... represents the average height ofthe roughness perpendicular to the Q2DEG and Λ represents the correlation length parameter ofthe roughness in the plane ofthe Q2DEG The mobility ofthe unpolarized ... located at zi = 490˚ Aand interface impurity of density Ni0 located at zi = The values of zi are taken from the experiment [6] andthe values of Nid and Ni0 are chosen in order to obtain a reasonable ... A) with A < The parameter A describes the importance of MSE and depends on the random potential, the screening function including the LFC andthe compressibility ofthe electron gas and is given...
... shFcRn mutant where the N-terminal hexa-histidine tag (HAT-tag) was removed, andthe resulting data exclude the possibility that the tag contributes to ligand binding (data not shown) Importantly, ... greatly facilitate the selection and characterization of new FcRn targeting binders Materialsand methods Production and purification of eukaryotic shFcRn molecules The cDNAs encoding truncated ... Sepharose at pH 6.0 Mutant shFcRn and WT bound IgG in the same manner (supplementary Fig S1) Structural and thermal stability analyses of bacterially produced shFcRn Structural features in addition...
... activity [20], parabutoporin and opistoporin were tested on Gramnegative and Gram-positive bacteria and their activity was compared with the activity of melittin and mastoparan (Table 1) Parabutoporin ... Experiments with melittin and mastoparan gave the same results The role of LPS in the interaction was also demonstrated by the lack of effect of extracellular Mg2+ on the activity ofthe peptides against ... the peptide may interact with the negative charges on the LPS of Gramnegative bacteria, enabling the disruption ofthe outer membrane and facilitating the interaction ofthe toxin with the inner...
... A, c ¼ 64.18 Aand ˚ resolution b ¼ 108.6°, and diffracted to at least 1.5 A Crystal data and data collection statistics are summarized in Table Calculation ofthe Matthews coefficient suggested ... despite the large deletion in between these two residues The role of these glutamates was demonstrated by site-directed mutagenesis Table shows that all mutants had greatly reduced catalytic activity ... were made with PYMOL [47] able sequences, some bacterial family 19 chitinases have catalytic domains that are at least as large as those ofthe plant enzymes and that may contain at least six...
... CATGGTGACGTCCCACATGTACT-3Â (reverse); forthe H89V mutant, 5Â-TCTGCTGCAGCA GGGTGTT GAGAAGCGCTGGATG-3Â (forward) and 5Â-CATCCAG CGCTTCTCAACACCCT GCTGCAGCAGA-3Â (reverse); forthe H539V mutant, 5Â-CGACAAGGCGGGCGTC ... plot method The Guggenheim method was used to compare the shape ofthe exponential curve at one time (t) with that at another time (t + Dt) A is the amount of reactant at time t; FEBS Journal ... independent ofthe state of oligomerization); qo, the solvent density; x, the angular velocity ofthe rotor; ro, the xed radial position; R the gas constant; andTthe temperature Sedimentation velocity...
... interference of ammonium sulfate with the HPLCassay of tetrathionate was also tested The height ofthe tetrathionate peak decreased anda shoulder appeared in the HPLC-chromatograms as the ammonium ... metabolism [13] The result ofthe present study showed that tetrathionate hydrolase was soluble andthe activity was associated with the periplasmic fraction Tetrathionate hydrolase activity was ... procedure was satisfactory and that the tetrathionate hydrolase is a periplasmic enzyme Purification ofthe tetrathionate hydrolase from tetrathionate-grown A caldus After cell lysis and dialysis, the...
... availability of this substrate The Vmax and Km with different substrates are shown in Table 2, together with the Vmax/Km ratio that reflects the enzyme catalytic efficiency With respect to the tested ... plant tissues The results obtained are summarized in Table In the healthy tissues of both in vivo plants and in vitro explants the detected enzymatic activity was weak and did not change statistically ... points out the complexity of functions of OMT activities, that are associated to several different aspects of plant metabolism and therefore need further specific investigations With respect to the...
... 34 AaThe popular density ofthe NWs per cm2 b Rtotal: the resistance ofthe total NWs in a unit cm2 Fig A schematic graph ofthe formation ofthe a- Fe2O3 NWs in thin and thick iron Fig (a) ... respectively, taken at a ?10 V bias on a single NW The tip used for CAFM was an Au-coated silicon tip, with a diameter of about 50 nm The morphology image ofthe NW shows that the diameter ofthe ... fastest growth rate was along the [110] direction Therefore, the oxidation rate difference andthe selective directional growth are probable reasons forthe formation of a- Fe2O3 NWs A schematic...
... concentration in the gas phase in 1-mL assays in 8-mL serum bottles Where indicated, the enzyme was activated with mM Ti(III)citrate prior to the assay and mM Ti(III)citrate was added to the assay ... data described in Materialsand methods indicate a CooSI to CooSII ratio of : in the 89-kDa protein band In contrast, the amino-terminal sequence ofthe 62-kDa protein band does not contain a ... activity on the CO concentration with enzyme not activated by Ti(III)citrate (Fig 3A) and enzyme activated with Ti(III)citrate (Fig 3B) To elucidate if Ti(III)citrate activates CO dehydrogenase,...
