... activity assay against ascomycetes We performed antifreeze activity assays on lL of the culture medium from each of 23 psychrotrophic ascomycetes (Fig 1) The assay was performed by observation of the ... TisAFP was dialyzed against 100 mm ammonium bicarbonate and then TH activity was measured 402 Protein analyses of AnpAFP The molecular mass of AnpAFP was measured using SDS ⁄ PAGE and MALDI-TOF ⁄ ... Antifreeze protein from ascomycetous fungus AnpAFP TisAFP AnpAFP B A.Acid Asx 10 20 AGLDLGAASX FGALAFEGVA AGPSAVPLGT AGNYVI LAST AGPTAVPLGT AGNYAI LAST AGPTAVPLGT AGNYAI LASA AGLDLGA ASX FGALAFEGVA 10...
... (FS) was observed around a gas flow rate (FR) of 20 ml/min and a pH of 5.0 At least three response surface graphs for each parameter [(percent of gas initially in the foam (Gi), volume of liquid ... significantly affected all measured foaming propertiesAs protein content of the solution increased, each measured property improved as il- Table 4-Regression coefficients of surface response model ... condenserwithin 0S”C of the desiredtemperature (2-38°C) A speciaUy designed glassstopper(Fig 1) which permitted the introduction of gas and liquid was made in the Glass Shop (Dept of Physics,Cornell...
... hydro- Enzymatic propertiesof chitinase A from Vibrio carchariae lytic activity of chitinase A resulting in the production of a broad range of chitooligosaccharide products was measured simultaneously ... viscosity assay and HPLC-ESI MS suggested that the newly isolated chitinase acts as an endochitinase [25] We also reported isolation of the gene encoding chitinase A and functional expression of the ... When chitinase A was incubated with (GlcNAc)2, neither a decrease in (GlcNAc)2 nor an increase in GlcNAc was observed upon incubation up to 57 h (Fig 3A) In contrast, when (GlcNAc)3 was the substrate,...
... oxidase biogenesis are a common cause of respiratory deficiencies that may lead to severe diseases such as Leigh syndrome In eukaryotic systems, an increasing number of protein factors has been associated ... efficient assembly of cytochrome c oxidase in yeast FEBS Lett 498, 46–51 13 Barrientos A, Korr D & Tzagoloff A (2002) Shy1p is necessary for full expression of mitochondrial COX1 in the yeast model of ... purification of Surf1 Heterologous expression of apo-Surf1 in E coli was performed in the absence of the Paracoccus heme a-synthesizing machinery as described previously [16] Expression of Surf1 proteins...
... problem of wastewater disposal on agricultural land is the potentially phytotoxic nature of organic wastes, mainly as a result of combination of factors such as high salinity or excess of ammonium ions, organic compounds ... assessing environmental risks of applying wastewater in agro‐ecosystems. The main objective of this paper was to quantify the effects of reuse of wastewater as nutrient sources by: ... 2.3. Soil sampling strategy and sample preparation For assessment of the impact of wastewater, soil samples were taken from the topsoil (0‐20 cm) of all study sites in peri‐urban areas of Hanoi (n=4) and Nam Dinh (n=8) using a soil ...
... RNase A PDI activity was assayed by measuring RNase activity produced through the regeneration of the active form from reduced and denatured RNase A Reduced and denatured RNase A was prepared as ... Coomassie Brilliant Blue (B) Oxidative refolding activity of recombinant GmPDIM Activity was assayed by the measurement of RNase A activity restored through the regeneration of the active form of ... to that of the animal thiol-oxidoreductase P5 [7] The recombinant form of GmPDIM was active as it could refold RNase A that had been reduced and denatured The specific activity of GmPDIM was very...
... expression of S will delay this cell-damaging effect and prevent the premature release of unassembled viral RNA It may also enhance virus packaging as it appears that the assembly of coronavirus ... trafficking propertiesof S Indeed, the dilysine endoplasmic reticulum retrieval signal, which is a different type of sorting signal from the YxxΦ motif, in the cytoplasmic tail of IBV was reported ... manifestations of SARS-CoV infection in contrast to the mild diseases caused by most coronaviruses, remains to be determined In addition, the exact roles of "accessory" proteinsof SARS-CoV are...
... expression of S will delay this cell-damaging effect and prevent the premature release of unassembled viral RNA It may also enhance virus packaging as it appears that the assembly of coronavirus ... trafficking propertiesof S Indeed, the dilysine endoplasmic reticulum retrieval signal, which is a different type of sorting signal from the YxxΦ motif, in the cytoplasmic tail of IBV was reported ... manifestations of SARS-CoV infection in contrast to the mild diseases caused by most coronaviruses, remains to be determined In addition, the exact roles of "accessory" proteinsof SARS-CoV are...
... cleaved into smaller (a) GaAs cap (b) In0.13Ga0.8 7As GaAs buffer (001)-GaAs [110] [1-10] Figure Structure of InAs QDs on InGaAs CHPs (a) Schematic cross-sectional diagram of the QDs on CHP structure ... optical propertiesof InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots J Cryst Growth 1998, 195:540-545 Leon R, Kim Y, Jagadish C, Gal M, Zou J, Cockayne DJH: Effects of interdiffusion on the luminescence of InGaAs/GaAs ... resulting from the state filling of each of the GS emerge, as expected Sample B (CHP) is basically an InGaAs quantum well (QW) sandwiched between the GaAs buffer and GaAs capping layers The lattice-mismatched...
