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... Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, UMR CNRS n°6237, France The activation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) constitutes the first step of phagocytosis and is ... 21 March 2008, accepted 18 April 2008) doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06474.x Oxidative functions of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) , which play a deciding role in the phagocytosis process, are stimulated ... identification of lysine residues involved in the collagen-induced activation of PMNs. The inhibition of PMN activa- tion by collagen in the presence of 6-amino-hexanoic acid, a structural ana- logue of...

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... mechanism of amplification that may account for many of the biological effects of aldehydes. The zinc-releasing activity of aldehydes establishes relationships among cellular zinc, the functions of endogenous ... from oxidative stress ⁄ lipid peroxidation to cellular functions of zinc Qiang Hao and Wolfgang Maret Departments of Preventive Medicine & Community Health and Anesthesiology, The University of ... is significant for even relatively small increases of alde- hyde concentrations. Hence, the actions of zinc may explain at least some of the regulatory functions of ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde...

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... scope, methods and design of the study. Chapter II introduces an overview of English adjectives with the definitions of adjectives and their semantic and syntactic functions of English adjectives. Chapter ... being stupid again. In short, syntactic functions of English adjectives are ordered clearly as in the following table: Kinds of adjective Semantic functions of English adjectives Gradable non- ... opened the letter. In short, syntactic functions of English adjectives are ordered clearly as in the following table: kinds of adjective Syntactic functions of English adjectives attributive Predicative Pre- modification post- modification as...

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... birth of the field of biochemical engineer- ing. Following on the heels of the antibiotic products was the development of efficient microbial processes for the manufacture of vitamins (riboflavin, cyanocobalamine, ... fraction of the multitude of plant secondary metabolites. Over 10,000 of these low mole- cular weight compounds are known but the actual numbers are probably in the The Natural Functions of Secondary ... canker of stone fruit trees and holcus spot of maize, and is also a broad-spectrum antibiotic against procaryotes and eucaryotes including Geotrichum candidum [81]. Proof of the role of antibiotics as...

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... NJ (2011) The essential role of the Cu(II) state of Sco in the maturation of the Cu(A) center of cytochrome oxi- dase: evidence from H135Met and H135SeM variants of the Bacillus subtilis Sco. ... regulation of gene expression, protection against oxidative stress, mitochondrial redox signalling, and regulation of cop- per homeostasis. It appears that the involvement of Sco proteins in each of ... variety of possible functions. Given that the fold of Sco proteins resembles that of proteins involved in thiol-disulfide redox chemistry, it is reasonable to assume that the primary role of Sco proteins...

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... characteriza- tion of glycan functions [2]. A large number of glycosyltransferases (products of approximately 170 genes) have been cloned [3,4], and some of their impor- tant functions have been ... in regula- tion of the conformation of integrin, determine the extent of cell migration. The mutual regulation of GnT-III and E-cadherin To a certain degree, mutual regulation of GnT-III expression ... Gu J et al. (2006) Loss of core fucosylation of low-density lipopro- tein receptor-related protein-1 impairs its function, lead- ing to the upregulation of serum levels of insulin-like growth...

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... problem of relationships between hypervariability of amino acid sequences and mechanism(s) of oxidative folding. In this study, we present a comparative analysis of the folding properties of four ... Pathway of oxidative folding of a-lactalbumin: a model for illustrating the diversity of disulfide folding pathways. Biochemistry 41, 8405–8413. 37 Chang JY (2004) Evidence for the underlying cause of diversity ... diversity of fold- ing properties of the BPTI mutants can be compared to that of the conotoxins studied here. The slow-rear- rangement folding of GIIIA and RIIIK and the rapid- collapse folding of PIIIA...

