... C ofthe other subunit In contrast, the TVA-II group dimer attaches the B domain to an N-terminal domain ofthe other subunit, which restricts the size ofthe B domain (Fig 7) Active center The ... to form the same dimer as the TVA-II group As the polypeptide superposition of Fig places thethree catalytic residues of CDase (Fig 1) within less than ˚ A ofthe positions of those of TVA-II, ... the loops at the opposite barrel end The lengths ofthe b-strands in the barrel vary from two (b14) to seven (b11) residues As in other enzymes of family no 13, the regularity ofthe CDase TIM...
... IB confirmed the identity ofthe T emersonii cel7 gene/gene product; the location of these peptides in the deduced polypeptide sequence is given in the legend to Fig Comparison ofthe deduced ... stacked face- to -face and are highly curved, forming convex and concave surfaces The convex and concave sheets ofthe b-sandwich are composed of seven b-strands Many ofthe side-chains in the b-sheets ... which runs the length ofthe concave sheet, into which the cellulose substrate can be accommodated The b-sandwich represents the characteristic fold of GH7 and is also the fold ofthe legume-lectin...
... rather on the regions initiating or impairing insertion of a segment in the membrane Therefore, in the case of M8 where the length ofthe M8 recombinant peptide is probably shorter than that of ... 5255 of internal cavities capable of containing water molecules in the homologous Rossman fold ofthe soluble members ofthe HAD superfamily (Fig 5) We used the high-resolution structures ofthe ... in ATC1_RABIT (see alignment of Fig 1) Table lists the 54 residues, together with the cavity they contact, and the effect of mutations on the kinetic properties and the coupling ratio between ATPase...
... polyominoes The area |c| ofthe polyomino c is the number of its unit squares We denote by Cn the set of all the polyominoes of area n The perimeter P (c) of a polyomino c is the number of unit edges of ... of n the possible actions ofthe sequence of transformations That is, we will seek the antecedents ofthe final polyomino obtained at the end ofthe sequence The main idea is that we started the ... and c1 and the rotation between c1 and c2 Putting these facts together, we see that for the values of n listed in the theorem, the sets ofthe minimal antecedents through the sequence of transformations...
... Additional file 3: The worm” presented in three- dimensional offline reconstruction ofthe two -dimensional transesophageal data Three- dimensional offline reconstruction ofthe two -dimensional transesophageal ... as to whether the worm” was originating from the leads The technology of an offline 3D TEE reconstruction technique helped us to identify that the mass was trapped between the leads ofthe PM ... identify the origin ofthe thrombus 3D visualization ofthe thrombus demonstrated that the mass was not attached to the leads in the RA and RV but trapped between them Author details Department of...
... placement) Therefore, the denominator in the equation to compute the liberal ICCs were the sum of two terms, while the denominators ofthe conservative ICCs were the sum ofthree terms, which makes the ... each other, but to each ofthe measurements ofthe other examiners, then there were twelve pairs of differences for each variable The more conservative MADBO error analysis averaged all ofthe ... be in the poor range, they commented that several of their displacement values were very small and approached the limit of accuracy of their measurement device Here, the use of ICCs on these...
... Ser/Thr surface increased considerably the thermotolerance in the presence ofthe substrate Another trend is that in thermophilic xylanases the frequency of Ser decreases and correspondingly the frequency ... with the increased thermostability Increase in the frequency of Arg is a known determinant in the thermostability, in the same way as the increase in the Thr : Ser ratio The bulky side chain of ... to increase the thermostability [57] The third region with effect on the thermotolerance seems to be the Ser/Thr surface The introduction of five arginines into this surface increased the apparent...
... with FWHM of 157 nm, the measurement of which is limited by the aperture size ofthe NSOM probe The intensity of near-field decreases quickly within 200 nm When the light is polarized in the y-direction, ... located at the edges ofthe bowtie aperture These results are consistent with the numerical simulations ofthe near-field distributions of a bowtie antenna Acknowledgments The financial support of this ... plane-wave The aperture outline dimensions used in calculations are fit to the SEM images with the gap about 62 nm wide at the fused silica/aluminum interface and 134 nm at the top ofthe film The calculated...
... with FWHM of 157 nm, the measurement of which is limited by the aperture size ofthe NSOM probe The intensity of near-field decreases quickly within 200 nm When the light is polarized in the y-direction, ... located at the edges ofthe bowtie aperture These results are consistent with the numerical simulations ofthe near-field distributions of a bowtie antenna Acknowledgments The financial support of this ... plane-wave The aperture outline dimensions used in calculations are fit to the SEM images with the gap about 62 nm wide at the fused silica/aluminum interface and 134 nm at the top ofthe film The calculated...
