What's the difference between silene and silicon?

Silene


Definition:

  • (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Of all materials evaluated, Xantopren Blue and Silene silicone impression materials provided the best results in vivo.
  • (2) Instead, mutation resulted in proteases with extraordinarily broad specificity profiles and high activity [Bone, R., Silen, J. L., & Agard, D. A.
  • (3) A cDNA clone (pFD1) derived from Silene pratensis ferredoxin mRNA was selected from a cDNA-library using the hybrid released translation technique.
  • (4) In Pisum leaf initiation is mainly the result of changes in the frequency of periclinal divisions at the leaf site whereas in Silene an increase in the rate of cell division seems more important since periclinal divisions are always present.
  • (5) 171:1320-1325) or in trans (Silen, J. L., and D. A. Agard.
  • (6) As far as the distance is concerned the results of the 21 subjects varied considerably; while some of the persons showed surprisingly good location ability, others supposed the noise to come from even outside the camera silens.
  • (7) Using this approach we have found that the thylakoid transfer signals of Silene pratensis plastocyanin, 23-kDa oxygen-evolving complex protein from wheat, and 33-kDa oxygen-evolving complex protein from wheat, are 25, 39, and 48 residues in length, respectively.
  • (8) alpha-Lytic protease is a bacterial serine protease of the trypsin family that is synthesized as a 39-kD preproenzyme (Silen, J. L., C. N. McGrath, K. R. Smith, and D. A. Agard.
  • (9) A survey of protein variability has been made in wild populations of Silene maritima, a perennial outcrossing coastal plant.
  • (10) A clear single processing intermediate, as was found with the import of Silene pratensis pre-plastocyanin, seems to be absent.
  • (11) Conformational properties and interactions with lipid membranes were studied for the chemically synthesized peptides PC(1-37) and PC(1-43), corresponding to the N-terminal 37 and 43 residues, respectively, of the transit peptide of the precursor to plastocyanin of Silene pratensis.
  • (12) In an oil painting by Rubens "The Drunken Silen" in possession of the Alte Pinakothek (old picture gallery), Munich, characteristic symptoms of hepatic insufficiency can be diagnosed.
  • (13) The precursor of the chloroplast protein ferredoxin from Silene pratensis was expressed in Escherichia coli.
  • (14) Longitudinal growth becomes dominant later in leaf development in Silene, as in Pisum.
  • (15) The precursor plastocyanin from Silene pratensis (white campion) has been expressed in Escherichia coli.
  • (16) This electrically silen 36-Cl flux was found to be about 10-3-fold larger than the chloride current calculated from the electrical parameters of the system.
  • (17) The distribution of the two alleles over chemical races of Silene pratensis in Europe is described; possible evolutionary relations between the various glycosyltransferases in Silene are discussed.
  • (18) An enzyme catalyzing the transfer of the glucosyl moiety of UDP-glucose to the 3-hydroxyl group of cyanidin has been demonstrated in petal extracts of Silene dioica mutants with cyanidin-3-O-glucoside in the petals.
  • (19) The occurrence in Pisum and Silene of periclinal divisions which do not seem to be related to concurrent outward growth suggests that the plane of division and the direction of growth may be controlled separately and in different ways.
  • (20) We have previously isolated mannoside and xylomannoside oligosaccharides with one or two terminal reducing N-acetylglucosamine residues from the extracellular medium of white campion (Silene alba) suspension culture.

Silicon


Definition:

  • (n.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There fore, the adverse effects may be induced by such quartz or silicon compounds.
  • (2) Of all materials evaluated, Xantopren Blue and Silene silicone impression materials provided the best results in vivo.
  • (3) We describe an enzymatic fluorometric method for determining glucose concentrations in blood samples by analysis on a semi-solid surface (silicone-rubber pads).
  • (4) Silicon, a relatively unknown trace element in nutritional research, has been uniquely localized in active calcification sites in young bone.
  • (5) A critical attitude towards the use of silicone breast implants, when these are used for purely cosmetic purposes, is recommended at present.
  • (6) An in vitro, eccentric arterial stenosis model was created using 15 canine carotid arteries cannulated with silicone plugs containing special pressure-transducing catheters designed to measure pressure directly, within the stenosis.
  • (7) The scaphoid silicone implant bore significant, although less, load than the normal scaphoid.
  • (8) A visual acuity of 0.05 or better was achieved in 36% of the eyes treated with silicone oil versus 67% of the eyes treated with gas tamponade.
  • (9) The biocompatibility and fixation of a new silicone intraocular lens was evaluated in the cat eye.
  • (10) The numbers in the holey tube regenerate are statistically different from normal but they are closer to normal than after similar regeneration in a regular silicone tube.
  • (11) Silicon levels tend to be higher in foods derived from plants than in foods from animal sources.
  • (12) The most common complications in breast augmentation surgery with homologous fat grafts obtained from fresh cadavers are presented, showing subsequent surgical procedures to reconstruct the breasts of such patients through use of silicone prostheses and muscle flaps from the latissimus dorsi.
  • (13) The lid is fiddly to fit on to the cup, and smells so strongly of silicone it almost entirely ruins the taste of the coffee if you don’t remove it.
  • (14) Perry and I are on our way to the Silicon Drinkabout , a get-together for anyone connected to the tech scene, hosted every week by a different local bar.
  • (15) A further increase in silicon dioxide concentration produced tablets with relatively larger pore sizes.
  • (16) Porous polyethylene was thus better incorporated into the soft tissues than silicone rubber as long as the overlying soft tissues were not stressed by an oversized implant or inadequate soft tissue coverage.
  • (17) Obliteration of the empty sella with an extradural silicone balloon via the transsphenoidal approach seemed to have been effective for headache and visual complaints of primary empty sella syndrome which did not respond to medical therapy.
  • (18) Mice were exposed to hypoxia by enclosure in cages covered with dimethyl-silicone rubber membranes for 1-14 days.
  • (19) Mid-shaft sections of 100% silicone (Bardex) and hydrogel-coated latex (Biocath) catheters were subjected to controlled in vitro encrustation conditions for periods of up to 18 weeks.
  • (20) "Posterior collagenous layer" was observed subendothelial in eyes injected with various silicone oil fluids including highly purified one.