(a.) Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable.
Example Sentences:
(1) Maximal covalent binding of [4,5-14C]ronidazole to DNA also required four-electron reduction, consistent with previous studies of the covalent binding of this agent to immobilized sulfhydryl groups [Kedderis et al.
(2) Prolonged immobilization was accompanied by a decrease in Ca-concentration dependence of Ca2+ uptake.
(3) A 2-fold increase in the dissolution rate was observed when the same number of particles was immobilized without macrophages.
(4) The immobilizing activity of human normal sera occurred in low titres only, rarely in dilutions of greater than 1:32.
(5) We then used synthetic peptides spanning the active fragment to identify the primary sequence of the adhesive site as Leu-Arg-Glu (LRE): neurons attach to an immobilized LRE-containing peptide, and soluble LRE blocks attachment of neurons to the s-laminin fragment.
(6) The immobilized enzyme preparations were stable when stored at 4 degrees C and pH 7.5 for periods up to eight months.
(7) The binding of 125I-labeled core protein to immobilized fibronectin was inhibited by soluble fibronectin and by soluble cold core protein but not by albumin or gelatin.
(8) This was confirmed by the MAIPA ("Monoclonal Antibody Immobilization of Platelet Antigens") test, performed to detect antibodies to GP Ib-IX and GP IIb-IIIa.
(9) By using different immobilized and labeled antibodies, this method could easily be adapted for use with other analytes.
(10) The enzyme is immobilized to provide better control over its catalytic activity and to increase the lifetime of the biosensor.
(11) The biomechanical strength of femur of adult rats was tested after immobilization for 9 weeks and remobilization for 12 weeks of 1 hind leg.
(12) Binding of fibronectin, an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein, to Candida albicans was measured, and adherence of the fungus to immobilized ECM proteins, fibronectin, laminin, types I and IV collagen, and subendothelial ECM was studied.
(13) We felt that this relatively high redislocation rate was due to failure to immobilize these shoulders for 3 weeks postoperatively.
(14) Furthermore, monoclonal antibody CG37 specifically eluted 5'-nucleotidase from immobilized laminin and thus enabled its isolation from other myoblast laminin-binding proteins.
(15) The trauma, the immobilization and the surgery influenced the musculature of the operated as well as the intact leg.
(16) These experiments may provide the basis for the expanded use of immobilized lectins for purification and characterization of hydrolases and other glycoproteins.
(17) Weighed amounts of lyophilized venom from each snake were compared chronologically for variation in isoelectric focusing patterns, using natural and immobilized gradients.
(18) The author maintains that the osteoma of the brachial muscle as well as post-traumatic periarticular calcifications, occur in the muscle mass or in the tendon that prolongs it, or in the articular capsule, as a result of surgical treament and post-operative immobilization, and only exceptionally following orthopaedic treatment of traumatic lesions.
(19) A 30% maltodextrin solution has been continuously hydrolyzed at 50 degrees C and pH 4.5 in a recycled, fluidized bed reactor (FBR) containing GA immobilized on these magnetic microparticles.
(20) The antigen purified on immobilized mAb MEM-102 is recognized by all six known CD48 mAbs under western blotting conditions.
Immobility
Definition:
(n.) The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.
Example Sentences:
(1) Global 'abnormality', hunching (rigid arching of back), hindlimb abduction, forepaw myoclonus, stereotyped lateral head movements, backing, and immobility occurred significantly only in drug-treated rats.
(2) The findings can be summarized as follows: (1) The effective concentration of SDS for termination of shark tonic immobility (an immediate and fast response) was close to its critical micellar concentration in sea water (70 microM).
(3) Chlordiazepoxide was without an effect on immobility or beta receptor binding when combined with forced swim.
(4) The main response characteristics are an immediate motor 'paralysis' (prolonged and generalized immobility), unresponsiveness, and abrupt and profound bradycardia.
(5) It is proposed that pinch-induced immobility is mediated by both dopaminergic and cholinergic systems.
(6) In contrast, the latter (opioid) reaction is associated with passive defense (immobility) and occurs in response to extended conspecific attack.
(7) It was concluded that immobility reflects a state of lowered mood in the rat which is selectively sensitive to antidepressant treatments.
(8) Silence and immobility: mutism and catatonia, this patient gives nothing to to hear, he gives to see.
(9) Tail suspension-induced immobility in rodents is specifically antagonized by antidepressants, and has been proposed as an animal model of depression.
(10) However, when the lesion was placed after the unconditioned test situation, retention of the burying was not affected, but the animals failed to show immobility behavior.
(11) The effects of implants of 17 beta-estradiol and cholesterol in four regions of the dorsal striatum were tested on the duration of the dorsal immobility response in gonadectomized male rats.
(12) licking, scratching, grooming, head and limb movements), a reaction termed immobility.
(13) Physical handicaps such as problems with chewing and swallowing, difficulties to cut food, immobility and mental restrictions are responsible for reduced food intake and malnutrition.
(14) Because of its gel-like consistency (water content of about 90%), there is some diffusional restricting of activity as indicated by the kinetic data of soluble and immoblized enzymes.
(15) Furthermore, although immobility was seen after p.o.
(16) Naloxone by itself, however, had no effect on tonic immobility, and only an exceptionally large dose of naloxone blocked the morphine potentiation.
(17) Because immobility followed the probe shock in all groups, this relative impairment was not due to differential motor activity.
(18) Patients with severe ankylosing spondylitis of long duration often have spinal osteoporosis secondary to ankylosis and immobility.
(19) The immobility of the second-order stimuli is evidenced by the striking inability of observers to report their direction of motion.
(20) Incontinence at onset is associated with measures of severity of stroke (and of immobility for fecal incontinence).