(v. i. & t.) To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed.
(a.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
(v. i.) To measure.
(n.) Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although B12 supplementation results in a 10-fold repression of metE-lacZ expression, homocysteine addition to the growth medium overrides the B12-mediated repression.
(2) The deputy prime minister branded the treatment meted out to the four-year-old by his mother, Magdelena Luczak, and stepfather, Mariusz Krezolek, as evil and vile, but suggested it was up to the whole of society to stop such tragedies.
(3) This raises two issues: first, the treatment being meted out to thousands of people should be a moral offence to all of us; and second, our flexible labour market and increasingly brutal welfare system are now so constructed that even if you are doing well, it is perfectly possible that you could fall ill, and then find yourself just as terrified as the thousands who are currently being herded through the WCA process.
(4) The vitamin B12 (B12)-mediated repression of the metE gene in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium requires the B12-dependent transmethylase, the metH gene product.
(5) The ubiE gene was shown to be cotransducible with metE (minute 75) and close to two other genes concerned with ubiquinone biosynthesis.
(6) When this plasmid was used to transform either wild-type E. coli, metE mutant, or metR mutant, MetE enzyme activity increased 5- to 7-fold over wild-type levels.
(7) This conserved sequence shows homology to a sequence preceding the S. typhimurium metE gene determined to bind the MetR regulatory protein.
(8) Eight metH mutants in Salmonella typhimurium with closely linked sites of mutation which could grow only on methionine were isolated from a metE mutant deficient in N(5)-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate-homocysteine transmethylase; their deficiency in cobalamin-dependent N(5)-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine transmethylase was supported by the results of enzyme studies of one of them.
(9) The data of conjugational and transductional experiments presented in this report demonstrate that the udpPf1 inversion covers a chromosomal segment extending over 12 min of the E. coli genetic map and including the rpsE, crp and metE::Tn5 markers.
(10) For vitamin B12 and methionine to act as regulatory effectors in metE control, functional metH and metJ genes are required, respectively.
(11) Helena Smith in Athens says head of state president Carolos Papoulias has launched an attack on the fiscal policies being meted out by the country's creditors.
(12) Although the transformed cells produced large amounts of the metE protein in vivo, in vitro studies using pJ19 as template showed low synthesis of the metE protein.
(13) It is the latest sorry chapter in what has been a bad year for London's Square Mile, which is still digesting the record fine meted out to Barclays for attempting to rig Libor and the fulsome apology from HSBC, which admitted helping Mexican drug barons launder money.
(14) The former mutation lies near metE at min 75 and has been designated as bioP.
(15) Golovkin, without so much as a blemish on his cherubic visage, continued to mete out punishment.
(16) We used a metE-lacZ fusion phage (lambda Elac) to select for mutants with operator-constitutive mutations in the Salmonella typhimurium metE control region.
(17) Finally, it is known that vitamin B12 can repress expression of the metE gene.
(18) In transduction, the mutation mapped close to genes ilvD and metE at minute 84.
(19) This plasmid, pJ19, was used to transform Escherichia coli strain 2276, a metE mutant, and restore the MetE+ phenotype.
(20) Far from bridging the gap between Greece and its partners, the medicine meted out by international creditors has exacerbated the country’s decline.
Mite
Definition:
(n.) A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
(n.) A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
(n.) A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
(n.) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Where the guanine content was more than or equal to 0.25% in the dry dust, mite numbers were higher than 10 mites per 0.1 g dust in 43 of the 44 samples.
(2) The mites were resistant to coumaphos and sensitive to lindane.
(3) A more regular distribution of these mites on the animals points to the mixing of the mites population that effects the dissemination of agents.
(4) Mattress dusts from the beds of 51 asthmatic children with positive skin tests to house dust mite were assayed for Der p I, Fel d I and certain viable fungi.
(5) According to the quantitative analysis between threshold titers of skin test and RAST titers using house dust and HD mites allergens, specific IgE production shall be decreased in the patients over 40 years old.
(6) The heads were examined for adult and larval meningeal worms (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) by physical examination of the brain surfaces, and the Baermann technique, respectively, and for ear mites by examination of ear scrapings.
(7) Female Coquillettidia perturbans collected in northern Florida were commonly parasitized by 2 species of water mites.
(8) Fifty asthmatics, candidates for hyposensitization with the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Dp), went through a series of allergy tests to evaluate the sensitivity of different organs to Dp.
(9) Mite size was only one of the determinants of intermediate host efficiency.
(10) Inhalant allergens as mite house dust, animal danders, pollens, molds and food allergens are considered, now, to be the most sensitizing agents.
(11) Most patients showed several positive skin tests to common allergens particular to grass pollen, house dust and mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssimus).
(12) Densities of mites were much higher in skin regions with severe dermatitis.
(13) The pathogenesis of the prolific mite population is unclear, but either a specific immunologic deficit or the inability to effectively eliminate the mites by scratching is a plausible possibility.
(14) Egg (embryo) production was normal for mites treated with 0.50 krad, but significantly curtailed by doses of 0.75 krad and greater.
(15) Serum was obtained from patients with nasal allergy receiving specific immunotherapy for housedust and mites.
(16) The frequency of mites in dust from farmers' homes was three times higher and that of pyroglyphids ten times higher than in other dwellings.
(17) The radioallergosorbent inhibition test, however, suggested that there may be no cross-reactivity or, if any, only very low cross-reactivity between midge allergens and mite, house dust (HD), silk, shrimp, or mosquito allergens.
(18) This impressive immunological effect was not associated with any changes in the radio-allergo-sorbent assay (RAST) to house dust mite, or symptom scores; peak expiratory flow rates or histamine induced bronchial reactivity.
(19) In addition to mesophilic species, xerophilic moulds appear to be common, often developing together with mites.
(20) Radioallergosorbent test (RAST) studies showed that IgE antibodies to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (house dust mite), Aspergillus fumigatus and bovine beta-lactoglobulin were significantly elevated in the sera of infants who died as a result of the sudden death in infancy syndrome (SDIS).