... these efforts Another characteristic feature ofthe long-term breeding of cereals, potatoes, or vegetables is the fact that during the long periods the shape and the outer appearance ofthe plants ... organisms; they are said to determine the "fitness" of a plant Elucidation of many of their biosynthetic pathways, characterization ofthe enzymes involved, and cloning ofthe genes have been performed ... degradation ofthe carbon skeleton of foreign products to CO2 and water is very rare in plants Forplantbiotechnology aiming at the generation of (crop) plants with a higher level of resistance...
... Written approval forthe present experiments was obtained from the Ethical Committees for Animal Research ofthe Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and ofthe University of Berne, Switzerland ... in particular liver cell types or in the vascular lumen (the latter regards the extracellular SOD isoform) SOD can easily interfere with NO and O2- released by endothelial cells [29,36] It is ... (Fig 1) In the present study, eNOS protein was the solely detected NOS isoform in liver of normal rats and of PPVL and CCl4 cirrhotic rats (Fig 2) The eNOS is derived from endothelial cells in...
... seen in the crystal structure However, the backbone amide and carbonyl of Cys140 form hydrogen bonds with the backbone carbonyl and amide of Trp123, the side chain of which forms one wallofthe ... variants of MnSOD Values ofthe rate constant k0 ⁄ [E] for this inhibited region are obtained by fitting of expressions forthe decay of superoxide to the observed progress curves [19,20] Because ofthe ... slowing of tumor growth in mice, as well as alteration ofthe transformed phenotype of cancer cells [11–17] Given these observations, the potential role of ‘improved’ MnSODs as therapeutic agents for...
... has not been performed The aims of this study were to determine how theplant ER responds to the expression of heterologous secretory proteins We therefore studied the involvement of BiP and calreticulin ... shown are the average of four independent experiments Bars indicate standard deviation assembly ofthe IgG heterotetramer in a dose-dependent manner (Fig 5A) Therefore, the presence ofthe light ... lines of evidence have been put forward that demonstrate the association oftheplant BiP homologue with folding and assembly of Ig light and heavy chains and we propose that the involvement of...
... [9,13], the low levels of HIV detected in many ofthe samples only allowed the analysis ofthe predominant genotypes in genital secretions Despite this, and the inherent limitations of PCR amplification ... drafted the manuscript PK participated in the study design and conducted the statistical analyses RC participated in the design and coordination ofthe study and facilitated the collection of clinical ... the vaginal mucosa, are influenced by the virus' envelope sequence, which determines the molecules utilized for entry [7] The nucleotide sequence ofthe HIV envelope V3 region determines whether...
... informed consent was obtained from the patient forthe publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of ... increased flow of necrotic cyst wall cells after the minocycline instillation, suggesting that CA19-9 may originate from the hepatic cyst wall cells Inflammation, including infection and the minocycline ... necrosis ofthe hepatic cyst wall cells, and may consequently increase serum and cyst fluid CA19-9 levels This study revealed that the treatment of a simple hepatic cyst by instillation of minocycline...
... NE2 of His31, bound to the metal, in the company of a water oxygen, from the apical positions The manga˚ nese was only 0.06 A out ofthe equatorial plane (Table 3) The angles around the metal cofactor ... 27% ofthe accessible surface area of each monomer These two dimers associated to form a tetramer in the asymmetric unit (Fig 1B) The tetramerization buried 13% ofthe accessible surface area of ... because the tertiary structure of ApeSOD has not been elucidated In the present study, forthe first time, we describe the crystal structure of ApeSOD In particular, we focus on the coordination of the...
... -.544 + j2.422 The eigenvectors ofthe poles are collinear with the control direction ofthe transmission zero oftheplant and thus, the compensator cancels the zeros oftheplant Loop singular ... Simulation ofthe Academic Example #1 The purpose of this example is to illustrate how the saturation can disturb the directionality ofthe controls and alter the compensator inversion oftheplantThe ... saturationand the EG Figure 4.5 shows the state trajectory ofthe compensator states forthe simulation ofthe linear system Note that the states ofthe compensator not remain within the BA,C set so there...
... indetermination ofthe reciprocal orientation ofthe two subunits The average total penalty forthe REM ˚ family ofthe dimeric protein is of 1.42 ± 0.07 A2 forthe distance constrains; while forthe average ... favors the formation ofthe hydrogen bond network The optimal conformation ofthe side chain of Arg143 is ensured by the formation of H-bonds between its terminal guanidinium group and the backbone ... applied to each member ofthe family using the program AMBER 5.0 [46] The setup ofthe program and the parameters forthe metal ions are as previously reported [21] The value of NOE and torsion angle...
... the geometry ofthe protein and, possibly, also water shielding Oxidation ofthe heme to the met form (Fe3+) increases the probability of heme loss as the fifth coordination bond to the proximal ... could account forthe numerous thermal processes as they dissociate into dimers and monomers In addition to dissociation into dimers, the complexity ofthe DSC curve is increased by the thermal inactivation ... degradation is dependent on the lifetime of ferrylHb and the susceptibility ofthe heme to superoxide-induced damage The close association of SOD with Hb can allow removal ofthe superoxide radicals...
... the pCREB level decreased by 42% On the other hand, overexpression of CREB in the presence of BetA increased the CREB level 1.7-fold, but did not increase the pCREB level, whereas knockdown of ... ROS generation and the apoptosis rate, SOD2 overexpression in the presence of BetA minimized the effect, and siSOD2 mimicked the effect of BetA We next measured the effect of these treatments with ... concentrations of BetA were then added and incubated for 48 h At the end ofthe treatment, cells were incubated with serum-free medium containing [3H]methylthymidine (0.5 lCi per well) for h, and then...