(n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
(n.) Materials for building scaffolds.
Example Sentences:
(1) Detailed analysis presented here reveals the presence of only two closely linked sites in 35,000 base-pairs scanned that mediate attachment of the dhfr gene to the nuclear scaffold.
(2) Both contain an internal protein (VP22a in the case of HSV-1 B capsids and gp8 or "scaffolding" protein in phage P22) that can be extracted in vitro with GuHCl and that is absent from mature virions.
(3) These muscle cells are then cultured on a scaffold with nutrients and essential vitamins and grown to desired quantities.
(4) According to the Times of India newspaper, officials handling the royal tour requested scaffolding at the site be taken down.
(5) The arrival of sensory axons in the brain triggers changes in glial shape and position that lead to the formation of a glial scaffolding for the developing glomeruli.
(6) After more than a quarter of a century of camping out, the house, with its seven flights of stairs (a trial to Lessing in her final years), seemed almost to be supported by a precarious interior scaffolding of piles of books and shelves.
(7) Two recently identified genes (genes 67 and 68) and one already known gene (gene 22), whose products are scaffold constituents, have been investigated.
(8) In the preceding article we described a polyclonal antibody that recognizes cSc-1, a major polypeptide component of the chicken mitotic chromosome scaffold.
(9) A less complex pattern was found for nuclear scaffolds.
(10) The products of three of these genes, the portal, scaffolding, and coat proteins, are structural components of the precursor particle, and two, the products of genes 2 and 3, are not.
(11) We now demonstrate that the protein scaffold may be isolated independently of the DNA by treating HeLa chromosomes with micrococcal nuclease before removing the histones.The chromosomal scaffolds may be isolated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation as a well-defined peak that is stable in 2 M sodium chloride, but is dissociated by treatment with proteases, 4 M urea, or 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate.
(12) We speculate that the microfibril bundles serve as a scaffolding for the corneal stroma or as a light-diffracting element.
(13) Thus, they represent a strong candidate as a scaffold ligament or tendon prosthesis if crosslink density can be increased.
(14) In osteoconduction, the implant does not provide many viable cells but rather acts as a scaffolding for the ingrowth of new bone from the margins of the defect with the concurrent resorption of the implant; cortical bone grafts or banked bone segments are examples of this "creeping substitution."
(15) In the control grafts regenerating axons grew almost completely through the inside of the basal lamina scaffolds (92%) and adhered to the structure, while in the anti-laminin antiserum treated grafts the axons were present outside (52%) and inside (48%) the scaffolds simultaneously.
(16) These preparations and sections revealed that titin, a putative scaffolding protein of sarcomeres, is present in a punctate state and also in a diffuse form throughout the cytoplasm of cardiac myocytes in the premyofibril stages (4-7 somite stages) as well as in the early stages of myofibril formation.
(17) Their massed voices roll like thunder across the open-sided, scaffold-roofed stadium.
(18) The scaffold-like structures were not accessible to G-, R-, or C-banding techniques.
(19) We conclude that synchronous assembly of the scaffold and shell is not obligatory and that naked cores can serve as intermediates in the T4 assembly pathway.
(20) The key components of the model consisted of an oligomeric lysine scaffolding to amplify peptide antigens covalently 4-fold and a lipophilic membrane-anchoring group to further amplify noncovalently the antigens many-fold in liposomal or micellar form.
Tube
Definition:
(n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
(n.) A telescope.
(n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
(n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
(n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
(n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
(n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.
(n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
(v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.
Example Sentences:
(1) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
(2) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
(3) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(4) Average fluoroscopy time per procedure was 27.8 minutes of which 15.1 minutes were for nephrostomy tube insertion and 12.7 minutes were for calculi extraction.
(5) Cells (1 x 10(5)) were seeded in 12- x -75-mm tissue culture tubes and incubated with various doses of IL-1 beta, IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, alone or in specific combinations, for 15 min, two, 12, 24, and 72 h. PGE concentrations in the media were measured by radio-immunoassay.
(6) This attack can take place during organogenesis, during early differentiation of neural anlagen after neural tube closure or during biochemical differentiation of the brain.
(7) 16 tube (usually a Baker tube) was inserted by gastrostomy and advanced distally into the colon.
(8) At first, immunofluorescence demonstrated the presence of laminin-binding sites at the surface of germ tubes.
(9) By 3 d in the chick embryo, the first neurons detected by antibodies to Ng-CAM are located in the ventral neural tube; these precursors of motor neurons emit well-stained fibers to the periphery.
(10) The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixing board, enters a distributing tube, and is then distributed equally to 12 chamber tubes housing one mouse each.
(11) The X-ray tube rotates outside the detector array at the rate of one revolution per second.
(12) Predominantly observed defects included neural crest cells in ectopic locations, both within and external to the neural tube, and mildly deformed neural tubes containing some dissociating cells.
(13) To provide a seal with low pressure-high volume cuffed tubes, cuff sizes of 20.5 mm and 27.5 mm are recommended for female and male patients, respectively.
(14) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(15) Since the early 1960's nasotracheal tubes have been used for neonates with primary respiratory diseases which necessitated positive pressure ventilation.
(16) Multiple blood samples were obtained over one dosing interval following oral CyA administration in eight liver transplant patients before and after T-tube clamping.
(17) Capnometry was performed through the lumen (CO2d) and the proximal end of the endotracheal tube (CO2p).
(18) The normal tissues included the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine endometrium, uterine cervix, and vagina.
(19) A survey into the current usage of tracheal tubes and associated procedures, such as various sedation regimes and antacid therapy, in intensive care units was carried out in Sweden by sending a questionnaire to physicians in charge of intensive care units in 70 acute hospitals which included seven main teaching hospitals.
(20) The NJ tubes remained in place an average of 13 days, and the GJ tubes remained in place an average of 37 days.