... procedure ofthe study: At the beginning ofthe experiment, a pre-test was given to both groups The primary goal ofthe pre-test was to measure and compare the two groups in term ofthe students’ ... proficiency before and after the experiment Thus, the results of these tests were analyzes using the Excel Spread Program to calculate the Independent t-test 1.1 The results and discussion ofthe ... almost the same level of vocabulary ability at the onset ofthe experiment 1.2 The results and discussion ofthe post-test scores ofthe two groups - 28 - After weeks ofthe experiment, both...
... French and Russian The school selects all the best teachers and students from school in the province The main duty ofthe school is to train and foster talents for the province andthe country The ... suitable and relevant the teaching and learning styles are to the students’ interests, habits and learning ability…, the more they can get from the lesson Therefore, they are more satisfied with their ... since the students were in grade 10 They are different in age, teaching experience and qualification Two of them are 27 years old One of them is 30 andthe rest is 34 years old Therefore, they...
... presence of chondroitin/dermatan sulfate PGs at the d and e bands in the gap zone ofthe fibrils formed bythe quarter staggered array of type I collagen molecules, andthe presence of keratan ... spectra of a recombinant decorin purified in the absence of chaotropic agents, with the exception ofthe wavelength ofthe minimum (215–216 instead of 218 nm) and very different to the spectrum ofthe ... On the contrary, no influence of detergents was found, as determined bythe addition of 1% Triton to the binding solution To further characterize the nature ofthe interaction between decorin and...
... lacked the N-terminal regions Arrowheads show the sites cleaved andthe molecular masses ofthe rest ofthe cleaved peptides Arrows show the N-termini ofthe 35 kDa forms of annexin A1 and annexin ... (B) These two controls are shown as thin dotted lines in (C) and (D) The result obtained in the presence of dicalcin and all ofthe annexins (E) was compared with the calculated sum of each ofthe ... annexin A4 and annexin A5 to identify which annexins were in the fraction ofthe 38 kDa andthe 35 kDa proteins Cloning of annexin cDNAs On the basis ofthe partial amino acid sequences ofthe proteolytic...
... represent the limited case of six triplet sequences, the specificity ofthe observed effects confirms the higher selectivity of DAPI for the minor-groove ofthe ATT-triplet with respect to all the other ... also supported bythe observation that the first 10 bases ofthe GC-rich random sequence ofthe AAT- and ATT-templates are copied without any pausing in relation to the drug-free syntheses This provides ... attributed to the (ATT)10 region (located at the 5¢-end ofthe ATT-template) folding into a hairpin-like structure The double helix ofthe hairpin stem, stabilized bythe binding of DAPI into the minor-groove...
... to 1% ofthe material used in the pulldown experiment The presence ofthe TAP-Vg1RBP band in the anti-Staufen blot is a result ofthe strong binding of secondary anti-rabbit serum to the protein-A ... pathway In the nucleus, Vg1 is recognized bythe RNA-binding proteins Vg1RBP and hnRNP I [7,21]; the export of this complex into the cytoplasm is followed by a structural reorganization ofthe RNP ... should be part of one andthe same complex; on the basis ofthe experimental results obtained in the present study, we cannot exclude the possibility that ePAB and FRGY2 are indeed part of different...
... that ofthe higher binding site by NMR, even if the sugar-binding ability of one ofthe two binding sites is much higher than that ofthe other However, the hemagglutinating activity oflectin ... particularly H4, and barely interacts with the region of H1 andthe O-methyl group The crystal structure of EW29Ch with lactose showed that the O2, O3 and O4 atoms ofthe galactose residue of lactose ... describing the binding of one ligand molecule to a single protein site using the Solver function of 15 EXCEL 2002 The weighted average ofthe H and N chemical-shift changes of Gly122 given by Dav...
... [13], either by measurement ofthe rate ofproductionof O2– or the rate of O2 uptake INT diaphorase activity was assayed bythe rate of reduction of INT into formazan in the presence of superoxide ... but rather as the product of reduction of O2 by INT, andthe SOD-dependent inhibition of INT reduction appears to be an indirect effect On the other hand, the INT radical may generate by dismutation ... additions of INT (cf Fig 8), the difference spectra relative to the Soret band were recorded andthe extent of reoxidation was assessed bythe decrease ofthe peak of absorbancy by reference to a base-line...
... transformation), that leads to alteration in their apoptotic response, the attachment of these cells to articular cartilage and subsequently to the degradation ofthe cartilage matrix [11, 13] This notion ... present research on the interaction of RA-IgG and RASFs as well as other recent data, however, may change the picture It has been reported by Huizinga and colleagues that in a cohort of patients with ... IL-16 in RASFs, the present research from Smith and Cruikshank extends the panel of signals involved in theregulationof IL-16 at least under pathologic conditions Although the study does not...
... advantage of using MapMan is no doubt the ease and speed ofthe analysis The visualization ofthe genes distribution among the phytohormones confirms the large involvement of genes linked to auxins and ... Figure and 2: an overview of ripening regulationandthe phenylpropanoid pathway The representation of berry development regulation provided by MapMan immediately highlights the large number of genes ... analysis The general trend of these classes is the same as reported in Figure of [21], in which it is evident that all of them are prevalently induced from stage A to B and then mostly repressed The...
