... quenching (qE) of excess light involves a ΔpH-induced activation of the xanthophyll cycle in which a violaxanthin de-epoxidase converts violaxanthin (V) into antheraxanthin (A) and zeaxanthin (Z) ... confirming the detection of 1O2 by SOSG Singlet oxygen production for each strain was determined by calculating the slope of the increase in background-corrected SOSG fluorescent signals during ... segregation of the wild-type and mutant phenotypes was found in strains 35H11 and 18F6 (Figure 2), indicating that mutations in a single nuclear gene is responsible for the increased GPXH expression in...
... In 2004, measles incidence was > 10/100,000 inof 31 provinces (Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu and Zhejiang) which were located in the developing areas of China with the exception of ... proportion of the immunity gap in China The proportion of floating people has increased since 2005 following migration from rural based developing provinces to the more urban based, developed provinces ... in China reached lows in 1995 During 1995-2004, the incidence of measles was approximately 6/100,000 population every year There was a resurgence of measles cases in 2005 in China where the incidence...
... [11] Interestingly, TNF-α activates crucial proteins that are involved in maintaining calcium homeostasis TNF-α stimulates the expression of a calcium-binding protein, calbindin-D28K, in neuronal ... to carbachol in murine tracheal rings Murine tracheal rings were harvested and placed in culture overnight in an equal mixture of Ham F-12 and DMEM (vol/vol, 10% fetal bovine serum) in the presence ... are important in regulating local inflammation For example, TNF-α-induced modulation of cytosolic calcium induces cell death in the transformed cell line L929 [9], cell toxicity in cardiac myocytes...
... distance between the two termini of the inserted Ca2+-binding sites in the model structure of the EF-hand of STIM1 is within ˚ 15 A Accordingly, a total of six glycine linkers is sufficient to enable ... Kretsinger [7] in the crystal structure of parvalbumin To date, more than 66 members of EF-hand proteins have been classified [8] EF-hand proteins often occur in pairs with the two Ca2+-binding ... Molecular cloning and modelling of engineered CD2.STIM1.EF The single EF-hand motif in STIM1 (SFEAVRNIHKLMDDDANGDVDVEESDEFLREDL, proposed Ca2+coordinating ligands in italic) was inserted into the...
... etiology of hepatitis remains obscure in 3-10% of cases in Europe [5] and the United States [6] and up to 30% of cases in Asia [7, 8] Particularly, the cause of fulminant hepatitis in children ... length of 5.4 kb with hairpin structures at each extremity; in addition, a partial deletion and rearrangement of the sequence exist in the extremity regions These findings indicate the difficulty in ... diseases including liver diseases in different countries is now planning and we shall report on further investigations in the future In conclusion, we found a high prevalence of B19 infection in livers...
... contribution of these amino acids interacting with the pyrimidine ring to the catalysis of E coli CMP kinase Substitution of the side chain from a well-structured protein can have two types of consequence: ... different time intervals, aliquots were withdrawn and diluted in buffer containing 10 lgặmL)1 of soybean trypsin inhibitor The rst-order rate constant of inactivation of CMP kinase by TPCK-trypsin was ... proportion of dimers were formed, even in the case of the wild-type protein as indicated by ESI-MS or SDS PAGE in the absence of reducing agents The proportion of dimers increased notably in D132A...
... formed in yeast which is likely to contain only minor inclusions of peroxisomal matrix proteins A C Vps1p and Dnm1p: two dynamin-like proteins involved in fission of peroxisomes and Woronin bodies ... was conducted, in the presence or absence of detergent Examination of a wild-type PNS revealed increasing amounts of peroxisomal marker proteins in the pellet fractions upon increasing centrifugation ... components of the peroxisomal fission machinery by examining the fate of HEX1 in a vps1Ddnm1D double-deletion strain The results are discussed in terms of a mechanism for the formation of Woronin bodies...
... contained single, dominant V1V2 length polymorphisms measuring 241 and 267 nt, respectively C18E virus contained a single, dominant V1V2 length polymorphism measuring 241 nt, which was identical in ... Milich L, Margolin BH, Swanstrom R: Patterns of amino acid variability in NSI-like and SI-like V3 sequences and a linked change in the CD4-binding domain of the HIV-1 Env protein Virology 1997, ... Kolchinsky P, Kiprilov E, Bartley P, Rubinstein R, Sodroski J: Loss of a single N-linked glycan allows CD4-independent human immunodeficiency virus type infection by altering the position of the...
