punctate

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Mutants that lack LIN-10 activity have decreased levels of punctate, synaptic GLR-1, and instead accumulate GLR-1 receptors in large, aberrant compartments at non-synaptic sites throughout their neurites lin-10 mutants, suggesting that GLR-1 is accumulating in an internal, post-endocytosis compartment within the neurites of these mutants

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  1. adjective Having tiny spots, points, or depressions.

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  • Two von Frey filaments (North Coast Medical, Morgan Hill, California, United States) were employed to examine the response to punctate tactile stimulation: a filament of low strength (2 g) applied a force above the detection threshold for touch on intact skin; a filament of high strength (26 g) elicited a prickly, but normally painless sensation —  PLoS Medicine: New Articles
  • For example, a reduced response to punctate tactile stimulation was considered mild if the patient failed to notice stimulation with the low-strength von Frey filament but detected the high-strength filament. —  PLoS Medicine: New Articles
  • In neurons, punctate cytoplasmic staining of GABARAP was seen in soma and processes, whereas GABARAP (G116A) was limited to soma. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Results; Myometrial smooth myocytes from term uterine biopsies expressed connexin 43 in a punctate pattern typical of gap junctions. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • Additionally, immunolocalization experiments on fixed worms show an intense concentration of CeKinesin-II and CeOsm-3 polypeptides in the ciliated endings of these chemosensory neurons and a punctate localization pattern in the corresponding cell bodies and dendrites. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. From Latin pūnctum, prick mark, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see punctuate.

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  1. from Middle Latin punctatus, marked with dots (New Latin punctatus, pointed), past participle of puncture, mark with dots, mark, point, from Latin punctum, point, dot: see point.
 

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