(n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have examined the presence of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin; 5-HT) in the intermediate lobe of the frog pituitary and investigated the effect of exogenous 5-HT on alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) release from the perifused neurointermediate lobe (NIL).
(2) Two injections of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocker prazosin 45 and 90 min before sacrifice, alone or together with the beta-blocker propranolol, prevented the increase in plasma AVP found in SCGx rats 6 h after surgery, and the decrease in plasma AVP and the increase of NIL-AVP found 16 h after SCGx.
(3) The incidence of G-6-PD varied from nil to 17.3%, while that of Hb-S varied from nil to 22.3%.
(4) The basal release of beta-END from NIL was 180% of that from HNC (p less than 0.01), which provides further support for the presence of hypothalamic factors that inhibit beta-END release from the intermediate pituitary.
(5) Hamster (nil) cells maintained overnight in culture medium containing cyclohemiximide and either glucose or fructose exhibit strikingly different rates of hexose transport and metabolism (i.e.
(6) Regardless of the sort of driving force, ATP synthesis was optimum at the intravesicular pH of around 6.5 and almost nil at 8, where ATP syntheses by F0F1 type ATPases in other organisms are most active.
(7) Only the private bank is willing to accept personal guarantees.” Deutsche Bank's $630m Russian fine reflects badly on banking | Nils Pratley Read more In the years since then, Deutsche Bank has been hit by scandal after scandal.
(8) He will not have to buy the shares – they are what are termed in the City "nil cost options" – but they will be awarded depending on the firm's financial performance.
(9) The amount of apo TC II produced by six lines of cultured human cells ranged from abundant to nil.
(10) 14C galactose incorporation into the TCA-precipitable material of cultures of fibroblasts deficient in galactokinase (GALK-) was nil.
(11) There were 8 black patients and 5 white; 10 had a biopsy diagnosis of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and 3 nil lesion.
(12) Between December 1981 and December 1988 we treated 160 patients in this way, the mortality in the series being nil.
(13) The opiate receptor antagonist naloxone (1 microM) had no effect on the evoked release of 5-HT from the NIL or NL.
(14) The distribution of the gestagen given with EE revealed by the whole body autoradiography in normal mice were essentially consistent with the radiometric results in rats and that in the pregnant mice showed that the gestagen in fetus was virtually nil under the present conditions.
(15) 5-HT release evoked by electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk from the NIL, but not from the isolated neural lobe (NL) was enhanced in the presence of the dopamine receptor antagonist sulpiride (1 microM).
(16) Fertility (fertile eggs per 100 set) and hatchability (live chicks per 100 fertile eggs) were both nil in the borate-treated hens, compared with 57 and 95 and 59 and 100 for the control and aluminate-treated hens, respectively.
(17) In all three cases, jejunal secretion rate of immunoglobulin A was nil and secretion rates of albumin and immunoglobulin G were increased as compared to controls.
(18) Oxytocin levels increased in the paraventricular nucleus and median eminence following NIL-X, whereas vasopressin concentrations were relatively unaffected by NIL-X.
(19) Severe undernourishment was not as effective as diabetes to reduce beta-END stores in the hypothalamus and NIL.
(20) Measurement of anterior and neurointermediate (NIL) pituitary BE-LI, alpha-MSH and ACTH and plasma corticosterone confirmed earlier results showing NIL depletion of all 3 peptides at 24 h and increased plasma corticosterone concentrations at 72 h in ethanol-exposed mice.
Nin
Definition:
() Not in.
Example Sentences:
(1) Iodine content of iodinated salt intended only for human consumption was eyamined in samples from all domestic manufacturers (salt mines in: Tuzla, Pag, Ulcinj, Ston, Nin, Seca-Portoroz).
(2) Neither lambdaN(-)nin (which doesn't express red or gam) nor lambdabio phages (from which all or part of the red-gam region is deleted) form plaques on polA(-) hosts.
(3) An intraperitoneal (ip) injection with NIN 2 days before intravenous (iv) infection with Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) accelerated elimination of viable bacteria in the spleen in the early stage of infection (from day 1) and protected mice from the lethal infection.
