li raj rajagopalan jianwen jiang mark saeys calculation of the phase diagrams of igg using a simple four site model the 4th graduate student symposium jointly organized by chbe and gpbe nus 2007
... liquid-liquid phase behavior ofa non-globular protein International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2007, Singapore Jianguo Li, Raj Rajagopalan, Jianwen Jiang, MarkSaeysCalculation ... CalculationofthePhaseDiagramsofIgGUsingaSimple Four- siteModelThe4thGraduateStudentSymposium (Jointly organizedbyChBEand GPBE) , NUS2007 xviii Chapter Introduction Chapter Introduction ... the four- site model: the star-like shape andthe linear shape The full phasediagrams for the two shapes ofthe four- sitemodel will be calculated, compared and discussed (2) To investigate the...
... DS and DS performed the computational and statistical analyses TC, RG and WH wrote paper All authors read and approved the final version ofthe manuscript 10 Chiang et al R186.13 reviews AP-MS, ... proteins and CAI, we plotted diagramsofthe adjacency matrix If the value of CAI is associated with the tendency ofa protein to have a large number of unreciprocated edges, then we should see a pattern ... characterized by three traits: the coverage ofthe tested interactions, the presence of biases in the assay that systematically affect certain subsets of proteins, and stochastic variability in the measured...
... JR, Ayala J, Kimura JH, Williams HR, Mumford RA, Flannery CR, Carlson SS, Iwata M, Sandy JD: Cellmediated catabolism of aggrecan Evidence that cleavage at the "aggrecanase" site (Glu373-Ala374) ... GDF5 have been linked to OA, and similar to the retinoid signalling pathway, they all play a role in endochondral ossification and modulation of their activity may impact maintenance ofthe articular ... The surgical area was shaved anda three-part preparation was applied containing hibitane soap (Ayerst, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), isopropyl alcohol and betadine solution (Purdue Pharma, Pickering,...
... platform anda removable infrared generator (radiant heat 137 mW/cm2/s) was placed underneath the animal's hind paw The apparatus automatically detected the withdrawal ofthe paw Latency of each ... histological evaluation Hargreaves' plantar test Thermal hyper/hypoalgesia was assessed by Hargreaves' plantar apparatus (Plantar test, Ugo Basile, Italy) [19] The test was performed at 1, 3, and 24 ... the article A great and indispensable support to the final version of this article has been given by Daniela Boselli, Vittoria Ardissone and Chiara Ferrandi Patrignani et al Journal of Inflammation...
... Kasinska and Sussan Kianpour, the secretarial assistance of Marie Colbert, and Gordon Gaschler for discussion and preparation ofthe manuscript Additional technical assistance was provided by Jagbir ... (Kinematica, Switzerland) AMCase and BRP-39 levels were assessed by enzyme linked immune-sorbent assay (ELISA) The assay utilized anti-BRP-39 or anti-AMCase monoclonal antibodies for capture and ... participated in mouse experiments and manuscript preparation MJ, AJC, and AAH participated in the design ofthe study helped to draft the manuscript MRS conceived and designed the study and aided...
... at a lower temperature may be related to the increased viscosity ofthe liquid phaseanda decreased rate of protein denaturation (Buckingham, 1970; Mita et al., 1977) The rate of drainage of liquid ... foaming characteristics of protein i.e the foaming capacity of protein andthe stability and strength ofthe foam Foaming ability i.e Gi denotes the amount of gas retained in the foam reflecting the ... Huang and John Amistoso for their assistance in the analyses of data, and to Western Wheat Quality Laboratory (USDA) for their cooperation This research was supported in part bya grant-in-aid...
... save all ice cave explorers, thereby obliterating the need to sacriWce the life of one in order to save the lives ofthe others, that would solve the ethical and legal complications ofthe sacriWce ... example ofthe symbiotic ideal of mother and child that cultures so often idealize However, given the quality and quantity ofthe transformations ofa woman’s body and liberty resulting from a ... rationale for sacriWcing a member ofthe group disappears, and with that disappearance, the language of justiWcation for the killing of anyone or anything no longer applies This is because the...
... understanding of molecular pathogenesis Today a wide range of animal models are available for mechanistic, therapeutic and functional studies They offer an appealing means to rapidly move from simplistic ... vessel walls leading to hemorrhage and perivascular microgliosis and astrocytosis The Dutch and Iowa mutations both reduce the negative charge of Ab and stimulate the formation of amyloid fibrils and ... human APP are of interest because the great majority of sporadic AD patients not carry any disease causing APP mutation In early transgenic attempts, APP processing was bypassed altogether and...
... refolding of rhodanese was also decreased by bacitracin The decrease in the noncatalyzed rate (31%) was similar to that ofthe PDI-catalyzed reaction (a 32% decrease) These results Table Analysis ofthe ... other thiol–disulfide exchange enzymes, Escherichia coli DsbA and DsbC, as well as the isolated catalytic a domain of PDI Both the PDI a domain and DsbA have a catalytic site, with an associated ... However, the effects of removal of EDTA and addition of bacitracin appeared to be independent of each other (Fig 2B), implying that any metal ions bound by bacitracin and taken into the reaction are...
... long rate minus a short rate), and curvature (e.g., a mid-maturity rate minus a short and long rate average) Another approach, which is popular among market and central bank practitioners, is a fitted ... theoretical matter, asset prices andthe macroeconomy are inextricably linked, as asset markets are the mechanism by which consumption and investment are allocated across time and states of nature ... it also seems likely that the recent financial and economic crisis the Great Panic and Recession of 2008 and 2009—will both rearrange the economic landscape anda ect the focus of economic and...