... synchronizing ofthe rulers and the clocks as the synchronizing of clocks in the special theory of relativity Firstly, we seek the relation between etalons at each point then convert the measured ... that equation (7) just is the equation ofthe geodesic in the curved space-time with the metric tensor g AN APPROACH TO THE METRIC TENSOR OF SPACE-TIME WITH THE PRESENT OFTHE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD ... - 2007 We see that in non-inertial frames of reference, the length of a line segment depends upon the region of space it is located in The length ofthe same line segment differs at points with...
... Petri dishes up to the cypris, the latest stage known To determine the species, they collected the exuviae ofthe molt ofthe last nauplius stage They added defined doses ofthe molting hormone ... inside the body cavities of their crustacean hosts (for example, the green crab Carcinus maenas), the so-called interna, and a sack on the outer surface ofthe host, the externa, containing the ... solution of one ofthe last major riddles ofthe complex biology of thecostracan crustaceans, which has puzzled numerous zoologists over the past two centuries The Thecostraca is a strange group of...
... that v w The other implication (if v w, then there exists a w−filling of T (v)) will follow from the main result of this paper, Theorem the electronic journal of combinatorics 13 (2006), #N5 The Main ... w−filling of T (v) is a filling of T (v) with the entries ofthe standard filling of T (w) Example There are exactly two (4231)−fillings of T (2134): 1 3 1 and 1 3 Notation Let F (v, w) be the set of w−fillings ... (p, q) boxes on the first p entries of column q + of T (v), and these boxes are labeled by entries coming from the first p entries of column q + ofthe standard filling of T (w) Therefore p − rw...
... cluster of quantum dots Figure 3-D model ofthe nucleus ofthe same MCF-7 cell as in Fig 3-D model ofthe nucleus ofthe same MCF-7 cell as in Fig The translucent surface corresponds to the nucleus ... of a PC12 cell 3-D model ofthe nucleus of a PC12 cell The translucent surface and small blue boxes have the same meanings as in Fig The image on the bottom (not to the same scale) is of another ... demonstrate the use of two different approaches, depending on the nature ofthe images and ofthe structures to be segmented Figure 3-D model ofthe MCF-7 cell shown in Fig 3-D model ofthe MCF-7...
... and the diffusion kinetics for the recruitment of receptors to the binding site The other is the thermodynamic driving force for wrapping The thermodynamic driving force refers to the amount of ... completely wrap the NPs on the surface ofthe membrane This could prevent the uptake ofthe single NP by endocytosis For the smaller NPs to go in, they must be clustered together and thus take ... radius ofthe nanoparticle, l is the incident wavelength, n is the refractive index of environmental medium and εr and εi are the real and imaginary parts ofthe dielectric constant ofthe nanoparticle,...
... field of facial surgery Figure Adjustment of thermoregulation Adjustment of thermoregulation The system contains types of sensors, corresponding to the internal and external thermoreceptors ofthe ... establish an exact thermoprofile ofthe skin surface temperature in the facial region that takes into account the circadian rhythms, thus filling in the gap with regard to the body surface temperature ... Discussion While the circadian rhythm ofthe core body temperature is now probably one ofthe best investigated functions ofthe human body [23], to date there is no clear evidential basis on the circadian...
... sun-exposed skin ofthe extremities and ofthe head and neck They are among the most common soft tissue lesions ofthe skin [1] Their biological nature, in particular whether they are neoplastic ... out the plastic reconstruction oftheface AB and ABü did the histological and immunhistological analysis and contributed to the final conclusions ofthe case report UJ suggested the idea for the ... placing ofthe local bi-lobed flap The safety margin is well marked around the tumour and the preparation ofthe flap is completed In conclusion, predicting biological behaviour on the base of cellular...
... that the process of assessing the validity of OHQoL indicators should continuously evaluate the theoretical framework and the content ofthe construct within the natural environment ofthe population ... check whether the dimensions identified by the EFA in half ofthe sample were consistently confirmed by CFA in the other half using the usual goodness -of- fit measurements The rationale of this ... p-close= 0.06] The null hypothesis that this model fits the data was confirmed Considering the ratio ofthe Chi-square statistic to the accompanying degrees of freedom, a ratio of 1.40 for the OIDP...
... by the weight ofthe abdominal content, and increases the pulmonary blood volume in the dependent parts ofthe lungs under the effect of both gravity and the increase in cardiac output [7] The ... data on the general characteristics ofthe patients (age, weight, preoperative LVEF, preoperative therapy) are reported in Table 1; the times ofthe headdown position and covering oftheface by ... alterations ofthe cardiovascular function [10] Another characteristic ofthe patients with end-stage heart disease is represented by the higher values of PaO2 and SaO2 reached at the five times of the...
... in the living heart would shed light on the causal role of sympathetic innervation patterning in modulating the functional attributes ofthe heart muscle The goals of my thesis work were twofold ... Despite being the main relay of excitatory sympathetic signals to the heart, little is known about the structural organization ofthe intracardiac sympathetic network Both the form of axonal structures ... uniform responses ofthe heart to increases in sympathetic input have been largely unknown Part of my thesis will therefore investigate the structural features ofthe cardiac sympathetic nervous...