... to the comparison ofthe productivity of many hybrids on various sites and to the effect of modifying site fertility, less attention has been given to the study of productivity in the light of ... that the ability of crowns to intercept solar radiation, the amount of leaf cover and the proportion of photosynthesizing tissues relative to respiring biomass did not vary with the intensity of ... cover over the horizontal estimates the area of leaf individual amount occupied by crowns The last three ratios constitute measures of production efficiency, as they estimate the capacity of crowns...
... in the expression of ferrochelatase, which plays a role in the iron-removal reaction of exogenous heme and the change in position ofthe heme-moiety of hemoproteins The protoporphyrin ring ofthe ... The zinc-insertion activity of S130A mutant was low compared to that ofthe wildtype enzyme, whereas the iron-removal activity ofthe mutant was similar to the wild-type enzyme Furthermore, the ... inner membrane of mitochondria [1] Because ferrochelatase in the outer membrane has a molecular mass similar to that ofthe enzyme in the inner membrane, the movement ofthe enzyme to the outer membrane...
... results The effect ofthe timing ofthe birth in the year and the business cycle around the birth year The first column of Table presents estimates ofthe PH model where the transitory component of ... changes with the cyclical indicator ofthe business cycle at birth Their data are from the Netherlands and contain the social class ofthe parents at the moment of birth They conclude that there are ... light on these by studying the importance ofthe timing ofthe macro fluctuations around the year of birth and by interacting the effects with regional indicators and the degree of urbanization The...
... suppress the activity of each kinase Generation ofthe IIo form by different parts ofthe CTD We noticed substantial variations in the generation ofthe hyperphosphorylated IIo form ofdifferent ... also need to mention the mobility ofthe IIo forms ofthedifferent substrates The IIo form ofthe N-terminal 1–15 repeats was only slightly retarded relative to the position ofthe unphosphorylated ... maximum of 6–20% ofthe GST-CTD molecules could be phosphorylated over the course ofthe reaction It is therefore unlikely that the observed generation ofthe IIo band was a consequence of limiting...
... teachings of and views on the concept Also stressed were the inner intention ofthe aesthetic message, and the nature ofthe human encounter with the intentional aesthetic message If the act of understanding ... for the elderly, there is an “aesthetically clearly marked border against the music ofthe ghetto-blasters,” and that the “‘aesthetic preferences’ ofthe elderly are different from those of preceding ... disguise their value judgments as objective aesthetic opinions V aestheticI, aestheticII, aestheticIII, and… In the beginning ofthe 20th century, in the course of this process, the number of people...
... at the QA site, and therefore electrostatic and/or steric interactions between one methoxy group and the oxygen at C4 lower the binding order ofthe carbon C4 and strengthen the downshift ofthe ... permutations within thedifferent structural models From the contradictory picture ofthedifferent structural models with regard to the methoxy orientations, we conclude that the resolution ofthe X-raybased ... models ofthe reaction centre of Rb sphaeroides should provide the methoxy orientations of UQ10 at the QA and QB binding sites However, there are a large variety of contradicting conformations in the...
... mention that the outcome of our experiments was most likely influenced by the stage ofthe estrus cycle ofthe dogs from which the oocytes were collected; the positive effect of β-ME on IVM of canine ... gonadotrophin [15] or steroid hormone [15] The present study investigated the effect of βME or EGF supplementation on the base ofthe stages ofthe estrus cycle ofthe ovaries, and demonstrated that ... important to mention that the outcome of our experiments was most likely influenced by the stage ofthe estrus cycle ofthe dogs; the positive effect of EGF supplementation on IVM of canine oocytes was...
... Model-1: The effects of stress on the four different quadrants ofthe brain The terms La, Lp, Ra and Rp represent the release of neurotransmitters from the axons of neurons in the four different ... experiment [1, 44] Summary ofthe hypothetical models The models described in this article show one ofthe likely mechanisms for the action, on the brain, of concomitant Page 13 of 18 (page number not ... scenario, the effects of exercise positively activate the left-anterior and right-posterior ofthe brain but they negatively activate (feedback mechanism) the left-posterior and right anterior of the...
... number of samples Res2 caling from the scale of Var(u) to the scale of σ g improved the approximation ofthe PEV and four ofthe 10 formulations gave the best approximations of PEVexact thereby ... using the pedigree and the distributions ofthe original data, modified to account for the fact that the expectation of Xb does not affect the distribution of random variables [15,16] thus the ... versions of these formulations, which rescale the formulations from the Var (u) and to the σ g in order to account for the effects of sampling on the Var(u) Two new formulations ofthe sampled...
