... periphery ofthe β-propeller (Fig 2D) Of note, the upper face ofthe β-propeller was narrower in surface, compared to its lower face However, there was some ambiguity in the determination ofthe IN ... towards the lower face ofthe βpropeller (Fig 3) The absence of overlapping ofthe MA and IN binding sites and the possible occurrence of ternary complex involving EED, MA and IN raised the issue of ... ofthe binding sites of HIV-1 MA and IN [15,16] Several immunoreactive regions coincided with the MA, IN and EZH2 binding sites, confirming the accessibility of these regions at thesurface of...
... following the Vietnamese standards for ground water TCVN 5944 –1995 (see table 3) The results ofthe analyses ofthesurface water samples were compared to the Vietnamese standards for the use ofsurface ... from the irrigation ditches ofthe rice fields At both study sites the values for the pH, BOD, NH4 and phosphate are conform to the requirements ofthe Vietnamese standards for the use ofsurface ... where an interaction ofthe tidal regimes ofthe South Chinese Sea and ofthe Gulf of Thailand eliminate each other Here, the tidal amplitude is less than 10 cm Because of its lower elevation...
... USA) DNA quanti®cation The DNA content ofthe cell layer at the end of incubation was quanti®ed by the method of West et al [31] After solubilization ofthe cell layer in M NaOH and subsequent ... implication of cAMP increase, the second messenger of FSH, in the bFGF regulation was evaluated by addition to the culture medium of either mM dbcAMP or 10 lgámL)1 cholera toxin Their addition ... testicular development, the physiology of Sertoli cells is modi®ed The cell proliferation decreases and ceases allowing the establishment ofthe hematotesticular barrier around the 20th day postpartum...
... wild-type ALP I On the other hand, the Tm of D266N/Y269A-ALP I increased by only °C The denaturation temperature indicates the stability ofthe structure ofthe protein The difference ofthe increments ... surrounding residues ofthe depression, and the side chain ofthe mutated residue might restrain the mobility ofthe N-terminal region on thesurface by interaction with the main chain of Lys26 by van ... the substitutions did not influence the activities or specificity ofthe mutant enzymes The N-terminal region of ALP I was also on thesurfaceThe side chains of Ile10 and Tyr11 were close to the...
... diffusion of silicon atoms from thesurface to the catalyst/NW interface Here, h is the height ofthe NW and O is the atomic volume of a silicon atom in a silicon lattice, the factor is the ratio ofthe ... like manner, the output flux is the number of adatoms leaving the given region ofthesurface (due to thesurface transport), per one MC time step and per unit ofthe boundary length Thesurface transport ... equations describing the growth of NWs The second two MC experiments reproduce a fragment of a Fig The MC simulations ofthe kinetics for spreading ofthe mobile atoms across thesurface in a two-component...
... the importance of these amino acids in the interaction between the 4-kDa peptide and the 43-kDa protein The secondary structures of these two fragments, as revealed from NMR spectroscopy ofthe ... binding to the 43-kDa protein The topology ofthe sidechains of Ile25, Val29, Phe31 and Ile33 in the 4-kDa peptide was similar to that ofthe active area in insulin (Fig 7F) If the mechanism ofthe ... determine the potential association ofthe 43-kDa protein, as the receptor ofthe physiologically active peptide usually forms an oligomer to activate the function ofthe receptor [12] When the 43-kDa...
... Detection ofthe products of substrate oxygenation by the adsorbed MMOH was achieved by holding the potential at )0.5 V for 30 in the presence of substrate and then removing the liquid (50 lL) from the ... computer fitted with GPES software Thesurfaceofthe 4-mm diameter gold electrode (Oxford Electrodes) was modified by cycling the electrode at reducing potentials in the presence ofthe hexapeptide, as ... synthesized using a Pioneer Peptide synthesiser (Applied Biosystems) and purified by means of HPLC using a Jupiter RPC18 column means of a stream of air from an electric fan The effect of the...
... residues occur upon the surfaces of bB2 and cB Furthermore, the bottom part of Fig shows a schematic representation ofthe transplantation This part ofthe figure emphasizes the conceptual point ... encoding the residues L and N at the N-terminal end ofthe truncated bB2, and the residues Q and W at the C-terminal end of truncated bB2, because these four residues are present in the structure of ... unfolding ofthe two domains, which could be related to the fact that the protein shows non-cooperativity of unfolding To explore the reversibility ofthe unfolding transitions, far-UV CD spectra of...
... 3B), these data suggest that these domains are not obligate for the stabilization ofthe dimers, but rather must contribute to the overall stability ofthe dimers Crystallographic analysis ofthe ... folding of proteins or inappropriate assembly of multimeric protein complexes can influence thesurface and overall expression of these proteins in cells and can also alter the half-life ofthe misfolded ... and surface half-life, it was also possible that these mutations would affect the enzyme activity ofthe proteins To test the enzyme activity ofthe CD38 mutants, membrane homogenates from the...
... for the stimulation of endocytosis However, the requirement for the A-subunit could be mediated via an effect ofthe B-moiety This illustrates the importance of detailed studies ofthe role ofthe ... toxin was cleaved off in some ofthe wells by the cell-impermeable reducing agent MESNa, thereby preventing detection ofthe still surface- bound toxins [38] In the experiments, the cells were washed ... 7.0 software Estimation of cell surface- bound toxin concentration To be able to compare the local concentration of Stx on the cell surface and in the medium, the labeled toxin bound to the cells...
