(n.) An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
Example Sentences:
(1) The substructural units, 5-14 linear and 5-14 cyclic, have been used as models for MCH-- H-Asp1-Thr-Met-Arg-Cys-Met-Val-Gly-Arg HO-Val17-Glu-Trp-Cys-Pro-Arg-Tyr-Val in 1H-nmr conformational studies.
(2) The inter-molecular similarity measure used is the number of atoms in the 3-D common substructure (CS) between the two molecules which are being compared.
(3) In normal kidneys fixed by perfusion with tannic acid and glutaraldehyde, glomerular slit diaphragms have been reported to consist of highly ordered and isoporous substructures with a zipper-like configuration.
(4) Further conformational substructures are assigned to turns (25-26%) and to "random" structures (15-16%).
(5) In contrast, the number of substructural lines within the diffraction maxima is large even for microscopically homogeneous fibers.
(6) These inhibitors retain the Phe8-His9 portion of the native substructure and employ novel phosphostatine Leu10-Val11 replacements (LVRs).
(7) In the conceptformation concerning the genesis of mental substructures, classic Psychoanalysis has much more stressed instinctual conflict conditions than psychosocial ones.
(8) The M ring is a substructure of the flagellar basal body of bacteria, which lies in the cytoplasmic membrane and is therefore close to the site where the energy of the transmembrane proton potential is converted into mechanical work of rotation of the motor.
(9) In addition to exposing the underlying filamentous substructure of the matrix, protease treatment also revealed large, straight fiber bundles and globules of amorphous material suspended in the filamentous web.
(10) They reveal that each of the experimentally identified early formed, or independently stable, substructures harbors at least one of the segments consistently predicted as having a preferred conformation by our procedure.
(11) The serous cells contained 1 of 2 morphologically distinct secretory granules of complex substructure, whereas mucous droplets were relatively simple in structure.
(12) The secretory granules of the pro-acinar cells contained speckled or rod-like substructures which stained intensively for carbohydrates and were digested by proteolytic enzymes.
(13) Clinical observations of porcelain restorations lead to the hypothesis that certain substructures tend to produce crowns with a lower than expected Value (brightness).
(14) Current-generation CT scanners enable the visualization in vivo of structures and substructures that were previously unobservable.
(15) Motivated by V. B. Mountcastle's organizational principle for neocortical function, and by M. E. Fisher's model of physical spin systems, we introduce a cooperative model of the cortical column incorporating an idealized substructure, the trion, which represents a localized group of neurons.
(16) The postulated active conformation for 1-benzyl-4-[(5,6-dimethoxy-1-oxoindan-2-yl)methyl]piperidine hydrochloride (1a), a potent AChE inhibitor, is close to the crystal structures of 1a with respect to the indanone-piperidine substructure, but differs from the crystal structures for the benzylpiperidine moiety.
(17) The domain has a globular fold which contains two Zn-nucleated substructures of distinct conformation and function.
(18) Chromium DARS coating at room temperature resulted in poor structural definition, whereas DARS at specimen temperatures of -85 degrees C and -150 degrees C, with the chromium thickness optimized for each temperature, yielded good visual detail of polyhead substructures.
(19) This complex was detected over a 100-fold range of cross-linker concentration and thus seems to represent a particularly stable viral substructure.
(20) In such preparations, the inner membrane has a substructure consisting of globular subunits.
Virtually
Definition:
(adv.) In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
Example Sentences:
(1) Virtually every developed country has some form of property tax, so the idea that valuing residential property is uniquely difficult, or that it would be widely evaded, is nonsense.
(2) The Nazi extermination of Jews in Lithuania (aided enthusiastically by local Lithuanians) was virtually total.
(3) There was virtually no difference in a set of subtypic determinants between the serum and liver.
(4) We identified four distinct clinical patterns in the 244 patients with true positive MAI infections: (a) pulmonary nodules ("tuberculomas") indistinguishable from pulmonary neoplasms (78 patients); (b) chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis with sputum repeatedly positive for MAI or granulomas on biopsy (58 patients, virtually all older white women); (c) cavitary lung disease and scattered pulmonary nodules mimicking M. tuberculosis infection (12 patients); (d) diffuse pulmonary infiltrations in immunocompromised hosts, primarily patients with AIDS (96 patients).
(5) Thin films (OD approximately 0.7) of glucose-embedded membranes, prepared as a control, showed virtually 100% conversion to the M state, and stacks of such thin film specimens gave very similar x-ray diffraction patterns in the bR568 and the M412 state in most experiments.
(6) The pathway of ketogenesis in renal cortex must differ from that of the liver, as beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl-CoA synthetase is virtually absent from the kidney.
(7) The diet increased the formation of a cholesterol-rich very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), decreased high density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated cholesterol and phospholipids, but had virtually no effect on low density lipoprotein (LDL)-lipids.
(8) Reconstituted freeze dried allogeneic skin grafts contained virtually no blood, a phenomenon possibly analogous to the 'no reflow' phenomenon of microsurgery.
(9) Endotoxin is virtually devoid of effects at the metastatic level.
(10) When collateral marginal vessels were eliminated, adjacent arterial blood flow decreased to control levels and venous flow virtually stopped.
(11) In contrast, the fast block by internal TEA+ appeared virtually independent of voltage.
(12) Mice homozygous for mutations at either locus exhibit several phenotypic abnormalities including a virtual absence of mast cells.
(13) Removal of bPTH by washing the membranes virtually abolished activity, but washing after addition of bPTH plus Gpp(NH)p did not prevent continued accumulation of cAMP.
(14) When this is done it is evident that virtually all the calculated risk can be attributed to naturally occurring carcinogens in the diet.
(15) "We were the ones with the most over-indebted banks, the most over-indebted households and we had the biggest budget deficit of virtually any country, anywhere in the world.
(16) At a dose comparable to that given in vivo, cellular proliferation and antibody production were virtually eliminated in a secondary response in vitro.
(17) This was a highly significant (p less than 0.0001) predictor of 5-year total mortality, whose ascertainment was virtually complete.
(18) Serum gamma-GT was virtually unaffected by Triton X-100 at a concentration of 5% whereas urinary gamma-GT was 10-15% activated under similar conditions.
(19) When each overburdened adviser has an average caseload of 168 people, it is virtually impossible for individuals to be given any specialised support or treatments tailored to particular needs.
(20) She said since then HMRC had created the largest virtual call centre in the world that enabled 20,000 HMRC staff to answer calls at any one time.