... hemorrhaging Starting from day 14, mice injected with 8–37 nm GNPs showed a significantly camel-like back and crooked spine The majority of mice in these groups died before the end ofthe fourth week The ... Presence of GNPs in Organs The acute symptoms and eventual death of mice receiving GNPs indicated that the injected GNPs might damage major organs Inthe tissues samples stained with haematoxylin and ... endocytosis of GNPs occurs when the particles have a diameter of 50 nm [11] Inthe current study, injection of 50 nm or larger GNPs, however, did not lead to the death of mice, consistent with the observation...
... possible for their spores to germinate without being inhibited by the presence of bile salts inthe small intestine It could also be concluded that among the six strains the tolerance of spores ... originally obtained from the fresh faeces of healthy piglets The size ofthe inhibitory zone for the six selected isolates against the four indicator pathogens is shown in Table An example of a plate ... through the stomach of a pig The fact that the viable counts of most ofthe six Bacillus strains did not decrease after h of incubation suggests that a reasonable percentage of these Bacillus strains,...
... from urine instead of serum because the absence in urine of natural inhibitors of DNase activity such as G-actin To test if the expression of DNase I from T cells inthe transgenic mice had caused ... the injected protein and the level of free G-actin inthe circulation at sites of inflammation inhibiting the DNase I activity Our data obtained by a transgenic expression ofthe mutant protein ... model of autoimmunity Transient autoimmunity can be induced in mice by the administration of a single high dose of LPS This induces a pulse of nucleosomes and chromatin inthe plasma within the...
... fractions of 2.57 Gy with interfraction intervals of 10 min, (4) fractions Page ofof Gy with interfraction intervals of 30 min, (5) fractions of 2.57 Gy with interfraction intervals of Assay Tumor dimensions ... with elongation of interfraction intervals Inthe present study, we studied the influence ofthe different fraction intervals to the mouse lewis cancer model Our results are in consistent with ... elongation ofthe intervals, but not significantly [16,17] They contributed the confiliction ofthe results in vitro and in vivo to reoxygenation In this study, we attempt to evaluate the impact of prolonged...
... reduction ofthe unphosphorylated TORC2 protein was more significant than that ofthe phosphorylated form, because the former is an active form of TORC2 retained inthe nucleus Binding of TORC proteins ... methylation is involved inthe silencing of Tax gene transcription inthe peripheral blood of HTLV-1 -infected individuals in vivo The mouse model system studied in this report models gene control in HTLV-1 ... inthe absence of Tax Although the amount of pCREB was increased in EL4-Gax cells grown in vivo, no significant difference was observed inthe amount of pCREB binding to the enhancer DNA in cells...
... http://www.retrovirology.com/content/1/1/33 tion The data inthe right side of panel A indicate that Cterminal deletions of GagPol extending into the connection domain result in an 85% or greater decrease inthe initiation of reverse ... role ofthe RT thumb domain in GagPol in tRNALys3 viral packaging tRNALys3 incorpora- tion into HIV-1 is not affected by deletion oftheIN domain in GagPol, nor by further deletion ofthe RNaseH ... Figure 2B The left side of panel A shows that there is a linear increase inthe reverse transcription signal over an almost 10 fold change inthe amount of BH10.P- viral genomic RNA used inthe reac-...
... the Department ofthe Interior, the Department of State, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency.43 Canada and the United States in protecting the Arctic marine ... both sides ofthe Arctic Ocean.33 The disintegration ofthe Soviet Union and the end ofthe Cold War diminished these threats 32 33 On the Northern Sea Route (NSR) inthe context of vessel-source ... have a direct interest inthe Southern Ocean Likewise, inthe north, there are six other Arctic states plus numerous other states which have interests inthe region Nevertheless, the chapter provides...
... inthe Southern Ocean Other major issue-areas involved inthe implementation ofthe Protocol include: institutionalisation within the ATS; further normative development ofthe Protocol, in particular ... regarding marine pollution inthe Arctic, irrespective of origin At the 1993 Nuuk Conference, the ministers ofthe Arctic countries agreed, in implementing Chapter ofthe AEPS, to establish a working ... distinguishing the polar oceans from the remaining, warmer parts ofthe world’s oceans In view of these unique features, one would expect the degree of prevention embodied in legal measures for the...
... Uncertainty” or “Critical Accounting Estimates.” • The disclosure ofthe range of possible outcomes, and the assumptions used in determining the range • The disclosure of information regarding the ... respects, in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework also involves evaluating the fair presentation ofthe financial statements In doing so, the auditor considers whether the financial ... consider the appropriateness of management’s useofthe going concern assumption inthe preparation ofthe financial statements, including whether there are events or conditions and related business...
