(n.) One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.
Example Sentences:
(1) Over the past decade, the quinolone antimicrobial class has enjoyed a renaissance with the emergence of the fluoroquinolone subclass.
(2) Depending on the differential sensitivity of nuclear T-ag to extraction by salt and detergent, nuclear T-ag could be separated into nucleoplasmic T-ag, salt-sensitive T-ag and matrix-bound T-ag subclasses.
(3) When sera specific for the subclasses of IgG were used to detect the anti-promastigote antibodies, these were found in IgG1- and IgG3-specific ELISA but not in those for IgG2 or IgG4.
(4) To investigate whether counting cells containing immunoglobulin (Ig) subclass in colonic biopsy specimens of patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease, in addition to conventional histological evaluation, can improve the differentiation of patients with Crohn's disease from those with ulcerative colitis.
(5) The greatest increase in spontaneous IgG secretion is seen with ulcerative colitis intestinal MNC, due to the secretion of large amounts of IgG subclass 1.
(6) A significant correlation with blocking activity was seen only for antibodies of the IgG4 subclass, and, indeed, the correlation was especially strong in the group of totally asymptomatic patients (but with microfilariae circulating in the blood) in whom blocking antibody levels were highest.
(7) In contrast, complexes of both subclasses inhibited phagocytosis by human monocytes, regardless of the subclass of the inducing antibodies.
(8) IgG-antibodies and every one of four IgG-subclasses were determined by ELISA in 144 sera.
(9) It is concluded that LLC may be subdivided into functional subclasses because less than 10% of bovine luteal cells release OXT.
(10) Jacalin-H combined with immunoglobulins of every class or subclass except monomer IgG.
(11) The 125I-MA has a high binding affinity for surface-displayed IgG (2.22 X 10(9) M-1), reacts equally well with all four subclasses of IgG and not at all with IgM or IgA.
(12) Mouse amniotic fluid was shown to contain a noncytotoxic inhibitor of primary gammaM and secondary gammaM, gammaG subclass splenic plaque forming cells in vitro to SRBC.
(13) A method is described which will determine the distribution of individual apolipoproteins within the HDL subclasses.
(14) IgG subclass typing with monospecific antisera revealed significantly higher antisheath activity in IgG2 in comparison with other IgG subclasses.
(15) When the pattern of IgG subclass anti-IgE activity was studied, further differences between the three groups became apparent.
(16) The rates of catabolism of human gammaG-immunoglobulins of subclasses gammaG(1), gammaG(2), gammaG(3), and gammaG(4) were studied by determining the rates of elimination from the circulation of pairs of (131)I-and (125)I-labeled gammaG-myeloma proteins in 57 patients suffering from cancer other than multiple myeloma.
(17) Five patients who were assigned to the NIDDM subclass had no antibodies.
(18) The MOV-REM neurons were further divided into two subclasses of cells--phasically and tonically discharging neurons.
(19) Opsonization of Staphylococcus aureus (Oxford strain) and specific IgG subclass antibodies against formalised staphylococci were measured in plasmas from 27 patients with significant S. aureus infections and 35 healthy adults and 15 children.
(20) All the other subclasses were able to induce lysis of B10.D2 cells in the presence of rabbit complement.
Superorder
Definition:
(n.) A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chromatin of 14 species of fish referring to nine families of the percoid fish superorder includes protamines similar to salmin, a typical protamine of salmon.
(2) The usage as well as some of the known family chemical characteristics of Xhosa and Zulu traditional medicinal plants belonging to various families of the superorder Liliiflorae are related to some of the clinical effects of Xhosa medicine observed by Solleder in 1972.
(3) The superorder Archonta has been hypothesized to include primates, tree shrews, bats, and flying lemurs as descendants of a common ancestor.
(4) Also in congruence with other recent molecular evidence, IRBP sequences do not support the view of a superorder Archonta that includes Chiroptera along with Dermoptera (flying lemur), Scandentia (tree shrew), and Primates.
(5) The hemoglobin of Trichechus inunguis is compared with those of Elephas maximus, Loxodonta africana, and Procavia habessinica and the monophyletic origin of the superorder Paenungulata is discussed.
(6) The relationships between the squalomorphs and other superorders of sharks and the relationships between the different orders within the squalomorphs are a matter of debate.
(7) This is particularly true for the superorder Squalomorphii.
(8) Here, we report a molecular phylogeny for a little known member of this superorder, the genus Echinorhinus.
(9) Alpha = 0.56 for the class of cartilaginous fishes, and for the superorder of sharks and skates alpha = 0.54 and 0.61, accordingly.
(10) Sequence comparison of the northern pike growth hormone gene to other known growth hormone genes revealed similarities closest to other members of the superorder Protacanthopterygii, which includes the Salmonidae family (i.e., salmon and trout).
(11) The superorder Elopomorpha (orders Anguilliformes, Elopiformes and Notacanthiformes) is characterized by the presence of a unique larval stage termed the leptocephalus.
(12) Chromatin of three species from squid superorder referring to Cephalopoda includes gametones -- proteins differing from histones and protamines both in the electrophoretic mobility and amino acidic composition (75% mol.
(13) Hesslerella shermani is described as the oldest representative of the crustacean superorder Peracarida, order Isopoda, suborder Phreatoicidea.
(14) Results obtained by parsimony analysis provide evidence for this grouping--and thus support for the genealogical validity of Simpson's superorder Paenungulata, which contains as the extant orders Proboscidea, Sirenia, and Hyracoidea.