prospects of halophytes in understanding and managing abiotic stress tolerance

... as alanine, arginine, glycine, serine, leucine, and valine, the nonprotein amino acids citrulline and ornithine (Orn)), together with the imino acid Pro, and the amides such as glutamine and asparagine ... Prospects of Halophytes in Understanding and Managing Abiotic Stress Tolerance Vinayak H Lokhande and Penna Suprasanna UV-B Radiation, Its Effects and Defense Mechanisms in Terrestrial ... aspect of plant’s physiology at both whole plant and cellular level through osmotic stress in an earlier phase and ionic stress at a later stage of Prospects of Halophytes in Understanding and Managing...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 10:20

... NY) containing 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (Gibco, Grand Island, NY), penicillin (100 U/mL) and streptomycin (100 mg/mL), and they were maintained in a 37°C humidified incubator ... Analysis of the data and plotting of the figures were performed with the aid of software (Origin Version 7.5 and SPSS Version 13.0) Results Expression of b1- and b2-adrenergic receptors in SGC7901 and ... lines, BGC-823 and SGC-7901, were established in the People’s Hospital of Peking University and China and No.6 Hospital of Shanghai, China, respectively These two human gastric cancer cell lines...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... changes The main features of the method are the inclusion of an indicator term in the model to indicate the presence of the drug and a factor δx representing the variation on any parameter of survival ... inhibitors of PARP activity The variable nature and magnitude of the effects of PARP inhibition on clonogenic survival among these cell lines offered a useful setting in which to investigate ... of PJ34 on the linear component of cell killing in growth-arrested T98G cells may reflect a modest radioprotective effect of the drug in this population Conventional analysis of the effects of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... CDPK and MBPK as well as accumulation of catharanthine and stimulation of transcription of Tdc and Str genes were studied Inhibitors of binding of ligand-cell surface receptors, protein kinases and ... potent inhibitor of serine-threonine kinases, SB 203580, an inhibitor of P38 class of MAP kinase, PD 98059, an inhibitor ERKK class of MAPKK and SB 600125, an inhibitor of Janus kinases were used ... and protects thiol group of phosphatases from inactivation [26] Inhibitor of serine-threonine phosphatases [27] Inhibitor of tyrosine phosphatases [26] Broad range inhibitor of serine-threonine...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:20

... initially carried out by injecting a sampling of TCE into the slurry of TiO2 to given a final solution of 50 ppm TCE The run in the dark condition (TiO2 alone) showed about 20% of TCE degradation after ... treated in a UV concentrating radiation System (Yves et al., 1996) In this process, major toxic compounds are mineralizaed to CO2, H2O and mineral acids such as HCl, instead of simply transferring ... al., 1993) The purpose of our study is to investigate the feasibility of the solar detoxification using TiO2 for degrading TCE contaminated water The effects of solar light intensity, TiO2 concentration...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... assuming that in disordered GS analogs, the absence of the interstrand hydrogen bonds present in the b-sheet ring results in solvation of the amide NH and CO groups, in turn causing a decrease of ... facilitates peptide incorporation into Myr2Gro-PEtn bilayers The initial DSC heating scans of MLVs of Myr2GroPGro alone, or Myr2Gro-PGro MLVs containing mole percent of one of the three GS ring-size analogs ... studies of the interaction of GS and its analogs with bacterial cells that the destruction of the integrity of the lipid bilayer of the inner membrane is the primary mode of antimicrobial action of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:21

... effects of pH and NaCl on the bimolecular association rate constant of O2 rebinding and the 6110 quantum yield of BR for the a and b subunits within the liganded dimer and tetramer of hemoglobin were ... hemoglobin binds chloride ions at high-affinity sites with an intrinsic binding constant of $ 10 m)1 The data [35,37] have Fig The parameters of O2 binding to the a and b subunits within liganded ... p1 and p2 correspond to two compared proteins Subscripts and correspond to two different types of subunits within considered proteins Rates of O2 binding to the a and b subunits within liganded...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20

