... possibility of functional links between the above described alterations of gene expression and potential defects in signal transduction Analysis with protein microarrays of the status of a numberof known ... stimulation Graphical representation of numbers of probesets showing differential gene expression in pair-wise SAM comparisons between the microarray hybridization data of WT fibroblasts that were serum-starved ... contrast to the profile of IE gene expression in H-ras-/- cells during G0/G1 transition, the profile of H-ras-/- cells stimulated with serum for hours showed a clear increase in the numberof differentially...
... 27 Bernard RL, Singh BB: Inheritance of pubescence type in soybeans: glabrous, curly, dense, sparse and puberulent Crop Sci 1969, 9:192-197 28 Singh BB, Hadley HH, Bernard RL: Morphology of pubescence ... (Figure 4) The presence of two bands in CS root tissue might beexplained by cross hybridization of the probe to more than one of the seven BURP genes present in the soybean genome as the BURP ... revealed a numberof differentially expressed genes One highly-expressed gene, Glyma04g35130, in wild-type soybean was of interest as it has high homology to the cotton gene GhRDL1 gene that has been...
... Periodic box of TIP3P waters and 14 Na+ counter ions to neutralize the charge on the DNA strands of the hybrids are added using LEaP module of amber This results in 4294 and 4379 numberof water ... out as described for PDwt and PDmut Using LEaP module of amber 6, 28 Na+ net neutralizing counter ions, and periodic box of TIP3P waters are added to each system A total numberof 3985 and 4239 ... the fluctuations Complete loss of stacking interaction is seldom seen (A) of the amino group of C7 with A6 (Fig 4B) or through the overlap of the six-member ring of C7 with A6 (Fig 4C) Thus, unlike...
... harvesting complex (LHCI), consisting of four members (Lhca1–4) of the chlorophyll a ⁄ b binding protein family LHCI is bound along one side of PSI only, in the vicinity of the PSI-F and PSI-J subunits ... II (PSII) of C reinhardtii [16] We now report the expression of His- and Strep-tagged plant PSI Results A series of cassettes containing tagged variants of the full-length precursor of Arabidopsis ... predictions made by Ben-Shem et al [3] in the interpretation of their crystal structure of Pisum sativum PSI, in which the loop of PSI-G is suggested to face the stroma The amount of PSI-G in the...
... binding of the ADP moiety of FAD) [11] and for the 70 residues at their C-termini (for this latter region a 31–40% of identity and a 53–61% of sequence similarity has been calculated) The results of ... amino acids present in the active site of MSOX [12] and of DAAO [15,16] (C) Comparison of the active site of the 3D-structure model of GO with the active site of MSOX from Bacillus subtilis (right) ... EcoRI site of the multiple cloning site of the expression vector pT7.7 downstream of the T7 RNA polymerase promoter to produce the recombinant plasmid pT7-GO Because of the presence of an ATG...
... [14,15] Indeed, the mole numberof ATP needed for one mole of lipid A in the core EFMs varies between 36 and 42 In contrast, the amount of NAD(P)H is 54 per mole of lipid A in all of these EFMs In this ... each function by the gene name augmented by a number The numbers are given by us and are not part of the of cial gene name Table gives the abbreviations of metabolites used in this study It is interesting ... the relation of this to the viability of the organism No coherent picture can be drawn at first glance For instance, suppressing the production of both forms of lipid A is predicted to be lethal...
... error of the mean Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Virology Journal 2007, 4:94 steps of virus maturation, as numerous electron dense particles, similar to those already described ... h before infection, using 125 ng/ml of phorbol myristate acetate and 50 ng/ml of ionomycine To determine cell viability, propidium iodide (BD Biosciences Pharmingen) was added at µg/ml just before ... T1 at a m.o.i of Five, 8, 12 and 24 hours following infection, cells were fixed and processed for electron microscopy as previously described [15] We observed a lot of virions adsorbed on the cell...
... error of the mean Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Virology Journal 2007, 4:94 steps of virus maturation, as numerous electron dense particles, similar to those already described ... h before infection, using 125 ng/ml of phorbol myristate acetate and 50 ng/ml of ionomycine To determine cell viability, propidium iodide (BD Biosciences Pharmingen) was added at µg/ml just before ... T1 at a m.o.i of Five, 8, 12 and 24 hours following infection, cells were fixed and processed for electron microscopy as previously described [15] We observed a lot of virions adsorbed on the cell...
... in the text B) Numberof genes (probe set) up or down regulated in npq1lut2 mutant compared to control wild-type plants at the three time points of the experiment (0, and 24 hours of treatment ... the 18 genes may be directly influenced by the lack of NPQ1 and LUT2 enzyme activities, or of the corresponding products (Figure 1) Following exposure to intense light, the numberof differentially ... transcript levels between the two genotypes at the three time points, i.e 20 genes for time 0, 190 genes for time h and 414 genes for time 24 h (Figure 1) The minimumnumberof probe-sets per cluster...
... abscissionless leaf variety of pubescent birch has also been described [34] Peas are one of the world's most important grain legumes and serve as a valuable protein source in the diet of humans and animals ... abscission event was also observed to start at the centre of the seed coat/palisade junction, particularly where the counterpalisade layer becomes restricted Page of (page number not for citation ... ratio of LR white resin to ethanol At the end of the infiltration process, the specimens were transferred to an embedding mould and polymerised at 50°C for 24 h Plant materials Page of (page number...
