(n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.
Example Sentences:
(1) Immunoblot analysis with antibodies to P-450 forms from a teleost (scup) showed the presence of cross-reacting proteins in control fish, presumed counterparts to the scup forms.
(2) E2 2-hydroxylase activity per nanomole cytochrome P-450 was reduced in scup treated with beta-naphthoflavone, which induces the hydrocarbon hydroxylase cytochrome P-450E.
(3) Cytochrome P-450A had a requirement for conspecific (scup) NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase and all reconstituted activities examined were stimulated by the addition of purified scup cytochrome b5.
(4) Estradiol (E2) metabolites formed in vitro by microsomes from the marine teleosts winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) and scup (Stenotomus chrysops) included at least seven products detected by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
(5) Untreated Poeciliopsis evidently contain a counterpart to scup cytochrome P-450E, the major polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-inducible from in scup.
(6) MAb 1-12-3 recognized P-450E induced by 3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl and by polychlorinated biphenyl mixtures in scup, and a single band induced by BNF or 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) in microsomes of other teleosts, including two trout species, killifish and winter flounder.
(7) The maximal power generation was correspondingly about 50% greater in scup than in carp (71 W kg-1 at 10 degrees C and 134 W kg-1 at 20 degrees C; Q10 = 1.88).
(8) Polyclonal antibodies to scup P450A were shown to detect proteins in a number of teleosts.
(9) Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity, aldrin epoxidase (AE) activity, cytochrome P-450 content, and levels of cytochrome P-450E (the major BNF-inducible P-450 form and primary EROD catalyst in scup) or its homologues were measured in hepatic microsomes isolated from Fundulus heteroclitus, scup (Stenotomus chrysops) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) treated with beta-naphthoflavone (BNF) or phenobarbital (PB).
(10) Here we describe the presence and localization of P450IA1 in organs of scup sampled directly from an environment contaminated by chlorinated biphenyls and bibenzofurans, the outer New Bedford Harbor of Massachusetts.
(11) These results demonstrate that PCB congeners with ortho-chlorine substitution, and which are effective inducers of AHH and EROD activity in mammals, are ineffective, at the doses tested, as inducers in the teleost scup.
(12) At any given swimming speed, V was higher in carp than in scup because carp had a larger sarcomere length excursion and higher tail-beat frequency.
(13) Recently, we described the cellular localization of cytochrome P450IA1 (P450E) induced in 10 organs or organ systems of the fish, Stenotomus chrysops (scup) treated with 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl or with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran.
(14) The smaller sarcomere excursion in scup is primarily associated with using a less undulatory style of swimming (i.e.
(15) Microsomal ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activities, catalytic functions of scup P450E, were induced in parallel with P450 content.
(16) The cDNA probe was also shown to hybridize with induced mRNA of brook trout, scup, garter snake, painted turtle, and rat demonstrating the suitability of the probe for examining induction of mRNA in various species.
(17) Conversely, MAb 1-7-1 to rat cytochrome P-450MC-B had little effect on AHH activity of scup cytochrome P-450E, and did not recognize cytochrome P-450E in radioimmunoassay nor in an immunoblot.
(18) Monoclonal antibody (MAb) 1-12-3 generated against liver cytochrome P-450E (P-450E), an aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase of the marine fish Stenotomus chrysops (scup), reacted only with P-450E when tested in immunoblot analysis with five P-450 fractions from scup liver.
(19) Forms of cytochrome P-450 have been purified from several teleost species, including scup (Stenotomus chrysops), rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri), and cod (Gadus morhua).
(20) The levels of anti-P450A cross-reacting protein were greater in mature female than in male flounder, but as with 6 beta-OHase activity, the content of this protein was not sexually differentiated in scup.
Scut
Definition:
(n.) The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.
Example Sentences:
(1) This paper describes a prototype system to maintain an electronic "scut" sheet.
(2) Similarly, performing intravenous cannulation at the request of ward staff was rated as scut by 94% of residents, whereas performing cannulation at another resident's request was rated as scut by 56% (P less than 0.01).
(3) Residents and faculty then completed a detailed questionnaire that included ratings of the educational value, "scut content," and residents' responsibility for 20 specific tasks.
(4) SCUT makes use of pen-input and background rule checking to enhance patient care.
(5) Scutting is shown to be the most dangerous pastime and is responsible for more deaths than any other type of road traffic accident involving children.
(6) A total of 38 children presented at the Accident and Emergency Department of The Children's Hospital, Temple Street during the period January 1985 to July 1987 with injuries sustained while scutting.
(7) Our results suggest that the characteristics of scutwork can be identified, that the perception of scut varies between faculty and residents, and that the context of a task often determines whether residents perceive it as scut.
(8) Scutting is a pastime which has taken place in Dublin for many years.
(9) GO Corporation's PenPoint Operating System is used to implement the SCUT project.
(10) Residents' ratings of tasks as scut varied according to the context of the task.
(11) Injuries sustained while scutting have never previously been reported.
(12) Twenty hours (22%) of nonconference waking hours were spent on so-called scut work.
(13) Night-time admission of a patient for an elective procedure was rated as scut by 75% of residents, whereas admission of such a patient after discussion with a faculty member was labeled scut by only 44% (P less than 0.01).
(14) A very low virus level was found for a short time in the blood of ducklings and goslings after experimental Lednice (Yaba 1) virus infection by subcutaneous (scut) and intranasal (inas) route and in blood of ducklings also after infection by intracerebral (icer) route.