... application ofthe paradigm to the study participants SV contributed substantially to the hardware setup and data collection for all study participants MH is the Chief ofthe Human Motor Control ... (2) In this way, we effectively automated the feature analysis by integrating it into the threshold-setting program, eliminating the need forthe calculation of Bhattacharrya distances, but requiring ... performed the data analysis, and drafted and revised the manuscript OB developed the Matlab -based software system for EEG data acquisition and processing within which TK's paradigm-specific Matlab program...
... calculate the slope ofthe voltage against time (dV/dt) ofthe unbalanced bridge The thermal conductivities ofthe base fluids and nanofluids were calculated from the established equation between ... demonstrates that the thermal conductivities ofthe oilbased nanofluids increase clearly with the fluid temperature The thermal conductivity of kerosene -based nanofluid increases by about 10, 13, and ... at 60°C for 0.5 h and then cooled to room temperature The precipitate was separated by centrifugation and was washed subsequently with water and ethanol After separation, the nanoparticles were...
... accurately determine the point -of- contact, that is, the separation at which the tip starts indenting the fibril This point is defined as the point where the force distance curve leaves the baseline, ... converted to a force separation curve using the deflection sensitivities andthe spring constants ofthe cantilevers in a custom written Matlab program To extract the elastic modulus from the force ... the real time interaction between the tip andthe surface [18] To obtain in a short amount of time quantitative modulus of elasticity for protein fibrils the surface property methods are relatively...
... substrate was kept at 9.5 cm, and we manually tilted the sample substrate with angle measurement The thickness and Figure A schematic ofthe RF magnetron sputtering system Page of cross-sectional ... was vacuumed to a base pressure of × 10-5 Torr A pre-sputtering treatment was performed to clean the target surface for 10 using argon plasma A distance between the target center andthe sample ... 30 Authors’ contributions Y-HJ and WSC participated in the sequence alignment and drafted the manuscript K-HK and MP carried out the sample preparation JL and H-SH performed data acquisitions and...
... 34 AaThe popular density ofthe NWs per cm2 b Rtotal: the resistance ofthe total NWs in a unit cm2 Fig A schematic graph ofthe formation ofthe a- Fe2O3 NWs in thin and thick iron Fig (a) ... respectively, taken at a ?10 V bias on a single NW The tip used for CAFM was an Au-coated silicon tip, with a diameter of about 50 nm The morphology image ofthe NW shows that the diameter ofthe ... fastest growth rate was along the [110] direction Therefore, the oxidation rate difference andthe selective directional growth are probable reasons forthe formation of a- Fe2O3 NWs A schematic...
... Abramowitz and I A Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, vol 55 of National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series, U.S.Government Printing ... Analysis, Cambridge Mathematical Library, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1996 B.-N Guo and F Qi, “Inequalities and monotonicity forthe ratio of gamma functions,” Taiwanese Journal ... is to discuss the monotonicity and logarithmical convexity ofthe function Fα x, y with respect to parameter α For convenience ofthe readers, we recall the definitions and basic knowledge of...
... method followed by hydrolysis and then alditol acetate was prepared to know the linkages of sugar moieties The GLC-MS analysis ofthe partially methylated alditol acetate of PS-I revealed the ... prepared with standard dextran PS-I was hydrolyzed with 2M trifluroacetic acid and then alditol acetate23 was prepared for GLC analysis GLC analysis of alditol acetate of hydrolyzed product of ... isolated from either ofthe aqueous or alkali extract of parent mushrooms Pleurotus florida and Lentinula edodes The structural characterization and immunoenhancing studies of PS-I isolated from...
... method followed by hydrolysis and then alditol acetate was prepared to know the linkages of sugar moieties The GLC-MS analysis ofthe partially methylated alditol acetate of PS-I revealed the ... prepared with standard dextran PS-I was hydrolyzed with 2M trifluroacetic acid and then alditol acetate23 was prepared for GLC analysis GLC analysis of alditol acetate of hydrolyzed product of ... isolated from either ofthe aqueous or alkali extract of parent mushrooms Pleurotus florida and Lentinula edodes The structural characterization and immunoenhancing studies of PS-I isolated from...
... This test uses the F-ratio as the test statistic and does not require the assumption that the variables are normally distributed The permutation test was highly significant, indicating that there ... were also detected between treatments for selected wood and pulping properties as well as between the groups of variates for each treatment A summary ofthe analysis of variance and treatment means ... regression analysis could account for 37.8% ofthe variance with a slope that was significantly negative (Tab III), indicating that irrespective ofthe treatments the higher the rate of growth the lower...
... variance ofthe quantitative trait in the F population be 100, the additive and dominant effect (a and d) can be solved as: andthe additive and dominance effects at the QTL are obtained from: Once the ... parameters (s and n) andthe genetic parameters at the QLT and h’) are given together with the recombination frequency between the marker and QTL (r), the value ofthe noncentral F-variable can ... sibs within the jth marker class within the ith sibship, then the variation forthe quantitative trait can be partitioned into that between and within sibships, while that of within sibships can...
... minimizing the total energy ofthe system according to instances of parallel and antiparallel magnetization alignments The angular difference between the normal to the interface andthe z-direction ... Starting with a look at materials with PMA, the origin of PMA in these different materials is reviewed Next the theory and developments of GMR and TMR devices, anda background on the interlayer ... current, allows the manipulation of magnetization in a spin-valve or magnetic tunnelling junction (MTJ) into parallel (P) or anti-parallel (AP) states without the application of an external magnetic...