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 SUB Göttingen - Dissertationen - Sallam, Mahmoud: Expression and Function of Mouse Pelota Gene
A 1.6 kb pelota transcript was detected in the RNA of all studied tissues.
To investigate the expression of the pelota gene during prenatal development, RNA was extracted from the posterior part of 9.5 to 17.5 dpc.
Further Northern blot analyses with testicular RNA isolated from mutant mice indicate that the expression of the pelota gene is not restricted to spermatogenic cells of the testis.
webdoc.sub.gwdg.de /diss/2002/sallam   (741 words)

  
 Buber's Basque Page: Pelota
At the last world championship of Basque pelota in Cuba, the Basque team was allowed to march independently from the Spanish team.
There are different ways of playing Basque pelota: with the hand, a bat, "remonte" and "cesta", which are types of baskets, and "trinquete" and "share", two kinds of rackets.
This kind of pelota is played in a fronton called Jai-Alai and is characterized by the speed of the pelota.
www.buber.net /Basque/Sports/pelota1.html   (539 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (Pelota)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Their roots can be traced to the Greek and other ancient cultures, but in Europe they all derive from real tennis (An ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court) (see Jeu de Paume (additional info and facts about Jeu de Paume)).
Today, pelota is widely played in several countries: in the Basque Country (additional info and facts about Basque Country) and their neighbours; in Valencia (A city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean) where it is considered the national sport; and in rural areas of Ireland, Belgium, North of Italy, Mexico, Argentina and other American countries.
The most characteristic trait of Basque pelota is that it is played against a wall (An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure) (frontón in Spanish, frontoi in Basque).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/pelota.htm   (467 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pelota
Pelota (Spanish, “Ball”) generic name for a variety of court games (also known as pelote Basque and pelota Vasca) played with a ball and, variously,...
Pelotas, city in southern Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul State, near Rio Grande.
The other forms of pelota include pelota mano (handball); pelota pala; and several forms in which the ball is batted from a heavy, stiff cesta.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Pelota.html   (101 words)

  
 Pilota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are modalities played with the bare hand (pelota a mano in Spanish or eskupilota in Basque) or with a wooden bat (pala), or a basket propulsor (cesta, xistera), the latter being very famous in Florida as the jai alai modality, and also played in Macao.
Nevertheless it has only side wall in the left flank, while the right limit of the court is just marked on the floor.
Basque pelota has been an exhibition olympic sport in Mexico '68 and Barcelona '92 and could be an exhibition sport in London 2012.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pelota   (498 words)

  
 Pelota Mixteca
Pelota Mixteca games are held in August on Sundays at 5pm and on festival days.
The game of Pelota Mixteca dates from pre-Colombian times and is similar to the tennis, only with five players (sometimes nine) per team.
Pelota Mixteca is a true sport with its own rules that are rather complex for the casual spectator.
www.tomzap.com /mixtecball.html   (413 words)

  
 pelota
As fast and furious as squash, pelota evolved from handball during the 17th century.
Very fast ball game of Basque derivation, popular in Latin American countries and in the USA where it is a betting sport.
It is played by two, four, or six players, in a walled court, or cancha, and somewhat resembles squash, but each player uses a long, curved, wickerwork basket, or cesta, strapped to the hand, to hurl the ball, or pelota, against the walls.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012290.html   (164 words)

  
 The pelota locus encodes a protein required for meiotic cell division: an analysis of G2/M arrest in Drosophila ...
The pelota locus encodes a protein required for meiotic cell division: an analysis of G2/M arrest in Drosophila spermatogenesis -- Eberhart and Wasserman 121 (10): 3477 -- Development
The pelota locus encodes a protein required for meiotic cell division: an analysis of G2/M arrest in Drosophila spermatogenesis
males homozygous for mutations in pelota, the germline mitotic divisions
dev.biologists.org /cgi/content/abstract/121/10/3477   (609 words)

  
 Basque Pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a pelota tournament was contested.
This page was last modified 17:01, 29 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pelota_Basque_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics   (65 words)

  
 purevolume™ | LA PELOTA Y QUE
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www.purevolume.com /lapelotayque   (131 words)

  
 El Diario/La Prensa: La pelota de esta epoca, caras bonitas y medicos@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
La pelota de esta epoca, caras bonitas y medicos
La pelota de esta poca, caras bonitas y mdicos.
Me dice...: "Cuando llega esta poca" la de la pelota de invierto, "aparece de nuevo la luz".
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:50036121&refid=holomed_1   (233 words)

  
 Orlando Jai-Alai / What Is Jai-Alai?
Also called pelota, handball-like game of Spanish Basque origin.
either singles or doubles on a three-walled court (fronton) with a hard rubber ball (pelota) that is hurled with a wicker basket (cesta) attached to the player's arm.
The sport is popular in Latin America and is played in some states (e.g., Florida and Connecticut) where jai alai betting is legal.
www.orlandojaialai.com /whatis.htm   (434 words)

  
 Camper shoes Camper shoe Pelota men's Camper Shoes
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www.acharne.com /camper-shoes.asp   (285 words)

  
 Epoca: El gato montés.(Mariano Juaristi, jugador de pelota Vasca)(TT: The Lynx.)(TA: Mariano Juaristi, Jai Alai ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mariano Juaristi Mendizábal, un fenómeno de la pelota más conocido como Atano III.
Los saques y restos de Atano III, sus señas de identidad, revolucionaron el mundo de la pelota y lo dotaron de unos matices de los que antes carecía.
Resucitó la volea y, con su prodigiosa mano izquierda, sorprendió a entendidos y profanos por la belleza de sus golpes.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:57643296&refid=holomed_1   (231 words)

