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... nuclear extracts were incubated with avidin–agarose beads (Sigma) at °C for 30 to eliminate materials inthe extracts that bind nonspecifically to the beads After removing the beads by filtration, ... Edman degradation [51,52] EMSA supershift assays (Fig 5B) and immunoblot analyses (Fig 5A) using mAbs specific to human Ku-70 and Ku-80 revealed thatthe MREa-binding proteins described herein and ... performed using LA Taq (Takara, Japan) ina total volume of 50 lL containing 55 pg of competitor At this concentration, the band intensity of the amplified product from the competitor was same as that...
... all lines independently It seems, however, much more likely thatthe gene was duplicated inan ancestor mammal Inthis respect, it is interesting that analyses inthe frog as an amphibian gave ... contrast, the distance matrix algorithms again placed the guinea pig together with artiodactyls and primates, thus supporting paraphyly albeit only with bootstrapping probabilities between 49 and ... proteins of other species than CYP11B1 of the guinea pig (compare lines A and B) Together these results suggest thatthe CYP11B2 genes are the primordial genes and thata common ancestor containing...
... (Ser16Ala and Ser127Ala) and a double-mutant protein (Ser16AlaSer127Ala) Inthis article, we report thatthe replacement of both invariant serine residues (Ser16AlaSer127Ala double-mutant protein) ... Single-mutant proteins in which Asp367 hasbeen replaced with alanine or asparagine exhibit a 300- and 600-fold lower activity, respectively, emphasizing the important role of the Asp367 residue as an ... phosphateleaving group to facilitate C–O bond breakage Results Expression and purification of the Ser16Ala and Ser127Ala single-mutant proteins and of the Ser16AlaSer127Ala double-mutant protein The mutant...
... samples, inhibited the activity in samples from the patient This was in agreement with the data obtained inthis study, using the mutant yeast enzyme It hasbeen reported thata mutation inthe ... couldbe excluded, becausethe addition of an equal amount of decylubiquinone to decylubiquinol at the beginning of the assay had no effect on the kinetics (data not shown) It is more probable that ... variations inthe ISP content were observed between different mitochondrial membrane preparations (data not shown) Thiscouldbea result of the instability of the mutant enzyme and an increased...
... normalized so thatan index of one indicates thatthe increase in man -made capital is offset exactly by the depreciation of the nation's natural assets An index much less than one indicates that resource ... development planners and others eager to improve the sustainability of land use and land management practices should find these maps invaluable At any rate, efforts to develop such map-based indicators ... construction, and manufacturing (including mining) Pollutants, waste, and materials dissipation stem mainly from manufacturing (including mining), energy production and consumption, agriculture, the transport...
... It reveals the coexistence of two phases inthe product From the above results, a gradual phase transformation from Fe3O4 to a- FeOOH can be seen with increasing volume ratios of alcohol/water Fig ... precipitate suspended steadily in solution When the solution was aged in air, a color change from black to yellow was observed, starting from the interface between solution and air Thiscouldbe attributed ... in pure water and in alcohol/water media is also investigated, as shown in Fig The value of saturation magnetization of samples a, b, and c is 75.4 emu/g (Fig 3a) , 39.2 emu/g (Fig 3b), and (Fig...
... density map and are not included inthe final model Structural data are available inthe Protein Data Bank database under the accession number 3NJT Overlay assay Channel analysis Fha30 is a 30-kDa, ... blot with an anti-FhaC serum This antibody was raised in rats against the periplasmic domain of FhaC and prepared by Eurogentec (Seraing, Belgium) The amounts of Fha44 and FhaC were quantified by ... following primers : R450AUp (5¢-GACGAGTACACGGT GGCCGGATACAACCTCAGGA-3¢) and R450ALo (5¢-TC CTGAGGTTGTATCCGGCCACCGTGTACTCGTC-3¢); Y452AUp (5¢-ACACGGTGCGCGGAGCCAACCTCAAG ACGTC-3¢) and Y452ALo (5¢-GACGTCCTGAGGTTGG...
... of an N-terminal catalytic (b a) 8-barrel (domain A) , a domain B, protruding between b-strand and a- helix 3, and a C-terminal antiparallel b -sheet domain-C [3,4] The isozymes show functional and ... secondary carbohydrate-binding sites that are not part of the active site area but which are situated on the surface of the catalytic domain or an intimately associated domain rather than on a CBM, ... very large and may reect that only a few a- glucan chains inthe granules are readily hydrolyzed or thata major fraction of the products remains associated with the granules The trend of an even...
... mutagenesis (mCtBP2 .A5 8E.F, GACCTGGCCACTGTGGAATTCTGTGATGCACAG; mCtBP2 .A5 8E.R, CTGTGCATCACAGAATTCCACAGT GGCCAGGTC; mCtBP2.V72R.F, GAAATCCATGAGA AGCGGTTGAATGAAGCTGTG; and mCtBP2.V72R.R, CACAGCTTCATTCAACCGCTTCTCATGGATTTC) ... For example, GATA2 KI ⁄ KI mice carrying a Val-to-Gly point mutation inthe GATA2 N-terminal zinc finger that ablates the interaction with cofactors of the Friend of GATA (FOG) family have been ... and immunoprecipitates (lanes 1–6) were analysed as described above with the CtBP2 or HIC1 (325) antibodies tranfection assays in mammalian cells, these two point mutants are unable to interact...