... forearm of each subject via the anticubital vein after a minimumof 12 hours of fasting Samples were collected in EDTA-treated and plain tubes The methods for determining the concentrations of each ... secretion of sCD40L may be one explanation for the increased inflammation associated with aging, and may be a pathway that links aging with an increased risk of atherothrombosis TGF-a, a member of the ... under the age of 45 and group consisted of 55 subjects over the age of 65 The study subjects were not permitted to perform strenuous exercise or drink alcoholic beverages 24 h before the laboratory...
... as a function of the elution time Numbers indicate the amount of 2-amino-2-N-acetylamino-D-glucose (GlcNAc) units in an oligomer; b and a indicate their isoform the elution profile of the selected ... thank Prof Steve C Fry, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, and Dr Albert Schulte, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany, for critical reading of the ... with chain 3381 Enzymatic properties of chitinase A from Vibrio carchariae length of chitooligomers implies that the binding site must be composed of an array of subsites, probably six GlcNAc subsites...
... profile of the H334G mutant in the phosphorolysis direction was a narrow, bell-shaped curve, strikingly different from that of the wild-type and with an optimum pH of 6.5 A shift of the pH profile of ... and with the numberof recorded scans and resulting signal-to-noise ratios indicated (B) Chemical 31P shifts of the PLP phosphate resonance signal of wild-type enzyme in the absence of ligand (d), ... relative elevation of pKa of PLP phosphate in unliganded CcStP and the apparent lack of perturbation of pKa in the CcStP complex with arsenate The pH dependence of the 31P chemical shift of PLP phosphate...
... wild-type and mutant enzymes are numbered according to the sequence of the wild-type E coli enzyme starting with M1 as position Cyclization of Gln-OH The conversion of Gln-OH to 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic ... NH2OH has been shown to be a substrate for E coli [46] and Lactococcus lactis [47] CTP synthases With the exception of Liebermans work in 1956 [46], little is known about the ability of E coli ... hydrolysis of GlnOH contains terms that include rate constants for the hydrolysis reaction, production of NH2OH and Glu, and release of Glu (The exact kinetic mechanism [i.e order of addition of substrates]...
... can beexplained by a change in polarity of some, or all of the four tryptophans in the active site tunnel of Cel7A, when cellotetraose is bound and can thus be used to monitor the binding of ... were observed in the mutant, apart from the changed atoms of the mutated side chains In order to evaluate further the design of the mutations, it was of interest how the stability behaviour of ... seems to be folded at this pH at 25 °C (Figs and 2), confirmed also with the CD measurements described below (Fig 6) The effect of a soluble substrate (cellotetraose) on the stability of Cel7A...
... forearm of each subject via the anticubital vein after a minimumof 12 hours of fasting Samples were collected in EDTA-treated and plain tubes The methods for determining the concentrations of each ... secretion of sCD40L may be one explanation for the increased inflammation associated with aging, and may be a pathway that links aging with an increased risk of atherothrombosis TGF-a, a member of the ... under the age of 45 and group consisted of 55 subjects over the age of 65 The study subjects were not permitted to perform strenuous exercise or drink alcoholic beverages 24 h before the laboratory...
... forearm of each subject via the anticubital vein after a minimumof 12 hours of fasting Samples were collected in EDTA-treated and plain tubes The methods for determining the concentrations of each ... secretion of sCD40L may be one explanation for the increased inflammation associated with aging, and may be a pathway that links aging with an increased risk of atherothrombosis TGF-a, a member of the ... under the age of 45 and group consisted of 55 subjects over the age of 65 The study subjects were not permitted to perform strenuous exercise or drink alcoholic beverages 24 h before the laboratory...
... of how isoforms change across development, although the identification of 5% of genes whose isoform patterns change across development is highly likely to be an underestimate Identification of ... indirect consequence of a loss of NMD In this case, rather than the pattern of splicing being identical in wild-type and mutant and differences in isoform levels being caused by a loss of NMD in the ... mutant animals? We believe that this may be the case and that this may be the result of one of two possible effects One alternative is that the level of splice factors is perturbed in animals defective...
... sequenced, and the sequences were aligned with the H genes of a numberof CDV strains available in GenBank using the MegAlign function of the DNAStar software package Thirty field samples from dogs, foxes, ... availability of genomic sequences, molecular diagnostic methods for detection of viruses have significantly improved[15] Complementary DNA and RNA probes have been used to detect RNA and mRNA of the ... repeatability of the multiplex RT-nPCR Serial 10-fold dilutions of CDV vaccine strain were subjected to amplification by multiplex RT-nPCR The lowest limit of detection with this method was shown to be...
... analyses have not been performed Indeed, a portion of resistance attributes are likely to be conserved across dsDNA viruses A numberof additional features of CDV-resistance remain uncharacterized CDV ... total of 10 intergenic and 45 intragenic SNPs, were Page of 15 observed that include 17 synonomous, 26 nonsynonomous substitutions and one tandem repeat contraction (Table 1) Over a third of all observed ... The effect of CDV on the viral and cellular RNA polymerase machinery has not been evaluated It is possible that viral RNA pol may be subject to either direct or indirect effects of CDV via dCTP...