... the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of palmitate, the precursor of FFAs The inhibition of signaling by trophic factors, removal of trophic factors or inhibition of fat synthesis result in ... HIF-1a is involved directly inthe accumulation of lipids triggered by QDs under the conditions of uncompromised cell survival inthe presence of serum On the basis ofthe results obtained in this ... periods of time without trophic factorsinthe cellular medium Serum, a mixture of proteins isolated from the blood (in this study, from the blood of bovine fetus), is a source of trophic factors The...
... solar production is high, to early evening hours when the sun is setting The decline inthe energy value is due to a combination of increased part-loading of CCGTs, increased displacement ofthe ... screening curves without operational constraints were applied Though they not include uncertainty in wind generation inthe analysis, they find that the inclusion of operational constraints in investment ... binding inthe RT, thus limiting the options for maintaining a balance in RT The combined-cycle vintage (CCGT) modeled in this analysis, for instance, is assumed to not be able to start within...
... induced in HDC by histidine and histidine-analogs involve alterations inthe environment ofthe aromatic amino acid residues ofthe protein Fig Thermal denaturation ofthe free HDC holoenzyme and the ... Unfolding ofthe protein can be deduced from changesinthe spectra observed with increasing temperatures (Fig 9), as well as from thechanges observed inthe ellipticity at 222 nm (Fig 10) Nevertheless, ... resistance ofthe a-FMH-treated protein to thermal denaturation would indicate that the covalent binding ofthe adduct to the catalytic center could fix some secondary structure inthe enzyme, suggesting...
... Sonny.As the story nears completion, a single event brings the narrator out ofthe second phase and intohis third phase It is in this final pahse that the narrator obtains a true understanding of Sonny ... freedom.Finally, during the third phase, the narrator finally started caring about Sonny instead of try tocare for Sonny He no longer saw him as just something to be taken care of, he finally began ... brother He became sensitive to what offended Sonny and took caution to avoid them He was willing tobe interested in what Sonny interested in Finally, he was willing to sit and listen to Sonny instead...
... responses to changesin income The net effects ofchangesin nutrient availability caused by an increase in per capita income are listed inthe last column ofthe lower part of table According to the ... change inthe availability of 12 nutrients in response to a marginal increase inthe price of any one food group by 10-percent (holding the prices of other food groups constant) or to a 1-percent increase ... profiles, a change in beef price or consumer income will likely affect changesinthe foods purchased, thereby translating into the quantities of nutrients available in consumer diets Thus the...
... and inthe first half ofthe 1980s the health conditions of stands gradually worsened Inthe period after 1988 health improvement and decline ofthe stands alternated in individual years Inthe ... created inthe programme Microsoft Excel For further processing of data, various modules of Statistica 6.0 (StatSoft Inc.) were used The correlation was tested at the levels of significance of 0.05, ... average number of tips found in 83 20 main root sections (< mm in diameter) of 5 cm in length including their side branches The level of mycorrhizal infection was evaluated using two parameters:...
... compartmentalized expression ofthe isoflavonoid pathway leading to the synthesis of isoflavones inthe roots and cotyledons and an inducible isoflavonoid-phytoalexins synthesis inthe leaves of pathogen stressed ... transcripts of enzymes leading to the synthesis of flavonols, anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins decreased in abundance inthe course ofthe resistance response, the increase in F3'H transcripts during ... downstream of F3H, thus giving preference to the isoflavone/phytoalexin branch ofthe pathway during the response to infection The critical nature of partitioning the naringenin substrate between F3H...
... Contributed inthe design ofthe study and revised the manuscript, GM Contributed inthe design ofthe study, in writing the manuscript and coordinated the study All authors read and approved the final ... Contributed inthe design ofthe study, in writing the manuscript, inthe design and development ofthe experimental set-up and the data processing algorithms, EZ contributed intheinthe experimental ... confirming that after four hours of infusion only mild interstitial edema was induced The average spectra of Zrs obtained from the control and the treated groups measured at the beginning and at the...
... Detecting the thickness of individual layers non-invasively is of interest as it may allow the practice of examining individual layers as opposed to total thickness, to be adopted as part of routine ... obtained from all pigs inthe study A typical image is shown in Figure The image shows that despite the excellent imaging capabilities ofthe machine used, differentiation between the edge ofthe ... tool was first calibrated using calibration marks present inthe image and then used to measure the total thickness from the inner surface ofthe skin to the underlying muscle (total adipose thickness)...