... treatment, and this caused an increase in cleaved caspase-3 in both RINm5F (Fig 8C) and INS-E1 cells (Fig 8D) In a different approach, apoptosis of RINm5F cells was determined by counting free floating ... staining; (B) Mitofluor Red 589 (mitochondria) staining; (C) anti-His (exogenous PHB)-FITC staining; (D) merge The arrows indicate staining of His-tagged PHB in (C) or both PHB and Mitofluor in ... (nuclei) staining; (B) Mitofluor Red 589 (mitochondria) staining; (C) anti-PHB ⁄ anti-rabbit-FITC staining; (D) merge Arrows indicate staining of PHB D proteins have been shown to be involved in endocytosis...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... of Quantity One 5.4.1 software (Bio-Rad) Data are expressed as the ratio between the intensity of the protein of interest band and the loading control protein band (b-actin) Quantitative real ... also induce C/ EBPb binding to proinflammatory gene promoters but this binding is stronger when induced by LPS+IFNg Lack of C/EBPb results in attenuated expression of proinflammatory genes and, ... results in significant decreases in LPS-induced expression of NOS2 and in LPS+IFNg-induced expression of NOS2 and IL-1b Results are expressed as relative fold units of ΔΔCt value between gene of interest...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... data and analysis and interpretation of data, have been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content, and have given final approval of the ... supporting the concept of a linkage between the peripheral nervous system and aseptic loosening Our results improve the understanding of alpha-CGRP having an osteoprotective influence on particle-induced ... BL: The roles of osteoprotegerin and osteoprotegerin ligand in the paracrine regulation of bone resorption J Bone Miner Res 2000, 15:2-12 Xu et al Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... data and analysis and interpretation of data, have been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content, and have given final approval of the ... supporting the concept of a linkage between the peripheral nervous system and aseptic loosening Our results improve the understanding of alpha-CGRP having an osteoprotective influence on particle-induced ... BL: The roles of osteoprotegerin and osteoprotegerin ligand in the paracrine regulation of bone resorption J Bone Miner Res 2000, 15:2-12 Xu et al Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... C60On.1 The dotted line indicates the value in the absence The C60On, instead of C60O2 due to the difficulty in availability, was used to investigate the effect of the number of pin-up oxygen on C60 ... SOMO of LOO −6.22 (eV) (or L −4.49) molecular orbital interaction between LUMO of C60O, and C60O2(e) and SOMO of linoleic acid (LOO•) or linoleic acid radical (L•) calculated by level of theory In ... its formation (obtained as a brownish water solution including an excess of free c-CD) and determined the concentration of solution using a UV-vis spectrometer by comparison of the peak absorbance...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20

... arrangement of lumbar vertebrae Fusion of thoracic vertebrae Absence of ribs Fusion of ribs Bifurcation of ribs Shortening of ribs Displasia of sternebrae Missing of sternebrae Hypoplasia of sternebrae ... X-radiation in mice and some seasonal effects in the perinatal period Radiat Res 1965, 25, 611-625 Kimmel, C A and Trammell, C A rapid procedure for routine double staining of cartilage and bone in fetal ... fixed in Bouin's solution, then stored in 70% ethanol The presence of visceral malformations was determined using Wilson's cross-sectional technique [38] Alizarin red-S and alcian blue staining...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:23

... X-radiation in mice and some seasonal effects in the perinatal period Radiat Res 1965, 25, 611-625 Kimmel, C A and Trammell, C A rapid procedure for routine double staining of cartilage and bone in fetal ... Fusion of thoracic vertebrae Absence of ribs Fusion of ribs Wavy ribs Hypoplasia of ribs Displasia of sternebrae Missing of sternebrae Hypoplasia of sternebrae Curvature of tibia Absence of metatarsal ... An increase in the number of growth-retarded offspring was seen at 0.5 Gy, which increases further as the radiation dose increased A similar effect was seen in the growth parameters, including...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 15:20

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 18:21

... to induce apoptosis in tumor cells and their ability to increase cytotoxic efficacy of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in preclinical investigations [10-12] Induction of apoptosis by ErPC3 and ... inactivated in a variety of solid human tumors, including prostate cancer Increased levels of PIP3 trigger the recruitment of phosphatidylinositide-dependent serine/threonine kinase (PDK1) and Akt ... to inhibition of proliferation, cell death induction, or both Therefore, in a next step, we examined whether the anti-neoplastic effects of ErPC3 and ionizing radiation include induction of cell...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... concentrations and s-creatinine, this could in part be explained by an impaired renal function in elderly patients, which is in line with previous findings demonstrating an association between increased ... been found to be involved in tissue repair in vitro [12] and to play an important role in the tumour microenvironment and tumour cell invasion [13] In the light of these findings, it could be ... activates other MSPs and MMPs [8,9] TATI is a trypsin inhibitor that balances concentrations of trypsin and also functions as a weak inhibitor of other serine proteinases [10,11] In addition, TATI...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... ascertain the low maturation status of the immature B cells a combination of CD38, CD24, and CD10 was used The frequency of expression of CD24/CD10 was clearly increased within the remaining B ... PB and BM leukocyte populations, Ig, and RF at baseline and following rituximab treatment are presented in Table At baseline, all the patients had B cells defined as CD19+CD3- cells in PB and ... fluorochrome minus one settings when needed [39] All analyses were performed using the FlowJo software (Three Star Inc., Ashland, OR, USA) Collection of blood and BM samples Heparinized blood and BM...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... carrageenan and M butyricuminduced arthritis through inhibition of NF-κB DNA-binding activity and expression of iNOS and COX-2 In in vitro studies using Raw 264.7 and THP-1 cells, thiacremonone also inhibited ... Abolition of the inhibitory effect of thiacremonone by DTT and glutathione GSH, and in the cells harboring mutant p50 on NO generation and DNA binding activation of NF-κB binding activation of NF-κB ... supershift of the DNA-binding activities of NF-κB upon addition of anti-p50 antibody, and the suppressive effect of DTT and glutathione on thiacremononeinduced inhibition of DNA-binding activity of NF-κB...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... grants -in- aid from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan, and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Global Center of Excellence ... analysis, interpretation, and manuscript preparation KT and YK participated in the data analysis and interpretation, and assisted in manuscript preparation TM, HK, AN, PEL, and NM assisted in data interpretation ... for 30 minutes 3H-thymidine was added and B cells were incubated for 24 hours The incorporated radioactivity was quantified Fold increase in 3H-thymidine incorporation in response to chemokine stimulation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22