... duringthe chase period, concomitantly with the appearance of isoforms of CD63 of 50 and 70 kDa, respectively Together, these data indicate that the 70 kDa isoform of CD63 is a result of post-translational ... In immature cells, besides the 34 kDa form of CD63, eight additional spots of 50 kDa were resolved The shapes of these spots indicated that they represent forms of CD63 that have been modified ... in Fig 3C,D, both the biosynthesis and the polylactosaminoglycan addition is dependent on the state of maturation, as has also been observed to occur for other molecules duringmaturation [10]...
... counteracting ability ofthe osmolyte does not arise from the stabilization ofthe native state but arises primarily from the destabilization ofthe unfolded state ofthe protein in the presence of osmolyte ... larger bundles of FtsZ protofilaments in the presence of TMAO compared with the control (Fig 6) The widths ofthe bundles of FtsZ Fig Effects of TMAO on denaturant-induced perturbation ofthe far-UV ... 64 and 82% ofthe total FtsZ were pelleted in the absence and presence of 0.8 m TMAO, respectively Electron microscopy analysis ofthe FtsZ assembly reaction showed the formation of thicker and...
... polyubiquitinated forms ofthe receptor The decrease in the amount of TSHRs observed duringthe chase (Fig 2C) in the presence of MG132 could be explained by the fact that the TSHRs were retranslocated into the ... Effects of interactions between TSHR with BiP To further investigate the folding and maturationof TSHR, we studied the possible involvement of BiP, one ofthe main molecular chaperones ofthe endoplasmic ... association with CNX and/or CRT therefore seems contribute to the stability and/or thematurationofthe TSHR To obtain further insights into the contribution of CNX and CRT to Ó FEBS 2002 A...
... another occurrence in a similar case during harvesting ofthe LITA with an air leak we recommend the use of a wet surgical sponge for compression ofthe left lung Conclusion In conclusion, the ... lateral thermal damage: The Proceedings ofthe Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy Berlin: Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy 1994, 3-8 Paredes J, Borges M, Coulson A: Early impressions ofthe ... copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal 17 Macdonald AG: A brief historical review of non-anaesthetic causes of fires and explosions in the operating...
... occurrence ofthe herpes virus in our patient This case therefore suggests that the surgical manipulation could have resulted in the Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical ... and drafted the manuscript CK prepared the discussion forthe case report KAC is the senior neurosurgeon involved in the overall management ofthe patient He also analyzed and revised the manuscript ... (shingles) [4] The virus is known to lie in an inactive form within the Gasserian and geniculate ganglia hence the trigeminal and the facial nerves are the most commonly affected among the cranial...
... 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 ... 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 ofthe ... 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 ofthe face...
... ofthe HIV-1 life cycle include entry ofthe viral core into target cell, assemblyofthe reverse transcription complexes (RTCs), reverse transcription ofthe viral genome and transformation of ... compartments duringthe course of infection Since the relative growth of these complexes was higher in the nucleus than in the cytoplasm, we next investigated Page of 12 (page number not for citation ... follow the same steps of maturation, though many of them either arrest at some stage before completion of reverse transcription or complete reverse transcription but not integrate because of intranuclear...
... ofthe studies of endosomal traffic of retrovirus components were undertaken using fluorescence microscopy Here we decided to take advantage ofthe high resolution ofthe EM to evaluate theassembly ... Env tethered at the cytoplasmic face ofthe endosomal membrane [14] The high resolution ofthe EM brings more precise results which clearly showed that, in the context of infection, a part of this ... among the viruses [24,25] and which should be faster than the rate ofthe particles release The intraendosomal budding observed in the present study, in the context ofthe infection with the replicationcompetent...
... in the sensitivity of MS, the limitation of this type of approach remains at the level ofthe organelle separation techniques For example, the identification of proteins ofthe plasma membrane/endocytic ... obtained Closer analysis of these lists reveals that the vast majority of well known residents ofthe organelles have been identified, for example the components ofthe protein folding and glycosylation ... type of tissue (predominantly brain and liver) as the material for analysis The number of proteins associated with the ER and Golgi complex should, therefore, increase when the variety of tissues...
... confirmed the solitary role ofthe endoderm In the same study, it was found that Fgf3 is important forthe endoderm to control the chondrogenic fate ofthe NCCs Other evidence is provided by the studies ... thank the NUS for offering me the graduate research scholarship and the IMCB for providing me such a favorable working condition I also thank staff from the general office ofthe Department of Biological ... et al., 2001) All the pouches are fully formed at around 30hpf To date, there are accumulating lines ofevidenceforthe leading role of endodermal pouches, but not the NCCs, during pharyngeal...
... disposition ofthe proximal His and Asp residues, affecting the imidazolate character ofthe His, but also by the formation of a LS species The latter indicating the probable binding of His42 to the ... consistent with the very subtle nature ofthe mutation, i.e the loss of a single methyl group, depicted in green in Fig In marked contrast, forthe reduced state comparison ofthe RR spectra ofthe Thr171Ser ... constrained by the carbonyl oxygen of G168 Inclusion of F221 obscures the local structure in the proximity of T171 and for clarity is omitted Table Comparison offunctional parameters for HRPC proximal...
