(n.) The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur.
Example Sentences:
(1) Expression of glyA, encoding serine hydroxymethyltransferase activity, was elevated in a purR mutant compared with a wild-type strain.
(2) A bulldozer on rail wheels purrs up on the other line and begins pawing at the stones.
(3) At the place where adorable meets obnoxious and the purr becomes a shriek, Leslie Mann is waiting to unload a howitzer of funny in your face.
(4) Nitrogen control was found to be mediated by the glnLG gene products, and purine repression required a functional purR gene product.
(5) Though I could have sworn that you did actually purr,” Dave recalled.
(6) AMP but not GMP is needed for binding, and purR mutants are deficient in the binding substance.
(7) The PurR protein bound specifically to a DNA fragment carrying the glyA control region, as determined by gel retardation.
(8) Cross pathway regulation of pyrC by PurR may provide one mechanism to coordinate synthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides.
(9) "Oh, the lords absolutely love Justin," purrs one senior peer.
(10) Both operator constitutive and repressor type (purR) mutations have been identified.
(11) The purR product functions in the common control of several genetically distinct enzymes that participate before the formation of IMP.
(12) The regulation of the guanine operon is regulated by some other mechanism independent of purR.
(13) A highly conserved sequence in the promoter regions of these two genes is similar to the pur operator, which is the binding site for the purine repressor (PurR).
(14) Gene purB is regulated threefold by the purine pool and purR.
(15) The purEK operon is regulated by the purR gene product, and a purR regulatory-protein-binding site related to the sequences found in other pur loci was identified in the purEK operon control region.
(16) In the film, there is a killingly funny vignette in which Joshua McGuire’s Ruskin, who cannot pronounce his Rs, purrs with self-satisfaction at his own ideas – the critic who got the cream.
(17) Analysis of a purR-lacZ transcriptional fusion indicated that purR expression is autoregulated.
(18) Mutations that changed the binding sequence toward the consensus sequence had no significant effect on either PurR binding or purine-mediated repression.
(19) Site-directed mutagenesis was used to change the PurR binding site in the control region of a glyA-lac gene fusion.
(20) Two independent purR mutations were isolated which abolished repression of purF and purF-lacZ.
Seductive
Definition:
(a.) Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pictures of the Social Network star emerged on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, showing Garfield in full costume for Punchdrunk's current show, The Drowned Man , chewing seductively on a stick of straw .
(2) It is 17 years since Klein, then aged 30, published her first book, No Logo – a seductive rage against the branding of public life by globalising corporations – and made herself, in the words of the New Yorker , “ the most visible and influential figure on the American left ” almost overnight.
(3) It was ambitious, experimental and sometimes downright odd – but seductively, compulsively readable too.
(4) These originated in the Bou Denib oases in Morocco, and have a fine flavour and seductively smooth texture.
(5) But the opposite dentition can also dictate a fixture installation in the posterior region for a good occlusal stabilization: a specific modality of fixture installation in the pterygoid region has provided a seductive alternative.
(6) Other reasons for using a chaperone included a patient with emotional problems, a history of rape or sexual abuse, a seductive patient, an uncomfortable patient or physician, a first pelvic examination, and medicolegal issues.
(7) At the moment, alternative treatment start to emerge such as selective vascular catheterism with ejectable balloon which become more feasible and seductive.
(8) This was a man who publicly stated: ‘No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical, or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep, burning hatred for the Tory party.’ In today’s political climate, where politicians are careful, tentative, scared of saying what they feel for fear of alienating a part of the electorate; where under the excuse of trying to appear electable, all parties drift into a morass of bland neutrality; and the real deals, the real values we suspect, are kept behind closed doors – is it any wonder that people feel there is very little to choose between?
(9) I half expected it to end with the Houser brothers dressed as Papa Lazarou from League of Gentlemen staring into the camera and whispering seductively, "you all live in Los Santos now".
(10) A few of us went to see my friend Norman (Fatboy Slim) play at a nightclub called Seduction in Patong recently.
(11) Chris – lassoed from a parallel universe where Tom Cruise gave Hollywood a swerve to focus on taking his guitar-alt-musings to open mic spots instead – looks on, coldly dissecting technique and cutting to seduction tips.
(12) The third style, which included respondents most satisfied with their sexual responsivity, was characterized by women who were more aware of physiological changes during sexual arousal and who enjoyed gently seductive erotic activities, breast stimulation, and genital stimulation.
(13) He brought movement to modern architecture, and invented a version of it that was expressive and seductive , clearly not functional, and clearly different from the Germanic glass box of the Bauhaus.
(14) There had been some whispered talk leading up to this match of that seductive vice known as Messidependencia , with some fearing this team might become too centred on its No10, soft-pedalling to its detriment those other high-end attacking talents.
(15) His side were at their seductive best only once, on the stroke of half-time.
(16) There are also personal revolutions: the idea of the equal, committed, but "open" relationship, as practised by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir , for whom "the game of love" – the rondo of seduction, rejection and change – never had to end.
(17) The user of audiovisual methods not only has to consider the special needs of the psychic ill, but also has to face critically the seduction ways of this potential medium.
(18) By means of seduction or its opposite, intimidation and the use of threats, the object is made to believe the content of the denying persons's inner or external world.
(19) More than 27m of the books, which tell of a billionaire's seduction of a college student, were sold in the UK and Commonwealth countries, Vintage Books said, with more than 45m copies sold in the US, and one million or more sold in Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, and Holland.
(20) "It's very seductive and I've done it a certain amount, but it does take a terrific toll.