... of fol-low-up was at least 3 years with a maximum of 6 years. Location of facet pain was cervical in 45, tho-racic in 15, and lumbar in 114 patients. Surgical times varied based on the number ... Primary outcome measure was percent change in facet-related pain as measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score at final follow-up visit. Secondary outcome was change in OSWESTRY disability index ... dorsal nerve medial branch, Staender et al. 17 reported a mean VAS pain score re-duction of 3.3 at six months follow-up; 40% of patients had relief for at least 12 months, and mean duration...
... Tamura N, Ogawa Y, Chusho H, et al. Cardiac fibrosis in mice lacking brain natriuretic peptide. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2000; 97: 4239-44. 7. Mukoyama M, Nakao K, Saito Y, et al. Human brain ... 5’-AAGGAGGCACTGGGAGAGGGGAAAT-3’ (bases -1323 to -1299) and antisense, 5’- CCCCACCAAGCCAACACAGGATGGA -3’ (bases -919 to-895) were used to amplify a 429-bp product from genomic DNA (Fig. 1A) . The PCR ... thermal asymmet-ric interlaced polymerase chain reaction. Med Sci Monit. 2001; 7: 345-9. 14. Ogawa Y, Itoh H, Nakagawa O, et al. Characterization of the 5'-flanking region and chromosomal...
... Zhao Z, Lange DJ, Voustianiouk A, Macgrogan D, Ho L, Suh J, Humala N, Thiyagarajan M, Wang J, Pasinetti GM. A ketogenic diet as a potential novel therapeutic intervention in amyotrophic lateral ... incubation with a reporter antibody (HRP–conjugated anti–rabbit IgG, Santa Cruz Biotech, CA). The assay was developed using a stabilized HRP substrate. All samples were analyzed in the linear ... by ALS grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs, NCCAM 5R21 AT002602-02 and NCCAM 1R21 AT003632-0 1A1 to GMP and NARSAD and DK071308 to SRS. Conflict of interest The authors have declared...
... as, )sin(222s2dcactLkTViω= (4) In practical implementation of an inverter control, a sinusoidal reference wave, serving as the modulating signal, is compared with a triangular ... proposed flyback single-stage single-phase buck-boost inverter can accomplish both buck and boost operation, feeding power to a grid with a reasonable power quality from a widely variable dc source. ... the voltage boost [1]. Although they can accommodate a wide range of input voltage, the complicated structure makes them costly, particularly for small wind turbine systems. A single-stage inverter...
... enclosures are2the words validated, guaranteed, and verified are used interchangeably to denote that state enclosures aremathematically and not only empirically proven to be correct.Traditional validated ... II-C. Although they are fairly efficient for exactly known initial states and parameters, theyare sometimes insufficient for practical scenarios with uncertain but bounded initial states and parameterswhich ... information about ValEncIA-IVP as well as free software are available at http://www.valencia-ivp.com.6of the error boundsR(κ+1)(t). Note that neither separate calculation of bounds for time...
... TSIPGVYACGDIVTYPGKLPLIVLGFGEAAIAANHAAAYAN-PALKVNPGHSSEKAAPGT 335E. coli 277 TSIPGVFAAGDVMDHI YRQAITSAGTGCMAALDAERYLD GLADAK 321 A. pernix 283 TSIPGIFAAGDCTSMWPGFRQVVTAAAMGAVAAYSAYTYLQEKGLYKPKPLTGLK ... purchased from Toyobo (Osaka, Japan). Emul-gen 911 was a gift from Kao Chemical (Tokyo, Japan).NADPH, NADH and NADP+were purchased fromOriental Yeast (Tokyo, Japan). a- Cyano-4-hydroxycinnamicacid ... from Azotobacter vinelandii, ZP_00417949; FNR from Rhodobact-er capsulatus, AAF35905; ADR from Homo sapiens, AAB59498; adrenodoxin reductase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, AAB64812; FprAfrom...
... molecular basis of enzyme thermosta-bility. J Bacteriol 185, 4038–4049.20 Nanba H, Yajima K, Takano M, Yamada Y, IkenakaY & Takahashi S (1997) Process for producing d-N-car-bamoyl -a- amino acid. ... Bommarius AS, Schwarm M & Drauz K (1998) Biocatal-ysis to amino acid-based chiral pharmaceuticals - exam-ples and perspectives. J Mol Catal B-Enzym 5, 1–11.14 Liljeblad A & Kanerva LT ... DNAsequences flanking the Jannaschia sp. CCS1 HYDJsrevealed an ORF encoding a putative allantoate amido-hydrolase, which is part of the urate catabolic pathwayin many organisms [8]. In fact,...
