(n.) The state of interdigitating; interdigital space.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, newly formed secondary myotubes are short cells which insert solely into the primary myotubes by a series of complex interdigitating folds along which adhering junctions occur.
(2) B cells from both sources gained immediate access to extrafollicular areas of secondary lymphoid organs rich in interdigitating cells and T cells.
(3) The terminal web was prominent and the lateral plasma membranes were highly interdigitated.
(4) These patterns did not parallel the increase in microvillar height and number and basolateral interdigitations of the surface columnar cells, the structural correlates of lactase, and sodium-potassium-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase, respectively.
(5) Thus interdigitation abolishes the fluidity gradient found in a non-interdigitated bilayer.
(6) Angiogenic immature capillaries in human granulation tissue possess many cytoplasmic interdigitations between endothelial cells and pericytes (CIDEP).
(7) Some CTLs contacted infected cells via numerous interdigitating processes; others were observed thrusting finger-like protrusions deep into the target cell; some were seen with their plasma membranes lying closely opposed to that of the infected cell.
(8) Over a large compositional range, these bilayers appear to consist of phase-separated regions of interdigitated and noninterdigitated gel phases.
(9) The polypeptide segments containing these periodic arrays of leucine residues are proposed to exist in an alpha-helical conformation, and the leucine side chains extending from one alpha helix interdigitate with those displayed from a similar alpha helix of a second polypeptide, facilitating dimerization.
(10) Extensive interdigitation of cytoplasmic extensions and extended villi was present in mucinous and serous clusters which appeared to strengthen cluster cohesiveness.
(11) Ultrastructural study confirmed the diagnosis by revealing tumour cells with delicate interdigitating cytoplasmic processes and basement membrane formation resembling pericytes.
(12) Transmission electron microscopy confirmed that the gold particles labeling cell surface HLA-DR molecules were seen only on the portions of duct cell membranes the interdigitated with neighboring duct cells.
(13) This finding provides morphological support for the hypothesized role of interdigitating cells in antigen presentation.
(14) In the cutaneous "lymph node equivalent," Langerhans cells are analogous to interdigitating reticulum cells of reactive lymph nodes in distribution and, probably, in function.
(15) In two cases, where there was no HLA-DR expression by PTCs, small amounts of HLA-DR in secondary lymph follicles and a decrease of HLA-DR+ T-zone macrophages and interdigitating reticulum cells were observed.
(16) The paramount feature revealed by immunohistological double marker analyses was the intimate association of myoid cells (antigen producing) with interdigitating reticulum cells (potentially antigen presenting cells), both of which were surrounded by T3+ lymphocytes in thymus medulla.
(17) After ATP addition the arrays of interdigitating microtubules in the zone of overlap become disordered and selectively depolymerize from the overlap zone polewards.
(18) Since clinic and pathogenesis tally, one should abandon the idea that Morton's metatarsalgia consists of interdigital pain (mainly in the 3rd space) and accept it as a pfeudoneuroma due mainly to pressure on the plantar digital nerve.
(19) The cell outline shows remarkable complexity by extensive infoldings and interdigitations of lateral and basal plasma membranes.
(20) Development of interdigitating microvilli (days 15-16).
Interlink
Definition:
(v. t.) To link together; to join, as one chain to another.
(n.) An intermediate or connecting link.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ridges interlink with definitive rows of particles associated withe PF fracture face of the innter leaflet of the plasma membrane.
(2) These factors are often interlinked – trees are cut down for timber and the cleared land can be used for grazing cattle.
(3) Free entrance to citizens of the EU who are under 18 or over 65 Villa Celimontana and Parco del Celio on the Celio Hill Photograph: Alamy The Celio hill – up above the Colosseum and a good place to escape to if you are flagging from the rigours of visiting the archaeological heart of the city – boasts numerous Roman remains, several very early churches and two interlinked parks.
(4) In the deep cytoplasm and near the basal cell membranes, intermediate filaments predominated and were interlinked with the microfilaments.
(5) A network of fine filaments, 5-8 nm in diameter but distinct from actin-containing microfilaments, runs throughout the ectocytoplasm and appears to interlink tegumental vesicles.
(6) Both crises are interlinked and must be tackled together.
(7) Huggers said that the "interlinking" service with rival broadcasters would apply to "premium, long-form video" and represented "just the start" of partnerships.
(8) However, we found no evidence of a reticulum completely interlinking all mitochondrial material in a muscle fiber.
(9) At low concentrations of Topo I (sufficient to confer specificity to the replication system for DNA templates containing a ColE1-type origin of DNA replication), the major products of the replication reaction were: multigenome-length, linear, double-stranded DNA molecules (an aberrant product); multiply interlinked, catenated, supercoiled DNA dimers; and a last Cairns-type replication intermediate.
(10) This structural transformation is explained as a breakdown in the fibril interlinking system.
(11) Interlinking of rehabilitation measures (medical, educational, occupational, social) was achieved by organisational structures on regional level (local rehabilitation centres, local rehabilitation committees) and by involving all levels of society, including employers (all the big companies worked on a nationalized basis).
(12) The results suggest that the recognition and catalytic sites of the NIa proteases are closely interlinked and, although residues relevant for the correct interaction with the substrate could be present in other parts of the protein, a main determinant for substrate specificity should lie in a region situated, approximately, between positions 30 and 90 from the carboxyl end.
(13) On a quotation from the early dialogue of Plato, Charmides, the author demonstrates that since the beginnings principle to treat man as a whole, as his psychic and bodily processes are closely interlinked.
(14) The house was connected to others by tunnels interlinked by the city's drainage system, and accessed by trap doors hidden under bathtubs.
(15) The pattern of shared enzyme deficiency among lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils of CLL patients and its normalization in all three cell types under remission suggest that the differentiation of the three leukocytic cell lines may be an enzymatically interlinked process and that the deficiency of these enzymes in leukemia may reflect an interrelated aberrant differentiation of the leukemic cells.
(16) However, the basic regulatory elements are Ts and T3 which are interlinked and oscillate phase shifted.
(17) The former Microsoft CEO and philantropist said that the issues of climate change and development were interlinked, and that a focus on climate change should not take away from the development agenda.
(18) These problems were interlinked and needed a special multidisciplinary approach.
(19) Looking beyond 2015, when the MDGs expire, Ban said the key elements of a future development agenda should include: universality, to mobilise all developed and developing countries and leave no one behind; sustainable development, to tackle interlinked challenges, including a clear focus on ending extreme poverty in all its forms; and inclusive economic transformations, ensuring decent jobs, backed by sustainable technologies.
(20) Walking is a complex motor skill and is governed by a number of interlinked pathways from the cortex above to the muscles below.