... conclusions of their work are that the multi-stage desalination of seawater is reliable, and the undesirable flow of steam that bypasses the condenser is quite harmful to the overall performance ofthe ... considering the effect of various design and operating parameters on the performance and thermal characteristics ofthe system Description ofthe multi-stage evacuated solar desalination system The Multi-stage ... outlet of first collector will be inlet to the second collector and the outlet ofthe second collector will be inlet to the next and so on up to the Ncth collector Thus, the outlet temperature of the...
... = 150 N Problem 2-17 Determine the magnitude and direction ofthe resultant force F R Express the result in terms ofthe magnitudes ofthe components F and F and the angle φ Solution: F R = F ... clockwise from the positive x axis, so that the magnitude of force F in this chain is a minimum All forces lie in the x-y plane.What is the magnitude of F ? Hint: First find the resultant ofthe two ... Problem 2-41 Determine the magnitude and direction ofthe resultant FR = F + F2 + F ofthe three forces by summing the rectangular or x, y components ofthe forces to obtain the resultant force...
... advantage of p53 mutation analysis, and a unique feature of this database, is the availability ofthe residual activity ofthe majority of p53 missense mutants The biological activity of mutant ... the cross indicates the cut-off value used in PREDMUT The limit between the classes was set to the activity value of 25%, because this value was observed to be a natural divider ofthe data The ... favour of a severe mutant At the other end ofthe spectrum, where we have low energy, there is 75% probability for the mutation to be nonsevere if the energy is 0.125 or lower Thus, on the basis of...
... affect the type of inhibition and the Ki value ofthe oligopeptides Tat(1–9) and Trp2-Tat(1–9) On the other hand, corresponding to the fourfold difference ofthe Km values ofthe hydrolysis of both ... group ofthe enzyme A hydrophobic interaction ofthe side chain of Met1 of Tat(1–9) with the phenyl ring ofthe substrate Ala-Pro-pNA resulted in a fixation ofthe aromatic leaving group Rather ... (Fig 2A), which therefore was not suitable for the determination ofthe Ki value From the Hill-plot, binding ofthe inhibitor to different binding sites was reflected by the change ofthe slope in...
... to quantify the amount of recovered protein owing to the presence of a high molar excess of BSA remaining in the buffer Therefore, a fixed aliquot ofthe protein was incubated with the indicated ... confirmed the nature of this protein (data not shown) Moreover, the spectrum reported in the figure showed the occurrence of a series of signals that were not interpreted simply on the basis ofthe ... of 70 kDa (marked by an asterisk), recognized to the same extent also by the GT sequence Binding ofthe GT oligomer was not a result of DNA interaction with the more abundant components of the...
... abolished the internalization ofthe GFP-fused Tat protein but did not alter the uptake ofthe Tat CPP These biochemical evidences con®rmed a pathway for the entry ofthe Tat peptide unrelated to the ... concentration of lgámL)1 in the presence of 100 lM chloroquine in the cell culture medium For FACS analysis, the concentration ofthe recombinant protein was increased to lgámL)1 The internalization ofthe ... with the GFP-Tat fusion protein to assess the effective inhibition ofthe receptor mediated endocytosis Despite a 12.5 molar excess ofthe Tat peptide, no detectable reduction ofthe uptake of the...
... [27], the lack of a transcriptional response ofthe Hsp70 genes to thermal shock [28], and modifications in the primary structures ofthe a- and b-tubulin [29–31] and ofthe proteins that form the ... mutagenesis ofthe c-tubulins of Tetrahymena thermophila [25] and Aspergillus nidulans [26] Substitution of alanine at sites in the lateral surfaces (the H3 helix and the M loop) of these c-tubulins ... from different rates of transcription initiation and elongation between the two genes, and ⁄ or from variation in the rates of degradation ofthe two messages To test the first hypothesis, the...
... consisted of a linker (Glc-Kdo2)-lipid A structure The phenotype of this mutant was examined to investigate the roles ofdifferent moieties ofthe LOS molecule in biological activities ofthe M catarrhalis ... construction ofthe lgt3 mutant in M catarrhalis O35E Large arrows represent the direction of transcription; the site ofthe transposon insertion identified in the O35E is denoted as EN:TN, and the location ... groups Among the other ions m ⁄ z of 2654.8, 2694.8 and 2717.4 indicates the presence ofthe anhydro form and mono- and di-sodiated form ofthe molecular ion 2672.8 (Fig 4A) Among other characteristic...
... DSC analysis ofthe effect of peptides on PtdEtn/PA LUV thermotrophic phase behaviour The effect of CB, CB1 and CB3 on the thermotrophic phase behaviour of LUVs is shown in Fig The phase-transition ... located on the surface ofthe lipid bilayers, whereas the C-terminal a-helix of CB1 is embedded below the surface ofthe lipid bilayers These conclusions were further supported by the observed relationship ... between the partition distribution of peptides bound to liposomes at different PA/phosphatidylcholine ratios and the amounts of free peptides [39] An understanding ofthe modes of action of these...