(n.) Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
Example Sentences:
(1) Neutrons induced a dose-dependent cytotoxicity and mutation frequency in the AL cells.
(2) The hprt T-cell cloning assay allows the detection of mutations occurring in vivo in the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt) gene of T-lymphocytes.
(3) The pathology resulting from a missense mutation at residue 403 further suggests that a critical function of myosin is disrupted by this mutation.
(4) Mutational mosaicism was used as a developmental model to analyze 1,500 sporadic and 179 familial cases of retinoblastoma from the world literature.
(5) Substances with a leaving group at the C-3 position form unsaturated conjugated cyclic adducts and are mutagenic only in the His D3052 frameshift strains with an intact excision repair system (no urvA mutation).
(6) The results are consistent with our previous suggestion that lethality for virulent SFV infection results from a lethal threshold of damage to neurons in the CNS and that attenuating mutations may reduce neuronal damage below this threshold level.
(7) It is concluded that selection against insertional mutations is unlikely to be the major factor involved in the containment of element abundance.
(8) Combination of domain substitutions to generate the [Glu107,123]bFGF and [Arg19,Lys123,126]bFGF mutants did not show any additivity of the mutations on biological activity.
(9) The plasmid pMucAMucB, constructed from the Haemophilus influenzae vector pDM2, and a similar plasmid, constructed from pBR322, increased the survival after UV irradiation of Escherichia coli AB1157 with the umu-36 mutation and also caused UV-induced mutation in the E. coli strain.
(10) Peptidoglycan synthesis is unaffected by the mutations affecting the core glycosyltransferases.
(11) The v-erb A oncogene of avian erythroblastosis virus is a mutated and virally transduced copy of a host cell gene encoding a thyroid hormone receptor.
(12) Genetical analysis revealed that resistance to trimethoprim resulted from forward mutations at separate loci rather than back mutations of rad 6 or rad 18 alleles.
(13) Studies on asparagine synthetase indicate that resistance to albizziin may be due to altered regulation of asparagine synthetase, structural mutations of the enzyme, and gene amplification.
(14) Mice with mutations in four nonreceptor tyrosine kinase genes, fyn, src, yes, and abl, were used to study the role of these kinases in long-term potentiation (LTP) and in the relation of LTP to spatial learning and memory.
(15) The apparent sensitivity of Escherichia coli K12 to mild heat was increased by recA (def), recB and polA, but not by uvrA, uvrB or recF mutations.
(16) Tumorigenesis is a multistep process involving mutations of dominantly acting proto-oncogenes and mutations and loss-of-function mutations of tumor suppressor genes.
(17) Appropriate mutations in this pre-early gene allowed a productive infection in ColIb+ cells.
(18) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
(19) Mutant alleles of rutabaga act in the germ line cells to partially suppress the developmental defects caused by dunce mutations.
(20) The extensive conversion of anti-BPDE to B[a]PT-10-sulfonate under conditions where sulfite enhances diolepoxide mutagenicity, when coupled with this enhancement of diolepoxide mutagenicity by B[a]PT-10-sulfonate in the reverse mutation assay, supports this novel B[a]P derivative as a mediator of the sulfite-dependent enhancement of B[a]P genotoxicity.
Thrush
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.
(n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.
(n.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such infections have included Pneumocystis carinii, oral thrush from Candida albicans, cytomegalovirus, atypical mycobacteria, cryptosporidium, and Herpes simplex virus.
(2) They range from relatively trivial conditions such as oral and genital thrush to fatal, systemic superinfections in patients who are already seriously ill with other diseases.
(3) The disease implies a congenital intrauterine infection and is different from neonatal candidiasis which manifests as thrush, diaper dermatitis.
(4) Eczema and wheezing occurred to a similar extent in the two groups during the first year of life, although napkin rash, diarrhoea, and oral thrush were commoner in the intervention group, especially during the first three months.
(5) The occurrence of symptoms (including fatigue, fever, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, diarrhea, joint pains, cough unrelated to smoking, shortness of breath, oral thrush, herpes zoster and rash) did not increase with seroconversion.
(6) Baby song thrushes were seen in less than 4% of gardens, compared with more than 5% last year, young blackbirds were spotted in 37% of gardens, down from 44% in 2011 and 19% of gardens had fledgling robins compared to 23% in the previous survey.
(7) Especially antenatal patients in the last trimestre are a high risk group because of the possibility of neonatal thrush.
(8) One can distinguish between oral thrush, denture stomatitis, angular cheilitis, leukoplakia and midline glossitis.
(9) Herpes zoster, oral thrush, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, and weight loss were independently correlated with seropositivity.
(10) Oral candidiasis, commonly known as thrush, is the most common fungal infection among AIDS and AIDS Related Complex patients, occurring in 80-90% of cases.
(11) In addition, prophylaxis is often initiated if thrush is present, even when CD4 cell counts are above 200.
(12) These findings suggest that, although treatment with beclomethasone dipoprionate aerosol undoubtedly can cause oropharyngeal thrush, this condition is not an inevitable result of colonization of the oropharynx by yeasts, nor is it necessarily associated with symptoms.
(13) With the adults spending longer away from the nest searching for food, the chicks may also have been more exposed to the chilly, wet conditions, in particular for species like blackbirds and thrushes whose nests are open to the elements.
(14) Because of the localisation and probable pathogenesis we have coined the term "Windelsoor" (diaper thrush) for it.
(15) The substance has been very useful for the treatment of mouth- and diaper-thrush.
(16) Among seropositive persons, lymphadenopathy was a highly significant short-term as well as long-term consequence, whereas diarrhea, oral thrush, and herpes zoster were correlated with long-term seropositivity.
(17) No significant association was found between the defect in anti-PPS antibody response and associated thrush or constitutional symptoms or other immunological parameters.
(18) Persistent clinical oral candidiasis (thrush) was observed in 15 to 27 control group patients (56%), but only transiently in two (8%) of 24 patients who used chlorhexidine rinse (p less than 0.001).
(19) Stages WR1-6 show ascending degrees of disease, so that those classified in WR6 manifest antibodies to HTLV-III, chronic lymphadenopathy, T helper cell counts below the normal limit, delayed hypersensitivity, thrush, and opportunistic infection.
(20) After 1 week thrush had developed beneath the plates of all monkeys.