... interproscan
(http://www.ebi.ac.uk/InterProScan/ European Bioin-
formatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK). These
features are known to mediate protein–protein interac-
tions providing some support for the hypothesis that
ESP ... suggested that plant
ESPs are not enzymes, but rather allosteric protein co-
factors that bind to myrosinases and change their
product specificities thereby promoting the formation
of epithionitriles and ... damage. In some
glucosinolate-containing plant species, as well as inthe insect herbivore
Pieris rapae, protein factors alter the outcome of myrosinase-catalysed glu-
cosinolate hydrolysis, leading...
... of the nucleic acid-binding affin-
ity of the zinc finger domain, and therefore most likely mediated by protein-protein interac-
tions. In a search for protein-protein interaction partners, and ... Nuclear Import and Export inPlantsand Animals
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conserved. They contain roughly the same mass and occupy the same volume as the correspond-
ing unit inthe normal pore. In other words the larger ... domains flanked by a Y1Y2 domain. The affinity of nuclear matrix binding
is reduced as W1W2 repeats are deleted, indicating that their copy number is involved in high-
affinity binding. Fine...
... evolving in plants
and animals, so adaptation of the major centromere DNA-
binding proteins would maintain an interface with the con-
served kinetochore machinery. Indeed, regions of CENP-C
that ... CENP-C proteins in animals, yeast and plants. The CENPC motif and conserved regions found at the termini of CENP-C proteins
are indicated. For pairwise comparisons of protein-coding sequences, ... Sorghum, and rice, the limited conservation of the
encoded amino-acid sequences and approximate correspon-
dence of exon sizes suggest thatthe exons inthe amino-
terminal half andthe final two...
... hydrogen bonding) they make with residues in
the binding site. Since specific ligand binding sites are
often located at the interfaces between protein domains or
subdomains [7], such ligands can ... residue inthe active site of GCase. The
vast majority of the disease-causing mutations occur
randomly throughout the protein and lead to an unstable
form that is either degraded inthe lysosome ... stabilizing the whole protein structure.
Theoretically, a chemical chaperone could also act by
binding to and stabilizing the transition state of protein
folding (or a high-energy folding intermediate),...
... with
distinct dynamics [106,107,120,121].
Does the genomic location of miRNA hairpins
in uence their emergence? Canonical miRNAs in
animals, unlike in plants, are commonly located in
introns. ... substrates, including
hairpin RNAs (hpRNAs). ese long structured hairpins
resemble long miRNA hairpins, inthat they have internal
mismatches and bulged positions; however, they are not
processed ... genetics in plants, indicating that perfect
inverted repeat transcripts are readily accepted by small
RNA biogenesis pathways. Interestingly, there exists a
clear continuum of hairpin-derived...
... comparing our main findings with the
study findings of Haines et al. (2002) and van Eerd et
al. (2008) [26,27]. It was found that almost the same
definitions were used to point out the meaning of the
barriers ... [the
co-workers] find that annoying and it bothers them.
Thesamegoesforthemanagers.Sometimesthey
[the co-workers] say things to me like: what is your
problem?’ or ‘leave it, it’s my body!’ So, that swhyI
stopped ... strategy
to improve the implementation of the approved measures. Furthermore, the findings showed thatthe composition
of a working group (i.e., including decision makers and a worker who led the implementation...
... electroplating of
motor parts andinthe manufacture of batteries. The cadmium load in soils and terrestrial biota in
other industrialized countries also appears to be increasing and is of great ... 1980). During anaerobic conditions inthe lake’s
hypolimnion, a marked decrease inthe dissolved fraction and a corresponding increase in the
suspended fraction were noted. The dominant form ... organotins into air, soil, and water
8.5 Total tin flux to the atmosphere and hydrosphere
8.6 Tin concentrations in nonbiological materials
8.7 Tin concentrations in field collections of living flora and...
... Caledonia, and West Virginia indicated that humans working inthe nickel
processing and refining industries — or living within 1 km of processing or refining sites — had
a significantly increased ... excreted inthe urine during the first 3 days after injection in rats
and during the first day in rabbits (Norseth 1986). Exhalation via the lungs is the primary route of
excretion during the first ... practices in North America and Europe have increased the proportion
of women among workers in nickel mines and refineries andin nickel-plating industries and have
increased the concern regarding possible...
... widely used herbicide inthe Chesapeake Bay watershed — and
inthe surrounding coastal plain — has been atrazine. Since its introduction into the region in the
early 1960s, atrazine use has grown ... (12%) or feces (5%); the remainder was located primarily in the
liver and gastrointestinal tract. Plasma half-lives in rats for carbofuran (36 min) and 3-hydroxycar-
bofuran (62 min) were similar ... and Angle 1987). Most of the atrazine in surface runoff
was lost during the first rain after application. In 1979, the year of greatest precipitation, 1.6% of
the atrazine applied moved from the...
... cuticles thatare unable to withstand the
increased turgor occurring during ecdysis andthat fail to provide sufficient muscular support during
molting. These larvae are unable to cast their exuviae, ... chitin by insects and of HA by
vertebrates, and because diflubenzuron interferes with the incorporation of UDPAGA into chitin
by insects, diflubenzuron may interfere with the formation of HA in ... weeks in water containing 3.2 àg diazinon/L (Allison and Hermanutz 1977), in yearling
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) within a few weeks at 4.8 àg/L (Allison and Hermanutz 1977),
and in various...
... efore
they were used. Animals were anesthetized in a b ath
containing 50 mgặL
)1
of benzocaine and blood samples
were collected from the caudal vein in heparinized tubes.
The ethical guidelines, ... another nonimmune protein, histone H2A, in
catfish skin, where a complex cascade of injury-induced
proteases is involved inthe regulation of the A MP parasin I
production [5]. Therefore further ... band in the
range of m olecular m asses expected for the peptide ( 3 kDa).
However with the antiserum against intact apoA-I we
observed during the first minutes of digestion a very faint
band that...
... positioning: the distance between two par-
allel lines drawn through the most inferior point of the
coracoid tip andthe most inferior point of the glenoid,
parallel to the B-line, compared to the ... of the acromion; 3: the most
inferior point of the acromion; 4: the most superior
point of the humeral head; 5: the most lateral point of
the coracoid basis; 6: the most lateral point of the ... AP-view the following marking points were placed
(Figure 2)
m: the midpoint of the best fitting circle of the humeral
head; 1: the most lateral point of the humeral head; 2:
the most lateral point...
... deter-
mined by the difference in degrees between the B- and
C-line.
the glenoid inclination angle [12] was here determined
in relation to the horizontal.
the acromial index [14]: the distance from the ... AP-view the following marking points were placed
(Figure 2)
m: the midpoint of the best fitting circle of the humeral
head; 1: the most lateral point of the humeral head; 2:
the most lateral point ... of the acromion; 3: the most
inferior point of the acromion; 4: the most superior
point of the humeral head; 5: the most lateral point of
the coracoid basis; 6: the most lateral point of the...