... site ofthe N-terminal lobe of humanand bovine lactotransferrins. Importance ofthe glycanmoiety andofthe non–covalent interactions between the N- and C-terminal lobes in the stability ofthe ... post-colostral milk. II. The Ó FEBS 2004 Tryptic susceptibility of lactoferrin variants (Eur. J. Biochem. 271) 683 The role of N-linked glycosylation in the protection of human and bovine lactoferrin against ... protection of LF against proteolysis, wecompared the tryptic susceptibility ofhuman LF (hLF)variants from human milk, expressed in human 293(S) cellsor in the milk of transgenic mice and cows. The...
... compared to the β-TCP. Al-so, at four weeks, the healing of these defects was similar to that ofthe control group. On the other hand, our ultrastructural investigation revealed that the CPCBB ... prevent the damages in the periosteum ofthe CPCBB group. This electron micrograph shows the extent of degeneration in two periosteal cells. The swollen membranes, the pyknotic nuclei andthe dispersed ... amount of mineral structure, collagen, growth factors and progenitor cells (1,2). Therefore, it is widely accepted as the "gold standard" ofthe bone grafting procedures in the oral and...
... to perform.One ofthe major applications of genome sequencing of plants is functionalgenomics. In simple words, an understanding ofthe function of genes and otherparts ofthe genome is known ... molecular biology and biochemistryled to rapid advances in the identification of biosynthetic genes, the elucidation of specific biosynthetic enzymes, andthe identification of end-products. The completegenetic ... determination ofthe influence of environmental or genetic factors on phenotypesustainability, and (3) alteration ofthe phenotype ofthe selected host by geneticmanipulation. Chapter 2 The Use of Plant...
... effortsshould be made to improve the health of both of the individuals andthe public.REFERENCES1) Chang, C. and Gershwin, M. E. (2004) Indoor airquality andhuman health: truth vs mass hysteria.Clin. ... that SHS and MCSas the same, because they have been confused by the media.29)Asystemic literature review was con-ducted to confirm and extend the U.S.A. case defini-tion of MCS. The results ... the indoor envi-ronment was studied to identify the i nfluence o n the psycho-physiologic condition ofthe occupants.40)Temperature The relationship between buildings-relatedsymptoms and thermal...
... prefixes. In the next example the suffix-ation ofthe reflexive (−lat) forces the use of the active person with prefixes ofthe voice mediumclass because the agent is affected by the action.Example ... -,which is at left and adjacent to the usual mark of the third person and after the mark of negation sa-. Therefore, their agglutination is reserved to the last transitions. The resulting two-typed ... somepreliminary results of an investigation incourse on the typology ofthe morphol-ogy ofthe native South American lan-guages from the point of view ofthe for-mal language theory. With this...
... investigate the possible role of ADAM10 in NRG-1 processing in cells and in the living animal.ResultsIdentification of NRG-1 isoforms expressed in the human astroglioma cell line U373 The expression and ... toADAM10 and products of APP or NRG-1proteolysis. (A) The mature and immatureforms of ADAM10 in the cell lysates weredetected by western blotting and the mature, catalytically active form of the enzyme ... measuring the inner and outermyelinated fibres.All animal procedures were performed according to the German guidelines for the care andthe use of laboratoryanimals and in accordance with the European...
... compared to the quantiles of the standard normal distribution. The quality ofthe approximation depends on the values ofthe parameters NY,, the number of rated entities with the same rating ... CHECKING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEVIATIONS OF THE REALISED DEFAULT RATE FROM THE FORECAST PROBABILITY OF DEFAULTIn Chart 1 the performance ofthe Wald interval is shown for several values of ... forecast and observed numbers of default, weighted by the inverses ofthe theoretical variances ofthe number of defaults. HSLSnp dnp pii iii iik=−()−()=∑211 (15)11 The values...
... Japan). The difference between the initial and final concentrations of ToxRp gave the amount of adsorbed protein on the surface of the ZnO NP [28]. For derivation ofthe surface area of NPs, the following ... agentsGdnHCl and urea. The Stern–Volmer constants, KSV,calculated from the plots, were 5.5 and 7.9 m)1for the free andthe NP-conjugated ToxRp, respectively. In the presence of either ofthe chaotropic ... structural changes ofthe ToxRp pro-tein of V. cholerae. Based on the thermodynamicparameters of binding one can speculate on the nature of the interaction between ToxRp and ZnO NPs, and the consequent...
... cells regardless ofthe isolationmethod used (detergent-based or detergent-free) and the activation status ofthe receptor [87]. In the samestudy, these authors also reported that other P2Xreceptors ... favour of an effect of the detergent on the interaction that maintains the recep-tor associated to these fractions rather than a conse-quence of a methodological artefact [91]. Importantly,in the ... degradation of ATP to ADP and adenosine in the periphery of these microdomains. ADP and adenosine would activate respectively P2Y and P1 receptors which are localized in lipid rafts and would engage their...
... approach andthe results of our paper are closer to those of Statman (2000) and Baueret al. (2005). Statman (2000) compares the performance of a sample of SRI funds with that of a control group of ... fundperformance and fees, however, are not determined exclusively at the level ofthe individualfund. Mutual funds are operated by management companies, andthe resources, policies, and culture of these ... availability of supportingstaff, their technology, their ability to negotiate prices with other service providers (such asbrokers), their advertising policies, andthe governance of their funds.12In...