(a.) Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea.
(n.) One of the Lemuroidea.
Example Sentences:
(1) The wrist joint of lemuroid and lorisoid prosimians is examined in relation to variations among higher primates, particularly the specializations characteristic of hominoids.
(2) Strepsirrhinism, such as in lemuroid prosimians, is probably just one case of the primitive split-lip condition.
Superfamily
Definition:
(n.) A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cytochromes P450 are a superfamily of hemoproteins that catalyze the metabolism of a large number of xenobiotics and endobiotics.
(2) Antibodies were raised against a synthetic dodecameric peptide KGAGQVVAGPWK (K12K), encompassing sequences thought to be important for the function of the cysteine proteinase inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily.
(3) As members of the G protein receptor superfamily, all three 5-HT receptor clones encode single-subunit proteins containing approximately 450 amino acids arrayed as seven interconnected transmembrane segments.
(4) At the protein level, CTLA-4, a single-V-domain member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, was found very homologous to the lymphocyte activation molecule CD28.
(5) As a means to understanding receptors as transcriptional activators, several steroid receptor genes have been identified, cloned, and are now known to belong to a receptor superfamily.
(6) The structural organization is similar to that of other members of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily except for the striking presence of an intron in the middle of the sequence encoding the amino-terminal immunoglobulin-like homology unit.
(7) The rodent, avian, and insect L1-like cell adhesion molecules are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily that have been implicated in axon growth.
(8) This superfamily of proteins is predicted to share the topology of the seven transmembrane helices of bacteriorhodopsin (BR), even though no significant sequence homology had been identified.
(9) Other members of an alpha 2-microglobulin superfamily bind and transport hydrophobic ligands.
(10) As suggested from the high level of sequence similarity of these viral proteins with the recently described superfamilies of helicase-like proteins (3-5), the NTBM-containing cylindrical inclusion (CI) protein from plum pox virus (PPV), which belongs to the potyvirus group of positive strand RNA viruses, is shown to be able to unwind RNA duplexes.
(11) The glycoprotein has been suggested to be a transmembrane one, and was found to be a new member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily.
(12) HSP47 is the first heat shock protein found to be a member of the serpin superfamily.
(13) The molecules involve immunoglobulins, T cell receptors, major histocompatibility complex and a number of cell interaction molecules, many of which belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily.
(14) Calmodulin, troponin C, and oncomodulin also bind lead with high affinities and in preference to calcium, indicating that lead binding is a general property of proteins belonging to the troponin C superfamily of calcium-binding proteins.
(15) HNF-4 is a member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily with an unusual amino acid in the conserved "knuckle" of the first zinc finger (DGCKG).
(16) The aim of this study was to explore whether Thy-1, like other members of the Ig-like superfamily (e.g., CD2 and neural cell adhesion molecule), participates in cell-cell adhesion.
(17) A clone containing the gene locus for Chlamydomonas caltractin, a 20,000 Mr calcium-binding protein that is a member of the EF-hand superfamily of calcium-modulated proteins, was isolated and the structural organization of the gene was determined.
(18) Cathepsins H and L exhibit a high degree of sequence homology to cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1) and other cysteine proteinases of the papain superfamily.
(19) Receptors for these molecules have been identified and belong to a superfamily of cell surface proteins, collectively known as the integrins.
(20) Conserved domains responsible for strong stereospecific association of the subunits are probably a fundamental organizing principle of the superfamily.