(n.) The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.
(n.) That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current.
Example Sentences:
(1) An increase of the beta-galactosidase synthesis occurred only in the presence of specific substrate inductors.
(2) These results show that under superinduction conditions partly 3 times more interferon is induced in comparison with the standard inductor Poly (IC).
(3) The toxic action of the inductors was more pronounced in a most radiosensitive thymocyte fraction.
(4) The proteins-inductors appear to penetrate in the cells and, while interacting (directly or via the cytoplasm) with the nuclei, "programme" the ectodermal cells towards the lens differentiation.
(5) Platelet aggregation by various inductors was studied in citrated and heparinized plasma of the following groups of subjects: Normal, hemophilia A, combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency, v. Willeprand's disease and congenital afibrinognemia.
(6) Biological activities of the RNA replicative form of phage f2, a natural interferon inductor and poly-I -- poly-C, a synthetic polyribonucleotide complex were studied comparatively.
(7) The antiviral effect of interferon inductors, such as poly-I--poly-C, phage f2 RNA replicative form and low molecular inductor GSN and their influence on cellular DNA synthesis were studied in the cultures of lymphoblastoid (inplanting lines Raji Namalva) and somatic human cells.
(8) It is shown that prodigiosan is an inductor of synthesis of the substances with the thymosin-like activity.
(9) Stimulation by a live shigella culture--the dysentery vaccine--revealed by means of Sonne diagnostic high, and when endotoxin from Serratia marcescens and dysenterin was used as an inductor, mild indicators of NBT test activity.
(10) The respiratory system can be considered analogous to a remarkably simple alternating-current electrical system with a resistor, an inductor, and a capacitor in series.
(11) The importance of the mesonephric ducts as guides or 'inductor' elements for adequate Müllerian development is emphasized.
(12) The method permits recording the platelet aggregation in citrate plasma, enriched for platelets, after exposure to the inductor in very low concentrations (0.05-0.15 microM ADP).
(13) The process is followed immediately by new-bone formation by autoinduction in which both the inductor cells and the induced cells are derived from ingrowing cells of the host bed.
(14) The simultaneous use of the two inductors does not result in additive increasing of the enzyme activity.
(15) Application of mannose-specific lectins (Con A, PSL) as inductors caused the increase, while application of other carbohydrate-specific lectins caused the decrease of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence in neutrophilic granulocyte suspension after the irradiation.
(16) The findings make it possible to recommend the new inductor of microsomal liver enzymes benzonal as part of the combined therapy of neonatal hemolytic disease.
(17) Spontaneously synthesized colicin was shown not to differ from the colicin synthesized by using inductors of the SOS-system of cell reparation.
(18) An inductor of microsomal enzymes 9-acetate-16alpha-isothiocyanogen pregnenolone (ATCP), administered into rats within 5 days after termination of feeding with an atherogenic diet, caused normalization of cholesterol content in blood, of beta-lipoproteins spectrum as well as the structure of liver cells.
(19) It is thus observed that chronic tonsillitis, symptoms of which may not be volunteered at examination, is a potent inductor of sickle cell pain crisis and that tonsillectomy is an effective mode of treatment, especially when the tonsillar crypts contain pus.
(20) Gene c alters the morphology of the mutant anterior endoderm - the primary heart inductor.
Transformer
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.
Example Sentences:
(1) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
(2) Augmentation of transformation response was generally not seen at 40 degrees C; incubation at that temperature was associated with decreased cellular viability.
(3) The fibrous matrix and cartilage formed within the nonunion site transformed to osteoid and bone with increased vascularity.
(4) These major departmental transformations are being run in isolation from each other.
(5) Transformed mammalian cells express both the usual NADP-dependent trifunctional methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-cyclohydrolase-synthetase as well as the bifunctional NAD-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-cyclohydrolase.
(6) A murine keratinocyte cell line that is resistant to the growth-inhibitory effects of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) was examined for differential gene expression patterns that may be related to the mechanism of the loss of TGF beta 1 responsiveness.
(7) The remainder of the radioactivity appeared chromatographically just prior to the bisantrene peak, indicating that compounds more polar than the parent were present as transformation products.
(8) Friend erythroleukemia cells were induced to differentiate by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and hexamethylene-bis-acetamide (HBMA) in order to investigate whether their lipid characteristics, common to other systems of transformed cells, revert to a normal differentiation pattern.
(9) This observation not only provides definitive evidence for the photogeneration of O2-, but also indicates that only a fraction of this species is transformed into H2O2 in the absence of SOD.
(10) Despite this alteration in subcellular distribution, the mutant polypeptide retained the ability to induce fibroblast transformation by several parameters, including the ability to display anchorage-independent growth.
(11) We assumed that the sensory messages received at a given level are transformed by a stochastic process, called Alopex, in a way which maximizes responses in central feature analyzers.
(12) At its vanguard is the historic quarter of Barriera di Milano, which is being transformed by an influx of artists and galleries.
(13) These results suggest that a certain minimum level of expression of c-myc is required for the maintenance of ras transformation in NIH 3T3 cells.
(14) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
(15) In keratinocyte lines immortalized by E7 alone, the p53 half-life was found to be similar to that in non-transformed cells; however, it decreased to approximately 1 h following supertransfection of an E6 gene.
(16) A human Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B-cell line (IC.1) was characterized for cell surface antigen profile and permissivity to immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
(17) Cryopreserved autologous blood cells may thus restore some patients with CGL in transformation to chronic-phase disease and so may help to prolong life.
(18) The compounds 1-3 in reaction with nicotine aldehyde or p-chlorobenzaldehyde were transformed into appropriate anilides of 2,3-epoxypropionic acid 4-9.
(19) In this paper sensitive and selective bioassays are described for growth factors acting on substrate-attached cells, in particular members of the epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, and heparin-binding growth factor families.
(20) Elevated, but variable levels of this protein were observed in proliferating normal fibroblasts and transformed cells of fibroblast, epithelial and lymphoid origin.