(n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
Example Sentences:
(1) Removal of T cells with anti-T-cell serum eliminated LIF activity, indicating that in humans it is probably the T cell that produces LIF.
(2) Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are multifunctional cytokines with many similar activities.
(3) Similarities between the LIF spectra of atherosclerotic plaque and collagen and normal aorta and elastin were noted.
(4) LIF inhibits differentiation under several conditions which lead to endodermal and mesodermal cell lineages including skeletal and cardiac muscle.
(5) In both actively growing and growth-arrested rat osteoblasts, LIF stimulated [3H]thymidine incorporation in a dose-dependent manner.
(6) Binding of activation protein (AP)-1 and NF-IL-6, also known to transcriptionally activate the IL-6 promoter, was not inducible by LIF.
(7) The 4.0-kb LIF transcript from TE cell-derived total RNA corresponded in size to the LIF transcripts in PMA-activated T lymphocytes.
(8) A hypothesis is formulated that Concanavalin A-induced release of LIF may reflect the competence of suppressor T-lymphocytes in man.
(9) alpha-N-benzoyl-L-arginine ethylester (BAEE), a typical trypsin substrate, and bis-p-nitrophenyl phosphate (BNPP), a phosphodiester, were the only esters capable of retaining LIF activity in the presence of PMSF.
(10) The site of the most abundant LIF expression is the uterine endometrial glands, specifically on day 4 of pregnancy.
(11) The variation of the sensitivity of radiochromic film with photon energy is considerably less than that for silver halide film and similar to that for LiF TLDs, but in the opposite direction.
(12) Both T and B lymphocytes are known to produce leukocyte migration inhibitory factor (LIF) after appropriate activation.
(13) Preliminary characterization of these mediators by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration suggests that they are similar to antigen- and concanavalin A-induced MIF and LIF, eluting in the 25000 m.w.
(14) -- Cord blood lymphocytes show a normal capacity to elaborate the two lymphocytes LIF and LMF.
(15) Recombinant LIF improves the development of murine and ovine blastocysts in culture although there is some species specificity with respect to the type of LIF that is bioactive.
(16) Only one, the thrombin- and trypsin-specific benzoyl-phenylalanyl-valyl-agarine-p-nitroanilide, possessed high affinity for the LIF molecule and may therefore prove to be a potent substrate for this lymphokine.
(17) B cells might store presynthetized LIF in lysosomic granulae which will be degranulated very early after activation.
(18) The ovine and porcine LIF genes were cloned, sequenced and compared to the previously published murine and human LIF gene sequences.
(19) Leukemia inhibitory factor, LIF, is a glycoprotein with multiple activities in both the adult and the embryo.
(20) Biologically active LIF is present in synovial fluids from patients with osteoarthritis and at higher titers in samples from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Lig
Definition:
(v. i.) To recline; to lie still.
Example Sentences:
(1) Discontinuities of T4 DNA which are caused by excision of UV-damaged areas, by decay of (32)P atoms, or which are present in DNA from rII(-)lig(am) (-) phage produced in a host nonpermissive for amber mutants are all repaired by bacterial enzymes after infection in the presence of chloramphenicol.
(2) The other inconstant supports of the digital sheaths are systematically recorded indeed (C1 to C3), but only in exceptional cases they exist of cruciform fibers (Lig.
(3) The former Liverpool player spent three seasons in Istanbul winning the Super Lig, the Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup during his time.
(4) LIG treatment was also beneficial in 4 out of 5 GvHD patients.
(5) Comparing the antibody solutions obtained with MC insulin (MC-lig-sol) or Cr insulin (Cr-lig-sol), the content of IBA in Cr-lig-sol was higher than in MC-lig-sol, but the content of proinsulin-binding antibody (PBA) in MC-lig-sol was very small and statistically lower than that in Cr-lig-sol (P less than 0.01).
(6) The Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie is edging closer to a move to Fenerbahce after reaching an agreement in principle with the Super Lig side.
(7) The Zymomonas mobilis lig gene that encodes DNA ligase was cloned from a cosmid library and identified by genetic complementation of a conditional-lethal Escherichia coli DNA ligase mutant.
(8) In 5 patients intestinal cryptosporidiosis disappeared following oral LIG treatment.
(9) Fenerbahce finished the Super Lig in second place last season and booked a place in the Champions League play-off round.
(10) In contrast, N4 DNA replication requires the products of the dnaF, (ribonucleotide reductase) and lig (DNA ligase) genes of E. coli.
(11) Galatasaray, Besiktas, Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor were the only previous teams to have won the Turkish Super Lig but Bursa's victory draws Turkey level in the fewest champions stakes with Portugal, where Porto, Benfica, Sporting, Belenenses and Boavista are the only champions.
(12) Up to 24 h after the three modes of administration distinctly detectable concentrations were to be located in the lig.
(13) The lig-4 and lig-ts7 alleles are known to reside in the structural gene for DNA ligase, in which lig-321 may also be located.
(14) The results of the examinations demonstrate that the function of the lacrimal system is more quickly normalized if the lig.
(15) Fetal liver retinol concentrations were much lower than those reported for healthy Thai subjects by Montreewasuwat & Olson (1979) in early pregnancy but showed complete 'catch up' in late pregnancy for HIG and to a considerable extent for LIG.
(16) Escherichia coli strains containing mutations in lexA, rep, uvrA, uvrD, uvrE, lig, polA, dam, or xthA were constructed and tested for conjugation and transduction proficiencies and ability to form Lac+ recombinants in an assay system utilizing a nontandem duplication of two partially deleted lactose operons (lacMS286phi80dIIlacBK1).
(17) LIG 2 and LIG 4 reacted with 15 per cent of cells from the peripheral blood lymphocyte population, 20.2 per cent of spleen cells and 20 per cent of lymph node cells, but did not react with pig erythrocytes, granulocytes or cells isolated from thymus, or with the lymphocytes of other species.
(18) As assessed by solution hybridization, UA-lig fetuses exhibited significantly higher hepatic IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2, and IGF-II transcript abundance than UA-nonlig controls (increased 110, 50, and 31%, respectively).
(19) The patello-femoral joint is balanced by 2 tension forces of opposite direction, which are represented by the geometrical position of M. quadriceps femoris and Lig.
(20) A case of an 8 years old and symptomless perforation of a Graefenberg ring into the lig.