(1) I heard the mayor say Ferguson doesn’t have a race problem,” said Taurean Russell, 30.
Taurine
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
(n.) A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.
Example Sentences:
(1) Additionally, cats excreted the taurine conjugate of hydratropic acid.
(2) After size fractionation on a sucrose density gradient, poly(A)+ RNA encoding for the MDCK taurine transporter was found in the fraction whose average size was 4.4 kilobases.
(3) This suggests a possible depressant effect of both GABA and taurine at superficial cortical layers.
(4) Other amino acids (glutamine, taurine, asparagine, alanine, serine) were only altered in single brain regions, or were not altered at all (aspartate, glycine, threonine, arginine).
(5) These results are discussed in connection with the cellular localization of taurine in the central nervous system.
(6) The effect of taurine on blastocyst formation appeared to be restricted mostly to the period 20-48 h after fertilization, during which time mouse embryos are at the two-cell stage.
(7) Since taurine does not form a chelate complex with calcium ion, this activation may be due to an action of taurine in the presence of calcium through competition with these ions on the membrane.
(8) As there is evidence for the relative inability of infants to synthesize taurine, this nitrogen compound has to be wholly supplied by the mother during pregnancy and by diet after birth, particularly for the prematures who have to constitute appreciable reserves in their tissues.
(9) We have investigated whether taurine is stored in multiple subcellular compartments and whether taurine is released from a distinct pool.
(10) It is well known that taurine stimulates ATP-dependent calcium ion uptake at low calcium ion concentrations.
(11) The distribution of the labels of [35S]taurine, [3H]lysine, [14C]glutamate and [14C]norleucine in mouse brain subcellular fractions was followed after intracerebral injection in vivo.
(12) The isolated perfused liver was studied to eliminate possible transfer of taurine to or from the large extrahepatic poosl present in vivo.
(13) Kinetic analysis of GABA uptake in the concentration range 0.1-10 microM revealed that the uptake occurred via a single system and that taurine was a competitive inhibitor of this system.
(14) Using a clonal growth assay, we demonstrated that taurine, a nonperturbing osmolyte accumulated in kidney medulla, brain, and some other tissues of hypertonic experimental animals can function as a nonperturbing osmolyte in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells.
(15) A method is described for measuring the stable isotopic enrichment of taurine in cat urine samples by high resolution fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry, after 15N labelled taurine was given to cats for the purpose of investigating taurine metabolism.
(16) The NaCl-dependent taurine uptake was stimulated by inside-negative, K+, and H+ diffusion potentials, demonstrating the electrogenic nature of the system.
(17) Retinal taurine content was reduced by this procedure and reductions in axon density (axons per area) were found in some groups.
(18) Nutritional advantages of breast milk include 1) a low sodium to potassium ratio; 2) an appropriate fat content; 3) optimal absorption rates for each compositional factor; and 4) high taurine levels which may promote nerve cell growth.
(19) Further, the effects of taurine deficiency on amino acid concentrations of heart, liver and kidney were investigated.
(20) SP inhibition must occur by mechanisms affecting taurine release after adenylate cyclase activation, inasmuch as SP has no significant effect on beta adrenergic-stimulated increases or basal levels of intracellular cyclic AMP.