... A Substance Isolated from Cornus Officinalis Enhances the Motility of Human Sperm The effects of a Chinese herb, Cornus officinalis, on the motility of human sperm was studied. An aqueous ... suggests that C4 is the active component in Cornus officinalis that enhances sperm motility. Jeng H; Wu CM; Su SJ; Chang WC Department of Ana...
... the maturation of human primary adipocytes,
suggesting that CIDEC might be a target of PPARc
transactivation. These data suggest that CIDEC may not
only be a downstream target of PPARc transactivation,
but ... Immunoblot
analysis revealed that the expression of
CIDEC increased in human pre-adipocytes
during differentiation, and the expression of
PPARc showed a simila...
... the
inhibitor of acrosin – the major protease of mammalian
spermatozoa – from the crab-eating monkey, Macaca
fascicularis (Table 1).
Whereas many Kazal inhibitors have proline at P
2
, only
twowerereportedtohaveprolineatP
1
[43,44]. ... interaction with their
membranes.
Materials and methods
Materials
All chemicals were of the purest analytical grade available.
Proteases, apro...
... His151 dramatically
change their conformation; in particular, the last of these moves
more than 10 A
˚
as part of the switch loop (tetragonal crystal
resolved to 2.25 A
˚
). (C) In the active oxidized ... F
420
H
2
The conformation and binding characteristics of FMN
are nearly identical in all of the analyzed structures of
F
420
H
2
oxidase but also in comparison to th...
... 403–413)
bridges the gap between capsomeres forming the base
of the protein shell in the intercapsomeric region. The
a- helix h4 (amino acids 419–429) reaches halfway up
the wall of the invaded capsomere and ... uronic acid and gluco-
samine, which are sulfated and acetylated to various
degrees. O-sulfation occurs at the 2-O, 3-O, and 6-O
position of the uronic acid a...
... Kobayashi
2
, Yasuo Igarashi
3
and Jun Hasegawa
4
1
Graduate School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan;
2
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Osaka University, Japan;
3
Department ... c-551 from a mesophile, Pseudomonas aerugi-
nosa (PA c-551). Comparisons of the two proteins indicated
that the amino-acid residues are 56% identical [5], and that
the root mean sq...
... mV to a test potential of )7 mV. (A and C) Maximum amplitude of the Na
+
current activated by each depolarization is plotted against time, after subtraction of TTX-resistant leak and capacitive ... steady-state inactivation, cell
membrane potential was shifted as shown at the top of
Fig. 6C,G. The amplitude of the Na
+
current activated by
the depolarization to )7 mV me...
... MultiFunction CardioGram) in addition to an amplitude histogram, which generates a large inventory of normalized mathematical indexes of abnormality. It is the pattern of these mathematical indexes of abnormality, ... episode of radical deviation away from the baseline angle of at least 80° with peak am-plitude of ≥5 mm measured from the baseline. A marginal tracin...
... biomass) to form aerobic granular sludge for all the experiments was obtained from an aerobic basin of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (Tokyo, Japan). Table 1 - Wastewater composition Analytical ... Two AUFB reactors were used for the formation of aerobic granular sludge. Air was introduced from the bottom of the reactor, and aeration rate was gradually increased f...
... of the image of a place
b. How to measure the image
c. What elements can guide the
designing of the image for a place
d. Ways to communicate the image
e. How to correct a negative image of a ... strategy
2. Industry (structure) analysis
3. Establish a position in the industry
4. Create an advantage
5. Act early to take advantage of
structural changes
6. Susta...