... differences between the proteomes of these cells, andthe findings were confirmed by ELISA detection of a selection ofproteins These differences were particularly noticeable with proteins involved ... spectrometric analysis; Table shows the corresponding protein data The factor of difference was calculated by dividing the intensity ofthe protein spot in mDCs by that ofthe corresponding spot in moDCs ... mDCs and moDCs [12] and moDCs and KG-1 cells [13], but no studies have compared the proteomes of all three cell types In this study we compare the proteomes of mDCs, moDCs and KG-1 cells, and then...
... E7 3.1 Biophysical propertiesofthe E6 and E7 proteins: Previous data and concept of this study To determine the biophysical propertiesofproteins and, ultimately, determine their three-dimensional ... abnormalities ofthe cervical epithelium (Richart and Barron, 1969) These lesions are classified as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grades 1, andThe severity ofthe lesion is graded bythe extent ... INTRODUCTION 19 The size and location ofthe genes as well as the function oftheproteins encoded are well conserved among all PVs The late genes encode two structural capsid proteins L1 and L2 and are...
... independently ofthe presence of AREs (Fig 6B, lanes and 5) It is possible that in the region located before the AREs, consisting of 343 bp ofthe 3¢ UTR ofthe IL-1b transcript, there is a putative ... IL-1)ARE and pcDNA3 ⁄ MCPIP The pcDNA3 vector served as a control for the experiment, and to equalize the amount of introduced genetic material The level of IL-1b and MCPIP transcripts was measured by ... mRNA and also of its own transcript For this reason, the level of mRNA for the wildtype form of MCPIP andthe level of mRNA for IL-1b (Fig 5A, lane 3) were lower in comparison to the level of mRNA...
... how the FE andthe electronic propertiesofthe Si-nc are influenced bythe insertion of more and more impurities We call this insertion of several impurities multidoping Fig shows how the FE of ... for the eye The dashed line corresponds to the band-gap for the undoped Si-nw Fig 11 shows how the FE for the B and P codoped Si-nw changes as function ofthe position ofthe dopants within the ... approaching asymptotically the value ofthe band-gap ofthe undoped Si-nw This is another indication of how doping can modify the electronic and optical propertiesofthe Si nanostructures Conclusions...
... The dashed line andthe dotted line indicate the elution profile of a further chromatography ofthe material included in peak A and peak B, respectively The arrow identifies the broadening ofthe ... ofthe dissociation processes andthe occurrence of different subunits, in order to correlate the structural propertiesofthe various aggregation forms with their oxygen-binding propertiesThe ... is a precise definition ofthe allosteric unit responsible for cooperativity andofthe possible role of heterogeneity at subunit level in the modulation ofthefunctionalproperties [18,27,34]...
... away from the heme normal (z axis), a is the angle between the projection ofthe tilt ofthe z axis on the xÂ, y plane (dened direction of tilt of z andthe x axis), and j % a + c denes the location ... with the remainder ofthe target residues assigned by detection of NOESY residueheme and interresidue cross-peaks solely bythe standard Mb fold, andthe observation of relaxation effects and/ or ... The two structures of WT metHb and rWT metHbH2O, exhibit signicant differences in the interaction ofthe FG loop with the heme and in the position ofthe B-helix, with Tyr32(B10) closer to the...
... Page of (c) EDS (b) (103) ZnO NW nm Figure TEM images of 3SZO NW (a) The location andthe size ofthe Au catalyst, the present of Au catalyst, is demonstrated the VLS method (b) The HR-TEM and ... stress because the chemical bonding distance of Ag-O is longer than that of Zn-O [35,36] In the case of 3SZO and 5SZO NWs, the surface ofthe SZO NWs is crumpled because ofthe stress by doping effect ... XPS results of SZO NW The origin ofthe chemical bonding and content of Ag element are measured by XPS measurement for the (a) 1SZO, (b) 3SZO, and (c) 5SZO NWs The insets show that the shape strong...
... Morphology ofthe MWCNTs Figure 5(a–c) shows the SEM micrographs ofthe MWCNTs ofthe as-produced andthe functionalized tubes As seen from Fig 5a, the raw MWCNTs are produced in the form of agglomerated ... functionalized MWCNTs andthe fractured surface ofthe nanocomposites 123 Figure shows the FTIR spectra of acid and amino functionalized MWCNTs In the acid functionalized MWCNTs, the peaks at 1634 and 1295 ... shows the onset ofthe degradation temperature ofthe raw, acid and amine modified MWCNTs In the case of as produced MWCNTs, the weight loss starts at 475 °C, whereas in case of modified tubes the...
... treatment at the time of blood and synovial fluid sampling Recent radiographs ofthe hands and feet were obtained for all the patients The presence of bone erosions, defined as the loss of cortical ... (Table 2) All the patients had a diagnosis of RA and fulfilled the revised criteria ofthe American College of Rheumatology [13] The study was approved bythe Ethics Committee of Sahlgrenska ... 21) The box plots represent the means and interquartile ranges in each group The dashed line indicates the cut-off level for each type of TIMP equal to the mean +2 standard deviations of the...
... Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (AI068632) The content is solely the responsibility ofthe authors and does not necessarily represent the official views ofthe NIH Author details Graduate School of ... Program, Dr Dennis Burton ofThe Scripps Research Institute, Roche Palo Alto, and Dr Matthias Dittmar of Barts andThe London School of Medicine and Dentistry for the reagents that they generously provided ... such that less than 30% ofthe reactions yielded amplified product Nested PCR was then carried out using primers Vif1 and OFM19 for the outer step, and EnvA and EnvN for the inner All correctly...
... many factors: the energy ofthe X-rays, the heliocentric angle ofthe X-ray emitter in the chromosphere, the height ofthe X-ray emitter above the photosphere andthe proportion ofthe X-rays emitted ... in Chapter of this thesis and hence are further discussed there The total polarization and angular dependent e-i bremsstrahlung cross section σ is then the sum ofthe components ofthe cross section ... andthe emission of a 30 keV (solid), 50 keV (dotted) and 80 keV (dashed) photon The radial distance gives the size ofthe cross section while the angle from the x-axis is the angle between the...
... investigated the thickness dependence on the thermal, physical and chemical propertiesof ultra-thin films of selected polymers In the first part of our study, we investigate the thermal and physical properties ... cyanoacrylate) coatings There is a need to understand the chemistry behind the polymer by determining the orientation andthe morphology ofthefunctional groups From there, we will be able to functionalise ... measured by analyzing the light reflected from the sample In Figure 2.1, it shows that the amplitude ofthe electric wave which is in the plane ofthe incidence as Ep andthe amplitude ofthe electric...
... ofthe original a2M disappeared and a Analysis ofthe specific cleavage of a2M by cathepsin E with various synthetic peptides To further confirm the specific cleavage of a2M by cathepsin E, synthetic ... assess whether the pH is crucial for the action of a2M on these aspartic proteinases, the effect of lowering the pH below 5.5 on the association of a2M with cathepsins E and D andthe structural ... cleaved by cathepsin D On the other hand, the pentapeptides SPAFL and SSAFL were not cleaved either cathepsin E or cathepsin D, indicating that the presence of Ala in the P¢2 site is crucial for the...
... Jacobs Anderson and Parker 1998; van Hoof et al 2000) However, the nature ofthe interactions between the subunits ofthe Ski complex and with the exosome, andthe specific role ofthe Ski complex ... deadenylation, the body ofthe mRNA is attacked from either the 5’ or 3’ ends The 5’ to 3’ decay pathway is initiated by cleavage ofthe cap structure bythe decapping complex Dcp1-Dcp2, followed by 5’→3’ ... regions ofthe N-terminal domain of Ski7 interact with the exosome andthe Ski complex, thereby recruiting both complexes to the 3’ end of mRNA (Araki et al 2001) 28 In addition to the role of Ski8...
... characterised the wood of all P tecunumanii provenances, this species produced wood of about the same density as those of P patula and P taeda In the case ofthe Wilgeboom material the wood densities ofthe ... from the pith, was sampled andthe basic densities ofthe separated rings determined using the saturated moisture content method described by Smith (1954) In the case ofthe material sampled in the ... Guatemala, El Salvador and southern Mexico It is one of species ofthe subsection Oocarpae ofthe family Pinaceae although the taxonomic status ofthe taxon is uncertain at this stage Other commer- tecunumanii...
... comprehensively as they have the potential to harness the advantageous propertiesof both polymer and ceramics (mainly Ca-P), and thereby improve the biochemical and mechanical propertiesofthe bone tissue ... contribution in the field of extrusion based AM scaffolds byimproving mechanical propertiesofthe scaffolds by using coupling agents, andfunctional performance ofthe scaffolds by developing ... and thereby to improve thefunctional performance ofthe scaffolds The hypothesis, objectives and significance of this research will be elaborated in the following sections 1.3 Research hypothesis...
... (3) where B2θ is the full width half maximum (rad), λ the wavelength ofthe X-ray, θ the angle between the incident and diffracted beams (degree) and d the particle size ofthe sample (nm) (in ... valuable 700Hz; RCu and RFer are the resistance ofthe copper coil without and with ferrite toroid core, measured bythe method for Wheaston bridge The Magnetomechanic Qualityof NiOFe2O3 was 3100 ... part of several tens percent of HC andthe last one whereas can only reach several hundreds of gauss Thus, the increasing of Co-concentration led to the increasing of anisotropy property of ferrites...
... II The hood domain is mainly built up by residues from the C-terminus and consists of a two-stranded anti-parallel b-sheet composed of b2 and b9 and an a-helix from the C-terminus (Fig 1A) The ... Lys173 interacts with both O6 and N7 (Fig 1C) The 2¢OH ofthe ribose is hydrogen bonded to the main chain andthe side chain of Asp142 (Fig 1C) Both hydroxyl groups ofthe ribose are involved in ... coordinated by Glu141, Asp142, 2¢ and 3¢OH ofthe ribose and three water molecules with ˚ coordination distances of approximately 2.4 A The phosphate ofthe GMP is hydrogen bonded to main chain and side...