... the ligand to the other repeats that share a common epitope Other inhibition mechanisms cannot be excluded; among these, there is the possibility that, through the effect of the proximities of ... exposed upon binding of the ligand (Fn) (manuscript in preparation) The second group of mAbs against FnBRB included antibodies that bound the antigen in the absence of Fn One of these mAbs, designated ... by the injection of soluble repeats or 10 of both FnBPA and FnBPB across the sensor chip surface Table reports the kinetic constants of the binding and the calculated KD values The affinities of...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 22:21
... sequence at the N-terminal and with ⁄ without the CL(j) region behind the VL region None of the constructs contained the KDEL sequence at the C-terminus We compared the quantity of scFv intrabodies ... respectively The appropriate cDNA fragments of the VH and VL regions were then generated by RT-PCR A comparison of the VH and VL amino-acid sequences of clones 18 and 21 is shown in Fig 1B All of the ... of intrabodies in the cytosol may explain the low translational efficiency and low stability of intrabodies in the cytosol Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP), the causal gene product of the...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo y học: "Antibodies against the CB10 fragment of type II collagen in rheumatoid arthritis" pdf
... Research & Therapy Vol No Cook et al Our interest in the reactivity of RA sera with various cleavage products of CII led to the present study, in which we assess whether purified preparations of the ... the frequency using the intact CII molecule; this was not at the expense of the specificity, which remained at the high level of 94% Materials and methods Patients Sera were studied from 96 of ... selected patients with the diagnosis of RA, according to the 1987 criteria of the American College of Rheumatology [18], who were attending the rheumatology clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital,...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23
Báo cáo y học: "Production, purification and characterization of polyclonal antibody against the truncated gK of the duck enteritis virus" pps
... detection limit of the duck anti-tgK positive sera was 1:409600 The higher the titer, the stronger is the affinity So the affinity of the antiserum collected from rabbits was so good The neutralization ... method[13] The neutralization titer of the rabbit anti-gK polyclonal antibody was 1:5.623 The result indicated the gK may possess the functions of neutralizing DEV and anti-DEV infection, also has the ... objective Labels on the left side of this figure indicate different organs from ducks Negative control is shown in the left of the figure, and the staining methods are indicated above the top horizontal...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21
The religious and the scientific thought of zhu xi how the two are related
... 道學,道統與政治文化 or The Study of the Way, the Lineage of Transmission of the Way and ‘Political Culture’’] of the opening chapter ‘Xushuo’ 緒説 [Opening Discussion]) that Zhu and other Confucians of the Song ... understanding of ri as dōri and (b) our understanding of ri as butsuri The pursuit of each of these two can and should entail the pursuit of the other But to return to Sakuma, his understanding of ri ... will ‘obey’ Newton’s Laws of Motion regardless of whether we know of these laws Why can’t we think likewise of the li? The thesis that no recognizably moral inclinations of any kind can be found...
Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:25
Hitting America’s Soft Underbelly -The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry pot
... citizens The first case involved the spread of the Malaysian nipah virus, which, in addition to devastating the swine population of the Negri Sembilan province, claimed the lives of 117 villagers The ... result, there has been no real appreciation of either the consequences or the potential threat of such events taking place in this country This false sense of security has been further fueled by the ... result, there is no widespread recognition of either the potential threat or the consequences of such an event taking place on American soil The United States ignores the continuing vulnerability of...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: " Polysaccharides from the root of Angelica sinensis protect bone marrow and gastrointestinal tissues against the cytotoxicity of cyclophosphamide in mice
... action of CY in the stomach in this study was due to the activation of p53 and therefore leading to the suppression of the c-Myc/ODC pathway All these findings could explain the mechanism of CY ... drug administration This study was conducted with the consent of the Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research of the University of Hong Kong Male ICR mice (weighing 25–30 g) ... effect via transfer of its alkyl groups to DNA, leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis The major site of alkylation within the DNA is the N7 position of guanine Alkylation of guanine results...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 10:19
Language and alterity in the thought of Levinas
... describes the unlimited accusation of self by the other, the radical passivity of subjectivity, the ethical that is the primordial signification of the one-for -the- other that gives rise to the distinction ... relations of possession, the realm of economy understood in terms of money, ownership and exchange The calling in question of the I, coextensive with the manifestation of the Other in the face, ... as offering oneself to the other is not the result of a will act, an outcome of the freedom of the subject Self-exposure ‘breaks Language and alterity 201 with the ring of Gyges’, who in the...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The effect of small molecules in modulating the chaperone activity of aB-crystallin against ordered and disordered protein aggregation pdf
... decrease in the amount of precipitation in the presence of high concentrations of Arg-HCl in the absence of the chaperone precluded analysis of the effect of this concentration on the protective ... precluding analysis of the effect of these concentrations on the chaperone activity of aB-crystallin (Fig 4B,C) None of the compounds had an effect on the morphol- A C 940 B ogy of the amyloid fibrils ... (84 ± 4%) against this target protein The effect of Arg-HCl on the structure and assembly of aB-crystallin We investigated whether the effects of these additives on the chaperone action of aB-crystallin...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The propeptide in the precursor form of carboxypeptidase Y ensures cooperative unfolding and the carbohydrate moiety exerts a protective effect against heat and pressure pot
... (Fig 1A), indicating that the thermal unfolding process of the precursor form follows a two-state transition The ratio of the unfolding enthalpy (DHcal) to the van’t Hoff enthalpy (DHv) was 1.05 ... precursor form was less thermally stable than the mature form, regardless of the carbohydrate moiety After the temperature was lowered from the highest temperature tested to 25 °C, the values ... that of its unglycosylated form, though the DV and DGP values were almost the same The Pm value of proCPY was higher than that of its unglycosylated form This is due to the higher DV value of the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACKS: A Preliminary Assessment pdf
... evaluation of the environmental consequences of the attacks of September 11th The purpose of the report is to lay out the facts, as best as we know them at this point, regarding both the environmental ... availability of other forums for public review of rebuilding options may outweigh the benefits of invoking the Superfund schemes for the Trade Center cleanup Regardless of whether or not the Superfund ... Government officials have conducted some limited testing of the runoff and harbor waters For example, the EPA collected runoff samples at the foot of Rector Street — the only visible runoff found by the...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Probing plasma clearance of the thrombin–antithrombin complex with a monoclonal antibody against the putative serpin–enzyme complex receptor-binding site docx
... ANOVA), reduction in the rate of clearance of the complex, from a half-life (t½) of in the absence of the Fab fragment to a t½ of in its presence, it did not block the uptake to the liver (Fig ... whether the M27 could inhibit the binding of T–AT to the SEC receptor in a less complex system, HepG2 cells were incubated with radiolabeled T–AT in the presence and absence of the antibody The ... corresponding free inhibitor [47] In the case of T–AT, the t½ for the elimination of the complex from the circulation is in the order of several minutes [45,47] The first receptor identified as being...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: A monoclonal antibody, PGM34, against 6-sulfated blood-group H type 2 antigen, on the carbohydrate moiety of mucin doc
