(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.
Throaty
Definition:
(a.) Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Example Sentences:
(1) Exerting himself at high altitude has left his voice a throaty growl.
(2) Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum.
(3) Contrary to the throaty moans of TV pundits and the aggrieved posts clogging your social media feeds, there is a miraculous silver lining to this methodical meat grinder of a presidential election.
(4) The screaming crowds and honking cars that engulfed the city last Tuesday night, confirming Barack Obama's electoral victory, have been replaced by a drone of traffic and the throaty hum of Joe Frazier singing to himself in an anonymous hotel room.
(5) The following week, Lorde returned to her old school in Auckland, Belmont Intermediate, to judge a talent contest, and 500 pupils sang it to welcome her – a throaty child army, faintly formidable like Pink Floyd's urchins in The Wall .
(6) If you want to be really kind then the true dream laugh is one with a rich throaty timbre that comes from inside the stomach and moves up and down the scale and is mixed with noises of rich discomfort and exquisite pain before finishing either with some kind of cough or a watery-eyed thigh slap.
(7) People say, and it's true, that he doesn't smile much, but he has a throaty chuckle and the disconcerting habit of laughing when he is cross.
(8) With his throaty and tuneless voice, Sanchez was never a great singer his real talent was as a lyricist.
(9) There's a sly mischief to her, too: she looks as if she's keeping a naughty secret that she might just share with you later, an impression helped along by that famous voice – low, throaty and stretched long with southern vowels.
(10) She really did.” Maureen Lipman recalled Bellingham’s “sudden honking laughter, her craziness, her rich, throaty and slightly metallic voice, her high campery and her beautiful brown eyes.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Denise Welch said that Lynda Bellingham would be having a hoot at the ‘odd bods who loved you so dearly’.
(11) It was throaty and really rough.” A door and a curtain separated the gunman from the 30 or so people who had crowded into the cafe for the Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Speech event, where the star speaker was to be Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who depicted Muhammad as a dog in 2007 and whose life has been under threat ever since.
(12) "When I became finance minister they called me Okonjo-Wahala - or Trouble Woman," says the 51-year-old, with a throaty chuckle.
(13) On Wednesday evening, Ward received a throaty standing ovation from residents who over-packed the meeting hall built for a capacity of 400.
(14) It was throaty and really rough.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Danish police say they have identified the suspect behind Copenhagen shootings – video The worst terror attack in Denmark in a decade was under way, and by its conclusion early on Sunday morning it looked like an attempt to repeat last month’s attacks in Paris.