eschericia coli

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eschericia coli - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Inducing.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere
     to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]
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     1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]
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              The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the
              first Iliad.                          --Pope.
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     2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] --Cowper.
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     3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to
        persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. --Shak.
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              He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . .
              though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon,
              tempted.                              --Paley.
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              Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce
              you to ruin your reputation.          --Dryden.
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     4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by
        fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by
        exposure to a allergen.
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              Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     5. (Physics) To produce, or cause, by proximity without
        contact or transmission, as a particular electric or
        magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another
        body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
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     6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all
        the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
  
     7. (Genetics, Biochemistry) To cause the expression of (a
        gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control
        element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative
        control or by activating a positive control; to derepress;
        as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase
        in Eschericia coli..
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     Syn: To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press;
          influence; actuate.
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  Isolate \I"so*late\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]t or [imac]s"[-o]*l[=a]t;
     277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated
     ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating
     ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare
     to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and
     cf. Insulate.]
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     1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or
        alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to
        isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the
        troublemakers in a classroom.
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              Short isolated sentences were the mode in which
              ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.
                                                    --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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     2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate.
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     3. (Chem.) To separate (a substance) from all foreign
        substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as,
        to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture.
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     4. (Microbiol.) To obtain a culture of a microorganism in
        pure form (from a complex mixture); as, to isolate
        Eschericia coli from a patient's blood.
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  bacteriophage \bacteriophage\ n. sing. & pl.
     a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called
     phage in laboratory jargon.
  
     Note: Bacteriophages are of many varieties, generally
           specific for one or a narrow range of bacterial
           species, and almost every bacterium is susceptible to
           at least one bacteriophage. They may have DNA or RNA as
           their genetic component. Certain types of
           bacteriophage, called
  
     temperate bacteriophage, may infect but not kill their host
        bacteria, residing in and replicating either as a plasmid
        or integrated into the host genome. Under certain
        conditions, a resident temperate phage may become induced
        to multiply rapidly and vegetatively, killing and lysing
        its host bacterium, and producing multiple progeny. The
        lambda phage of Eschericia coli, much studied in
        biochemical and genetic research, is of the temperate
        type.
        [PJC] bacteriophagic