... indicates thatthe location of HIP/PAP and RIIa is consistent with the relevance of their interaction HIP/PAP hasbeen classified inthe group of C-type lectins because it binds lactose and contains ... expressing human HIP/ PAP inthe liver, HIP/PAP enhances liver regeneration and acts as a hepatic cytokine that combines mitogenic and anti-apoptotic functions using pathways involving PKA [16] In ... HIP/PAP is a substrate for PKA (A) Recombinant HIP/PAP was incubated for 30 at 30 °C with the catalytic subunit of PKA and 100 lM [32P]ATP[cP] in 80 lL as described inthe Materials and methods Aliquots...
... underlined): attB1_SP ⁄ Crypto_dom 5¢-GGGGACAAGTTTGTACAAA AAAGCAGGCTTAGAGTTTGCACTCTATACG-3¢ and attB2_ASP ⁄ Crypto_dom 5¢-GGGGACCACTTTGTACAA GAAAGCTGGGTACTATTGCCTGATTTGACGTAT-3¢ at an initial denaturation ... l-arabinose as the transcription-inducing agent The bacterial crude extract was prepared and analyzed by SDS ⁄ PAGE (Fig 4A) In l-arabinose-induced samples (Fig 4A, lane a) , as well as in noninduced ... of Arabidopsis thaliana The tree revealed a distinct branch near the root that contained all members of the class II photolyases, including distantly related bacterial enzymes By contrast, the...
... Geoffrey Kimani for assisting with the management of data collection, Nancy Pielemeier for guidance of the research and Ann Lion and Marc Luoma for review of an earlier draft We appreciate the support ... sub-Saharan Africa: the pivotal role of the UK Lancet 2005, 365:1893-1900 Pang T, Lansang M, Haines A: Brain drain and health professionals BMJ 2002, 324:499-500 Vujicic M, Zurn P, Diallo K, Adams ... nurses was substantially higher than that of registered nurses, the number of clinical officers in district and provincial general hospitals was about the same as the number of doctors in these facilities...
... decision making, communication and teamwork and leadership Other high-risk industries such as aviation and petroleum have made great progress in managing these challenges and have reduced harmful events ... protecting against error have failed; there is an accident waiting to happen [31] The capacity to defend against the potential for minor mishaps having a cumulative effect and escalating into more ... of the manuscript BP made substantial contributions to the acquisition and analysis of the data and drafted the earlier versions of the manuscript BM made substantial contributions to the interpretation...
... decision making, communication and teamwork and leadership Other high-risk industries such as aviation and petroleum have made great progress in managing these challenges and have reduced harmful events ... protecting against error have failed; there is an accident waiting to happen [31] The capacity to defend against the potential for minor mishaps having a cumulative effect and escalating into more ... of the manuscript BP made substantial contributions to the acquisition and analysis of the data and drafted the earlier versions of the manuscript BM made substantial contributions to the interpretation...
... a classical histological analysis, and diagnosed the ovarian cancer All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... among ovarian cancers Ovarian cancers account for percent of all cancers among women according to the American Cancer Society The five-year survival rate in women with advanced ovarian cancer is 15 ... pathological state leading to the manifestation of ovarian serous papillary adenocarcinoma It hasbeen confirmed that teratoma and other germ cell tumors can be formed from oocytes/ parthenogenetic...
... disappearance on an increase in SF-36 score [1,29,36] However, it should be underlined that our results cannotbe applied in all patients with CAD and refractory anginalike symptoms, mainly because ... original study, and took part inthe acquisition of data and their analysis and interpretation All authors read and approved the final manuscript 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Competing interests The authors ... outpatients with CAD-11 female (23%) and 37 male (77%)-diagnosed with recurrent stable angina-like chest pain refractory to standard anti-angina therapy and without indications for revascularization...
... Boundary Value Problems The class of problems 1.1 appears in many nonlinear phenomena, for instance, inthe theory of quasiregular and quasiconformal mappings 1–3 , inthe generalized reaction-diffusion ... Applications, vol 200, no 2, pp 498–505, 1996 13 A V Lair and A W Shaker, “Classical and weak solutions of a singular semilinear elliptic problem,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, ... Brezis and S Kamin, “Sublinear elliptic equations in RN ,” Manuscripta Mathematica, vol 74, no 1, pp 87–106, 1992 11 H Brezis and L Oswald, “Remarks on sublinear elliptic equations,” Nonlinear Analysis:...
... the Thi Vai the increase in cement sales Newly acquired quarries inthe grinding facility in Vietnam, which hasan annual capacity of Canadian province of Ontario led to a 2.6% increase in sales ... amortized but be subject to At each balancesheet date, the Group assesses whether there an annual impairment test is any indication thatan asset may be impaired If any such indication exists, the recoverable ... disclosures at the date of the financial statements exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transactions; These estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of gains and losses resulting from...
... improve not only the growth of the seedling but also their physiological status by enhancing the photosynthetic capacity [11] and by increasing the uptake of water and nutrients, and their accumulation ... Tarragona, Spain) Nursery production of containerised P pinea 819 Table II ANOVA significance levels for the factors inoculation (A) and type of substrate (B), and interaction between them (AB) ... parts such stem and roots as well as the mantle and the external mycelium produced by the fungus may act as nutrient storage structures and should be taken into account ina global nutrient balance...
... but notin T2 By Claim A, we have that c is in another Ti , say Tr+2 and so notin any of T3 , T4 , , Tr+1 Again Sc−1 contains exactly r disjoint minimal zero-sum subsequences, which are ... Non-unique factorizations, Combinatorial and Analytic Theory, Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol 278, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2006 [15] A Geroldinger, Additive group theory and non-unique factorizations, ... groups Notation and lower bound Our notation and terminology are consistent with [10] We briefly gather some notions and fix the notation concerning sequences over abelian group Let N and N0 denote the...