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MOTIF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
Synonyms:
motif; motive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("motif" is a kind of...):
design; figure; pattern (a decorative or artistic work)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
Example:
it was the usual 'boy gets girl' theme
Synonyms:
motif; theme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("motif" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motif"):
topos (a traditional theme or motif or literary convention)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
Synonyms:
motif; motive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("motif" is a kind of...):
idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motif"):
obbligato; obligato (a persistent but subordinate motif)
Context examples:
These motifs can influence both protein-protein interactions and cellular signaling.
(Phosphoserine Motif, NCI Thesaurus)
Found as one or multiple copies of a conserved 70-aa motif in diverse nucleic acid binding, and other, proteins, the KH domain binds RNA; each motif appears necessary for binding.
(NOVA Family, NCI Thesaurus)
It contains phosphorylation sites, N-terminal DH and PH domains, and an N-terminal EF-hand motif.
(A Kinase Anchor Protein 13, NCI Thesaurus)
A C4HC3 zinc-finger-like motif, the PHD finger is found in nuclear proteins thought involved in chromatin-mediated transcriptional regulation.
(PHD Finger, NCI Thesaurus)
The proto-oncogene c-fos encodes a nuclear protein that dimerizes with Jun via a zipper motif to form the transcription factor AP1 and is involved in growth-related transcriptional control.
(Oncogene FOS, NCI Thesaurus)
The tricosasodium salt of a synthetic 24-mer oligonucleotide containing 3 CpG motifs with potential antineoplastic and immunostimulatory activity.
(Agatolimod Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
DREAM binds calcium with 4 EF-hand motifs and the binding of DREAM to DNA is repressed in the presence of calcium.
(Pain Repression Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Most of these coactivators interact with the AF-2 domain of NRs through one or several LXXLL motifs called NR box.
(Nuclear Receptor Coactivator Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
The Nurf301 subunit contains a bromodomain transcription factor domain, a zinc finger binding domain, nuclear localization signals, and motifs associated with rapid protein degradation.
(NURF, NCI Thesaurus)
Oncolytic adenovirus Ad5-Delta 24RGD contains an integrin binding RGD-4C motif, allowing Coxsackie adenovirus receptor-independent infection of tumor cells, which are often deficient for Coxsackie and adenovirus receptors (CARs).
(Oncolytic Ad5-Delta 24RGD, NCI Thesaurus)
