6additional functional properties of paper and paperboard

... mRNA and also of its own transcript For this reason, the level of mRNA for the wildtype form of MCPIP and the level of mRNA for IL-1b (Fig 5A, lane 3) were lower in comparison to the level of mRNA ... clarify the dynamics and features of this protein Role of MCPIP in regulation of the endogenous IL-1b transcript level After identification of a PIN domain in the MCPIP by use of bioinformatics, ... lanes 2,3 and 4, lower band) The levels of mutant and wild-type MCPIP mRNAs were higher when these vectors were co-transfected with a vector overexpressing IL-1b (Fig 5, lanes and 4, upper bands)...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 14:20

... following chapter different paper grades and their requirements are discussed Table 1: Properties of filler pigments (VTT, 2009) 14 (36) Paper and paperboard grades Paper and paperboard grades can ... basis weights of offset papers range from 40 to 300 g/m2 The majority of offset papers are produced in sheets (Paulapuro, 2000) Lightweight papers Offset papers and lightweight papers differ ... magnitude of printing and writing paper production The production shares have remained similar with only minor changes during the last years 4.2 Paper and paperboard demand Paper demand and consumption...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 02:20

... both AFPs had relatively low contents of Arg (1.3% and 0.9%), Met (0.8% and 0.9%) and Tyr (1.9% and 2.4%) Another significant feature of AnpAFP is the presence of 2% Cys; however, Cys was not detected ... indicative of the binding of these hyperactive AFPs to both pyramidal and basal planes of a seed hexagonal ice crystal Comparison of TH activity between AnpAFP and TisAFP8 Figure 5A shows the results of ... ice-binding site of AnpAFP and TisAFP Regarding the other amino acids, the contents of Ser, Met, Val and Phe are similar between AnpAFP and TisAFP, while the contents of Gly, Ala, Leu and Ile differ...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... oxygen-binding properties The ultimate aim is a precise definition of the allosteric unit responsible for cooperativity and of the possible role of heterogeneity at subunit level in the modulation of the functional ... allosteric properties of the protein and to trace the evolutionary pathway of the allosteric behaviour Results Characterization of the oligomeric state of P monodon Hc In gel-filtration experiments of ... structural stability of arthropod Hc oligomers, the reversibility of the dissociation processes and the occurrence of different subunits, in order to correlate the structural properties of the various...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... activation Several functional properties of TIMPs are of potential importance in the pathogenesis of arthritis Overexpression of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 is associated with inhibition of apoptosis and invasive ... laboratory, and statistical evaluation of material from RA patients; and preparation of the manuscript LD performed the collection and clinical analysis of patients with degenerative joint diseases and ... revision of the manuscript AT contributed to the conception of the study and study design, statistical evaluation of the results, and preparation of the manuscript All authors read and approved...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

... between maternal and infant clones The V3 loop charge and glycosylation are predictive of co-receptor tropism [19,20] Examination of charge and glycosylation of the V3 loops of our env clones ... 88% of env clones proved functional, with no significant differences in functionality between mothers and infants detected within or across transmission pairs (data not shown) A total of 162 functional ... expression of relatively high levels of the CD4 receptor and CCR5 co-receptor on the surface of target cells [21,39] However, levels of CD4 and CCR5 on mucosal and submucosal cell subsets can be...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:21

... weight and molecular weight distribution, degree of cross-linking, and of Plasticization For two-phase and multiphase systems such as semicrystalline polymers and polymer blends, morphology and ... seldom made and there is no equivalent to the characteristic time of Figure 5A) In this section we summarize the effect of structural and compositional factors on the modulus of the simplest of amorphous ... has the lowest value of £0 and Ty shown and poly(methyl methacrylate) has the highest, there is no consistent correlation of 4oA, and /]., Plazek has questioned the variation of ^ with tK (60) He...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... mDCs and moDCs [12] and moDCs and KG-1 cells [13], but no studies have compared the proteomes of all three cell types In this study we compare the proteomes of mDCs, moDCs and KG-1 cells, and ... presence of × 104 irradiated (3,000 rad 137Cs) immature mDCs and interactions Figure Cytokine expression profiles of cells Cytokine expression profiles of cells Cytokine production by mDCs and the ... The proteome of mDCs showed different levels of similarity compared with those of moDCs and KG-1 cells (correlation coefficient 0.68 and 0.62, respectively) (Figure 4) Duplicate gels of mDCs were...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 18:20