... “inheritance is based on theproductionof specific particles (“seeds”) by all parts ofthe body and transmission of these at the time of conception” [1] If this were the case, then children would ... showing the exclusion of water molecules at the interface ofthe protein and DNA during the formation ofthe specific complex (Adopted from [92]) binding [60] The structures ofthe specific and nonspecific ... the operon in 1961 [8] Their theory was based on their observations of induction ofthe lac gene The isolation and characterization ofthe lac repressor, a protein, andthe discovery that it actually...
... contribution of reagents but also his support during the course of my project and advice throughout the writing and revision ofthe publication of my work My candidature in the Institute of Molecular and ... promotes the hydrolysis of GTP to GDP bythe intrinsic GTPase activity ofthe G-protein (Jaffe and Hall, 2005) The recruitment and activation of Cdc42 and Rac1 is vital for initiation of epithelial ... Conversely, the basal activity ofthe Scrib complex is antagonized bythe Par and Crb complexes apically and therefore restricted to the basal domain As such, opposing functions ofthe Par-Crb and Scrib...
... the formation of large complex in the presence of hRad51, hRad52 and ssDNA presence of hRad52 renders much better binding of hRad51 to ssDNA even at lower concentrations ofthe latter, thereby ... concentrations of DNA as described in (A) in the absence of any nucleotide cofactors and later subjected to centrifugation andthe resulting pellet and supernatant were analysed by SDS PAGE followed by silver ... to study the effect of DNA on hydrodynamic radius (Rh) of hRad51 hRad51 (1 lM) was incubated with 0, 1, 3, and lM of oligo PUC+ (in the absence of any nucleotide cofactor) followed bythe measurement...
... elucidation ofthe splicing mechanism andthe identification ofthe key amino acid residues involved in the scission and ligation ofthe peptide bonds have facilitated the molecular engineering of artificial ... rather than bond cleavage and resynthesis and is catalyzed entirely bythe amino acid residues contained in the intein.[1] The biochemical mechanism of protein splicing includes the formation of ... ASN O Figure Mechanism of intein splicing at the C-terminal junction ofthe Ssp DnaB intein, with Asn as the last amino acid ofthe intein and Cys as the first residue ofthe target protein Self-cleavage...
... noticed in the examination of two Vpr mutations The R77Q and I74A mutants, which separate the apoptosis and G2 arrest induced by Vpr [24,54], showed no separation between the G2 induction and apoptosis ... arrest and cell killing, both in fission yeast andhuman cells ([27]; our unpublished data) However, the suppressive effect of yeast Hsp16 andhuman HSP27 on Vpr are not identical Overproduction of ... fluorescence (B) Comparison ofthe Hsp16 protein levels in the presence and absence of Vpr as shown by Western blot analysis The vpr or vpr’-expressing cells were collected at the same time as in panel...
... consequence ofthe mutagenic replacements Effectsofthe His120Asn and His145Asn mutations on the affinity of metal binding to arginase II To further examine theeffectsofthe His120fiAsn and His145fiAsn ... coordinated by His120 and His145, which are equivalent to the histidines at position 101 and 126 in the sequence of arginase I [10] However, they are clearly differentiated bythe consequences of their ... explained by electrostatic repulsion between the a-carboxyl group ofthe amino acid andthe introduced aspartic residue at position 149 On the other hand, as agmatine lacks the a-carboxyl group, there...
... peak at 7.65 mL on the elution profile Increase ofthe temperature of incubation was accompanied bythe simultaneous increase ofthe peak eluted at 7.65 mL and decrease ofthe peak eluted at 8.65 ... Increase ofthe time of heating at 43 °C leading to decrease of parameter A up to 2.2–2.3 was accompanied by further decrease ofthe initial rate of polymerization When parameter A was in the range of ... was sedimented Therefore, by measuring the quantity of actin in the pellet we were able to estimate the chaperone activity of HSP25 and its mutants In the absence of HSP25 about 90% of heated actin...
... interaction in the presence of mm ATP On the other hand, 2-oxoglutarate did not influence the GlnK–TnrA interaction, either alone, in the absence of divalent metals, or in combination with ATP and Mg2+ ... lower panels show the binding isotherm andthe best-fit curve according to the three sequential binding sites model BIAcore analysis ofthe GS–TnrA interaction The results ofthe immunoprecipitation ... interact with the C-terminus of TnrA, and may play a role in theregulationof TnrA activity and its proteolysis [15] To test this assumption, various truncations of TnrA (lacking six, 20 and 35 amino...
... Consequently, the molecular studies ofthe interaction of SAgs with their specifics ligands will not only advance understanding ofthe physiological mechanisms of these molecules, but may lead to the development ... treatment of several pathologies and because ofthe potential use ofthe toxins as biological weapons Alteration of their MHC and TCR binding capacity by site directed mutagenesis could be useful in the ... species; reduction and alkylation, and mutation ofthe Cys implicated in the intermolecular disulfide bridge Analysis ofthe three-dimensional structure of SSA [31] to determine which ofthe remaining...
... from H2O2 production during the autoxidation of dopamine following the addition of varying amounts ofthe diphenol into solutions of NaCl ⁄ Pi (pH 7.4) that lacked catalase (A and B) and those ... peroxidase activities, andthe studies by Wood et al [20] showing the enzyme to be activated by low concentrations of H2O2 Unquestionably, the generation of H2O2 and other ROI during tyrosinase-mediated ... circumvented bythe enzyme employing these molecules to metabolizing substrates A likely scenario for theproductionof these molecules involves the partial reduction of O2 caused by 2412 Fig...