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... one -way- analysis of variance in case of normally distributed data with equal variances If other cases, we used analysis of variance-on-ranks, where the sum of ranks of each group was compared ... weight (Table 2) Statistical analysis Data are given as mean (SD) or as median [range] for respectively normally and non-normally distributed data We made comparisons of the groups (normal, PPVL, ... Brosnan MJ, Frater AJ, Hamilton CA, Alexander MY, Nicklin SA, Heistad DD, Baker AH and Domininiczak AF Adenovirusmediated overexpression of extracellular superoxide dismutase improves endothelial...
... was plated onto a lm paraquat plate so as to obtain approximately 4000 transformants The growth (or lack of growth) of these Q14 3A hMnSOD-expressing cells on lm paraquat plates served as a yardstick ... identification of two mutants that confer enhanced survival ability to E coli in paraquat-containing media The mutation N73S was found to be particularly important for restoring some catalytic activity ... from an agarose gel and purified For both standard and error-prone PCR amplification of hMnSOD genes, the following primers were used: hMnSOD5B, 5¢-CACAGGAAACAGATCATGAAG-3¢; and hMnSOD3P, 5¢-CAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGT-3¢...
... ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) anticoagulant tubes, and plasma aliquots were stored frozen at -80°C HIV contained in plasma and vaginal secretion supernatant samples was collected by centrifugation ... conducted HTA analyses, participated in PCR sample preparation, carried out data analysis, and drafted the manuscript PK participated in the study design and conducted the statistical analyses RC participated ... remaining isolated RNA and analyzed by a heteroduplex tracking assay (HTA) based on an established protocol [9] This methodology provides a facile means to evaluate nucleotide changes between a...
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... hyperthermophilic archaeon growing at temperatures up to 100°C Int J Syst Bacteriol 46, 1070–1077 10 Kawarabayasi Y, Hino Y, Horikawa H, Yamazaki S, Haikawa Y, Jin-no K, Takahashi M, Sekine M, Baba S, Ankai A ... (A) rmsd bond angle (°) Protein atoms Metal atoms Ethylene glycol molecules Water molecules Average B-factor Protein atoms Solvent atoms Metal atoms Ramachandran plot (%)e Favored Allowed 3AK2 ... dismutase tyrosine 34 to structure and catalysis Biochemistry 48, 3417–3424 Nakamura T, Matsumura H, Inoue T, Kai Y, Uegaki K, Hagihara Y, Ataka M & Ishikawa K (2005) Crystallization and preliminary...
... with a linear plant G(s), a linear compensator K(s) and a magnitude saturation at the controls The plant and the compensator are modelled by the following state space representations: Plant: ... the saturations operate as SISO systems Each saturation operates on its input signal independently from the other saturation elements To see exactly what happens assume as an example that in a two ... integrated even though the controls are not what they should be The integrator, and other slow compensator states, attain values that lead to larger controls than the saturation limits This leads to...
... Ogasawara, M., Matsubara, Y., Narisawa, K., Nakamura, S., Itoyama, Y & Abe, K (1994) Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Japan associated with H46R mutation in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase ... human SOD All the metal ligands are well defined in a single conformation For all the ligands, the rmsd value ˚ calculated for all heavy atoms is smaller than 0.8 A, a value that is similar to ... superoxide dismutase Acta Crystallogr B47, 918–927 Kitagawa, Y., Tanaka, N., Hata, Y., Kusonoki, M., Lee, G., Katsube, Y., Asada, K., Alibara, S & Morita, Y (1991) Threedimensional structure of...
... functional tetrameric human hemoglobin in Escherichia coli Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 87, 8521– 8525 Panetta G, Arcovito A, Morea V, Bellelli A & Miele AE (2008) Hb([alpha][alpha],[beta][beta]): a novel ... mLÆmin)1 Standard proteins with molecular masses ranging from 6.5 to 158.0 kDa (GE Healthcare) were used to produce standard curves SOD activity assay The assay used to determine SOD activity was a slightly ... in addition to cellular damage such as lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, and DNA damage [21,22] Hb may generate reactive oxygen species, which can be particularly deleterious in clinical applications,...
... sources and possesses several biological properties, including antiinflammatory, antiviral, antimalarial, and antimicrobial, as well as impressive anticancer and anti-HIV activities [6–8], although ... enzymatic activities of caspase-3 and SOD2; (c) superoxide release; and (d) enzymatic activities of alanine aminotranferase and aspartate aminotransferase We found that neither BetA nor PC extract ... Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102, 773–778 45 Takehara T, Suzuki T, Ohkawa K, Hosui A, Jinushi M, Miyagi T, Tatsumi T, Kanazawa Y & Hayashi N (2006) Viral covalently closed circular DNA in a nontransgenic...