... gene inthe context ofthe low T3 syndrome A first mechanism for increasing the local concentration of T3 inthe hypothalamus is increased local conversion of T4 to T3 More than 80% of T3 inthe ... content inthe hypothalamus EF participated inthe design ofthe study and assisted with thein situ hybridizations TJV assisted with the cloning of all the rabbit genes GVdB conceived ofthe study, ... eluted with a linear gradient of acetonitrile (28 to 42% in 15 minutes) in 0.02 M ammonium acetate (pH 4.0) at a flow of 1.2 ml/min The radio-activity inthe eluate was measured on-line using a Radiomatic...
... However, there is limited knowledge about the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved inthe increase or maintenance of bone mass in OA This study ofthe IT region ofthe proximal femur in primary ... produced by the various bone marrow and bone cell types inthe bone microenvironment [42,43] The role of these growth factors suggests their involvement inthe preservation ofthe bone matrix The two ... narrower and aligned in a disorganised manner, which may contribute to the under-mineralisation in OA [8] Interestingly, the findings ofthe present study indicated that the ratio of COL1A1/COL1A2...
... through the cultivation and the ratio ofthe increased amount of SS to the increased amount of Chl.a was higher than that ofthe algae Increased amount of SS were higher inthe cases of high ... collected at the middle parts ofthe grove from points Sampling points St.1 and St.2 are inthe same stream, and sampling point St.3 is inthe other stream The two streams flow together to be one ... periphery ofthe Seto Inland Sea The location ofthe research area and the distribution ofthe citrus groves in Matsuyama region are shown in Fig Matsuyama is situated in Shikoku Island inthe southwestern...
... suppression of respiration during hypoxia Inthe absence of differential regulation of a specific nuclear gene coding for the subunits of CytOX, changesinthe microenvironment ofthe cell may induce ... the effects of hypoxia on the steady state levels of nuclear genome encoded CytOX IV and Vb mRNAs There was no change inthe levels of these mRNAs in macrophages at h of hypoxia, the time point ... assayed in membrane fragments (SMP) by the method of Smith [20], wherein the rate of oxidation of ferrocytochrome c was measured by following the decrease in absorbency of its a band at 550 nm The...
... factors affecting the price of gasoline inthe U.S are the price of crude oil and gasoline refining capacity The world price of crude oil is projected to rise through 2006 and remain steady in ... term, the profitability of producing ethanol from sugarcane and sugar beets depends on the prices of these two crops, the costs of conversion, and the price of gasoline A moderation inthe price of ... reducing the supply of sugar for food use inthe domestic market The purpose of this report is to investigate the feasibility of producing ethanol from sugar feedstocks inthe United States In the...
... factors affecting the price of gasoline inthe U.S are the price of crude oil and gasoline refining capacity The world price of crude oil is projected to rise through 2006 and remain steady in ... term, the profitability of producing ethanol from sugarcane and sugar beets depends on the prices of these two crops, the costs of conversion, and the price of gasoline A moderation inthe price of ... reducing the supply of sugar for food use inthe domestic market The purpose of this report is to investigate the feasibility of producing ethanol from sugar feedstocks inthe United States In the...
... acid, the increase inthe turnover of NADPH oxidase depended on the amount ofthe cytosolic fraction present inthe cell-free system, in other words ofthe amount of cytosolic phox proteins capable ... antisera by dot blotting (bottom ofthe figure) In all panels, the inserts correspond to SDS/PAGE of fractions of interest followed by Coomassie blue staining, except the insert b in (C) which corresponds ... explained by the association of these proteins in a complex As inthe preceding fractionations, eluted proteins were analyzed by SDS/PAGE, followed by Coomassie blue staining At this stage of the...
... chain of Ala (Fig 6A) In PR, the two Cc atoms of Val82 ˚ formed van der Waals contacts with indinavir, of 3.8 A In PRV82A, the change inthe position ofthe main chain atoms placed the Cb atom of ... carbonyl oxygen of Gly27, the OD1 of Asp29¢ and the NE atom of Arg8 The N4 atom of indinavir interacted with the carbonyl oxygen of Gly27¢ The indinavir O1 and O3 atoms formed hydrogen bond interactions ... structural changesinthe flaps near the mutated Ile46, and inthe interactions ofthe mutated Thr82 and Val84 with indinavir [18] Local changesinthe mutated residues were also observed inthe crystal...