(a.) Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture.
Example Sentences:
(1) We now report that TRP-2 (tyrosinase related protein-2), which maps to and is mutated at the slaty locus in mice, encodes a protein with DOPAchrome tautomerase activity.
(2) They map to the albino, brown, and slaty loci in mice, and encode proteins with similar structures and features, but with distinct catalytic capacities.
(3) We show that the TRP-2 of slaty mice has a single amino acid difference from wild-type TRP-2; a substitution of glutamine for arginine in the first copper binding site.
(4) The slaty locus encodes TRP-2, another tyrosinase related-protein, which has DOPAchrome tautomerase activity.
(5) Slaty Sike is a catchment that copes well under normal weather conditions but when the area is hit by bigger storms experiences a rapid flow of water down the steep hillsides, washing debris and stones into Haltwhistle Burn.
(6) The gene encoding TRP-2 maps to mouse chromosome 14, in the region of the coat colour mutation slaty.
(7) The fractures were stabilized with anterior frames of the Slatis or Pittsburgh type and subjected to longitudinal and torsional loading patterns on an Instron machine.
(8) By means of the histochemical and electron microscopical methods, adrenergic innervation of the middle cerebral artery and its branches have been investigated in three sparrows (Passer montanus), blue rock pigeons (Columba livia), hens (Gallus domestica), hazel-grouses (Tetrastes bonasia), large billed crows (Corvus levaillantii), ducks (Anas domestica) and slaty backed gulls (Larus schistisagus).
(9) Located at Slaty Sike, a tributary of Haltwhistle Burn, the scheme stems from research being carried out by Newcastle University into natural flood management (NFM) - natural engineering which works with the landscape to slow, store and filter water after heavy rainfall.
(10) A pedigree and linkage analysis was performed on a corrected version of the Habbanite pedigree 2 of Slatis et al.