(4) Everything you need to know about the Paris climate summit and UN talks Read more Goğulhan köyünün eski meydanında ahşap taburelerde oturup konuşurken Biçici şunlar söylüyor: “Sigara kutularının üzerinde bile sigara içmeyin uyarısı olduğu halde bize burada hiç bir seçenek bırakılmadı.” Keskin kokulu havayı dağıtmak ister gibi elini sallayarak sözlerini şöyle sürdürüyor Biçici: “Biz burada sigara içmek zorundayız.” Biçici’nin annesi akciğer kanserinden hayatını kaybetmiş- “bunun nedeninin hava kirliliği olduğunu biliyoruz” diyen Biçici’nin dört yaşındaki kızı Gülbeyaz da kronik bronşit hastası.
(5) It is suggested that the insulin receptor interacts with the guanine nucleotide regulatory protein system in the liver, and that the Mr-25 000 species may be a component of Nin, a specific guanine nucleotide regulatory protein that has been proposed to mediate certain of the actions of insulin on target cells [Houslay & Heyworth (1983) Trends Biochem.
(6) However, because of the observed side reactions, as hydrogenation of the indole to a 2,3-dihydroindole side chain, instability of the protecting group under various experimental conditions, the Nin-formyl group is only of limited use in peptide synthesis.
(7) Two enkephalin-containing peptides, peptide E and dynorphin(1-24), were synthesized by conventional solution methods employing a new Trp derivative, Nin-(2,4,6-triisopropylphenylsulfonyl)tryptophan [Trp(Tps)].
(8) Türkiye'nin 2023 yılına kadar güneşten elektrik üretme hedefi sadece yüzde 5 Zonguldak’ta günde 400 ton soluk renkli külün boşaltıldığı dev çukurlardan birine bakan Orhan, kentin kömür santrallerinden birinde 26 yıl çalıştığını ve bu santrallerin kirliliğe neden olduğunu ifade ederek şöyle devam ediyor: “Bununla bağlantılı olarak bazı zorluklarla karşılaştım.
(9) Thus, delta roc permits a functional division of the transcription termination signals in the nin region.
(10) [But] we both agreed it just was not working … NIN will do an amazing show and I am back where I belong: creating [my solo album] Flux."
(11) Each cilium showed the nin plus two filament pattern characteristic of motile cilia.
(12) I now describe a derivative of Escherichia coli leader peptidase, a polytopic inner-membrane protein, that switches from sec-gene-dependent membrane insertion with a Nout-Cout transmembrane topology to sec-gene-independent insertion with a Nin-Cin topology in response to the addition of four positively charged lysines to its N terminus.
(13) The diets and living conditions of nin Asian boys with biochemical, and in most instances also radiological, signs of rickets were compared with those of nine other boys who appeared to be normal.
(14) He may simply be retiring the NIN name – or he may be retiring from music altogether.
(15) Single injections of small doses of Oren-gedoku-to, Moku-boi-to and Ryo-kan-kyo-mi-shin-ge-nin-to (0.1 to 3 mg) dose-dependently increased the sinoatrial rate and the developed tension of papillary muscle, while other drugs showed almost no effect on these parameters.
(16) İngiltere’nin halihazırda sahip olduğu 13 GW’lık rüzgar enerjisine karşılık Türkiye’nin yalnızca 3,5 GW’lık bir rüzgar enerji üretimi vardır, bu enerji üretiminin üçte birinin finansmanı Garanti bankası tarafından temin edilmektedir.
(17) These results suggested that NIN stimulated macrophage-precursor cells in the bone marrow via the production of IL-1, IL-6, GM-CSF by macrophages, accelerated the supply of peripheral macrophages, and such macrophages accumulated into the site of infection in the very early stage of infection.
(18) This mixture decreased slightly in vitamin content when analyzed at 5 min intervals for up to 25 nin.
(19) After ip injection of NIN, interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6 and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) became detectable in the serum or peritoneal cavity.
(20) It was suggested that the protective effect of NIN was mediated by the activation of nonimmune macrophages playing a principle role in resistance in the early stage of infection.