(1) The rock consists essentially of the fibrous serpentine mineral chrysotile (asbestos) and platy serpentines.
(2) An avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase complex (ABC) immunocytochemical (ICC) stain procedure was optimized for detection of Ehrlichia platys antigens.
(3) The results showed that (1) hydroxyapatite was the only reaction product; (2) the reaction was nearly completed within four h, during which both the reaction product and compressive strength increased linearly with time, resulting in a strong correlation between the two; and (3) fully set CPC consisted primarily of small rod-like crystals and some platy crystals.
(4) Ten adult dogs (5 Beagles and 5 mixed-breed dogs) were inoculated IV with canine platelets containing Ehrlichia platys.
(5) One ill thrombocytopenic dog had intracytoplasmic E platys morulae detected within platelets.
(6) Ten adult male dogs were inoculated with Ehrlichia platys, and blood samples were collected throughout the infection to evaluate the hematologic changes with respect to serum biochemical analytes.
(7) Diagnosis was based on the finding of basophilic inclusions in platelets and an E platys antibody titer.
(8) The role of Rhipicephalus sanguineus as a biologic vector for E platys, the rickettsial agent of infectious canine cyclic thrombocytopenia, was studied in dogs.
(9) One-month-old E platys-exposed adult ticks failed to infect naive dogs in animal transmission studies.
(10) Skin testing with antigens from Histoplasma capsulatum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (PPD-S), and atypical mycobacteria (PPD-B, PPD-G, PPD-Y, and PPD-platy) was carried out among six population groups in the Solomon Islands between 1968 and 1972.
(11) Other common mineral phases included chlorite, platy serpentine, pyrophyllitem mica, and carbonate minerals.
(12) No E. platys antigens were detected when this ICC stain was applied to frozen or paraffin-embedded formalin- or acetone-fixed tissue sections from dogs with acute E. platys infection.
(13) Of 86 dogs tested, 44.2% were seronegative to E canis, E platys, and SFG rickettsiae.
(14) The presence of E platys was not detected in midguts or salivary glands of similarly exposed adult ticks by use of light and transmission electron microscopy.
(15) A study of SGPT levels in individuals with and without (HBsAG) was conducted in the village of Plati, Greece.
(16) The prevalence of increased serum antibody titers to E canis and E platys was 25.9% and 40.7% for the ill thrombocytopenic dogs and 20.3% and 54.2% for the healthy kennel dogs, respectively.
(17) Bilateral anterior uveitis, nonregenerative anemia, and thrombocytopenia were found in a 9-month-old Chow Chow infected with Ehrlichia platys.
(18) Ten dogs were inoculated with Ehrlichia platys (E. platys) from an acutely infected dog.
(19) Positive immunoreactivity was detected with dilutions of canine immune serum on acetone-fixed smears of platelet-rich plasma from E. platys-infected dogs.
(20) Serum antibody titers to E. platys and serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase activities were also determined.
Swordtail
Definition:
(n.) The limulus.
(n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.
Example Sentences:
(1) Melanomas developed in both sexes of a strain of Tuxedo variety of the swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) at a relative frequency of 10-15%.
(2) In the liver of the platfish, all seven esterase zones were detected, while the liver of the swordtail exhibited only five esterase zones.
(3) Southern blot analysis with the same probe demonstrates related sequences in the DNA of BsT cells and the platyfish and swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri).
(4) Males of X. alvarezi, like those of other species of swordtails, develop a caudal appendage or sword at maturity.
(5) We have developed a useful animal model from crosses and backcrosses of platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) and swordtails (Xiphophorus helleri).
(6) Observations were carried out on adult specimens of both sexes, including pregnant femals of Mexican swordtail.
(7) In contrast, certain backcrosses of Xiphophorus maculatus (platyfish) with Xiphophorus helleri (swordtail) as the recurrent parent, produce offspring that develop neoplasia in a Mendelian fashion.
(8) In the erythrophores of the platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) and the swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri), and in the xanthophores and amelanotic melanophores of the medaka (Oryzias latipes), pigment aggregation took place in response to MCH even in the absence of Ca2+.
(9) Tissue-specific esterases of the xiphophorine fishes Platypoecilus maculatus (platyfish), Xiphophorus helleri (swordtail), and their F1 hybrid have been analyzed using disc electrophoresis.
(10) The platyfish-swordtail melanoma system represents an appropriate model for the investigation of the relationship between hyperthermia and melanoma formation and treatment in poikilothermic vertebrates.
(11) The Tu-complex is located at the end of an autosome or sex chromosome, and is largely deregulated by crossing conditioned replacement of platyfish chromosome carrying regulatory genes (tumor suppressor genes, oncostatic genes, antioncogenes) for the Tu-complex by swordtail chromosomes lacking them.
(12) In addition, EST-1 was frequently detected in all these tissues of the platfish and the F1, but was lacking in the swordtail.
(13) The method developed for embryonic tissues was used to start cell cultures from melanoma of platyfish-swordtail hybrids.
(14) In contrast, certain backcrosses of Xiphophorus maculatus (platyfish) with Xiphophorus helleri (swordtail) as the recurrent parent produce offspring that develop neoplasia in a Mendelian fashion.
(15) Acrylamide gel electrophoresis has been used to make comparisons of the distribution of soluble protein and the activity of esterase in skin and melanoma extracts of the swordtail, the platyfish, and their hybrids.
(16) Some explorations have been undertaken in the laboratory by Anders and collaborators in studies of suppressor genes (antioncogenes) and the cellular sarc gene (an oncogene) in melanophoromas in platyfish-swordtail hybrids and backcrosses.
(17) The sex-determining mechanism of swordtails (Xiphophorus, Poeciliidae, Pisces) is poorly understood, because many laboratory strains of these species are characterized by biased sex ratios in either the male or female direction.
(18) In fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, hybrid offspring of the spotted dorsal female platyfish, X. maculatus, and male swordtails, X. helleri, are genetically programmed to develop melanoma when raised at ambient laboratory temperatures.
(19) Ultrastructural studies were performed on embryos of an inbred strain (163A) of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus, and a pooled stock of the Rio Sarabia strain of the swordtail, X. helleri.
(20) Moreover, immature Mexican swordtails of both sexes were examined.