... hypothesis would demonstrate that (anti-gp120 × anti-C3d)-Fc can bind to HIV virions and can result in an amplification of the complement activation cascade As a consequence of this action, HIV would ... bispecific antibody is constructed through incorporating the dsFv against gp120 and the dsFv against C3d, then linking to a complement-activator (human IgG1 Fc domain) The trifunctional bispecific antibody, ... disease is bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) that can bind to two distinct epitopes Besides the dual-specific antigen binding fragment (Fab) parts, they contain an Fc portion and can Jia et al Virology...
... ( 1A4 A-1, 3B 2A- 9 and 1A3 B-7) Humanisation of CUF37- 2a will be essential if this antibody is to find use as an antiviral in humans and these data suggest that CUF37- 2a may be a suitable candidate ... into a murine IgG 2a kappa antibody, which was designated CUF37- 2a Murine IgG 2a was chosen as the framework as it has equivalent biological and functional activities to human IgG1 The amino acid ... propiolactone-inactivated TC-83 antigen and HRP-conjugated mouse anti-phage M13 (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, U.K.) as the secondary antibody Absorbance values greater than twice the background...
... were diagnosed with facet pain Primary outcome measure was percent change in facet-related pain as measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score at final follow-up visit Secondary outcome was change ... investigate the long-term efficacy of facet debridement for the treatment of chronic back pain originating in the facet joint MATERIALS AND METHODS Patient enrollment and evaluation All patients treated ... 71% of 21 patients at one year follow-up with laser denervation of the dorsal facet capsule Li et al treated patients with RFA of the dorsal rami Three patients had durable response after to 16...
... 1145-9 Tamura N, Ogawa Y, Chusho H, et al Cardiac fibrosis in mice lacking brain natriuretic peptide Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2000; 97: 4239-44 Mukoyama M, Nakao K, Saito Y, et al Human brain natriuretic ... like to thank Dr Y Watanabe and Dr Y Izumi for collecting the samples, and Ms H Tobe, M Nakamura, and K Sugama for their technical assistance This work was supported financially by a grant from ... Japanese Circ Res 2000; 86: 841-5 13 Nakayama T, Soma M, Rahmutula D, Ozawa Y, Kanmatsuse K Isolation of the 5'-flanking region of genes by thermal asymmetric interlaced polymerase chain reaction...
... Yamaguchi H, Sasaki K, Satomi Y, Shimbara T, Kageyama H, Mondal MS, Toshinai K, Date Y, Gonzalez LJ, Shioda S, Takao T, Nakazato M, Minamino N Peptidomic identification and biological validation of ... Lange DJ, Voustianiouk A, Macgrogan D, Ho L, Suh J, Humala N, Thiyagarajan M, Wang J, Pasinetti GM A ketogenic diet as a potential novel therapeutic intervention in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... Cruz Biotech, CA) The assay was developed using a stabilized HRP substrate All samples were analyzed in the linear range of the ELISA using over-expressed human Vgf as a standard Assessment of...
... Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Organic flocculants Primary Flocculation settlement tank and filtration CO2 Wetland plants Microalgae cultivation and reclamation Wastewater Artificial wetland ... system are wastes (wastewater, waste CO2), and the outputs are valuable products (reclaimed water, biofuel/biomass, organic fertilizer and organic flocculants) - 201 - Journal of Water and Environment ... be applied By separating microalgal cells from the wastewater, clean water with low content of organics and inorganic nutrients could be obtained, and also the microalgal biomass could be harvested...
... inverters can accommodate a wide range of input dc voltage for an improved energy output from variable wind turbine resources The input source and the output grid are separated based on flyback operation ... (DCM); the averaged current of Mode is the average output current of the inverter and can be expressed as, 230 vc is the capacitor voltage and is in the same order as the grid voltage The voltage stresses ... reference wave, serving as the modulating signal, is compared with a triangular wave, serving as the carrier signal The intersection points determine the switching angles and pulse widths as in Figure...
... the words validated, guaranteed, and verified are used interchangeably to denote that state enclosures are mathematically and not only empirically proven to be correct Traditional validated techniques ... engineering are analysis and design of robust, optimal, and adaptive controllers For nonlinear systems, robustness analysis with respect to uncertain initial states and parameters can be performed by calculating ... ode45s has been used with an equally spaced grid {ti }, ti − ti−1 = 5·10−4 Mean-value rule (MVR) evaluation and advanced interval methods (AIM) have been applied to evaluate the iteration formula...
