(n.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene.
Example Sentences:
(1) This can be interpreted as the result of polarizing inductive (I-) and mesomeric (M-) effects exerted by Cl- as well as by CH3-substituents on the olefinic double bond.
(2) The following trans compounds were synthesized and their IC50 values were measured: homologated trans-isomers with one methylene chain (47 and 53), an olefin derivative (58), and optically active derivatives [-)-11 and (+)-23).
(3) The combined rate of formation of anomalous alcoholic and olefinic products was 10% the Vmax determined for the conversion of 1 to 2.
(4) These results would indicate that incorporation of a reactive olefinic compound to a lipidic microphase does not provide "per se" an efficient protection towards its attack by ozone.
(5) These changes were correlated to the decrease of the ratio of saturated to olefinic fatty acids in the mycelium, suggesting that alcohols and other polar lipophilic compounds can interfere with the biosynthesis and the function of the cytoplasmic membrane in Streptomyces.
(6) 108, 3837-3838), suggesting that the mechanism of epoxidation of olefins by methane monooxygenase differs at least in part from that of cytochrome P-450.
(7) Patchoulol synthase copurified with the ability to transform farnesyl pyrophosphate to cyclic olefins (alpha- and beta-patchoulene, alpha-bulnesene, and alpha-guiaene) and this observation, plus evidence based on differential inhibition and inactivation studies, suggested that these structurally related products are synthesized by the same cyclase enzyme.
(8) Oxidation of VI to the 24-aldehyde VII, followed by Wittig olefination with isopropyltriphenylphosphonium iodide gave 3 beta-acetoxy-5 alpha-cholesta-8(14),24-dien-15-one (VIII), which was hydrolyzed to the free sterol IX.
(9) The starting olefins were coated on a variety of solid substrates, exposed to known ozone concentrations and then analyzed for the corresponding aldehyde with a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame-ionization detector.
(10) This new analog (CD270), which contains no olefinic double bonds, is characterized by its chemical stability to light and atmospheric oxidation.
(11) This approach, used in conjunction with tandem mass spectrometry, allows the determination of olefinic bond location.
(12) The unexpected inactivity of 1f (E = C6H4-p-NO2) as a Michael acceptor and its very powerful competitive inhibition of papain were rationalized by molecular graphics which showed the nitrophenyl moiety rotated out of conjugation with the olefin and interacting instead with the hydrophobic S1' region of papain.
(13) Detection is based on the mass increase accompanying replacement of ethylene by other gas-phase olefins to form the corresponding olefin-substituted products.
(14) With cyclase II, the doubly labeled substrate gave bicyclic olefins with 3H:14C ratios of from 13 to 20, indicating preferential, but not exclusive, utilization of the (3S)-enantiomer in this case.
(15) That is, arene.Cr(CO)3 complex-catalyzed 1,4-hydrogenation of the dienes 13 and 58, obtainable from the Corey lactone in good yields, under high H2 pressure afforded the exocyclic olefins 14 and 61 stereospecifically in excellent yields, and these intermediates were converted to therapeutically useful carbacyclin (2) and its analogs 3-7 in a usual way.
(16) Resonance lines of the olefinic, methylene, methyl and carboxyl carbon nuclei are sufficiently characteristic to permit unequivocal designation of double bond position for each isomer.
(17) These deal with: (a) reactive properties of nucleic acids, including their component bases; (b) biological recognition processes, including drug-receptors and enzyme-substrate interactions; and (c) chemical carcinogenesis, referring specifically to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and halogenated olefins and their epoxides.
(18) For olefins an initial electron transfer to oxidized haemprotein gives a substrate cation radical.
(19) The structure of the adduct was determined by 1H-NMR spectrometry, showing that thiolate attacked the olefinic double bond of the antibiotic.
(20) A series of lysophosphatidylethanolamine analogs containing saturated and methylene-interrupted cis-olefinic fatty chains was synthesized by phosphorylation and phosphonylation of respective fatty alcohols.
Type
Definition:
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(n.) Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
(n.) A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
(n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.
(n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.
(n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
(n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
(n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
(n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.
(v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
(v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
Example Sentences:
(1) From 1982 to 1989, bronchoplasty or segmental bronchoplasty and pulmonary arterioplasty in combination with lobectomy and segmentectomy were performed for 9 patients with central type lung carcinoma.
(2) We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the breakpoint area of alpha-thalassemia-1 of Southeast Asia type and several parts of the alpha-globin gene cluster to make a differential diagnosis between alpha-thalassemia-1 and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
(3) Comparison of the S100 alpha-binding protein profiles in fast- and slow-twitch fibers of various species revealed few, if any, species- or fiber type-specific S100 binding proteins.
(4) In contrast, resting cells of strain CHA750 produced five times less IAA in a buffer (pH 6.0) containing 1 mM-L-tryptophan than did resting cells of the wild-type, illustrating the major contribution of TSO to IAA synthesis under these conditions.
(5) Comparison of wild type and the mutant parD promoter sequences indicated that three short repeats are likely involved in the negative regulation of this promoter.
(6) These results suggest the presence of a new antigen-antibody system for another human type C retrovirus related antigens(s) and a participation of retrovirus in autoimmune diseases.
(7) The half-life of 45Ca in the various calcium fractions of both types of bone was 72 hours in both the control and malnourished groups except the calcium complex portion of the long bone of the control group, which was about 100 hours.
(8) Insensitive variants die more slowly than wild type cells, with 10-20% cell death observed within 24 h after addition of dexamethasone.
(9) Irrespective of the type of arthropathy, synovial fluid dialysable hydroxyproline levels correlate with urinary hydroxyproline excretion.
(10) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
(11) MRK20 reacted with monocytes, but MRK16 did not with any WBC type.
(12) Type 1 changes (decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo images and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) were identified in 20 patients (4%) and type 2 (increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images and isointense or slightly increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) in 77 patients (16%).
(13) RNAs encoding a wild-type (RBK1) and a mutant (RBK1(Y379V,V381T); RBK1*) subunit of voltage-dependent potassium channels were injected into Xenopus oocytes.
(14) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
(15) The present study was therefore carried out to specify further which type of adrenoceptor is involved in lithium-induced hyperglycaemia and inhibition of insulin secretion.
(16) It was concluded that the significant factors affecting outcome are tumor cell type and presence or absence or mitoses.
(17) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
(18) The RNA polymerase activity was tested after the solubilization and chromatographic resolution of the three types of polymerases with exogenous template.
(19) In choosing between various scanning techniques the factors to be considered include availability, cost, the type of equipment, the expertise of the medical and technical staff, and the inherent capabilities of the system.
(20) Phenotypic relationships were examined between final score and 13 type appraisal traits and first lactation milk yield from 2935 Ayrshire, 3154 Brown Swiss, 13,110 Guernsey, 50,422 Jersey, and 924 Milking Shorthorn records.