... zinc ion each, and binds to the minor groove ofthe DNA [6] Dmrts were originally described to play important roles during sex determination in flies and worms by regulating several aspects of ... at higher levels in testes than ovaries The deep interest in Dmrt1 inthe field of sex determination in fish came with the discovery of a dmrt1 homologue on the Y chromosome ofthe fish medaka (Oryzias ... studied inthe context of gonadal induction and maintenance, illuminating its important function But what about the other dmrt genes? Table summarizes the expression pattern of these genes in fish...
... to examine whether these loops are actually involved in DNA binding Because aromatic residues are involved inthe ssDNA binding by bacterial single stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) and human ... monomer of poly(dT), showing that the changes were mainly due to the binding ofthe first DNA, while the binding ofthe second DNA had less in uence (Fig 5A) To ensure that the estimation ofthe protein:poly(dT) ... octameric ring with DNA These differences inthe higher ordered structures of Rad51 and Dmc1 with the DNA may reflect thedifferent DNA binding modes of these proteins Interestingly, even the conservative...
... statement and suggests that the RNA binding site is still available and its binding affinity is not altered by the presence of DNA inthe DNA binding site Interestingly, when nM RNA and 10 nM ... release ofthe cleavage products from the protein The amplitudes ofthe initial burst (2.78 and 2.83 nM) gave a ratio of DNA/protein of 0.94 : As will be discussed further, these data indicate ... increase the stability ofthe protein and slowed the reaction rate (data not shown) The inclusion of 5–10% glycerol increased stability two- to fivefold, depending on the preparation of protein,...
... corresponds to the time-point of maximal extent of intracerebral inflammation inthe model of CHI used in this study [17] For assessment of intracerebral IL-18 levels, the murine brains were immediately ... production in murine brains within 24 hours In contrast, the intracerebral injection of murine Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Neuroinflammation 2004, 1:13 recombinant TNF (in ... writing ofthe manuscript DP and IY performed the experimental i.c.v injection experiments WE contributed to the interpretation ofthe results and writing ofthe manuscript Acknowledgments The...
... the computation ofthe variance ofthe blocks (the evaluation ofthe mean ofthe blocks is straightforward), which comes down to the computation ofthe expectation E[cu [n]cu [n + m]] The joint ... constraint Moreover, thein uence ofthe scheduling algorithm andthe channel conditions (SNR, target BER) are captured inthe mean andthe variance mu and σu Thus, the evaluation ofthe user rates comes ... to obtaining the mean andthe variance ofthe channel process seen by user u: (20) The delay constraint formed by the pair (Dt , ε) can be different for each user Nevertheless, we maintain the 3.2...
... determined for the common beech andthe tortuosa variety, after propidium iodide and mithramycin stainings Results are listed in table II In F sylvatica, the GC content was 40.0 ± 0.2 %; inthe tortuosa ... 3.5 %), indicatthat DNA content inthe tortuosa variety is the same as inthe common beech Furthermore, in replicated analyses of common beech with or without tortuosa, the coefficients of variation ... at the low end ofthe range of known 2C genome sizes, as for instance Musa acuminata (1.2 pg), Vitis vinifera (1.0 pg) or Phaseolus augustii (1.1pg) [4, 11] The GC content was then determined...
... ploidy level of Quercus plants on the basis of genome size relative to a standard plant of known ploidy MATERIALS AND METHODS The plant material was leaves ofin vitro cloned plantlets of Q petraea ... calculation is based on only the first subpopulation of nuclei, the 2C peak, avoiding the higher levels Yet another source of variation can be thein vitro procedure However, the propagation procedure ... Willd and Q robur L Petunia hybrida cv Px Pc (2C 2.85 pg; 41 % GC) was selected as an internal standard The Q petraea and Q robur clones originated from donor trees in northeastern France (Lorraine)...
... distress inthe acute phase, which in two mice had high scores However, the symptoms in these strains did not proceed in relapses as they did inthe QD and B10.Q mice, and therefore resulted in a ... pathogenesis of both diseases [16,18,19] and T cells are required in order to induce disease [10,20] No data have been reported on the role ofcytokinesin RP, either in patients or inthe corresponding ... MIRP On the other hand, the murine MIRP and CIA models are both dependent on B cells for the induction of clinical symptoms [16,17] In addition, the complement system plays a major role inthe pathogenesis...
... they are homologues of host genes The most obvious of these is the collection of genes that are involved in altering or maintaining photosynthetic function ofthe host The most well studied and ... enzyme inthe synthesis ofthe polyamines spermidine and spermine With polyamines implicated inthe stabilising the psbA mRNA inthe cyanobacterium Synechocystis [64], altering structure of PSII ... all involved inthe degradation of host DNA at the start of infection [45] The lack of homologues of these genes is not limited to cyanomyoviruses, with the marine phage KVP40 also lacking these...
... increased amount of hybrid fibres can be seen in trained muscles of man and rat [13] The aim of this study was to examine the effect ofthe PRKAG3 mutation on both the metabolic profile andthe fibre ... semitendinosus inthe carriers andthe non-carriers ofthe PRKAG3 mutation are presented in Table The CS activity was higher (P < 0.05) inthe carriers ofthe PRKAG3 mutation than inthe non-carriers ... 0.05) in m biceps femoris and m longissimus dorsi inthe carriers than inthe noncarriers Discussion The main new finding of this study is, that after exercise training the PRKAG3 mutation influences...
