What's the difference between pentamerous and quincuncial?
Pentamerous
Definition:
(a.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.
(a.) Belonging to the Pentamera.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pentameric extracellular IgM and monomeric membrane IgM were diminished by HuIFN-alpha(ly) treatment, respectively, in ST8246 cells and in Daudi cells.
(2) We have studied the ability of E-SCon A (ES) to interact with early acting guinea pig (gp) or human (hu) complement components (C1, C2, C4) and found that cell intermediates ESC1, ESC4, ESC14, and ESC142 can be generated that are analogous to intermediates conventionally prepared with E and rabbit IgM (pentameric) anti-Forssman antibody.
(3) Iodoacetic acid and N-ethylmalemide were found to be effective in disrupting the pentameric form of phospholamban only when reacted with sodium dodecyl sulfate solubilized sarcoplasmic reticulum.
(4) Gel filtration of pairs of PS and LS from four individuals revealed IgM, IgA, and IgG to elute in positions commensurate with pentameric IgM, secretory IgA, and monomeric IgG.
(5) These proteins were produced in large amounts and released into the culture supernatant as monomeric and pentameric molecules.
(6) Based on this conformity the molecular structure of rat FP was analyzed and as the results a pentameric structure could be demonstrated for rat FP, too.
(7) The inhibitory glycine receptor (GlyR) is a pentameric chloride channel protein which mediates postsynaptic inhibition in the mammalian central nervous system.
(8) The orientation of the pentameric molecule is shown to be almost identical in both forms, about the axial direction omega = 57 degrees, phi = 45 degrees, i.e.
(9) On isoelectrofocusing, MP1 pentameric IgM gave a restricted banding pattern comparable to monoclonal IgM obtained from a patient with Waldenström's syndrome.
(10) The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) of the skeletal muscle consist of pentameric ion channels, each of which is composed of 4 kinds of subunits.
(11) To understand the nature of the discrepancy with human IgG, 5 Hu-MAbs of the 3 classes (2 IgG, 2 pentameric IgM and 1 IgA) were purified to homogeneity for a more detailed analysis.
(12) Pentameric IgM is likewise actively enriched in most exocrine fluids and is associated with SC, although not in a covalently stabilized complex.
(13) The molecular weight falls to 67,300 after treatment with disulfide reducing agents, thus supporting the concept of a pentameric structure for IgM.
(14) However, no conclusions can be made from this study regarding the structure of pentameric IgA, since this species was present in very small amounts in our polymer preparation.
(15) (1) One class included two sets of repeating pentameric DNA sequences, d(CCAAT)3-6 and d(AATCC)4,5.
(16) These results indicate that F(c)5 mu may have more Fc regions exposed per molecule for binding to the matrix of RFcmu than pentameric IgM and that Fc multivalency may be important for the stable binding of IgM to RFcmu.
(17) Wild-type IgM, while synthesized predominantly as a pentameric molecule, was assembled in at least two other forms, which were distinguished by their electrophoretic mobility.
(18) The (Sso L12e)4-Sso L10 pentameric complex, identified previously from studies in solution, appears to represent correctly the arrangement of these proteins in the ribosome.
(19) Monomeric IgM and IgM bound to its antigen blocked much more effectively than pentameric IgM.
(20) The successful expression of this pentameric protein complex combining transfection and infection techniques demonstrates one strategy for stably introducing the genes of a heterologous multisubunit protein complex into cells.
Quincuncial
Definition:
() Having the form of a quincunx.
() Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial aestivation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Paratenuisentis gen. n. (Tenuisentidae) is characterized by quincuncially arranged proboscis hooks, numerous giant nuclei in the subcuticula and cement glands, and a prominent muscular sling around the proboscis receptacle.