... function of protecting the mucosa from zymogenic contents merged into the mucous neck cells by covering the surface of the mucosa [24] The lower part of the pit cells of the rat gastric fundus ... position indicated the substitution by the sulfate residue as compared with that of the standard b-methylated GlcNAc Furthermore, the lower field shift of the anomeric proton of a b-linked Gal ... b-GlcNAc supported the sulfation of position of the GlcNAc residue [16] These NMR spectral data support the hypothesis that oligosaccharide A1-5b has the following structure: Owing to the lower amount...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 09:21
Báo cáo khoa học: Zinc potentiates the antibacterial effects of histidine-rich peptides against Enterococcus faecalis pot
... investigated the antibacterial effect of the histidin-rich peptide histatin against E faecalis 2374 in the presence of different ions The results showed that Zn2+ significantly potentiated the antimicrobial ... activity of a set of peptides from the heparin- and Zn2+-binding regions of HMWK domain further substantiates findings obtained with the prototypic AHH peptides Whether peptides similar to the His–Gly ... demonstrates that the antibacterial activity of histatin is enhanced by Zn2+, thus providing further proof of the concept that Zn2+ may regulate the antimicrobial activity of histidine-rich AMPs...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Binding affinity of nonsteroidal ecdysone agonists against the ecdysone receptor complex determines the strength of their molting hormonal activity pot
... C-terminus of the D region of CsEcR, but in the middle part [31] Although the role of these five amino acids is still unknown, the amino acids in the middle part of the D region probably not affect the ... chitin synthesis in the cultured integument of C suppressalis larvae; the 50% effective concentration (EC50) for the induction of the chitin synthesis in the cultured integument of C suppressalis ... estimate the nonspecific binding, a 500-fold excess of unlabeled ponasterone A was added to the incubation mixture The total volume of the incubation mixture was 16 lL The final concentration of solvent...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The thermodynamic analysis of protein stabilization by sucrose and glycerol against pressure-induced unfolding The typical example of the 33-kDa protein from spinach photosystem II docx
... lower) depending on the nature of the adduct (this work, and [11]) Even with a negative DkT, the question of why the isothermal compressibility of the protein in the absence of adducts becomes ... denaturation of the 33-kDa protein by the GdmCl, according to the preferential hydration around protein surface in the presence of the stabilizers The values of DG obtained from either pressure- ... Kinetics of the pressure-induced unfolding and refolding of the 33-kDa protein in the presence of 30% glycerol Other conditions as in Fig Table Relaxation time of unfolding and refolding of the protein...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Functional characterization of the maltose ATP-binding-cassette transporter of Salmonella typhimurium by means of monoclonal antibodies directed against the MalK subunit pot
... site but at the bottom part of the C-terminal domain The only moderate effect of MalT on binding of 2F9 argues against these residues being part of the MalT–MalK interaction face Rather, the epitope ... (4H12) (Table 2) These data suggest that the epitopes become less accessible in the ATP-bound form of the subunit, thereby probably reflecting Table Location of recognition sites of mAbs in MalK ... not shown), thereby indicating a specific interaction of MalT with the complex Then, we studied whether binding of MalT to the reconstituted transport complex would prevent any of the mAbs from...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 09:20
against the illegalization of drugs
... counts The use of marijuana also has negative effects on the menstrual cycle of females Marijuana use during pregnancy increases the risk of death of the fetus and of abnormal offspring Some other ... that one of the areas of great concern about the effect of smoking marijuana is the changes in the reproductive system (156) Heavy marijuana smoking reduces the level of testosterone, the principal ... believe that the legalization of illegal drugs will reduce the number of users of these drugs? Actually, it's quite logical these drugs would be easily available if legalized, and the number of users...
Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 17:48
the tragic sense of life-ernst haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought
... Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago Among his publications are Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior, The Meaning of ... had the patience to read through the entire manuscript The deep knowledge of these scholars ranged from the history of science to contemporary biology, from the logic of argument to the logic of ... however, the aspirations of the liberals crashed upon the failure of the Frankfurt Parliament Periodically through the 1830s and 1840s, students in the new Burschenschaften (the fi rst of these...
Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2014, 00:20
against the cult of the reptile god
... dragged them off to the dungeon of the reptile god nine months ago The evil will of the naga was unable to corrupt any of them, so shortly thereafter some of the crocodiles ate very well The unfortunate ... set of wooden stairs descending into the earth The corridor within is about 10' high and the same distance wide The Muck of the Rushmoors At the end of the second day of travel in the forest, the ... western section of this frontier, the stagnant bogs and slime-coated pools of the Rushmoors occupy much of an otherwise fertile plain To the north of the marsh, the dark recesses of the Dim Forest...
Ngày tải lên: 31/05/2014, 00:03