... Zgoda VG, Murray BP & Correia MA (2005) Vacuolar degradation of rat liver CYP2B1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: further validation ofthe yeast modeland structural implications for the degradation ... Omura T (2006) Mitochondrial P450s Chem Biol Interact 163, 86–93 Bhagwat SV, Biswas G, Anandatheerthavarada HK, Addya S, Pandak W & Avadhani NG (1999) Dual targeting property ofthe N-terminal ... mitochondria-targeting signals at the N-terminus of mammalian CYP proteins [4,10] We found that post-translational processing of CYP 1A1 at the4thand 32nd amino acid residues bya cytosolic endoprotease...
... radical anion abstracts a proton and generates a radical site that triggers dissociation to produce a complementary pair of fragment ions of type c¢ and z¢Æ Subtraction ofthe m ⁄ z values for the ... and protein analysis, those that trap ions by radiofrequency electrostatic fields rather than with static magnetic and electric fields High-quality ECD spectra often require the averaging of data ... the fragments within a given ion series that differ bya single amino acid affords the mass and thus the identity ofthe extra residue in the larger ofthe two fragments The complete amino acid...
... [39] – and describe the use of COFRADIC for studying interactions between small molecules and proteins The latter is a particular application of ‘post-translational COFRADIC’, by which a small molecule ... choice, as all N-terminal peptides isolated by COFRADIC, bythe nature ofthe process, will end on an arginine residue This metabolic labeling introduces a mass spacing of Da between light and heavy ... equipped with an autosampler, and can be purchased from a variety of companies; and, at least in our hands, HPLC solvent gradients and flow rates can nowadays be controlled such that the overall reproducibility...
... effector caspases also, is enhanced in cells treated with the combination of IFNa and TRAIL, relative to TRAIL alone In view ofthe cleavage of caspase substrates such as BID and PARP, the effect of ... IFNa and TRAIL on the DNA content of MCF-7 cells was also assessed, using fluorescence-activated cell sorting Figure shows that, in spite ofthe activation of caspase-8 andthe cleavage of BID and ... the regulation of protein synthesis, IFNa enhances the extent of activation of caspase-8 by TRAIL in MCF-7 and HeLa cells Our data therefore suggest that the degree to which this apical caspase...
... evaluation ofthe probabilities ofthe same words and if they have the same number of lexical heads, and if the first two elements of their lists of lexical heads are identical (the same words and ... for Natural Language Parsing Ph.D thesis, University of Pennsylvania Julia Hockenmaier andMark Steedman 200 2a Acquiring Compact Lexicalized Grammars from a Cleaner Treebank In Proceedings ofthe ... On the Wall Street Journal task, the overall performance of this model is lower than that ofthe SD modelof Hockenmaier and Steedman (2002b) In that model, words are generated at the maximal...
... estimations due ofthe limited amount of information and data available Therefore, in the analysis and interpretation ofthe results, much attention was paid to assess the validity and accuracy of ... 2.1.2 Behavior and mathematical approach in expert elicitation To elicit priors either a behavioral or a mathematical approach can be used Usingthe behavioral approach a group of experts is asked ... visualize the whole breast However, as with X-ray mammography, it does not have the ability to visualize the tissue between the breast andthe thoracic wall andthe axilla The prevalence of tumors...
... both in the contact and in the whole surface The dependence ofthe accuracy values andofthe fraction of total residues with a given accuracy on the reliability index [34] ofthe prediction are ... method andthe implicit modelof interaction can be tested by additional mutations, by solving the structure of some ofthe complexes or by other experimental means CONCLUSIONS We have analysed the ... x class with respect to the overall amount of total predictions made for that class The prediction efficiency has a P(x) value of 0.72 and this is by far higher than that obtained with the random...
... genome anda lox site, andthe other plasmid, pAvhUCP3lx, containing the left portion ofthe viral genome, the UCP3 expression cassette, anda lox site as described previously [26] Both plasmids and ... measured the membrane potential of mitochondria in situ after selective permeabilization ofthe plasma membrane ofthe cells with a mild digitonin treatment The mitochondrial potential was analysed ... recombinant adenovirus The position ofthe probable UCP3 band is indicated on the right side ofthe panel mitochondria is pushed to its maximal capability While the basal oxygen consumption of the...
... modelling of Cu(II) and Ni(II) transport by albumins On the other hand, the direct thermodynamic and kinetic characterization of Ni(II) binding at site I in HSA and BSA was obtained These data can ... similar to each other In particular, the parameters for VIHN complexes not deviate systematically from those of DAHam and DAHKam This means that the side chain carboxylate of Asp1 does not have a ... fact, the values of kobs for HSA and BSA, very similar to each other, are intermediate between those for DAHam and DAHKam This shows that the mechanism of metal binding at site I in albumin cannot...
... not ofthe antioxidants BHA and AsA These results suggested that active oxygens and free radicals did not participate in the TS effect, and that the inhibitory effect of a- T was mediated bya nonantioxidative ... 381S Badamchian, M., Spangelo, B.L., Bao, Y., Hagiwara, Y., Hagiwara, H., Ueyama, H & Goldstein, A. L (1994) Isolation ofa vitamin E analog from a green barley leaf extract that stimulates release ... method) A P value of < 0.01 was considered to be statistically significant Treatment of VSMC with TS RESULTS VSMC were isolated from rat thoracic aorta usingthe proteases elastase and collagenase as...