murine tumor cells with different MHC class I antigens.
  • (4) This could be due to the multivalency of protein Fel aggregates.
  • (5) Depletion of PKC activity through long term (20 h) exposure of RBL cells to PMA, also inhibited the F-actin response when the cells were stimulated with either multivalent antigen or OAG.
  • (6) We have examined the effects of multivalent cations, principally the polyamine spermine, on the SSB-ss poly(dT) binding mode transitions and find that the transition from the (SSB)35 to the (SSB)56 binding mode can be induced by micromolar concentrations of polyamines as well as the inorganic cation Co(NH3)6(3+).
  • (7) These results suggest that soluble nominal antigen, in an appropriately multivalent form, can bind specifically to antigen receptors on Tc clones.
  • (8) Such hybrid strains have the potential to be used as multivalent vaccines against a number of infectious diseases.
  • (9) The possible role of toxin multivalency and receptor mobility in the mechanism of toxin action is considered.
  • (10) This observation is similar to that made for a variety of small molecular weight materials, such as insulin, digoxin, and morphine, and is in contrast to that for multivalent protein antigens, such as serum albumin and thyroglobulin.
  • (11) No effect of the dwarf condition on the segregation of the translocation multivalent could be noted.
  • (12) Endocytosis of the molecules was induced by addition of multivalent ligands such as rabbit anti-mouse immunoglobulin serum or protein A-bearing liposomes to cells pretreated with anti-H-2Kk antibodies.
  • (13) Therefore, the putative 'hypertensinogenic' receptor may be multivalent with binding sites for F, ALDO and 17 alpha 20 alpha OHP, or is a site of single interactive receptors for these steroids and that F exerts its permissive action by occupying the same site as ALDO on the hypertensinogenic receptors.
  • (14) We propose a unifying explanation for the effects of several accelerating solvents studied here including polymers, di- and multivalent cations, as well as effects seen with the phenol emulsions and single-stranded nucleic acid binding proteins.
  • (15) mLFA-3 binding had characteristics of a multivalent interaction with cell surface CD2 and had an avidity of 1.5 nM for Jurkat cells and 12 nM for resting T cells.
  • (16) Another DNP-biotin hapten that is approximately 10 A longer has four tight binding sites per avidin and, when bound to avidin, has greater activity similar to a highly DNP-conjugated multivalent antigen.
  • (17) Immunization of mice with a combination of passively administered syngeneic IgG (anti-p-azophenylarsonate [anti-Ars]) antibody and a soluble, multivalent form of the antibody's corresponding antigen (Limulus polyphemus hemocyanin conjugated with Ars [Lph-Ars]) resulted in specific autoanti-IgG Fc (rheumatoid factor) production.
  • (18) Sometimes multivalency in the carbohydrate-receptor interaction is crucial.
  • (19) The distribution pattern of the clusters corresponded to that of absorbed and immunogold-labelled poliovirus particles and suggests a multivalent organization of poliovirus binding sites.
  • (20) This association is rapid, and, when triggered by multivalent antigen, it is quickly reversed by the addition of excess monovalent antigen.