  
 AP Spanish Online: Juez ordena vender pelota del histórico jonrón de Bonds@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Juez ordena vender pelota del histórico jonrón de Bonds
Dateline: SAN FRANCISCO Los dos aficionados que reclamaban la posesión de la pelota con la que Barry Bonds conectó su histórico cuadrangular número 73 en una temporada deberán venderla y dividir el dinero que perciban, aproximadamente un millón de dólares, dictaminó el miércoles un juez.
De un garrotazo, Bonds envió la pelota a las gradas, para conferirle un valor histórico y volverla objeto de una larga disputa judicial.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:70440853&refid=holomed_1   (214 words)

  
 Pet Lovers Forum - Pelota's Health
Pelota the hamster we rescued about a year ago came down with pneumonia -
I'm hoping to have to quit giving it to him.
> Pelota the hamster we rescued about a year ago came down with
www.petloversforum.net /showthread.php?t=4083   (945 words)

  
 Berria.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The first phase of the work to build the Pelota Centre of the Basque Country will start in Azkoitia in January: six experimental Basque pelota courts designed by Anton Mendizabal will be built
Lopez de Ceballos and Mendizabal have designed the centre between them, thus linking their two passionate enthusiasms: Basque pelota and pelota courts on the one hand, and Jorge Oteiza’s work on the other.
It is hoped that the work for the first phase of the whole project will be completed by the summer of 2006, once the contracts have been awarded in December 2004, and work has started in January 2005: six “experimental pelota courts” designed by Mendizabal will be built.
www.berria.info /english/ikusi.php?id=816   (375 words)

  
 Brain Tags: La pelota vasca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
La Pelota Vasca is a documentary movie about the situation in the Basque Country.
In this movie, a lot of people involved with -both sides of- the situation like politicians, musicians, professors and victims are interviewed to give a view of how hopeless the situation is. Two important groups are...
Once again, I cannot believe some of the things this government is doing, and getting away with.
www.braintags.com /archives/2003/10/la_pelota_vasca   (364 words)

  
 Search Results for Pelota - Encyclopædia Britannica
One of the oldest of ball games, handball has been traced back to the baths of Rome.
Played later as a bare-handed game called pelota in Spain and France, it was the forerunner of modern jai alai.
Expand your search on Pelota with these databases:
www.britannica.com /search?query=Pelota   (173 words)

  
 Basque Pelota - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Basque Pelota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Basque Pelota is not available in the Hutchinson encyclopedia.
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encyclopedia.farlex.com /Basque+Pelota   (78 words)

  
 La adoración de la pelota on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Una Sacerdotisa de los Sufridos Sangrantes Adoradores de la Gran Pelota en pleno rito.
Entre los clicks existe la leyenda de que al principio de cada Ciclo Largo del calendario playmaya, una gran pelota divina cae en una caja elegida.
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www.flickr.com /photos/peripecio/14117271   (154 words)

  
 AP Spanish Online: Panam: Argentina gana oro, México plata en pelota vasca@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
AP Spanish Online: Panam: Argentina gana oro, México plata en pelota vasca@ HighBeam Research
Panam: Argentina gana oro, México plata en pelota vasca
Dateline: SANTO DOMINGO Argentina conquistó el viernes la medalla de oro de la especialidad de paleta de goma en el torneo panamericano de pelota vasca, y México se quedó con la presea de plata.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:77351726&refid=holomed_1   (167 words)

  
 AP Spanish Online: Panam: Otro oro para México en pelota vasca@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
AP Spanish Online: Panam: Otro oro para México en pelota vasca@ HighBeam Research
Panam: Otro oro para México en pelota vasca
Dateline: SANTO DOMINGO México alcanzó el jueves su tercera medalla de oro en la pelota vasca de los Juegos Panamericanos al imponerse sobre Cuba en la modalidad de mano en parejas 36 metros.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:77954248&refid=holomed_1   (172 words)

  
 AP Spanish Online: Panam: Argentina oro, México pierde dos finales en pelota vasca@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
AP Spanish Online: Panam: Argentina oro, México pierde dos finales en pelota vasca@ HighBeam Research
Panam: Argentina oro, México pierde dos finales en pelota vasca
Dateline: SANTO DOMINGO México, una de las potencias mundiales en la pelota vasca, perdió el viernes las últimas dos finales de la disciplina que se disputaron en los Juegos Panamericanos.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:78084221&refid=holomed_1   (202 words)

  
 AP Spanish Online: San Juan firme en el liderato de la pelota puertorriqueña@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
AP Spanish Online: San Juan firme en el liderato de la pelota puertorriqueña@ HighBeam Research
San Juan firme en el liderato de la pelota puertorriqueña
Los Senadores de San Juan se consolidaron en la punta del campeonato de pelota Puerto Rico al vencer 3-0 a los Criollos de Caguas.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:88078272&refid=holomed_1   (236 words)

  
 MTV.com - Movies - Pelota De Trape
His dreams take the form of newsreel shots of recent football games, replete with enthusiastic, almost orgiastic crowds.
Produced independently, Pelota de Trapo lacks such niceties as production values, but it was still a huge hit in Argentina, posting a then-record $12,000 in its first week of release.
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www.mtv.com /movies/movie/186929/plot.jhtml   (164 words)

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