... comparison ofthe effect of compound with that ofthe natural substrates ATP and l-Phe on the apoand holo-forms ofthe A-PCP construct in the partial tryptic digest is shown in Fig The apo-form and the ... mobility ofthe holoform compared to the effect seen forthe apo-form (Fig 3, compare left and middle lanes) Likewise, in the gel-filtration experiments the elution volume ofthe holo-protein in the ... domain are tethered Furthermore, this SrfA–C construct lacks the attachment site ofthe Ppant group (S1003A mutant) and shows the PCP on the acceptor site ofthe C-domain The distance ofthe S1003A...
... The thickness ofthe staining is the result ofthe morphology of spermatozoid in Astacus Indeed, the spermatozoid is almost devoid of cytoplasm, and the cell membrane is highly invaginated, forming ... vasosuppressor It also cleaves the vasodilatator peptide bradikinin, and thus contributes to the augmentation of blood pressure On the other hand, the role ofthe testicular isoform (tACE), also called ... both the evolution of ACE in different groups of animals and the physiological significance of membrane bound isoform compared to the soluble form, which was almost exclusively found in other...
... the number of founder cells, the time of onset of corticogenesis, the duration ofthe cell division cycle, the duration ofthe period of neurogenesis, the modes of cell division, the number of ... topic of cerebellar evolution Rather, a few observations are presented here for consideration in the context ofthe relevance ofthe evolution ofthe cerebellar cortex to that ofthe cerebral cortex ... dimensions of parts ofthe body Growth can alter the proportions ofthe human baby after birth, as the head grows much less than the rest ofthe body The variety of face shapes in the diĂerent breeds of...
... contribute to the subsequent assemblyof chromatin Therefore, there may be coordination between meiotic recombination and CAF-1-dependent nucleosome assembly before the resolution of Holliday junctions ... [29,30] Duringthe process of chromatin assembly, CAF-1 deposits new H3.1 histones on the site of repair-associated DNA synthesis without the recycling of parental histones; therefore, CAF-1-dependent ... currently there are no observations available describing the meiotic role of CAF-1 Therefore, we sought to examine the distribution of CcCac1L during meiosis First, in order to determine the gene...
... fluorography 31,32] The step in GPI assembly affected in such mutants can be inferred from the structure ofthe accumulating GPI Therefore, we looked forevidenceof lipid accumulation in glucose-repressed ... Ybr004cp functions upstream of Smp3p Together, these data further support the conclusion that Ybr004cp functions in the yeast GPI assembly pathway Sequence analysis ofthe Ybr004cp protein family ... GPIs We conclude that human Ybr004cp is thefunctional equivalent of S cerevisiae Ybr004cp Discussion The majority ofthe steps in assembly and decoration ofthe GPI precursor glycolipid have been...
... in oocytes is comparable to these (high) expressions No change could be observed duringoocytematurationfor this mRNA either The high expression of XPR70 in oocytes in comparison with the other ... 377 theXenopus orthologue of PR48 Moreover, analysis ofthe structure ofthe latter made it possible to improve the current knowledge ofthe mammalian PR48 cDNA To extend these findings, the ... and Southern blotting Prophase oocytes were prepared as described [38] Metaphase oocytes were derived from prophase oocytes after addition of lM progesterone and overnight incubation ofthe oocytes...
... involved in the regulation of channel activity is scarce In this study, we investigated the effect ofthe PKC-mediated phosphorylation of KAT1 expressed in Xenopusoocytes On stimulation oftheoocyte ... events are critical forthe modulation ofthe activity ofthe guard cell-expressed K+ uptake channel KAT1 Nevertheless, information on the kinase-mediated phosphorylation of KAT1 and the target sites ... animal PKCs [45] On the basis of these facts, we examined the effect of PKC activation on KAT1 channel activity by the PKC activator PMA in Xenopusoocytes We also pinpointed the phosphorylation...
... used for PCR amplification a + c for amplification ofthe larger IA transcript; b + c for amplification ofthe shorter IB transcript (B) PCR amplification ofthe two specific transcripts and ofthe ... regions of ATGcontaining exons of mouse, rat and human MGP genes identified a conserved DNA region located at the 3¢ end of intron ofthe XlMGP gene and homologous to the known promoter regions ofthe ... this gene during early X laevis development Results Identification of a functional proximal promoter for X laevis Alignment ofthe 5¢-flanking region of exon IB from the XlMGP gene with the 5¢-flanking...
... imported into the nucleus of injected oocytes (Fig 1B) S Loop and T Pieler The absence of nuclear import of mPER3 injected into Xenopusoocytes suggests that the protein is devoid of a nuclear ... activity, we tested whether complex formation with either mPER1 or mPER2 would enable transfer of mPER3 into the nucleus ofXenopusoocytesFor this purpose, mPER dimers were formed in vitro (Fig ... again as in theoocyte system, it is the NLS function of mPER1 that is required forthe nuclear import of mPER3 in the heterodimeric complex with mPER1 Thus, the requirement of complex formation...