... 277 283 TSIPGVYACGDIVTYPGKLPLIVLGFGEAAIAANHAAAYAN-PALKVNPGHSSEKAAPGT TSIPGVFAAGDVMDHI YRQAITSAGTGCMAALDAERYLD GLADAK TSIPGIFAAGDCTSMWPGFRQVVTAAAMGAVAAYSAYTYLQEKGLYKPKPLTGLK *****::*.** : ... Toyobo (Osaka, Japan) Emulgen 911 was a gift from Kao Chemical (Tokyo, Japan) NADPH, NADH and NADP+ were purchased from Oriental Yeast (Tokyo, Japan) a- Cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid was obtained from ... :.:: : * : * NAYTAKAVIIAAGVGAFEPRRIGAPGEREFEGRGVYYAVKSKA-EFQGK-RVLIVGGGDS -EYTCDALIIATGASA -RYLGLPSEEAFKGRGVSACATCDG-FFYRNQKVAVIGGGNT LEVKARTVILAVGSRR -RKLGVPGEAELAGRGVSYCSVCDAPLFKGKDAVVVVGGGDS...
... subunit molecular mass was also estimated by SDS–PAGE Characterization and comparative analyses of HYDJs and HYDBp The optimal temperature for activity of HYDJs with d-pHPH as substrate was determined ... optically pure amino acids Results Genome database mining and identification of putative D-hydantoinase genes The whole genome sequences of various microorganisms available in various public databases ... HYDJs and DCase Although almost all hydantoinases that are currently applied in industry were obtained from microbial sources, the exact metabolic function and natural substrates of hydantoinases...
... Biotin-TCGACTAGAAGCTTCTAGAAGCTTCTAG AGCTGATCTTCGAAGATCTTCGAAGAT Biotin-TCGACTTCAAGCTTGTACAAGCTTGTAG AGCTGAAGTTCGAACATGTTCGAACATC Biotin-AACGACGGTCGCTCCGCCTGGCT nM Unlabeled HSE DNA-binding activity ... Incubation 1.5 mL tube 30 Pipet to plate, add A beads and incubate PAGE Autoradiography A + 2h D +16 h 1h Add D beads and incubate O2 D A Read AlphaLISA signal at 615 nm Fig Comparison of EMSA and ... confirm that the assay specifically measures HSF1 DNA-binding activity Analytical range and precision The analytical range of the assay was evaluated using known concentrations of recombinant human HSF1...
... TCATCAT-3¢; rOMM-64-IV, 5¢-CGCGGATCCGCCCCT GTTAATGATGGAACC-3¢ and 5¢-CGCCTCGAGCTAA GAAGACTGGGCTGCCAG-3¢; rOMM-64-V, 5¢-CGCGG ATCCAGGCAAGATTTTAAGCATCCA-3¢ and 5¢-CGCC TCCACCTAAGAGGCATCCTTGTCCAC-3¢; ... 5¢-CGCCTCCA CCTAAGAGGCATCCTTGTCCAC-3¢; rOMM-64-II, 5¢CGCGGATCCACCGTAGACACTTATGATATA-3¢ and 5¢-CGCCTCGAGCTAAGAGTCAGCTTGCACGTC-3¢; rOMM-64-III, 5¢-CGCGGATCCGCTGATGTGACCAGT GATGAC-3¢ and 5¢-CGCCTCGAGCTATTTGGGCTCTT ... genomic DNA contamination in the total RNA was confirmed by lack of amplification of a b-actin mRNA fragment by PCR using a pair of primers (5¢-ATCACCATCGGCAACGAGAG-3¢ and 5¢-TGGAGTTGTAGGTGGTCTCGTG-3¢)...
... methylated DNA were: 5¢-AAGTAGGCGGAGTATCGAAC-3¢ (sense) and 5¢-GAAAAAACGCGATCCTACTT-3¢ (antisense) Primers for unmethylated DNA were: 5¢-GAAGTAGGTGGAGT ATTGAAT-3¢ (sense) and 5¢-CAAAAAAACACAATCCT ACTT-3¢ ... used were: 5¢-CAGCAATTGTCACACATCAAGAA-3¢ (sense) and 5¢-T-ACATGTAGGTATGAAGACATCGTC T-3¢ (antisense) for exon 9; 5¢-TCCCTGCTTCCTCTGGC GGA-3¢ (sense) and 5¢-AGCCATAGCCATAGCCACTTC C-3¢ (antisense) for ... and 5¢-CGGTTCAGGTACTCAGT CATCCA-3¢ (antisense) for Bcl-2; and 5¢-ACGGGAGAT GACAATGGAGAAAT-3¢ (sense) and 5¢-CATGGGTAG CAGCTCCTTCTTC-3¢ (antisense) for Apaf-1 Total RNA was extracted from cultured...