... amounts in the first sample ofthe two Cetraria species Also observed in the fraction of hydrocarbons ofthe second sample of S ceratites were a series of anteiso-alkanes Anteiso-C26 was the most ... 14 species of Argentinian lichens for the presence of alkanes, and found that the main ones were C27, C29 and C31 The alkanediene C17H32 and normal alkanes in the C9–C17 range, with the C17 alkadiene ... made up of a relatively high amount of n-alkanes ranging from C18 to C34 The main compounds detected in the Abu Ghosh Valley and other places near the Jerusalem hills were C24, C25, and C26 The total...
... · · · · · 107 107 107 107 107 Presentation ofthe ELDKWA on surfaceof infected cells The presentation ofthe inserted epitope ELDKWA on thesurfaceof infected cells was determined by FACS analysis ... concluded from FACS histograms the amount of ELDKWA on thesurfaceof infected cells only varied slightly approving the stable insertion ofthe ELDKWA peptide into the native envelope protein gp64 ... demonstrating the disruption ofthe epitope of this mouse mAb and the absence of any wild-type gp64 (Fig 3B) Expression of recombinant gp64 in infected insect cells The expression levels of recombinant...
... neutralization ofthe effect ofthe mutation D72K on the protein’s global charge was not sufficient to fully reverse the negative effect on the stability of cyt c6 The apparent stability ofthe mutants ... significance ofthe charge in amino acid position for the formation of a productive encounter complex during the electron transfer from cyt c6 to PS I K8 is located at the edge ofthe contact surfaceof ... mutation ofsurface residues located far from the heme moiety Thus, the thermodynamic driving force for the reaction of cyt c6 with PS I was essentially unaltered by the introduction ofthe mutations...
... Site-Directed Mutagenesis Kit of Stratagene) in order to disrupt the putative transmembrane helix of each ofthe three domains ofthe E5 protein [34-36] without altering the length ofthe protein All PCR-generated ... complex of HPV16 E5, calnexin, and the heavy chain of HLA-I molecules The formation of this complex depends on the presence ofthe first predicted transmembrane domain of HPV16 E5 Since the dimer ... showing the expression levels ofthe codon-optimised E5 gene (left panel) and ofthe viral E5 gene (right panel) Note the differences in the immunoreactivity signals despite the higher amount of total...
... trade-off between decision delay and accuracy using the majority vote [12] The final decision was taken by majority vote on the most recent results The response time is the sum ofthe length ofthe ... reducing the confusion ofthe rest class with other classes Figure displays the error rate of each pair of feature set and classifier when the training was exclusively performed on the static part of ... from all the others Including the dynamic portion in the training set increases substantially the number of windows available for each class, and so the unbalance between the sizes ofthe two...
... analysis The total amount of PC was then worked out by adding the amounts of individual PC species together In our study the total amount of PC species was < 20 µg The relative percentages of each of ... until no further movement of fluid was seen At the end of each experiment, the final pressure difference, ∆P, was recorded as the difference in the heights between the two fluid columns The mean ... procedure, soft facial tissues soaked with Folch solvent were used to wipe SAPL off from the articular surfaceThe contact time between the solvent and articular surface at each of these selected...
... Site-Directed Mutagenesis Kit of Stratagene) in order to disrupt the putative transmembrane helix of each ofthe three domains ofthe E5 protein [34-36] without altering the length ofthe protein All PCR-generated ... complex of HPV16 E5, calnexin, and the heavy chain of HLA-I molecules The formation of this complex depends on the presence ofthe first predicted transmembrane domain of HPV16 E5 Since the dimer ... showing the expression levels ofthe codon-optimised E5 gene (left panel) and ofthe viral E5 gene (right panel) Note the differences in the immunoreactivity signals despite the higher amount of total...
... we determined the effect ofthe individual N-glycans on the maturation cleavage by analysing the presence ofthe cleaved subunit GP-2 Disruption ofthe N-glycosylation sites within the GP-1 mutants ... participated in the analysis ofthe results and drafted the manuscript OL helped to draft the manuscript and revised it critically WG designed the study, participated in the analysis ofthe results ... cleavage ofthe glycoprotein was observed within the mutants S367A and S375A (Fig 2B, lanes and 3, lower panel) Due to the high resolution ofthe acrylamid gel electrophoresis, the GP-2 subunit of Schematic...
... polarized along the direction ofthe vector (π × z), the magnetic field bends the trajectory ofthe electrons, resulting in a rotation ofthe spin ofthe transmitted electrons The reflected electrons ... Our results demonstrate that the magnetic field ofthe magnetic barrier bends the trajectory ofthe electrons, and therefore rotate the spin Theory First we focus on the electron transmission through ... properties In the surface, Hamiltonian ofthe 3D TI σ acts on the real spin ofthe charge carriers, while for graphene it stands for the pseudo spin, i.e., the A and B sublattices of graphene Hence,...
... CNTs The reduction ofthe electrical surface conductivity ofthe CNT due to the oxidation process, together with an increase ofthesurface area and defect formation, is at the origin ofthe observed ... that the incorporation ofthe CNT in the PVDF matrix but leads to a gradual increase ofthe dielectric constant (ε’) as the amount ofthe filler is increased (Figure 4b) The increase ofthe ε’ ... reduction ofthesurface conductivity ofthe CNTs due to the oxidation process [8], and is similar for all the functionalized composites Further, the increase ofsurface area due to the functionalization...