... moieties. The ions with m ⁄ z of 1519.6and 1541.6 are mono- and di-sodiated forms of the de-O-acylated LOS and the ion with m ⁄ z of 1479.6 is the anhydrous form ofthe de-O-acylated LOS. The ion ... construction ofthe lgt3 mutant in M. catarrhalisO35E. Large arrows represent the direction of transcription; the site ofthe transposon insertion identified in the O35E is denotedas EN:TN, and the location ... government works The de-O-acylated LOSs fromthe wild-type O35Eand the mutant O35Elgt3 were further analyzed byMALDI-TOF MS (Fig. 4). The mass spectral data of de-O-acylated LOS from O35E was...
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... rocks, signs of volcanic action. The Icelandic buts aremade ofearth and turf, and the walls slope inward; they rather resembleroofs placed on the ground. But then these roofs are meadows of com-parative ... out ofthe volcanoes by their ownlabour and at their own expense; in high westerly winds it was manifestthat the red tiles ofthe roof would be scattered in the air, to the greatdanger ofthe ... bed of lava bounds it on one side, and falls gently towards the sea. On the other extends the vast bay of Faxa, shut in at the north by the enormous glacier ofthe Snæfell, and of which the Valkyria...
... 1344.37, respectively. The fragment ion at m/z556.15 corresponds to the unit I-D-N, which might result from the loss of Q from I-D-N-Q (m/z 648.20) o r from the loss of F f rom F -I-D-N (m/z ... and HMBCspectra of compound 1. Labels illustrateassignment ofthe amide linkage between the amino group of Asp and the carboxyl group of GalA residue E.Scheme 1. The structures of o ligosaccharides ... been obtained from other spirochetes, the complete elucidation o f t heLGLB from S. aurantia represents the first completestructure o f a large glycolipid from these bacteria. The dodecasaccharide...
... 269) 427 [26,27]. Then, the biosynthesis ofthe core region of LPS from A. baumannii strain ATCC 19606 should proceed with the introduction of a third Kdo residue to O-5 ofthe secondKdo. This ... mechanism of the transfer ofthe third Kdo residue has not yet beenidentiđed.In addition to the work on the determination of the chemical and antigenic structures of O-speciđc polysaccha-rides from ... to a completestructure ofthe carbohydrate backbone ofthe LPS from A. baumannii strain ATCC 19606 as depicted in Fig. 4. The structures o f four core regions from LPS of d ifferentAcinetobacter...
... to the African Development Bank, which expressed a commitment to fund these activities. This commitment followed the dissemination about the findings fromthe pilot project and the launch of ... are the responsibility ofthe FRONTIERS Program and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. launching ceremony served both as a vehicle for publicizing the ... Based on the findings fromthe pilot study, the Ministry of Education and its partner, the Population Training Group (GEEP), integrated ARH within schools. GEEP, which was responsible for the school...
... ofthe structure of NADP+-bound FeRrevealed that the nicotinamide moiety of NADP+faces the re-side ofthe isoalloxazine ring, and that the 2Â-P-AMP moiety is held in the groove between the ... direction along the b10 ofthe other mono-mer, forming an anti-parallel intermolecular b sheet(Fig. 2A). The subsequent residues ofthe loop (Ala7–Pro13) turn into the interior ofthe dimer interface,and ... fulgidusFeR is one ofthe candidates for the ferric ion-bindingresidue based on the structure ofthe mercury-boundderivative, although a ferric ion was not found at the site of either the native or...
... the loops at the opposite barrel end. The lengths ofthe b-strands in the barrel vary from two (b14)to seven (b11) residues. As in other enzymes of family no. 13, the regularity ofthe CDase TIM ... with domains A and C ofthe othersubunit. In contrast, the TVA-II group dimer attaches the Bdomain to an N-terminal domain ofthe other subunit,which restricts the size ofthe B domain (Fig. ... domain ofthe othersubunit ofthe TVA-II dimer (Tyr45Â). It has been suggestedthat the N-terminal domain ofthe TVA-II group [9–11]confers CD specificity because it covers one side ofthe boundCD...
... elutedahead of compound 1 (from LPS), the a-andb-anomers of 1were not separated under these conditions: Yield of 1,23 mg from O-PS, 38 mg from LPS; yield of 3, 3 mg from LPS. The acetate derivative ... sensitiveto the combination ofthe absolute configurations of bothmonosaccharides, and in the case ofthe Ps. distinctapolysaccharide it reflects different configurations of the monosaccharides. The A-B-fragment ... that the prolificproduction ofthe O-PS of these species probably contri-butes to the surface properties and consequent biofilmingcharacteristics of these pathogens, especially in the case of F....
... along the harbour where the two-deckers and the frigateslept peaceably by the red roofing ofthe warehouse, by the green banks of the strait, through the deep shades ofthe trees amongst which the ... was therefore necessary to point out which of these leads to the centre ofthe globe. What did the Icelandic sage do?He observed that at the approach ofthe kalends of July, that is to say in the ... likewise the creed adopted by other distinguishedgeologists, that the interior ofthe globe is neither gas nor water, nor any of the heaviest minerals known, for in none of these cases would the earth...
... typical ofthe b anomericconfiguration, the anomeric proton of GlcN II showedinter-residue cross peaks with the two protons H-6a andH-6b and the H-4 of GlcN I. These data, together with the downfield ... the anomeric a-substitution ofthe GlcN Iand the 4Â substitution ofthe GlcN II (Fig. 2B). It isinteresting to note that the cross peak relative to the C-4Âposition was not as intense as the ... out ofthe preparation of complicated mixtures of deuterated solvents and no degradation occurs in theseconditions. Furthermore, at 333 K, the solvent and watersignals fall neither in the anomeric...
... obtained fromthe Cell Culture Collec-tion ofthe Institute of Cytology RAS (St Petersburg), and the nonsmall cell lung carcinoma line U1810 was obtained from the Cell Line Collection ofthe Karolinska ... in the regulation of these genes. It should be noted that,although the exact positions ofthe AREs are not con-served between different mammalian species, at least50% of all AREs in all of these ... transfection)expressing under the control ofthe CMV promoter the short( 17 kDa) form of PRDX5 (S-PRDX5) started from its second initi-ation codon [11]. This is the main form ofthe PRDX5 proteindetectable...
... MBA, the starting salary ofthe graduate is only part ofthe equation. The value added by the degree is the function ofthe differential between the pre-MBA salary and the post-MBA salary. This ... degree is the additional salary that results from the degree, while the cost ofthe investment is the foregone income and associated tuition and fees. The internal rate of return (IRR) on the MBA ... will be one ofthe determinants of his/her incremental income. The other, the post-MBA income, is a function ofthe school, the candidate, and the state ofthe economy (GDP growth rate, unemployment,...
... flies [29].In the gut tissue of females, the lectin is present free in the lumen of thoracic and abdominal parts ofthe midgut andalong the microvillar surface of midgut epithelium. Theseobservations ... most ofthe activity wasdetected in the peritrophic space surrounded by peritrophicmatrix. Part ofthe midgut lectin activity may originate from saliva swallowed during the feeding ofthe fly. ... recognized the 42–44-kDa region (data not shown).Localization ofthe lectinAnti-haemagglutinin IgG reacted with the content of the midgut lumen and along the surfaces of midgut epithelialcells....