... morphology and root morphology and topology For the morphological characterisation of shoots and roots andthe topological characterisation of roots, 22 seedlings were taken randomly per type of container ... confining of lateral roots in the container and their downward growth lead to the generation of an orthogeotropic lateral root system rather than the more usual plagiotropic one that originates from the ... pruning of roots Continual air pruning induces a limitation to the main root growth by shortening its length to the depth ofthe container and preventing the development of replacement taproots The...
... Evolution oftheMolecularBiologyof Brain Tumors andthe Therapeutic Implications high grade gliomas The structure and compounds ofthe ECM ofthe brain tissue have many specific differences from other ... infiltrate the enviro‐ ment and form it similar to the tumor tissue The process ofthe peritumoral invasion de‐ pends on the confrontation zone ofthe tumor cells andthe non-neoplastic cells and ECM ... Overexpression of dystroglycan decreased Evolution oftheMolecularBiologyof Brain Tumors andthe Therapeutic Implications the growth rate of glioma cell lines so it was found to be involved in the progression...
... report the cloning andfunctional study ofthe central part ofthe BMP pathway (the Cg-BMPR1 type I receptor and Cg-TGFbsfR2 type II receptor) This shows probably the most ancestral and unusual functional ... terminal end and C2 defines the domain closest to the cell membrane A comparison ofthe inferred amino acid sequence ofthe C1 and C2 domains reveals that only the approximate spacing ofthe 10 cysteine ... sections X and XI ofthe receptor serine ⁄ threonine kinase domain [22] Another striking point is the phase conservation ofthe intron– exon boundaries that lie either side ofthe exon encoding the...
... together with the degree of overhang ofthe prosthesis in millimeters andthe presence or absence of posterior osteophyte Each prosthesis was then scored radiographically by summing the degree of ... preparation and analysis ofthe results of this study I would like to acknowledge the help of Matthew Hankins ofthe Brighton and Sussex University Department of Statistics, for his advice and statistical ... between the varus/valgus positioning ofthe femoral component andthe Oxford score (0.38) Examples of good and poorly positioned prosthesis can be seen in Figures and Edmondson et al Journal of Orthopaedic...
... define the upper edge ofthe board and let ,y t where (z,y) jk L consist ofthe coordinates z ts s t y< y z z which define the lower edge of , the board Now the worst wane on the upper edge ofthe ... if the flitch, or some part ofthe flitch, lies within the defect core then further reference lines are established These lines are determined by the extent ofthe defects and are positioned: The ... WA = 50 mm, WA= 75 andthe flitch width = 200 mm The follow- ing combinations are then generated, where the first number is the coefficient ofthe first width (50 mm) andthe second width (75...
... standardized by first fitting a trend line and then dividing the measured data by the corresponding fitted data for the given year A stiff spline-function [8], passing 50 % ofthe variance ofthe ... from the industrial district from April to September The cores were cut into 2-mm-thick strips, and then they were dried and irradiated with soft X-rays at15 kV and mA for 240 s from a distance of ... affect the variance of ring widths and wood densities [12, 13, 19, 24, 26, 32] Thus, ring widths and wood densities provide records ofthe effects of both climatic and nonclimatic factors on the...
... to the conception andthe design ofthe study, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript UR contributed to the conception andthe design ofthe study TB acquired the data IK contributed to the ... So the image of A1 is a subset ofthe image of A2 and it holds: A1 A = A A1 = A1 (16) This equation shows the orthogonality ofthe projections of Cochran’s Theorem Results Nycthemeral rhythm of ... or the choice ofthe number of samples, when no a priori knowledge ofthe inherent periods ofthe data is available To derive a more robust version ofthe statistical test use the rank of the...
... (mean = 54 and median = 55) The genotyping success rate was in the range from 98.2 to 99.5% andthe retesting ofthe 10% randomly selected samples was 100% concordant MMP2 -1306 C/T and -735 C/T ... interpretation ofthe results obtained with the in-silico methods; MB participated in the design and discussions; IO conceived and coordinated the study, participated in its design, analysis, discussion of ... manuscript; PR and SS participated in the genotyping; AP coordinated the patients' accrual and updated the clinicopathological and epidemiological database; NI performed the statistical analysis and contributed...
... Healthcare Research and Quality Page of 9 10 Acknowledgements The research in this paper was conducted at the CFACT Data Center, andthe support of AHRQ is acknowledged The results and conclusions ... in designing the study and drafting and revising the manuscript MF contributed to study design, data collection strategy, and revising the paper in terms of presentation of findings and discussion ... prevalently (and living with another adult, or an adult and a child, less prevalently), and less often free of comorbid conditions Also, the bipolar disorder population tended to cluster more in the central...
