... point for skin injury represents the median value for the group. The error bars represent minimum and maximum
value of the range. Each point for leg extension data represents mean value for the ... skin of C57BL/6 mice com-
pared to TSK mice (p < 0.05). The TGF-β1 values corre-
lated with the degree of skin injury and fibrosis seen at the
end the...
... synthesized in the Spemann
organizer, namely Follistatin, Chordin and Noggin
[12]. These proteins are antagonists of BMP and other
members of the TGF-b family, binding to and inhibit-
ing these ... embryos, the din mutant is not rescued.
Expression of chordin is induced by Sizzled in embryos
with Chordin, but not in the absence of Chordin.
These results indicate that Cho...
... enlarged view of (A),
showing only the data obtained in the absence of Du.(C)Theratioof
the best-fitting functions and of the data points of wild-type over
mutant are plotted for data in the presence ... ms
(extrapolating the fittin g function when necessary). The ratios of the
wild-type derivatives over the mutant, indicating the ratios of the ATP
synthe...
... HNE–protein adducts. Ligand-
binding tests showing the functionality of the same HNE-treated porcine (B) and bovine (C) OBPs as in the immunostaining. The plots show
the residual AMA-binding capacity ... frequently. For example, bovine
OBP is peculiar in that it is a dimer with domain
swapping [14,15]. There is currently a lack of informa-
tion on the in vivo binding p...
... Clinical signs
include the presence of an asymptomatic mass in the gland
that is often locally invasive [1,6,17]. An adenocarcinoma
is the most common type of tumor in the salivary glands,
whereas ... showed
signs of hypersalivation, halitosis and gingivitis, which
were especially severe in the right side region of the head.
With the exception of the afo...
... plains of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Yermosols
and xerosols are distributed most frequently in the arid western and
northwestern region, and vertisols dominate the lowlands of the
plains of the ... the northern Gulf of Mexico.
The Tamaulipan thornscrub forests and its different low forest
formations dominate land use, occupying 65% of the Rio San Juan
Watershed...
...
used
for
the
extraction
of
thiols,
since
it
allows
the
highest
recovery
of
glutathione
in
spruce
(93
±
17%).
For
the
deter-
mination
of
the
recovery
within
each
individual
sample, ...
photoinduced
biosynthesis
of
glutathione
in
this
alga
(Skigeoka
et
al.,
1987).
On
the
other
hand,
the
finding
that
the
5-oxo-prolinase
activity
in
c...
... basic
residues in the N-domain are not important for either
process whereas acidic residues in the C-domains of several
of the signal peptides play important roles in the processing
of precursor forms to the ... observed in the
[
3
H]leucine-labeled sample and the identity of the lower
band as A2 protein is again confirmed by the finding that
thebandisabsenti...
... RPE65c in the inner retina,
including Mu
¨
ller cells, but not in the RPE. Furthermore, double-immuno-
staining of dissociated retinal cells using antibodies for RPE65c and gluta-
mine synthetase (a ... containing atRE in the presence of
1m
M bipyridine (B) and liposomes containing atRE, in the presence
of 1 m
M bipyridine and 6 mM FeSO
4
(C). The generated retinoids...
... reaction of the luciferin ⁄ luciferase mixture, energy
donor (ATP) and oxygen results in the emission of light.
The intensity of the bioluminescence was detected using a
luminometer, and the mitochondrial ... approved by the
University of Cape Town’s Animal Research Ethics
Committee, and the investigation conforms to the Guide
for the Care and Use of Laborato...