... arthropodialmembrane ofthe periopod and returned tothe culturetanks. At 24, 48 and 72 h after injection, the hepatopan-creas and ovary ofthe shrimp were dissected for totalRNA preparation, andthe hemolymph ... GIH-specificdsRNA, however, was synthesized from the 238 bpcoding region ofthe mature peptide. As the codingsequences of all the neuropeptides are short (< 35 0nucleotides) and there are scattered ... than tothe mandibular organ-inhibitinghormones ofthe crab Cancer pagarus [10]. MeMIH-A and MeMIH-B are non-sex-specific andare expressedin the eyestalks of males and females. The expressionof...
... the af-fected areas and thus is shutdown. The use of satellite communication has been proposed and studied to be used for telemedicine and in disasters[2 4] .With the advance of satellite communication ... are connected to each other via a fixedattenuator and a variable attenuator. To measure the maximum transmission rate, softwarecalled “Iperf” was used. This software can measure the max-imum ... Matsumoto City,Nagano). The wireless networks made up of these wireless LANunits are shown in Figure 5. The wireless LAN in 2 .4 GHz band should be operated inline of sight. The area between the...
... part ofthe immunoassays.HTK carried out the renal histological analysis. RAL contrib-uted tothedevelopmentof some ofthe assays, tothe interpre-tation ofthe data and helping with the ... driv-ing thedevelopmentof autoimmunity. The autoantigens tar-geted in SLE have been shown to cluster in and on the surfaceblebs of apoptotic cells [7,8] and ablation in mice of a number of genes ... between the transgenic mice and littermate con-trols, the percentage of CD4+CD8- cells within the thymus (3. 9 ± 0 .4 and3. 6 ± 0 .3, respectively), andthe percentage of naïve T cells within the periphery...
... sequencealignment, shows that the members of this secondputative triad are in the correct relative orientation. Inour model, the Oc atom of Ser171, the amino group of Lys96 andthe thiol group of Cys 145 are ... (Cys 145 –Ser171–Lys96) thatcould be responsible for the hydrolysis of nitriles.Indeed, the sulfur atom of Cys 145 is at about 3 A˚from the Oc atom of Ser171 and 2.5 A˚from the aminogroup of ... homology model of CX 3 C signature amidase fromS. solfataricus. The side chains ofthe putative catalytic residues are shown. Ser171 and Lys96, shared by the two triads are in red. 141 145 171P95896...
... 2002,accepted 30 May 2002)Eur. J. Biochem. 269, 34 7 9– 34 8 4 (2002) Ó FEBS 2002 doi:10.1 046 /j. 1 43 2-1 033 .2002. 030 29.x RESULTSEffect of quinones on the activity of BvgS and EvgSIn the genus Bordetella, ... 1.HptNBvgSCRTPASTMBvgS*CBvgS-H 6 43 ACH 6 43 AF5 83 BvgS-C4CG688SBvgS-DelC∆ 639 - 647 >Fig. 1. Structural organization of BvgS derivatives used in this study.On the top the domain structure ofthe wild-type ... [c- 32 P]ATP in the pres-ence of 5 mMQ-0 for 4. 5 min Then dithionite was added to a finalconcentration of 25 mM. The insert shows the autoradiography of arepresentative gel. 34 8 2 A. Bock and R....
... 1999sistant are in cells 3, 4, 7, and 8; and members of 4, 7, and 8may be managed by allowing them the opportunity and/ orability to share in the benefits. P7 returns to a consideration of the importance ... necessary to consider the sequencing ofthe movement of a target across the cells of Figure 1. For example, as members of cell 4 are given opportunities to behave andare made aware of them,they ... behavior to minimize externality costs.These options are presented to show the differencesamong, andthe opportunities and limitations of, the threemajor classes of tools andhow an evaluation of...
... 50 min to 1 h. The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose ofthe feedback, the purpose ofthe conceptual model, some background of the research that lead tothedevelopment ... and input and outputs of each area (Jacobson et al., 2006). In this research, the authors attend to two areas of project management from nine existing areas, because of the operation ofthe ... critical success factors for reducing time and cost in thedevelopmentof a new product. These factors are related to design, product, planning and procurement. However, none of these studies has...
... combination of: ã the complexity ofthe situation ã the familiarity tothe learner ofthe situation ã the technical demand ofthe skill required ã the independence ofthe learner in identifying and ... skills are therefore: ã central tothe success ofthe reforms in 14- 19 education and training and to the skills agenda ã crucial for the personal developmentof all learners aged 14 and above ... 3.3 Improving reading skills 74 3 .4 Applying reading skills 83 4. Writing 91 4. 1 Introduction 92 4. 2 Audience and purpose 96 4.3 Types of document 99 4.4 Checking written work 111 4. 5...
... (IL)-7. These cells thendownregulate the expression of CD 24 as they progressthrough to stage 1 (CD 24 )⁄ NK1.1)⁄ CD 44 )). As the cells progress to stage 2 they upregulate CD 44 (CD 24 )⁄ NK1.1)⁄ ... 148 53- 640 1, USAFax: +1 607 2 53 33 84 Tel: +1 607 2 53 34 0 0E-mail: averyaugust@cornell.eduNoteQ. Qi and A. K. Kannan contributed equally to this work(Received 31 August 2010, revised 28October ... the periphery. At this stage, most cells are CD 44 hi⁄ NK1.1+ and can secrete large amounts IFN-c and IL -4 [17]. These fully mature iNKT express highlevels ofthe IL-15 receptor CD122 and their...
... mean age of index cases was 33 .8 ± 14. 3 (16-88). Thirty-seven of these cases were female and 116 ma-le. Ofthe contacts 191 (30 %) were 15 years old or below.PPD was applied 1 53 (80%) of them. ... RESULTS The demographic characteristics ofthe contacts wereshown in table 1. The mean age of contacts determined ac-tive disease was 24. 4 ± 16.9. Twenty-one of them were fema-le and 14 male. The ... patients and TST positivity in the he-althy control group. They found that 42 % of very close con-tacts had positive TST, compared to 34 % close contacts and 13% sporadic contacts and 16% of a healthy...
... cellular Ca2+ oscillator [12, 33 , 34 ] . Ca2+ oscillators were classified into two main types, the membrane oscillators andthe cytosolic oscillators [48 ]. Membrane oscillators are those which generate ... receptor (RyR)5 or the IP3 receptor (IP3R). Indeed, IP3R and RyR are highly sensitive to cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations and when cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ranges from nM to àM, they ... channels are sensitive to store loading and IP3R channels are sensitized by the agonist-dependent formation of IP 3. Current Basic and Pathological Approaches to the Function of Muscle Cells and...
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