Isopycnic


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I`so`pyc´nic


a.1.(Physics) Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface.
n.1.(Physics) A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same.
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Lueders T, Manefield M, Friedrich MW (2004) Enhanced sensitivity of DNA- and rRNA-based stable isotope probing by fractionation and quantitative analysis of isopycnic centrifugation gradients.
Ecological niche differentiation of ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria in acidic soils due to land use change
Fulmer, "Fractionation of rat alveolar macrophages by isopycnic centrifugation: morphological, cytochemical, biochemical, and functional properties," Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol.
Dysregulated Functions of Lung Macrophage Populations in COPD
This [sup.13]C-enriched RNA ("heavy" RNA) can then be separated from unlabeled [sup.12]C background RNA ("light" RNA) using isopycnic density gradient centrifugation [21, 22].
RNA-Based Stable Isotope Probing Suggests Allobaculum spp. as Particularly Active Glucose Assimilators in a Complex Murine Microbiota Cultured In Vitro
Under ultracentrifugation conditions, particles having the same buoyant density travel along the axis of the centrifugal force to form an isopycnic layer.
Capitalizing resolving power of density gradient ultracentrifugation by freezing and precisely slicing centrifuged solution: enabling identification of complex proteins from mitochondria by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Takayama and Onodera have studied transmission of underwater spherical shock wave through micro explosion induced by shock of ruby laser to plumbum board, quantitatively describing movement and isopycnic line of underwater spherical shock wave [5]; Swisdak Jr.
Experimental Study on Peak Pressure of Shock Waves in Quasi-Shallow Water
50 gL of rgVEGF164 (1 mg/mL) was applied to a dorsal and lateral area of shaved skin, and control vehicle was applied with isopycnic phosphate-buffered saline to the opposing adjacent area on the same animal).
Recombinant goat VEGF164 increases hair growth by painting process on the skin of shaved mouse
Lipoproteins were isolated by isopycnic ultracentrifugation according to the methods described by Himber et al.
Proteomic analysis of plasma-purified VLDL, LDL, and HDL fractions from atherosclerotic patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy: identification of serum amyloid a as a potential marker
It has evolved from the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) and is isopycnal in the open stratified ocean but reverts to a terrain-following coordinate in shallow coastal regions, and to z-level coordinates near the surface in the mixed layer.
Ocean circulation and water mass characteristics around the Galapagos archipelago simulated by a multiscale nested ocean circulation model
After isopycnic centrifugation with Percoll, a portion of the collected cell suspensions (~ 5 x 105 cells) was stained with combinations of fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies against CD11b, CD68, and F4/80: F4/80-PE (Biolegend), CD11b-PerCP-Cy5.5 (BD Biosciences), and CD68Alexa Fluor 684 (AbD Serotec).
Chronic ethanol feeding modulates inflammatory mediators, activation of nuclear factor-[kappa]B, and responsiveness to endotoxin in murine kupffer cells and circulating leukocytes
(Ah, the correct term is 'isopycnic centrifugation'.) Nothing about other ions.
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NV was purified from the stool specimens of infected volunteers by using a CsCl isopycnic ultracentrifugation gradient as described (5).
Lack of Norovirus replication and histo-blood group antigen expression in 3-dimensional intestinal epithelial cells
SINV-1 purification was accomplished by differential and isopycnic centrifugation as described previously (Valles and Hashimoto 2009).
Confirmation of the genome position and mass of the viral protein, VP3, of Solenopsis invicta virus 1 (picornavirales: dicistroviridae) infecting the red imported fire ant (hymenoptera: formicidae)

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