... areas complained of narrowness of their houses inthe 1960 s At the time, airtight houses started to be built in urban area, and air pollution due to a lack of fresh air because ofthe low ventilation ... predominantly in indoor air samples.93) The dominant path of phthalates intake was the ingestion of foodstuffs compared to inhalation of indoor air by children.94) n-Tetradecane is an alkane with the ... drain.128) Radon-induced lung cancers are mainly caused by low and moderate rather than indoor radon in homes at such low concentrations.128) Many houses in Hokkaido, inthe northern part of...
... before the start of each experiment The subsequent incubation with the indicated retinoids was then terminated at the indicated time points by washing with NaCl ⁄ Pi and lysis ofthe cells using ... proposed that the role of at-RA during the complex interactions and morphogenetic processes in limb development is a result ofthe initiation of a cascade of events involving signalling molecules, ... the expression of shh is restricted to the posterior half ofthe limb buds However, both retinoids induced the expression of shh inthe anterior section As there is no endogenous expression of...
... and inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity ofthe IR [7] On the basis ofthe crystal structure ofthe tyrosine kinase domain ofthe IR in complex with the PIR ⁄ BPS domain of Grb14, Depetris et ... residues ofthe IR kinase loop, which help position the PIR–BPS and increase binding affinity [8] Although the interaction of Grb14 with the IR is probably the major determinant ofthe insulin-induced ... livers of rats studied at the indicated time points after injection of 30 lg of insulin (four to six rats per time point) (A), or studied after injection ofthe indicated dose of insulin (two...
... positioning ofthe SAP motifs in relation to the rest ofthe protein as well as for the stability ofthe protein The truncated Ydc2 mutant proteins localize to the mitochondria in S pombe Fig Binding ... [14,20] Binding of CCE1 results inthe complete unpairing ofthe four base-pairs inthe centre ofthe junctions with a lesser disruption ofthe next base-pairs [19], which is reminiscent ofthe structure ... conformation ofthe junction, then the deletion of this motif would have an even more serious effect on Ydc2 binding inthe presence of divalent cations We tested the effect of Mg2+ on the binding of the...
... with the amino group ofthe main chain at Glu268 The oxygen ofthe main chain at Asp266 was bound to amino groups of main chain of Tyr269 and Ala270 by hydrogen bonds The interactions should maintain ... temperature indicates the stability ofthe structure ofthe protein The difference ofthe increments between the inactive temperature and the Tm should indicate that the mutations improved the stability ... surrounding residues ofthe depression, and the side chain ofthe mutated residue might restrain the mobility ofthe N-terminal region on the surface by interaction with the main chain of Lys26 by van...
... make startup ofthe client as effortless as possible, in order to maximize the number of users willing to play the game Unsurprisingly, we had to spend the majority ofthe programming time on the ... other clients The client and the server instance play one game together: Whenever the user does something, the client sends a message about this to the server instance, and the server instance can ... Figure 4: The interface of an NLG system Figure 3: The GIVE architecture sible to future installments ofthe challenge Since we provided all the 3D, networking, and database code, the research...
... Scientific Services Department ofthe Weizmann Institute by a single injection of 150 lg ofthe purified protein, followed by two booster shots ofthe same amount of protein at 2-week intervals Serum ... between the amounts of UP12 and the total amount of protein inthe extracts, a series of samples containing determined amounts ofthe purified UP12 were separated by SDS/PAGE along with the cell ... Taken together, these observations indicate that maintenance ofthe correct folding stateof GatY in E coli probably requires the assistance of two chaperone systems The identification of UP12 as...
... Vt Iit= , Vo − Vp in which Iit is the sectoral indicator number i inthe year t; Vo is the value ofthe indicator i inthe beginning (starting) year ofthe plan, selecting from the poorest target ... Vt is the value ofthe indicator i inthe year t; Vp is the prospective value ofthe indicator i ofthe last year ofthe plan (minimum value) The UNDP’s HPI is an indicator of poverty in general, ... crop/year/total ofthe poor households Ratio ofthe poor households with the annual income from paddy farming is counted for more than 50% of total of households income/year/total ofthe poor households...
... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions inthe examination of policy matters pertaining ... determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government,...
... 2006DDBX0025 by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S Department of Justice The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations contained herein are those ofthe authors ... retirements annually inthe department in recent years, the number of officers eligible for retirement is growing all the time At present, about 50 ofthe 366 officers inthe department are eligible ... with the department As part of its effort to be more appealing to new recruits, Lanier said, the department seeks to instill a sense of pride inthe department, as well as in its history The department...
... the Swi1 and Snf5 activator-binding domains Thein vivo validation ofthe Swi1 and Snf5 activator-binding domains is also of interest in relation to the twostep binding mechanism between Gal4 and ... interactions with other proteins and may be important for the function ofthe increasingly large group of proteins that have been shown to contain intrinsically unstructured regions The intrinsic ... subset of Gal4 target genes within 30 of galactose addition, and defects affecting the SWI ⁄ SNF complex caused reduced activation of these genes within the same time window The activator-binding...