... rapid dispersal of Daxx from ND10 was not reflected in greater functional activity of S82; although S82 was approximately twice as active as pp71 in the expression assay, it was similar to B82 ... [24] For one set of cultures, histochemical staining for β-galactosidase was employed as a direct measure of continued gene expression mediated by the UL82 homolog A second set was superinfected ... of pp71 in activation of gene expression The intranuclear localization of the UL82 homologs was investigated by immunofluorescence after infection of HFFF2 cells at moi 0.1 with the in1374-based...
... rapid dispersal of Daxx from ND10 was not reflected in greater functional activity of S82; although S82 was approximately twice as active as pp71 in the expression assay, it was similar to B82 ... [24] For one set of cultures, histochemical staining for β-galactosidase was employed as a direct measure of continued gene expression mediated by the UL82 homolog A second set was superinfected ... of pp71 in activation of gene expression The intranuclear localization of the UL82 homologs was investigated by immunofluorescence after infection of HFFF2 cells at moi 0.1 with the in1374-based...
... replication was monitored by measuring luciferase activity in cell extracts For each experiment, the inhibitory effect of recombinant proteins was compared to the effect of the same volume of solubilization ... artefactual decrease of the luciferase signal, the inhibitory effect of recombinant proteins was systematically compared to the same volume of buffer Figure shows the results of a typical experiment ... amount of recombinant proteins resulting in a 50% decrease in reporter activity compared to the value in the absence of inhibitor Luciferase and β-Galactosidase were used as reporters of infection...
... a phase that is a straight line, i.e., a linear phase Lastly, the frequency spectrum of a signal that is not symmetrical has a phase that is not a straight line, i.e., it has a nonlinear phase ... number The cutoff frequency of the filter is changed by making filter kernel wider or narrower If a low-pass filter has a gain of one at DC (zero frequency), then the sum of all of the points ... used as the input for the next system From the associative property, the order of the systems can be rearranged without changing the overall response of the cascade Further, any number of cascaded...
... release of drug was studied also in plasma and in PBS after addition of glutaraldehyde Pravastatin assay by UPLC A reversed phase UPLC method was developed and used throughout the study for pravastatin ... fragility was studied for each drug concentration In vitro releasing study The release of pravastatin as well as hemoglobin from carrier erythrocytes were determined as following, ml of packed ... using glutaraldehyde as a membrane stabilizer Also the figure shows the hemoglobin release The releasing curves of pravastatin show release phases, the first is rapid release phase and the second...
... storage stability of PANs was studied in the aqueous medium, and the acute toxicity of PANs was evaluated in mice Morever, EPI was loaded into PANs and its pharmacokinetics was also assessed in rats ... the C-18 column was used and the mobile phase (0.02 M KH2PO4/CH3CN/CH3OH = 49:17:34 v/v/v) was delivered at a rate of 1 ml/min Sample (20 μl) was injected and the column effluent was detected with ... concentration of total EPI in plasma was 14.65 mg/L at 1 min after injection and then decreased to nearly undetectable levels after 24 h The maximum concentration (Cmax) of PA/EPI at 5 min was 9.80 mg/L,...
... poly-aluminum chloride (PAC) as well as waste steel slag (WSS) (E5) A natural tidal flat (C3) at the same tidal level was chosen as a reference for monitoring benthic communities as well as physicochemical ... range of values observed in the five artificial tidal flats (E1―E5) of the seashore experiment Mountain sand (MS) was used because of its importance as the alternative to sea sand which is of limited ... survived in the mixtures of MS and DS as well as MS itself, however, its growth was dependent on the mixing ratio of DS At 5% silt and clay, the liability and shell length increase of R philippinarum...
... "Trulli of Alberobello" In the South of Italy, the sites of the "Sassi of Matera" (Figure 1a) (classified as humanity world heritage in 1993) and "Trulli of Alberobello" (Figure 1b) (classified as ... measurement of thermal conductance of two different typologies of building wall: a wall in blocks of calcarenite sandstone assembled with mortar, typical of the constructions of "Sassi of Matera," ... material of various natures 3.1 Masonry in Calcarenite sandstone of the "Sassi of Matera" The measurements were made on a 48-cm thick wall of blocks The external surface temperature of the masonry...
... hydrolysis of cellulose microfibrils to release glucose involves synergistic action of three enzymes: endo-glucanase, exo-glucanase and β-glucosidase Endo-and exo-glucanases are commonly referred to as ... to the profits of a biorefinery The use of oxidative pretreatments that rely on degradation of this component would not be feasible as great amounts of this valuable commodity would be wasted Besides ... efficient xylan hydrolysis such as α-arabinofuranosidases and α-Larabinases that release arabinan [31], α-glucuronidases that release glucoronic acids, acetyl xylan esterases that hydrolyze acetylester...
... % Increasing time of heatsetting had effect on tensile propertiesof PLA at varying times of 30s to 90s at temperature of 130°C Optimum effect on tensile properties occurred at times of 30 – ... Figure Effect of time of heatsetting on the linearity of load extension in weft direction of knitted Ingeo™ Poly (lactic acid) Figure Mean effect of time of heatsetting on the linearity of load extension ... (PLA) fabric Conclusion The effect of time of heatsetting on tensile propertiesof knitted Ingeo™ Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) was determined using the KES-FB system of fabric testing Tensile parameters...