(1) Translation of the tnsC ORF reveals strong homology to a consensus sequence for nucleotide binding sites as well as a region of similarity to a transcriptional activator (MalT).
(2) The 912 nucleotide ORF has been identified as the cell-to-cell transport protein gene.
(3) The RNA sequence was 6791 nucleotides in length and contained four open reading frames (ORFs).
(4) DNA sequence analysis of a 3.8-kb genomic piece allowed identification of (i) an open reading frame (ORF) with striking homology to the previously identified D. melanogaster ORF and (ii) conserved sequence elements of possible regulatory relevance within and flanking the second intron.
(5) A consensus promoter sequence was found immediately 5' to the first ORF.
(6) The tat open reading frame (ORF) has a strong signal for translation initiation, while rev and vpu ORFs have weaker signals.
(7) No homology to any published protein sequence was found for the smaller ORFs.
(8) The positive-strand RNA genome of pestiviruses contains a single large open reading frame (ORF) extending its entire length and is capable of encoding 450 kDa of protein.
(9) The ten classes of mutants included (i) mutants showing abortive intracellular and extracellular growth; (ii) mutants showing abortive intracellular growth; (iii) rough mutants; (iv) mutants showing greatly reduced hemolysin and phospholipase secretion but showing normal growth in cells and little or no association with F-actin; (v) mutants with mutations mapping to an open reading frame (ORF) adjacent to hlyA and referred to as ORF U, lacking phospholipase activity, and with 50% normal hemolysin activity; (vi) mutants with reduced secretion of both hemolysin and phospholipase; (vii) nonhemolytic mutants with mutations mapping to the structural gene, hlyA; (viii) mutants with 25% normal hemolysin secretion and absolutely no association with F-actin; (ix) mutants with mutations mapping to ORF U, lacking phospholipase activity, and with normal hemolysin activity; and (x) mutants showing a mixed-plaque morphology but normal for all other parameters.
(10) The region of the AcMNPV genome encompassing EcoRI-H and -S (map positions 82.6-85.8) contains five open reading frames (ORFs) forming one transcriptional unit.
(11) We have used immunoblotting analysis to identify four protein products of orf-1.
(12) The nucleotide sequences, comprising a total of 8.6 kb, and the amino acid translations for nine predicted open reading frames (ORFs) (designated SalF4L, SalF 19R, SalF21R, B4R, B8R, B9R, B10R, and B14R) are presented.
(13) The Cs cob.1 ORF was cloned into the vector pMALcr1 and over-expressed as a hybrid protein fused to maltose-binding protein (MBP).
(14) Starting from two in-frame AUG codons (seven amino acid residues apart) an open reading frame (ORF) was identified that extended in frame into the ORF coding for the downstream E2 membrane protein gene.
(15) Oral antisecretory potency of ORF 17583 in gastric fistula dogs was 31 times greater than cimetidine, 3.7 times greater than ranitidine and equal to that of omeprazole and famotidine.
(16) sigB lay in an operon with four open reading frames (orfs) in the order orfV-orfW-sigB-orfX, and lacZ gene fusions showed that all four frames were translated in vivo.
(17) An upstream sequence surrounding the first AUG of the smaller ORF corresponds to a potentially functional initiation codon.
(18) An open reading frame (ORF) coding for a 57.3 kDa polypeptide was identified.
(19) A 591-nt ORF is located near the 5' end of MStV RNA3, while a second ORF of 948 nt is located near the 3' end in the viral complementary RNA (vcRNA).
(20) The nucleotide sequence showed two overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) within the kikA region.
Sheep
Definition:
(n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
(n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow.
(n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
Example Sentences:
(1) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
(2) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
(3) The mechanism by which pertussis toxin (PT) breaks the unresponsiveness of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) was examined in B10 mice.
(4) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
(5) Base-line HPV was determined by measuring the change in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) while sheep breathed 12% O2 for 7 min.
(6) of about 330 000 for the elementary peptide chains of pig and sheep thyroglobulin.
(7) However, in GF rats and in rats monoassociated with viable P. acnes, parenteral injection of killed P. acnes antigen inhibited the plaque-forming cell response to sheep erythrocytes.
(8) The plasma, urine, and tissue sulfathiazole concentrations were determined at various times following intravenous administration to 12 sheep.
(9) As evidence, they show no mediated semantic-phonological priming during picture naming: Retrieval of sheep primes goat, but the activation of goat is not transmitted to its phonological relative, goal.
(10) It is suggested that contractile responses to electrical stimulation in isolated sheep urethral smooth muscle are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, mainly through release of noradrenaline stimulating postjunctional alpha 1-adrenoceptors.
(11) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
(12) We measured the steady-state volumes of distribution for radioactive chloride, sucrose, and albumin in the lung of six anesthetized, spen-thorax sheep.
(13) Haematological and blood biochemical changes in the sheep, as well as fecundity of gastrointestinal nematodes, suggested the hosts were immunosuppressed.
(14) Periods of spontaneously occurring hypoxia have been observed in fetal sheep.
(15) The efficacy of other anthelmintics which have been used against paramphistomes in sheep is reviewed.
(16) A minimum of 4 sheeps' heads, obtained weekly over 24 months from the Pretoria Municipal Abattoir, was examined for infestation.
(17) The intravenous administration of ovine placental lactogen to pregnant and non-pregnant sheep produced significant acute decreases in plasma free fatty acid, glucose and amino nitrogen concentrations.
(18) In this ewe, and in 4 of 7 other sheep diagnosed as having abomasal emptying defects, aspartate transaminase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities were high, and histopathologic evidence of hepatic congestion and ischemia was found.
(19) Also, Gs failed to hemolyze sheep erythrocytes when there was hemolysis by virions or an amino-terminal peptide of the VSV glycoprotein.
(20) It contained approximately 1% HP+cells and approximately 3% of all lymphocytes forming rosettes which sheep erythrocytes (E+ cells) present before fractionation.