... for each ofthe gene segments ofthe RNP complex All virus genes belong to the Eurasian avian lineage with the exception ofthe PB1 gene of whistlingswan/88 With regards to the PB1 gene, the whistlingswan/88 ... protein kinase R andthe activation of transcription factors NF-κB and IRF-3 [53-57] On the other hand, others claim the primary function of NS1 RNA binding to be inhibition ofthe 2'-5'- Zohari ... and was distinct from the HA of chicken/49, which clusters with the early H10 Eurasian avian isolates There is a high degree of similarity at the amino acid level ofthe haemagglutinin gene of...
... estimated Based on the percentage ofthe fat-free substance, protein and ash content ofthe empty body are estimated, and lipid content is the deviation ofthe fat-free content from one The equations ... A) is the probability of alleles g ih and g ih’ ’ being IBD and being of breed origin A, and Pr( g ih ≡ g ih’ ’ ∈ B) is the probability of alleles g ih and g ih’ ’ being IBD and being of breed ... effect compared to the allele from the grand-maternal dam line and vice versa The dominance effect is defined as the deviation of heterozygous animals from the mean of both types of homozygous animals...
... drugs (Hofmann et al., 1999) 1.1.2 The β and α2δ subunits Auxiliary subunits of calcium channels modulate the trafficking andthe biophysical properties ofthe α1 subunit The β subunit aids in the ... Alignment ofthe C-terminal sequences ofthe L-type CaV1.3 with CaV1.2 and CaV1.4 shows high conservation in the EF-hand and IQ motif (Figure 1.1) Alternative splicing ofthe CaV1.3 in the C-terminus ... channels andthe most negative amongst the L-type family The negative activation threshold observed is independent ofthe tissue of origin andthe auxiliary subunits coexpressed Unlike the CaV1.2...
... complete exclusion of claudin-1 from the nucleus (Figure 1B) This implies that active PKC may exist in the nucleus of melanoma cells, andthe presence of active PKC isoforms in the nuclei of many cell ... signal (CLDN1-NLS), there is increased expression of claudin-1 in the nucleus, but there are still large amounts of claudin-1 in the cytoplasm as well B) All ofthe claudin-1 in the nucleus can be ... were seeded onto the filters The total volume on the top ofthe filter was adjusted to 800μL of serum free medium and 800μL of medium containing 20% fetal calf serum was placed in the lower well...
... of bone graft in the damaged site and on the other hand, it creates an environment with a rich content of HA, with all the advantages deriving from the phenomenon The present study’s clinic and ... proliferation, migration, and differentiation ofthe epithelial cells [2,12,18,19] Following the surgical treatment of adult periodontitis, the epithelial regeneration ofthe periodontal attachment ... matrix and whose molecular makeup differs from the extracellular matrix of intact regions [17] The general physicochemical and biological properties of HA, are utilized in the various processes of...
... of cysteines The involvement of four conserved cysteines in the coordination ofthe [4Fe–4S] cluster has been confirmed in WhiB3 [9] and WhiB4 [15] The brown color ofthe purified protein andthe ... reflects the total number of cysteines present in the thiol and disulfide forms In the oxidized state, both WhiB2 and WhiB5 showed a major peak corresponding to the theoretical molecular mass ofthe ... conditions [15] The rate of disintegration was directly correlated with the duration and strength ofthe oxidizing environment Similarly, in this study, the intensity ofthe brown color andthe iron–sulfur...
... measure the mobility ofthe components in the PGCs The medaka embryo was peeled off the chorion, andthe segment containing the part of PGCs was excised for observation by microscopy and FCS ... of OlvasGFP reveals the dynamic nature ofthe nuage Schematic diagram ofthe preparation of PGCs of medaka specimen (A) OlvasGFP was expressed in the medaka PGC at stage 24 and localized in the ... and FRAP analyses of OlvasGFP in the PGC FCS was used to measure the movement of OlvasGFP into the cytosol out ofthe nuage region ofthe PGC Representative correlation curves are shown (A) The...
... that the oxidant-promoted alteration ofthe Ki of elafin and trappin is caused by the oxidation of their P1¢ methionine residue Fig Mass spectra of native and oxidized elafin (A) and trappin (B) The ... correspond to a half-life of dissociation of 36–105 [15] The oxidation of elafin and trappin down-shifts the half-life of there complexes with NE to % 1.3– 1.8 On the other hand, the oxidized inhibitor–Pr3 ... binding ofthe methionine sulfoxide residue at the S1¢ subsite ofthe active centers of NE and Pr3 The fact that the S1¢ subsite of Pr3 is significantly smaller than that of NE [21] might then explain...
... [32] The Lsm1 and Lsm8 polypeptides are most similar in the regions ofthe Sm1 and Sm2 motifs These motifs form the Sm-fold, the hallmark ofthe Sm-like proteins, consisting of a five-stranded ... investigated the cellular localization of GFPtagged versions of these proteins, as well as their ability to support growth Besides clarifying the relative importance of different regions ofthe Lsm1 and ... [26,27] and in P-body assembly [28], emphasizing the importance of residues outside Lsm1p and Lsm8p for the localization and function of these complexes In budding yeast, only one form ofthe homologous...