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In golden hamsters, microinjections of arginine vasopressin (AVP) into the anterior hypothalamus trigger grooming and flank marking, a stereotyped scent marking behavior [ 1 2 ] . Within a minute after AVP microinjections, hamsters start to lick and comb sebaceous glands situated on their dorsolateral flanks.
In A. pernix and S. solfataricus all of the trp genes are adjacent, but trpEb_2 flanks trpEa, and trpEb_1 is absent from these genomes.
3. This model was subsequently confirmed in two ways: an NdeI restriction site predicted from Southern blots was confirmed in the flanking sequence [ 27 ] ; and PCR amplification with specific primers across the flanks of the transgene and across the internal LB-RB junction resulted in the expected product lengths (Fig.
This staggered nick is subsequently repaired to produce a 9 base pair duplication of the target sequence that flanks the inserted transposon.
The book, however, is internally powered by Ballard's patented transformation of cold into hot, turning medical and automotive jargon into spectacularly baroque metaphors: "Thinking of the extensor rictus of her spine during orgasm, the erect hairs on her undermuscled thighs, I stared at the stylized manufacturer's medallion visible in the photographs, the contoured flanks of the window pillars."