... COBL COBL COBL urine urine urine urine urine urine urine throat swab urine urine throat swab nasal swab urine urine urine urine throat swab urine urine urine blood blood urine urine sporadic sporadic ... Turkey showing province and number of measles virus isolates obtained during 2000-2001 Figure virus isolates obtained during 2000–2001 Map of Turkey showing province and number of measles Map of Turkey ... Measles Elimination Program in 2002 In parallel with the strategic plan of the European Regional Office of WHO, the Turkish national plan targets elimination of measles by 2010 [23] The plan included...
... tropism, of Hong Kong H5N1 influenza A viruses in mice Virology 2004, 320:258-266 Subbarao EK, London W, Murphy BR: A single amino acid in the PB2 gene of influenza A virus is a determinant of host ... the introduction and spread of a single variant of 2.2.2 sub-clade H5N1 avian influenza viruses in the Baltic region The presented findings underline the importance of whole genome analysis Background ... and spread of a single variant of 2.2.2 sub-clade H5N1 avian influenza viruses in the Baltic region The number and composition of the immune reactive peptides predicted by computing indicated...
... COBL COBL COBL urine urine urine urine urine urine urine throat swab urine urine throat swab nasal swab urine urine urine urine throat swab urine urine urine blood blood urine urine sporadic sporadic ... Turkey showing province and number of measles virus isolates obtained during 2000-2001 Figure virus isolates obtained during 2000–2001 Map of Turkey showing province and number of measles Map of Turkey ... Measles Elimination Program in 2002 In parallel with the strategic plan of the European Regional Office of WHO, the Turkish national plan targets elimination of measles by 2010 [23] The plan included...
... fragments of Bin A genes encoding 42-kDa toxin of local strains of B sphaericus Figure Phylogenetic trees of the DNA fragments of Bin B genes encoding 51-kDa toxin of local strains of B sphaericus ... local strains harbor the Bin A, Bin B and Mtx1 genes encoding Bin A 42-, Bin B 51- and Mtx1 100-kDa proteins Sequencing of the binary toxin gene operons from local strains The preliminary bioinformatics ... the presence of genes encoding Bin A, Bin B and Mtx1 in all analyzed strains; they are consistent with protein profiles The preliminary bioinformatics analysis of the binary toxin genes sequence...
... expected, in favor of the formation of more ultrafine nanoparticles Along this line, the use of stronger reducing agent NaBH4 played an important role as well in the controlled synthesis of ultrafine copper ... accelerating voltage of 100 kV TEM samples were prepared by placing a drop of a dilute dispersion of Cu nanoparticles on the surface of a 400-mesh copper grid backed with Formvar and were dried in ... ofCopper Nanoparticles Synthesis of ultrafine copper nanoparticles in organic solvent was typically processed as follows A certain amount of poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP, MW = 55,000), acting...
... by using a CE Instruments EA1110 The melting points (mp) were determined on a Mel-Temp melting point apparatus and are uncorrected Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was conducted both inair and ... CH3 O H 3C Fig a TEM image of TMPBA-g-SWCNT bundle; b TGA thermograms obtained with heating rate of 10 °C/min in air; and c proposed mechanism of functionalization of SWCNT with benzamide functional ... atmospheres with a heating rate of 10 °C/min using a Perkin–Elmer TGA7 The field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) used in this work was a LEO 1530FE A FEI Tecnai G2 F30 S-Twin was used for...
... example to investigate the in uences of H on the adsorption of metal on the Si(111)-7 surface using first-principles calculations H is the main surfactant during the heteroepitaxy of the metals ... surfaces and interfaces play a critical role in providing a nanoscopic understanding of the chemical bonding in these systems in the determination of the atomic geometry and electronic structure ... study the in uences of H on the adsorption of Ag on the Si(111)7 surface using the Vienna ab initio simulation package (VASP) [31] Ab initio density functional calculations of surfaces and interfaces...
... [46] for its intentional application In fact, we are just pointing out the inadequacy of this technique to analyze the incidence of wide-ranging set ofsingle and multiple disturbances in electric ... for single and multiple disturbances nonlinear way) in the original feature space of dimensionality d Linear transforms, such as principal component analysis, factor analysis, linear discriminant ... to be accomplished as in the case ofsingle disturbance ocurrence In fact, the incidence of more than one disturbance in the electric signals can lead to techniques attaining reduced classification...