... system the precession ofthe orbit of Mercury andthe bending of light by the Sun Over the ensuing decades theoretical analyses deepened the understanding ofthe theory and exhibited the richness and ... of matter • The development of string theory andthe quantum theory of geometry as promising candidates for the union of quantum mechanics and general relativity • The first descriptions ofthe ... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their...
... system the precession ofthe orbit of Mercury andthe bending of light by the Sun Over the ensuing decades theoretical analyses deepened the understanding ofthe theory and exhibited the richness and ... of matter • The development of string theory andthe quantum theory of geometry as promising candidates for the union of quantum mechanics and general relativity • The first descriptions ofthe ... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their...
... important to note that the fate andthe final number of copies of each bystander gene can be, and often is, different from that ofthe target gene, and that the fates of different bystander genes in ... for one part ofthe HCNE array to break off from one copy ofthe GRB, as long as the equivalent part ofthe array is still in cis to the other copy ofthe target gene (for an example and detailed ... WGD and subsequent processes on the structure of GRBs: correct estimation ofthe extent ofthe GRB and distinguishing between the target gene(s) andthe bystander genes in a GRB With regard to the...
... hyperglycemia Study ofthe exocytosis using the insulin secretion model will benefit to the understanding of both the fundamental mechanism of regulated exocytosis andthe pathogenesis of diabetes development ... features allowing them to be sorted at the level ofthe TGN For proinsulin, it has been shown that residues 16 (Leu) and 17 (Glu) ofthe A-chain and 13 (Glu) and 17 (Leu) ofthe B-chain serve ... Several regions, including the position of cysteins that form the disulfide bond, the N- and C-terminal regions of A chain andthe hydrophobic residues at the C-terminal of B chain, are highly conserved...
... the first lane andthe size ofthe rectangular box is standardized for the rest ofthe lanes Lane profiles were plotted and a straight horizontal line was drawn defining the x-axis (the background) ... exclude the unusually bright staining (artefacts) at the periphery ofthe sections The total area of staining over the threshold within the ROIs was computed by the software and this total area of ... around the band of interest in the first lane such that the box is wide enough to cover the largest band and but will not overlap with a band in the next lane This lane is selected as the first...
... increase in apoptosis [73] The authors of this study ascribe the regulation of outgrowth of limb buds and patterning ofthe digits to the chicken AP-2 The role of AP-2a was further studied in zebrafish ... tumorigenesis and genetic diseases [47] Most analyses ofthe regulation of AP-2 andthe interactions ofthe transcription factor with binding partners, as well as ofthe regulation of target gene ... because ofthe severe skeletal defects in growth andthe development of face and limbs [17–19] Donner et al tried to link the expression of AP-2a in these tissues to upstream signaling pathways They...
... ATnI130)252, and ATnI232)292 did not migrate into the gels, while free ATnI-52K and ATnI1)128 exhibited a band near the origin and at the middle ofthe gel, respectively The bands corresponding to the ... PAGE Lanes a and d, in the absence of both TnC and Ca2+; lanes b and e, in the presence of TnC andthe absence of Ca2+; lanes c and f, in the presence of both TnC and Ca2+ Ac, actin; Tm, tropomyosin; ... actin and TnC in the absence and presence, respectively, of Ca2+ These phenomena should directly reflect the mechanism of Ca2+ switching involving the alternative binding ofthe C-terminal region of...
... s, and indicate re-oxidation ofthe flavin andthe formation ofthe hydride-Meisenheimer complex of TNT (C) As for panel B except the spectral changes are recorded over an extended time period and ... proximity ofthe N5 atom A putative flipping motion ofthe progesterone molecule along an axis parallel to the FMN plane aligns the C1-C2 with the 4666 plane ofthe isoalloxazine ring and in close ... confirming that the mutation of Tyr186 to Phe186 does not grossly perturb the overall framework ofthe enzyme or the active site The active sites ofthe enzymes are shown in stick format with the sigmaA...
... grave for the LPE experiments because ofthe ceiling effect andthe small size ofthe complete data set, therefore, we did not rerun the corresponding experiments Furthermore, the number of codebook ... feature selection and evaluation and give a brief description ofthe algorithms used We then report on the results ofthe two suites of experiments 5.1 Feature S e l e c t i o n The set of all potential ... text The frequencies were standardised using z-scores, so that the resulting random variables have a mean ofand a variance ofThe z-scores were rounded Proceedings of EACL '99 down to the next...
... Schematic representation oftherolesofthe FadD proteins encoded by the DIM + PGL locus in the biosynthesis of DIMs and related compounds in Mycobacterium tuberculosis The role ofthe activation enzymes ... promote the transfer ofthe p-HB moiety onto PKS15 ⁄ [16,18] To examine the involvement of FadD29 in the biosynthesis of DIMs and PGLs, we took advantage ofthe existence in the laboratory of an ... the activation ofthe various intermediates in DIM and PGL biosynthesis has not been analyzed This study was undertaken to dissect therolesof FadD22, FadD26 and FadD29 in the biosynthesis of...
