... establish a three-domain-structure for the a- subunit consisting ofthe N-terminal carboxyltransferase domain and the C-terminal biotin-binding domain which are connected by the association domain ... linker peptides These linker peptides may allow hinge movements ofthe association domain against the carboxyltransferase and the biotin domain The dynamics of conformational motions within the ... that a domain of approximately 40 amino acids of a- 2-C is essential for the binding ofthe a- to the c-subunit (Fig 5) In separate experiments it was shown that the isolated N- and C-terminal...
... provinces, namely, Baracoa, Bayaguitizi, Macaca, Bayamo, CHAPTER I 22 Camaguey, Jagua, Cueyba, Habana and Haniguanica At the head of each was a governor, or king, of whose laws we have no record, ... fine large harbors; those of Havana, Niepe and Nuevitas, are among the best The bay of Matanzas is also capacious; Cardenas and the roadstead of Sagua la Grande have plenty of water for brigs and ... shadow of what it was inthe days ofthe Cid and the middle ages A square of Spanish infantry was once as impregnable as the Macedonian phalanx; but they have sadly degenerated The actual value...
... Input data sampling resulting ina transfer ofthe data values to the corresponding input variables associated with the current event input by WITH declarations In case of data valves, the data ... variables contain values ofthe variables One can note that the values of buffered data are included inthe state of their respective function blocks or data valves instead of being directly included ... X and Y , and the other is connecting CNF and OUT These lines represent association of events and data The meaning ofthe association is the following: only those data associated with a certain...
... which is a method with which one can study the electrical and metabolic activity ofthe outer layers ofthe retina During the adaptation ofthe retina to dark, the amplitude ofthe EOG gradually ... the light peak is related to the pre-adaptation level ofthe retina, while the dark trough is stable after only minutes in dark Generally, the standing potential ofthe eye manifests a diurnal ... deviations from these conditions were inevitable These included the use of skin electrodes, and lack of maximum dilatation ofthe pupil The f-ERG curve includes mainly the waves a and b Wave a...
... isolated mature resting B cells, marginal-zone B cells and, above all, macrophages In addition, these data strongly argue against a contamination ofthe purified T cells with B cells or macrophages ... cells in pathogen-induced chronic inflammatory joint diseases Any diseases inflammation will cause the induction of chemokine and cytokine production in several tissue-associated cells inthe joint, ... co-stimulation of T cells via TLR-2 that might have a critical role in pathogeninduced immunopathology The important finding that bacterial lipoproteins can trigger the release ofa proinflammatory cytokine...
... where there is natural narrowing, sharp angulations, or congenital gastrointestinal malformation [6] Li et al in his systemic review of 57 cases found that the duodenum and sigmoid colon are the ... perforation Patients diagnosed with perforation ofthe gastrointestinal tract due to toothpick ingestion are usually men (88%) who present with abdominal pain (70%) or gastrointestinal bleeding ... Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of...
... Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1993, 25(1-3):183-189 Tanaka H, Kohno A, Gomi N, Matsueda K, Mitani H, Kawabata K, Yamamoto N: Malignant mucosal melanoma ofthe eustachian tube Radiat Med 2008, ... the surgery and helped in preparation ofthe final manuscript QL did the endoscopic examination and postoperative follow-up of our patient All authors read and approved the final manuscript Submit ... a soft consistency and had the gross appearance of adipose tissue Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of fibrolipoma (Figure 3) Our patient was discharged the day after surgery and...
... CAGCCCUCUGCAAACUUUCAGAAUUdTdT-3’ Antisense 5’-AAUUCUGAAAGUUUGCAGAGGGCUGdTdT3’ Sense 5’-GCACUG GUUGGGCAUUUUAdTdT-3’ Antisense 5’-UAAAAUGCCCAACCAGUGCdTdT-3’ Sense 5’-GCGUCUUCGAGAAGUACGGdTdT-3’ Antisense ... Taken together, chromatin architecture and its dynamic nature has a crucial role in dictating the fate of DNA-related metabolic processes which include DNA repair/recombination/replication, in ... regulation and cell cycle progression Maintaining a proper intracellular balance of 35 MLL5 will also be important in providing a framework for proper cellular development as marginal alterations...
... examination ofa wide range of regions from the Amazon Basin to northern Saskatchewan, to tropical rain forests ofthe Amazon, to the remote state of Borneo in Malaysia, to sub-Saharan Africa and ... significant number of indigenous groups in North America (Native Americans), Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Brazilian Amazon, Malaysia, and Niger Delta of Nigeria are facing a serious threat ... arrive in African nations from most European nations and in central America, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa from the U.S MNCs have orchestrated the cutting of rainforests in Indonesia and...