... (PART 1): BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF E6 AND E7 33 3.1 Biophysical properties of the E6 and E7 proteins: Previous data and concept of this study 33 3.2 Biophysical properties of the E7 protein: ... properties of E6 and E7 3.1 Biophysical properties of the E6 and E7 proteins: Previous data and concept of this study To determine the biophysical properties of proteins and, ultimately, determine their ... casein kinase II and the location of the zinc binding domain are indicated The HPV E6 protein consists of two tandem copies of this domain and it has been speculated that E6 and E7 may have evolved...

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2015, 17:18

... equivalent volumes of M urea solution and then run on SDS ⁄ PAGE Lanes a and d, in the absence of both TnC and Ca2+; lanes b and e, in the presence of TnC and the absence of Ca2+; lanes c and f, in the ... presence (lanes m–q) of equimolar amounts of Akazara scallop TnC Lanes h and m, ATnI-52K; lanes i and n, ATnI-19K; lanes j and o, ATnI1)128; lanes k and p, ATnI130)252; lanes l and q, ATnI232)292; ... above schemes and the structural and functional features of some invertebrate troponins Molluskan TnC binds only one mole of Ca2+ per mole of protein at site IV in the C-domain because of amino acid...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 01:20

... characteristics and mechanical properties of bamboo Dissertation, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China pp 147 Yusoff, M.N.M, A Abd.Kadir, and A.H Mohamed 1992 Utilization of bamboo for pulp and paper ... utilization The physical and mechanical properties of bamboo vary with the age of the bamboo and the height of the culm [Chauhan 2000] In general, SG and the properties of bamboo drop from the ... bending properties, along longitudinal and radial directions of one, three, and five year old bamboo and determine the correlation between SG and bending properties, and (5) compressive strength of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 09:20

... to the C-termini of other members of the secretion family, such as PilQ of Myxococcus xanthus [28], ExeD of Aeromonas salmonicida [29], PilQ of P aeruginosa [25,30], and PilQ of N gonorrhoeae ... Analyses of novel Thermus competence proteins J Rumszauer et al N-terminal domain of PilQ, and the colocalization of PilQ with PilW in inner and outer membranes and the results from the pilW and pilQ ... PilA4 and PilQ are individually essential for transformation and piliation [7,8] In contrast to PilQ and PilA4, an individual role of PilM, PilN, PilO and PilW in natural transformation and piliation...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 12:20

... mitochondrial isoform (referred to henceforth as MiTK) as described below The cDNA for the cytoplasmic TK consists of 1811 bp with an ORF of 1098 bp and 5¢ and 3¢ untranslated regions of 21 and 692 bp, ... other hand, mitochondrial TK showed activity for taurocyamine, lombricine (30% of that of taurocyamine) and glycocyamine (7% of that of taurocyamine) Recombinant Arenicola MiTK was incapable of phosphorylating ... Alignment of mitochondrial targeting sequences of vertebrate and invertebrate MiCKs and Arenicola MiTK Sequences correspond to ubiquitous (uMiCK) and sarcomeric (sMiCK) MiCKs from man and chicken and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20