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... and absence of EDTA (Fig. 1). The rate of oxidation was increased in the presence of the LPSs of both the smooth and rough E. coli, but the rate of oxidation in the presence of the LPS of smooth ... comparison of the auto-oxidation of cross-linked Hb with that of Hb A 0 is shown in Fig. 3A. The effect of the presence of EDTA, known to bind heavy metal cations [16], on the oxidation of both ... Comparison of the effects of the LPSs of rough S. minnesota 595 (Re) and smooth S. minnesota, in the absence and presence of EDTA, on the oxidation of a, a-cross-linked Hb. Themean±SDofthreeinde- pendent...

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... that  M n v −2p dvol g ≤ C.(3.14) Proof. This is Lemma 4.3 of [CGY02b] (see also Lemma 4.1 of [Gur93]). This completes the proof of Proposition 3.3. Remark.Ifu ∈ C 2 is a Γ-admissible solution of (1.13), then by ... ω n is the volume ratio of Euclidean space. Proof. The proof is based on a construction of the geometric tangent cone corresponding to the end N 1 , as follows. Take any sequence of numbers r i such that ... B(x 0 ,ρ/2). An important feature of (1.19) is that both sides of the inequality have the same homogeneity under the natural dilation structure of equation (1.18); see the proof of Lemma 3.1 and the remark...

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... 20 lL of reaction mix- ture, MeMIH-B DNA template was mixed with appropriate amounts of nuclease-free water, 2 lLof10· T7 reaction buffer, 2 lL of ATP solution, 2 lL of CTP solution, 2 lL of GTP ... vitellogenin-stimulatory factor of shrimp. Because of the existence of multiple forms of the CHH family neuropeptides, there may be a dis- crepancy in defining the function of many cDNAs cloned using ... changes of Vg transcript level in hepatopancreas Fold changes of Vg transcript level in ovary Fold changes of Vg level in hemolymph Fold changes of Vg content in ovary Fig. 3. Effect of recombinant...

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... both the physiologic functions and regulation of this pathway remain lar- gely unknown. Genome sequencing of Arabidopsis and rice has revealed complex genomic organization of plant trehalose biosynthesis ... function of trehalose biosynthesis in the regulation of starch biosynthesis has recently been revealed. Trehalose feeding was found to induce expression of ApL3, encoding a large subunit of ADP-glucose ... vitro functionality of its translated prod- uct. We also describe unique kinetic and biophysical properties of the plant TPPs. Results Isolation of rice OsTPP2 Completion of the rice genome sequence...

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... relevance of the different functions of customer reference marketing are beyond the scope of this study. 7. Theoretical implications The results of the study contribute to the emerging theory of ... base of similar solutions may provide some estimates of the potential value. 6. Conclusions The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the various practices and functions of customer ... and coded with the help of NVivo software, a program designed for qualitative data analysis. Nvivo software was used to code the interview data in the first phase of the analysis. The open...

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... outgrowth (µm) 40 0 Fig. 1. Effects of T-AChE C-terminal peptides on a7-nAChR. (A) Comparison of C-terminal amino acid sequences of R- and T-AChE isoforms. Unique isoform sequences are underlined; ... tumorigenesis [32]. In cultures of glial cells, oxidative stress of the type thought to occur as the final common path in neuro- degeneration, increases the influx of calcium through L-type calcium ... addition, incubation of T548-acetylcholinesterase with activity- enhancing molecules leads to a delay of substrate inhi- bition (Fig. 3B) that is most likely indicative of involvement of the peripheral...

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... phosphorylation of DPP IV in liver: evidence for a role of compartmentalized c-Src. FEBS J 273, 992– 1003. 31 Blom N, Gammeltoft S & Brunak S (1999) Sequence- and structure-based prediction of eukaryotic ... proteinases of the DPIV gene family. DP8 and DP9 are closely related peptidases of 61% amino acid identity, and are ubiqui- tously expressed cytoplasmic molecules [7–9]. The functions of DP8 and ... the presence of ECM compo- nents. We have demonstrated that these effects are independent of enzyme activity and of the RGD motif in DP9. Results Specific recombinant expression of DP8 and DP9 AD293...

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