(n.) The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.
(n.) A part of a thing made by subdividing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other fusiform cells of the cPVN are oriented in a rostral-caudal plane and are situated more medially in this subdivision.
(2) Hypertrophy is restricted to subdivisions of the inferior olive included in recurrent cerebello-mesencephalic-olivary circuits.
(3) No substance P binding sites were present in the central region of the parvocellular subdivision or the solitary tract.
(4) This histochemical difference corresponded to more subtle differences in Nissl and myelin staining patterns, and suggests further structural subdivisions of potential functional significance.
(5) The purpose of the present study was to develop methods for routine identification of the non-compacta subdivisions in the macaque monkey.
(6) They were found predominantly in the first subdivision of the neck segment, which suggests that propulsion of the glomerular filtrate is a primary function of this part of the renal tubule.
(7) We demonstrate how FST increases with the degree of subdivision among populations.
(8) Ducts of the lateral prostate (LP), a ventrolateral subdivision of the DLP, initiated branching morphogenesis between 1 to 5 days after birth.
(9) Tests of homogeneity of means, variances and correlations for systolic blood pressure (BP), diastolic BP and weight among subdivisions of a smple of adoptive families are presented.
(10) Large granular T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (LGTLD) is a heterogeneous disorder covering a broad spectrum of diseases and requiring further subdivision.
(11) The numerical difference was especially prominent in comparing the abducens nucleus with one of the vertical recti subdivisions.
(12) A chronological subdivision of the swallowing act is needed for a step-by-step analysis.
(13) Of the cytoarchitectonic subdivisions of S1, area 2 projects most heavily upon area 5 and area 3b the least, and there is a reversal in the antero-posterior dimension with more posterior parts of S1 projecting to more anterior parts of area 5.
(14) Experiments using the methods of anterograde and retrograde axonal transport and anterograde degeneration show that each subdivision has a unique pattern of connections with the midbrain.
(15) While the functional significance of the seams remains unknown and their specific composition clearly requires further study, it is likely that they represent important functional (e.g., viscoelastic) or biological (e.g., nutritional) subdivisions of ligament substance.
(16) Except for the external and posterior subdivisions, the NOA is relatively homogeneous and, in spite of the apparent lack of sublamination in Niss-stained material, four clearly defined cellular laminae were distinguished by the Golgi method.
(17) In contrast, no dendrite of a motoneuron in the medial subdivision entered the intermediate subdivision and vice versa.
(18) A rostro-lateral subdivision contains smaller, more lightly stained neurons which tend to form clusters.
(19) This supports the notion that these subdivisions form an anatomically, physiologically, and now molecularly distinct pathway known as the M-stream.
(20) Boundaries of various subdivisions, based on cytoarchitectonic criteria, were included in the model.
Superfamily
Definition:
(n.) A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cytochromes P450 are a superfamily of hemoproteins that catalyze the metabolism of a large number of xenobiotics and endobiotics.
(2) Antibodies were raised against a synthetic dodecameric peptide KGAGQVVAGPWK (K12K), encompassing sequences thought to be important for the function of the cysteine proteinase inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily.
(3) As members of the G protein receptor superfamily, all three 5-HT receptor clones encode single-subunit proteins containing approximately 450 amino acids arrayed as seven interconnected transmembrane segments.
(4) At the protein level, CTLA-4, a single-V-domain member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, was found very homologous to the lymphocyte activation molecule CD28.
(5) As a means to understanding receptors as transcriptional activators, several steroid receptor genes have been identified, cloned, and are now known to belong to a receptor superfamily.
(6) The structural organization is similar to that of other members of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily except for the striking presence of an intron in the middle of the sequence encoding the amino-terminal immunoglobulin-like homology unit.
(7) The rodent, avian, and insect L1-like cell adhesion molecules are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily that have been implicated in axon growth.
(8) This superfamily of proteins is predicted to share the topology of the seven transmembrane helices of bacteriorhodopsin (BR), even though no significant sequence homology had been identified.
(9) Other members of an alpha 2-microglobulin superfamily bind and transport hydrophobic ligands.
(10) As suggested from the high level of sequence similarity of these viral proteins with the recently described superfamilies of helicase-like proteins (3-5), the NTBM-containing cylindrical inclusion (CI) protein from plum pox virus (PPV), which belongs to the potyvirus group of positive strand RNA viruses, is shown to be able to unwind RNA duplexes.
(11) The glycoprotein has been suggested to be a transmembrane one, and was found to be a new member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily.
(12) HSP47 is the first heat shock protein found to be a member of the serpin superfamily.
(13) The molecules involve immunoglobulins, T cell receptors, major histocompatibility complex and a number of cell interaction molecules, many of which belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily.
(14) Calmodulin, troponin C, and oncomodulin also bind lead with high affinities and in preference to calcium, indicating that lead binding is a general property of proteins belonging to the troponin C superfamily of calcium-binding proteins.
(15) HNF-4 is a member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily with an unusual amino acid in the conserved "knuckle" of the first zinc finger (DGCKG).
(16) The aim of this study was to explore whether Thy-1, like other members of the Ig-like superfamily (e.g., CD2 and neural cell adhesion molecule), participates in cell-cell adhesion.
(17) A clone containing the gene locus for Chlamydomonas caltractin, a 20,000 Mr calcium-binding protein that is a member of the EF-hand superfamily of calcium-modulated proteins, was isolated and the structural organization of the gene was determined.
(18) Cathepsins H and L exhibit a high degree of sequence homology to cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1) and other cysteine proteinases of the papain superfamily.
(19) Receptors for these molecules have been identified and belong to a superfamily of cell surface proteins, collectively known as the integrins.
(20) Conserved domains responsible for strong stereospecific association of the subunits are probably a fundamental organizing principle of the superfamily.