... quantification Inthe case of an NP without central determiner the source is the denotation ofthe head noun For the indication ofthe quantity or fraction of that part ofthe source that is involved ina ... to the class of objects that the predicate is applied to as the domain ofthe quantification The distribution ofa quantification over an NP denotation can be viewed as specifying how the domain ... is the source ofthe quantification, the domain is in this case the set consisting ofthe elements of S and the plural subsets of S Distribution and source involvement are the two central aspects...
... cardiopulmonary system (e.g aortic arch and carotid sinus) (Halinen et al, 1977) This leads to a decrease in parasympathetic activity which causes an increase in heart rate by decreasing the ratio of parasympathetic:sympathetic ... mediate intestinal bacterial translocation in haemorrhagic shock as both L-NAME and aminoguanidine treatment could inhibit bacterial translocation and reduce organ damage (Hua and Moochhala, 2000) ... Exogenous NaHS causes an increase inthe total lung resistance and airway plasma protein extravasation (lung inflammation) by mediating neurogenic inflammation (Bhatia et al, 2006; Trevisani et al,...
... RAS is activated in myocardium of hypertrophied and failing heart Pharmacological blockade of RAS is effective therapy against animal models and patients with cardiac hypertrophy and failure As ... mg/kg, intraperitoneally) Powerlab system software automatically calculated mean arterial pressure 2.2.4 Renin Assay Renin activity was measured at the National University Hospital of Singapore ... renin-angiotensin system (RAS) Renin is the first and rate limiting enzyme of RAS, catalyzing the cleavage of angiotensinogen to form angiotensin I (Ang I) Under the action of angiotensin converting enzyme...
... rather than with many small bodies Monte Carlo simulations bear this idea out CHAPTER THE EARTH INTHESOLARSYSTEM 1.5 Early Thermal State ofthe Earth Accretional Heating As planetesimals accrete ... fair to say that the uncertainties inthe average values are insignificant as compared to the local and regional deviations from the reference value Constraining and understanding the aspherical ... universal constant of gravitation, M is the mass ofthe planet, R is the planetary radius and GM = gR, R (1.8) where g is the gravitational acceleration at the planetary surface It is reasonable...
... that characterize mother-child talk about the past (see Harley & Reese, 1999, for a review ofthe main findings) The claim ofthe social interactionists that the primary aim of autobiographical ... broad themes of social and academic activities and how to prioritize and manage tasks within the two domains Although in these abstract terms the life tasks appear general to all students at the ... elaborate a cue (the model ofthesystem period forming a focused and stable representation, and all that is or the actual self) The partonomic hierarchical layering of auto- then required is a linking...
... component ofthe domain B Then the ratio |Akl +1 | |Akl | tends to exponentially fast, where |Ak | is the length ofthe real trace ofthe domain Ak Here the real trace ofthe domain is just the intersection ... construction ofthe domains A0 and B0 that at the point r the boundaries of Ax0 and B x0 are tangent to each other and that this tangency is quadratic We will look for the map h0 near the point r inthe ... inthe 2-to-1 way onto the domain A (so that there is a critical point of g inthe central domain), • All other components of B are mapped univalently onto A by the map g, • The iterates of the...
... complex, EDTA was injected into the BIAcore to chelate any available iron As soon as the EDTA was injected, the association between gastrins and ApoTf was disrupted, indicating that ferric ions ... remained that mutation ofthe iron-binding residues did affect gastrin binding, and that the observed binding was to the unmutated lobe The observation that the extent of crosslinking was the same for ... regions of transferrin required for the binding of gastrin, and ofthe regions in gastrin required for the interaction with transferrin, is obviously essential to a full understanding ofthe interaction...
... exists a function µ : {A1 , , A1 3 } → N satisfying Property (∗) Let A5 , A6 and A7 be those points ofA such that {A1 , A2 , A5 , A7 } and {A3 , A4 , A6 , A7 } are lines ofA Then define µ (A1 ) ... (V2) Since the maximal value attained by fµ is equal to 2, fµ is not a valuation of E1 (Recall that every valuation of E1 is either classical or ovoidal.) 4.2 The case ofthe near hexagon E2 ... of all maximal singular subspaces of Π containing γ is a convex subspace Fγ of ∆ Conversely, every convex subspace of ∆ is obtained in this way Now, let α be an arbitrary point of ∆ Then α can...
... Tejera Genciana 10 Gilas 11 Valle Urbión 12 Vallegoria 13 Valhondo 14 Valhondo 15 Ardubira 16 Ardubira 17 Ticumbea 18 Ticumbea 19 Las Siemprevivas 20 Zarzabala 21 Zarzabala 22 Zarzabala 23 Las Zarras ... temperature of 12.4 ºC, the means ofthe absolute monthly maxima and minima being 35.1 and 6.5 ºC, respectively The annual mean rainfall recorded for the above period was 895 mm and annual mean evapotranspiration ... leaf biomass and the leaf litter are mostly related to the date of biomass sampling Canopy leaf mass varies during the season If biomass estimation is carried out in summer, at the peak of leaf...