... lg of platelet protein and 0.5 lg of GST and GST±Rab proteins; (B) an [a-32P]GTP overlay [17] of a nitrocellulose blot of a gel containing 40 lg of platelet protein, 0.5 lg of GST and 0.5 lg of ... form of Rab32 (see Discussion) Fig Puri®cation and properties of wild-type and mutant Rab31 and Rab32 expressed as GST±fusion proteins Samples of platelet particulate fraction protein and of puri®ed ... immunoblot of a gel containing 20 lg of platelet protein and 0.1 lg of GST and GST±Rab proteins, using a : 1000 dilution of anti-Rab31 antiserum; (D) a similar immunoblot using a : 1000 dilution of anti-Rab32...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20

... the field of papermaking unique /67/ 37 INTERNAL SIZING OF PAPER AND BOARD The word sizing is used when talking about paper and board hydrophobation Two kinds of sizing; internal sizing and surface ... field of paper and board internal sizing emulsions The impact of different surface active substances on sizing emulsion properties and functionality are presented The internal sizing emulsions of ... dry paper web in the dry end of paper machine Surface sizing modifies the liquid penetration properties of paper and board surface /3, 4/ When planning a sizing system, the wet-end chemistry and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 01:20

... both in shape and in dimension to the fibrils of hTTR and sbTTR formed by heating The thick and straight morphology of heat-induced fibrils of hTTR, sbTTR and ecTRP is similar to that of amyloid fibrils ... Stability and fibril formation of TTR and TRP Fig DSC profiles of hTTR, sbTTR, and ecTRP The melting temperatures (Tm) were 97.8 °C for hTTR, 93.0 °C for sbTTR, and 66.7 °C for ecTRP Fig Analysis of tetramer ... that of TTRs and TRPs (Fig 1) In the current study, the fibril-forming and amyloidforming properties of three representatives from the TTR and TRP families were investigated Amyloidogenic properties...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 01:20

... the functional properties of the two structural N-terminal and C-terminal domains of hoPLRP2 show that the enzyme stability in the presence of the lipid–water interface, the motion of the lid and ... PLRP2 and colipase ) no interaction In the absence of dithiothreitol in the sample buffer, native hoPL and hoPLRP2 ran as a single band of about 50 kDa (Fig 2A, lanes and 2) In the presence of dithiothreitol ... recognized hoPL and NcCc better than hoPLRP2 and N2C2, and conversely, hoPLRP2 antibodies reacted better with hoPLRP2 and N2C2 than they did with hoPL and Fig Functional maps of the plasmids...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 06:20

... EMA models Optical properties of SiNWs and GeNWs In Section of the present paper, we aim to point out the importance of the many-body effects on the optical response of some of the studied nanowires ... in terms of the different geometrical structure of wires grown with different orientation Finally the comparison of the optical spectra of SiNWs and GeNWs with diameters of the order of 0.8 nm, ... Scaling of the DFT-LDA gap in SiNWs (left) and GeNWs (right) as a function of wires’ size and orientation Table DFT-LDA electronic gaps in SiNWs and GeNWs are reported, respectively, in the third and...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 15:33

... participation of both N-terminal and C-terminal active sites Refolding of the scrambled RNase in the presence of PDI was used as a positive control, and the absence of the recovery of the RNase ... between b3 and b4, a4 and b4, and a6 and b6 To study the role played by the putative binding of ATP in the conformation of PfPDO, a spectrofluorimetric analysis was performed The presence of Trp184 ... Whereas PDI binds ATP with a Kd of 9.66 lM, PfPDO binds ATP with a Kd of  230 lM PfPDO is a hyperthermostable protein, and the studies of its functional and catalytic properties are limited by the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 16:20

... temperature and density The correlation of a and b in terms of other properties of a substance is an example of the use of an empirically modified theoretical form Empirical extension of theory can often ... scientists and engineers often require the properties of gases and liquids The chemical or process engineer, in particular, finds knowledge of physical properties of fluids essential to the design of many ... THE PROPERTIES OF GASES AND LIQUIDS CHAPTER ONE THE ESTIMATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 1-1 INTRODUCTION The structural engineer cannot design a bridge without knowing the properties of steel and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 14:01