... antisense AGCTGATCTTCGAAGATCTTCGAAGATMutated HSEsenseBiotin-TCGACTTCAAGCTTGTACAAGCTTGTAGMutated HSEantisenseAGCTGAAGTTCGAACATGTTCGAACATC‘Scrambled’oligonucleotideBiotin-AACGACGGTCGCTCCGCCTGGCT140406080100120Counts ... compilation ª 2009 FEBSTransLISA, anovel quantitative, nonradioactive assayfor transcription factor DNA-binding analysesKristiina A. Vuori1, Johanna K. Ahlskog2, Lea Sistonen2and Mikko ... procedureThe assay was run as a three-step assay: initial incubation ofthe sample and probe, addition and incubation of the sampleand acceptor beads in the plate wells, and addition of donorbeads with...
... organizationRoles of the Las17p (yeast WASP)-binding domain and a novel C-terminal actin-binding domainThirumaran Thanabalu1,2, Rajamuthiah Rajmohan2, Lei Meng2, Gang Ren4,5, Parimala R. ... polyclonal GFP-spe-cific antiserum was a gift from J. Kahana and P. Silver(Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA). The anti-actinmAb was MAB1501 from Chemicon International (Teme-cula, CA). The anti-hexokinase ... vrp1D::KanMx bar1)[23], IDY166 (MATa his3 leu2 ura3 trp1 las17D::URA3 )[20], and PJ69- 4A (MATa his3 leu2 ura3 trp1 gal4D gal80Dmet2::GAL7-lacZ GAL2-ADE2 LYS2::GAL1–HIS3) [64].Yeast strain PJ69-4A...
... 5¢-AAGTAGGCGGAGTATCGAAC-3¢ (sense) and5¢-GAAAAAACGCGATCCTACTT-3¢ (antisense). Primersfor unmethylated DNA were: 5¢-GAAGTAGGTGGAGTATTGAAT-3¢ (sense) and 5¢-CAAAAAAACACAATCCTACTT-3¢ (antisense).Caspase 3 activityCells ... intensity was determined using imagemaster2d elite software 4.01 (Amersham Bioscience, Uppsala,Sweden).Statistical analysisData in bar graphs are expressed as the mean and standarddeviation of ... caspase assay were seeded on a 24-well plate and transfected with FuGENE 6. The caspaseassay was performed using the CaspACE colorimetric assaykit as described by the manufacturer (Promega)....
... vulgaris).Biochem J 387, 85–91.25 Kanda A, Takahashi T, Satake H & Minakata H (2006)Molecular and functional characterization of a novel gonadotropin-releasing-hormone receptor isolated ... 8,459–467.10 Kanda A, Iwakoshi-Ukena E, Takuwa-Kuroda K &Minakata H (2003) Isolation and characterization of novel tachykinins from the posterior salivary gland ofthe common octopus Octopus vulgaris. ... artificial seawater at 18 °C.Cloning of the partial-length cDNATotal RNA was extracted from Octopus tissues using Sepa-sol-RNA I Super (Nacalai tesque, Kyoto, Japan) accordingto the manufacturer’s...
... NADPHwere also obtained from Sigma. Sephadex G-25 was pur-chased from Pharmacia (Uppsala, Sweden). All the othermaterials were of analytical grade and obtained fromBeijing Chemical Plant (Beijing, ... swelling and a decrease in mitochondria integrity.TBARS content in ferrous sulfate ⁄ ascorbate-treatedmitochondria was analyzed by thiobarbituric acid assay[34]. In this assay, thiobarbituric acid ... experi-ment carried out without the mimic, ascorbate, and ferroussulfate was known as the control group.Biological analysis of mimics againstmitochondrial damageMitochondrial swelling was assayed as...
... MichelisMI (2002) Anovel interaction partner for the C-termi-nus of Arabidopsis thaliana plasma membrane H+-ATP-ase (AHA1 isoform): site and mechanism of action onH+-ATPase activity differ ... gatggatcccatATGGGTGTTGAAGTTGTA annealing around the start codon of thePpi1 ORF and gactcgagATTAGTCGACTTCTTACGCannealing just before the putative transmembrane domain(capital letter in the sequence ... Villalba JM, Lanfermeijer FC & PalmgrenMG (1995) C-terminal deletion analysis of plant plasmamembrane H+-ATPase: yeast as model system for sol-ute transport across the plasma membrane....
... 5¢-GGGAATTCCATATGAGAGACAATATTTCCCGTTTATCAAATC-3¢ and 5¢-CCGCTCGAGTCATTACTAGGTTCCCTGTCCAGTGTTACC-3¢,andPDE1(Lys321–Thr620) was amplified with primers 5¢-GGGAATTCCATATGAAGAATGATCAATCTGGCTGCGGCGCAC-3¢ and 5¢-CCGCTCGAGTCATTACTAGGTTCCCTGTCCAGTGTTACC-3¢. ... parasites as potentialtargets for antiparasitic drugs. The African trypanosomeTrypanosoma brucei is the protozoon that causes the fatalhuman sleeping sickness, as well as Nagana, a devastatingdisease ... truncated fragments of TbPDE1were also amplified using the same protocol and pET-PDE1as template. PDE1(Arg189–Thr620) was amplified using theprimer pairs 5¢-GGGAATTCCATATGAGAGACAATATTTCCCGTTTATCAAATC-3¢...