These antibody titers were determined by reaction with homozygous Af red cells.

One drop of each sample was added to one drop of a 2% suspension of group Af or group B red cells in a small Af test tube.

The red cells for the Rh antibody tests were used within 3 days after drawing except for the Af cells, which had been glycerolized and stored at -20-degrees-C for approximately 1 year.

Some of the sinusoids contained large numbers of nucleated red cells, and cells of the granulocytic series were found in small numbers.

For example the standard glutamic acid ( glutamate ) and the non-standard gamma-amino acid gamma-amino-butyric acid ( GABA ) are respectively the brain's main excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters, hydroxyproline-a major component of the connective tissue collagen-is synthesised from proline, the standard amino acid glycine is used to synthesise porphyrins used in red blood cells, and the non-standard carnitine is used in lipid transport.

However, upon immunization with SRBC ( sheep red blood cells ), these mice demonstrated a deficiency in the maturation of an antibody response ; they were able to generate normal levels of IgM, but could not develop specific IgG levels.

The blood cells are mainly red blood cells ( also called RBCs or erythrocytes ) and white blood cells, including leukocytes and platelets.

The most abundant cells in vertebrate blood are red blood cells.

* Supply of oxygen to tissues ( bound to hemoglobin, which is carried in red cells )

The average adult has a blood volume of roughly 5 liters ( 1. 3 gal ), composed of plasma and several kinds of cells ( occasionally called corpuscles ); these formed elements of the blood are erythrocytes ( red blood cells, RBCs ), leukocytes ( white blood cells ), and thrombocytes ( platelets ).

By volume, the red blood cells constitute about 45 % of whole blood, the plasma about 54. 3 %, and white cells about 0. 7 %.

Mature red blood cells lack a nucleus and organelles in mammals.

The red blood cells ( together with endothelial vessel cells and other cells ) are also marked by glycoproteins that define the different blood types.

The proportion of blood occupied by red blood cells is referred to as the hematocrit, and is normally about 45 %.

The men in Pettigrew's were tired from a night's drinking, their faces red and baggy.

The way his red rubber lips were stretched across his pearly little teeth I thought he was only having a little joke, but, no, he wanted me to bend down from the roar of wind so he could roar something into my ear.

I noted that her full breasts were bare and that she wore a garland of red pandanus fruit in her blue-black hair.

The last two were a red and a black chow.

At dinner the courses were carried in by tall cuirassiers in red capes and black fur caps topped with tufts of feathers, marching in pairs like guards from a stage tragedy.

When Papa's slender fingers removed the spectacles, there were red indentations on the bridge of the strong nose.

No drummers here, no pipers, and the red coats were covered with a fine film of dust.

His eyes were old and they never saw well, but heated with whisky they'd glare at my noise, growing red and raising up his rage.

they were struck out with remarks in red ink, denouncing both the cooks and the management.

For example, in a typical store installation, fifty 24-in. and six 36-in. red acrylic letters were mounted against a white painted wood background.

They were to promise fine presents to the loyal red men, as well as an abundant supply of trading goods at better prices than the opposition was offering.

His eyes were threaded by little filaments of red as if tiny veins had burst and flooded blood into them.

Or you could hope the parachute wouldn't open just so you could say you saw it not open, not because you meant any harm to Starkey Poe in his suit of red underwear, but mainly because you were tired of being an old maid -- a thing which cannot admit when it thinks it might be pregnant, but must stand the dizzy feeling all alone and go on like everything is all right instead of being able to say to somebody in a normal voice: `` I think I'm pregnant ''.

There were pink bathing suits on blondes, and browny-haired girls in red or black or green bathing suits.

The tiles were given a metallic sheen to simulate the varying scales of the monster, with the color grading from green on the right side, where the head begins, to deep blue and violet in the center, to red and pink on the left side of the building.

Competing machines such as the Altair 8800 generally were programmed with front-mounted toggle switches and used indicator lights ( red LEDs, most commonly ) for output, and had to be extended with separate hardware to allow connection to a computer terminal or a teletypewriter machine.

The peoples of the Tarim Basin in northern China are now known to be Caucasian and there were widespread attempts to keep western archeologists from testing samples such as deliberately replacing the mummies or decapitating them, even defacing ancient cave painting depictions of these people with large amounts of body hair and features such as red colored hair and blue eyes.

The flowers of the ' Hopi Red Dye ' amaranth were used by the Hopi ( a tribe in the western United States ) as the source of a deep red dye.

Only the first 6000 to arrive were admitted and paid, with the red rope now used to keep latecomers at bay.

The numbers on the white jerseys were black, but were changed to red in 1997.

I used bright red, mixing the pigment in thoroughly before adding the hardener.

A red filter, Zeiss barrier filter with the code ( Schott ) designation BG 23, was also used in the ocular lens assembly as it improved the contrast between specific and nonspecific fluorescence.

`` Sabinas '' was a Spanish word used to describe cattle of red and white peppered and splotched colorin'.

Native Americans used red alder bark ( Alnus rubra ) to treat poison oak, insect bites, and skin irritations.

Blackfeet Indians used an infusion made from the bark of red alder to treat lymphatic disorders and tuberculosis.

The inner bark of the alder, as well as red osier dogwood, or chokecherry, was also used by Native Americans in their smoking mixtures, known as kinnikinnick, to improve the taste of the bearberry leaf.

The alpha component may be used to blend to red, green and blue components equally, as in 32-bit RGBA, or, alternatively, there may be three alpha values specified corresponding to each of the primary colors for spectral color filtering.

Evidence for this has been found in Sibudu Cave, South Africa and the compound glues used were made from plant gum and red ochre.

In Philippine cuisine, it is used to make the jelly bars in the various gulaman refreshments or desserts such as sago gulaman ( aka gulaman at sago ), buko pandan, agar flan, halo-halo, the various Filipino fruit salads, black gulaman, and red gulaman.

The 1899 trip to Australia saw a reversion to red, white and blue jerseys, but with the blue used in thick hoops and the red and white in thin bands.

* 泡沫紅茶 (): " foam red tea ", by direct translation, is the drink that is more appropriate for the more literal name of " bubble tea "; however, the English name, foam tea, is not used much throughout Asia.

In 1956, 24 % of the cadmium used within the United States was used for the second application, which was for red, orange and yellow pigments based on sulfides and selenides of cadmium.

The earthworm species ( or composting worms ) most often used are red wigglers ( Eisenia fetida or Eisenia andrei ), though European nightcrawlers ( Eisenia hortensis or Dendrobaena Veneta ) could also be used.

* Primary colours or first colours: The main croquet ball colours used which are blue, red, black and yellow ( in order of play ).