... receptors, and invertebrate tachykinins: a review Zool Sci 5, 533–549 Satake H, Ogasawara M, Kawada T, Masuda K, Aoyama M, Minakata H, Chiba T, Metoki H, Satou Y & Satoh N (2004) Tachykinin and tachykinin ... VII Val-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Ser-Phe-Gln-Gly-Thr-Arg-NH2 Leu-Asn-Ala-Asn-Ser-Phe-Met-Gly-Ser-Arg-NH2 Thr-Val-Ser-Ala-Asn-Ala-Phe-Leu-Gly-Ser-Arg-NH2 Ser-Asp-Ala-Leu-Ala-Phe-Val-Pro-Thr-Arg-NH2 Met-Asn-Ser-Leu-Ser-Phe-Gly-Pro-Pro-Lys-NH2 ... salivary vasodilator of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti Insect Mol Biol 8, 459–467 Kanda A, Iwakoshi-Ukena E, Takuwa-Kuroda K & Minakata H (2003) Isolation and characterization of novel...
... mitochondria was analyzed by thiobarbituric acid assay [34] In this assay, thiobarbituric acid reacts with malonaldehyde and or other carbonyl by-products of free-radicalmediated lipid peroxidation ... thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) as a marker for lipid peroxidation, and 6-CySeCD, 6-SeCD and Ebselen as antioxidants in ferrous sulfate ascorbate-induced mitochondrial damage ... materials were of analytical grade and obtained from Beijing Chemical Plant (Beijing, China) decrease of NADPH absorption at 340 nm (eNADPH ẳ 6220 m)1 cm)1) Background absorption of the noncatalytic...
... from clones isolated previously [22] using the following primers: gatggatcccatATGGGTG TTGAAGTTGTA annealing around the start codon of the Ppi1 ORF and gactcgagATTAGTCGACTTCTTACGC annealing just before ... interaction partner for the C-terminus of Arabidopsis thaliana plasma membrane H+-ATPase (AHA1 isoform): site and mechanism of action on H+-ATPase activity differ from those of 14-3-3 proteins Plant ... the plasma membrane H+-ATPase Plant Physiol 103, 391–398 Regenberg B, Villalba JM, Lanfermeijer FC & Palmgren MG (1995) C-terminal deletion analysis of plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase: yeast as...
... and pET-PDE1 as template PDE1(Arg189–Thr620) was amplified using the primer pairs 5¢-GGGAATTCCATATGAGAGACAATA TTTCCCGTTTATCAAATC-3¢ and 5¢-CCGCTCGAGT CATTACTAGGTTCCCTGTCCAGTGTTACC-3¢, and PDE1(Lys321–Thr620) ... PDE1(Lys321–Thr620) was amplified with primers 5¢-GGG AATTCCATATGAAGAATGATCAATCTGGCTGCG GCGCAC-3¢ and 5¢-CCGCTCGAGTCATTACTAGG TTCCCTGTCCAGTGTTACC-3¢ The resulting DNA fragments (1.29 and 0.90 kbp) were ... Melville, Cambridge University) using Takara Taq polymerase (BioWhittaker) and 30 cycles of 30 s at 94 °C, at 58 °C and at 72 °C For amplification, the primer pairs 5¢-GGGAATTCCATA TGCTTGAGGCTTTGCGAAAGTGCCCGACCATGT...
... degradation was less important in the case of the antibody MP8 catalyst, which showed that the antibody protected the heme against oxidative degradation and led to higher yields in sulfoxide In addition, ... S-oxidation of thioanisole As the above results showed that the best system for the S-oxidation of thioanisole associated H2O2 as an oxidant with MP8 as a catalyst in the presence of tBuOH as an ... best case, because an oxidative degradation of the catalyst occurred This was shown by a progressive disappearance, in its absorption spectrum, of the soret band at 396 nm that is characteristic...
... 4,6-disubstituted-HexN and, in small amounts, terminal-Rha and 6-substituted-Glc In addition, the disaccharide 7-O-carbamoyl-Hep-(1fi3)Hep was found Fatty acid analysis revealed the presence of typical fatty acids ... oligosaccharides from Pseudomonas strains have already been isolated and characterized [12,13], mainly from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains [21,37–43] The carbohydrate backbone of the so-called ... chromatography, which was purified further and the resulting oligosaccharide (Fig 6) analyzed by compositional/methylation analyses, 2D NMR and mass spectrometry Compositional and methylation analyses...