... concentrated inthe C2 region The four N-glycosylation sites in C2 andthe site inthe beginning of V3 were highly conserved in all patients throughout infection which is strongly indicative of convergent ... important role inthe folding ofthe glycoproteins, in infection andin evasion from the host immune response (reviewed in [69]) We found that, as for HIV-1 [51,58], the majority of potential N-glycosylation ... References Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions NT designed and coordinated the study PB performed most ofthe cloning and sequencing experiments...
... surrounding brain cells, relaying into the brain inflammatory response and jeopardising the functional integrity ofthe BBB [55-57] Inthe present study, we found that, during experimental sepsis, the ... blockade of C5aR has recently been described to reduce the LPS-induced activation inthe paraventricular nucleus andthecentral amygdala [81] Thus, as we are beginning to gain novel insights into the ... facilitating adhesion and transmigration of neutrophils and monocytes into the brain tissue Especially the anaphylatoxin C5a is known to be a strong inducer of ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and various selectins...
... for inflammation and bacterial infection in clinical routine, CRP and PCT reached AUC statistics of 0.524/0.531 and 0.545/0.550 In comparison with these biomarkers of organ dysfunction and inflammation, ... analyses, including markers of inflammation/infection (CRP, PCT), hepatic (albumin, international normalized ratio (INR)) and renal (creatinine) function at admission, suPAR remained an independent ... D1D2D3 and D2D3 In a previous study on different forms of suPAR and prognosis in HIV infected patients, the combined clinical value of suPAR D1D2D3 and suPAR D2D3 (’bulk suPAR’) was compared to the...
... F (the so-called structure function [5]) and vector (X1 , Xn , W1 , Wp ) where n is the number ofcomponentsofthe models (and leaves ofthe DFT) and p is the number of PAND gates inthe ... cases, the simulation is performed on processors andthe initial paths are in black while the correction step is in dotted red lines ofthe simulation For instance inthe left part of Fig 1, the ... ofthe events occurring inthe subtrees Now, we change the initial step ofthe simulation When we draw the random number, we check if un < S In that case we trigger the event inthe subtree and...
... discussed the presence ofthe Cold War inthe Border Trilogy andThe Road, andthe influences of both the Reagan and Clinton administrations on McCarthy’s fiction Other critics have interrogated the ... Dixon on the one hand andthe reader on the other must reconnoitre the slips and slides of history, the twists and turns ofthe unexpected, the dark remains ofthe day.”77 Evidently then, Pynchon ... from the 1960s to the 1980s is marked in Vineland, unmistakeably, by the rise of first Nixon, and then Reagan The immense power ofthe executive branch to affect the lives, inner and outer, of individual...
... fruit as the thanks of yours - Acquaintances When acquaintances meet together inthe street, they often smile together if they are at the same age If they are different about the age, the younger ... to the burial ground After three days of mourning, the family visits the tomb again, or worship the opening the grave After 49 days, the family stops bringing rice for the dead to the altar And ... finally, after 100 days, the family celebrates, or the end ofthe tears After one year is the ceremony ofthe first anniversary ofthe relative's death and after two years is the ceremony of the...
... the defiant character of Tony Blair at the very beginning ofthe story and provides an apt introduction ofthe battle construal by introducing the readers to the theme of aggression/opposition: ... quit on the eve of making history by becoming the Labour Prime Minister who has served the longest single period And he crushed the Chancellor's hopes of moving into No10 by saying: "There is ... generality, andspecificityin imagining and describing a situation Language plays an important part in this, since different linguistic expressions establish different construals One ofthe best-known...
... to interact with Calp1 This indicates the presence of a calpain binding site inthe C-terminal domain of smooth muscle a-actinin Involvementofthe C-terminal domain of ask in Calp1 binding In ... binding site is included inthe C-terminal domain ofthe ask molecule, and this binding is independent ofthe susceptibility ofthe a-actinin isoform to calpain proteolysis Identification ofthe ... to the origin of interactions [9,10,12,27] with the targets, the stability of complexes inthe resting stage [3,48] andthe activation state [7,33] ofthe binding calpain The topology ofthe interface...
... underlying the choice and conjugation of an English verb tense One ofthe main concerns in designing the knowledge base for this module has been that of maintaining the wealth of ideas and intuitions ... for the speaking time, i.e., the interval during which the sentence is being uttered Since the number ofthe potential temporal relations holding between the time intervals contained inthe sentence ... describing an exercise since a lot is left to the insight ofthe exercise coder Different implementers can thus describe the same exercise in a different way and obtain therefore different, often incompatible,...
... they are creating and, more to the point, co-creating their Internet environment through processes of social interaction The theoretical question then becomes, what are they creating and what role ... vary in terms ofthe virtual socialization that occurs within them, and researchers studying adolescents andthe Internet need to examine different online environments separately Accordingly, ... testing whether the more secure environment of monitored chat would lead to more extended active involvementinthe conversation on the part of individual participants and greater disclosure of information...