... businesses and academics in the nature and behavior ofthe financial At the core of this issue are questions about the type of financing need and receive at various stages of their growth, the nature of ... implications among these alternative of small business finance is a growing of small business finance For example, the impact ofthe U.S ofthe early 1990s andthe effect ofthe consolidation ofthe banking ... credit, and other sources of funds These data allow for tests of research regarding the cost and availability of different types of external finance and how the cost and availability vary with the...
... influences the rate of auto-oxidation andthe redox potential ofthe heme iron, but, surprisingly, they had less effect on the characteristics of O2 and CO binding Finally, we discuss therolesof these ... the polarity ofthe heme distal side, the direction ofthe heme-bound O2 molecule, andthe redox potential ofthe heme iron [5] The reason why the auto-oxidation rate ofthe Leu99 and Leu115 mutants ... accompany the redox change Specifically, there is a switch in the heme axial ligand and changes in the flexibility ofthe FG loop (residues 86–96) in the protein when the redox state ofthe heme...
... HD These processes may not be independent of each other Detailed descriptions of these processes are beyond the scope of this review In the present review, we specifically focus on the role of ... (45 kDa) andthe activated caspase-1 (20 kDa) are shown by the arrows on the left The bar diagram (right panel) shows the average (n = 3) of integrated optical density (IOD) ofthe bands obtained ... elegans model of HD [45] The increased functional role of NMDAR in HD andthe involvement of HIP-1 in NMDAR-mediated phosphorylation of Htt [18] further indicate the possible participation of HIP-1...
... Uptake of [3H]cGMP in the absence of ATP but in the presence ofthe nonhydrolysable ATP analogue, ATP-c-S, was less than 5% ofthe uptake in the presence of ATP The amount of [3H]cGMP taken up by these ... compared using an F-test on the ratio ofthe variance associated with the reduction in degrees of freedom to the variance ofthe fit with the smaller number of degrees of freedom [33], VR ¼ ðSSE2 ... to the protein concentration ofthe membrane vesicles, and all data were corrected for the amount of radiolabelled substrate bound to the filter in the absence of vesicle protein The substrate and...
... therolesof PrRP in the control of stress responses may depend upon the nature of stressful stimuli used Stressful stimuli affect food intake and increase energy expenditure On the other hand, ... in the brainstem and hypothalamus, and induce neuroendocrine and behavioral responses Food intake also activates the brainstem and hypothalamus, resulting in the termination of meals andthe ... Y Takayanagi and T Onaka PrRP and RFRPs in metabolism and stress Table Summary of mammalian RFamide peptides and their receptors The effects of administration of RFamide peptides upon...
... elements of rmGP [4] and EcMalP [3] onto the linear sequence of StP and thus measures the extent of conservation ofthe respective ÔsitesÕ in StP As in other GPs, the catalytic site andthe PLP ... selected andthe inserts sequenced The bottom ofthe figure (B) indicates the positions of BamHI and HindIII fragments, relative to the entire StP structural gene they represent prototypes of regulated ... responsible for the observed tetramer : dimer ratio of % 0.2 in Histagged StP, and likewise the Arg fi Ala mutants thereof The results suggest that if the occurrence of tetrameric and dimeric forms of His-tagged...
... Since the latter Abs are a fraction ofthe Figure Composition of MAPs Composition of MAPs The amino acid (aa) composition ofthe scaffolds of G39d and G40d is shown in single letter code The triple ... of Health The help of Marion Sacks in the preparation ofthe manuscript andof Soheila Nikpour in the preparation ofthe figures is gratefully acknowledged References Determination of M2e-specific ... airways [24-26] The reason for this appears to be the lower rate of transudation of serum IgG through the pseudostratified columnar epithelium of upper airways than the thinner epithelium of respiratory...
... participated in the design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript; ML participated in the design ofthe study andthe statistical ... completed and returned all the baseline questionnaires and were included in this analysis; 224 (85%) ofthe STIVEA cohort, 453 (97%) ofthe BROSG cohort, and 795 (92%) ofthe BSRBR patients There ... imputation of utility values, rather than a single imputation as performed here Furthermore, the ability to predict the SF-6D and EQ5D from the HAQ is complicated by the weighting of items in the EQ-5D...
... ambivalence then relief surrounding disclosure, participants used this process of truth-telling to ultimately determine the extent and value of their friendship with the recipient ofthe information They ... analysis of similarity and difference within transcript codes, (iii) organization of codes in the development of categorization schemes, and (iv) solidification of themes through review of codes ... Whether to Tell Others About the Ostomy Participants described a personal struggle over disclosing the ostomy to others They appeared to experience shame and embarrassment about the ostomy and, ...
... analysis The total amount of PC was then worked out by adding the amounts of individual PC species together In our study the total amount of PC species was < 20 µg The relative percentages of each of ... ~60 % of all PC species in the lung regions ofthe body The present results offer further support to the Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research ... experiment, the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, the drafting the manuscript and acquisition of funding RWC contributes to the analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript...