A conserved element of a protein sequence alignment that usually correlates with a particular function Motifs are generated from a local multiple protein sequence alignment corresponding to a region whose function or structure is known It is sufficient that it is conserved, and is hence likely to be predictive of any subsequent occurrence of such a structural/functional region in any other novel protein sequence mRNA - See messenger RNA Mutagen - An agent that increases the rate of mutations in an organism Mutation - An inheritable change of a gene, which includes genetic (point or single base) changes, from one allelic form to another; or larger scale alterations such as chromosomal deletions or rearrangements
A dominant, usually recurring idea or element in a dance or sequence Motif development as a choreographic device involves using a single movement or short movement phrase that is manipulated (e g , by varying the elements of movement, by repetition, by fragmentation, using different body parts) to develop movement sequences for a dance
Usually called OSF/Motif The UNIX industry's standard user interface originally developed by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) Motif is based on the X-Window system and is a Presentation Manager look- alike Motif is available for all IBM AIX workstations
(Also known as Motiv or Leitmotiv ) A theme, character type, image, Metaphor, or other verbal element that recurs throughout a single work of literature or occurs in a number of different works over a period of time For example, the various manifestations of the color white in Herman Melville's Moby Dick is a "specific" motif, while the trials of star-crossed lovers is a "conventional" motif from the literature of all periods
From the French for "motive " 1) A usually recurring distinctive feature or thematic element of design or ornament, especially a dominant idea or central theme 2) A single or repeated design or color
- A powerful proprietary graphics library for GNU/Linux, developed by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) and used by programmers to create buttons, menus and other graphical objects for the X Window System (Also, see Gtk/Gtk+ and Qt )
- A short conserved region in a protein sequence Motifs frequently form a recognition sequence or are highly conserved parts of domains Motif is sometimes used in a broder sense for all localized homology regions, independent of their size
a conspicuous recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, a reference, or verbal formula, which appears frequently in works of literature For instance, the "loathly lady" who turns out to be a beautiful princess is a common motif in folklore, and the man fatally bewitched by a fairy lady is a common folkloric motif appearing in Keat's "La Belle Dame sans Merci " In medieval Latin lyrics, the "Ubi sunt?" [where are ?] motif is common, in which a speaker mourns the lost past by repeatedly asking, what happened to the good-old days? ("Where are the snows of yesteryear?") Frequently, critics use the word motif interchangeably with theme and leit-motif