... mutant toxins andthe analysis of their binding activity to thereceptor to investigate the role of mutated amino acid residues; (b) the analysis ofthe influence ofthe modification ofthe cysteine ... ofthe toxin conformation caused by the mutation introduced distant from the receptor- binding site Indeed, mutations in the region distant from thebinding site cause unsuspected changes in binding ... FEBS Receptorbinding ⁄ oligomerization of Cry1Aa mutants F Obata et al Analysis ofthebinding ability of synthetic peptides To evaluate thebinding capability ofthe loop regions of Cry1Aa toxins...
... not the natural host of HPVs [10] Andthe consistent results from Evander et al showed that the human laminin, the natural ligand for the a6b4 complex, was capable of blocking thebindingof VLPs ... endocytosis was the major cellular entry for many viruses Thebindingof ligand to a specific receptor is widely recognized to result in the clustering ofthe ligand -receptor complexes in the coated ... conformational forms, the closed and open, the former the predominant species in solution, from which thebindingofthe surface receptors cause a transition in the virion to the latter, which might initiate...
... understand the mechanisms of regulation by estrogen receptorand how it is modulated by SERMS This is mainly achieved by eliciting and examining the modulation ofthe global ER binding sites andthe ... to profile ER bindingThe customised nimblegen array put together all true and putative ER binding sites from various sources The arrays were utilised to profile the ER binding sites and their ... receptor, thereceptor dissociates from its cytoplasmic chaperones, the receptor- associated proteins The hormone– Lee Yew Kok PhD Thesis receptor complex then moves to the nucleus, binds to the...
... average ND50 of 0.05 μg/ml (Figure 3B) Discussion The sudden emergence of SARS-CoV shocked the world and impacted the public health seriously The pandemic Figure Neutralization of SARS pseudovirus ... contributions ZLC, LFL, LYD and CZ mainly carried out the experiments and data analysis SBJ, TSL and YXH conceived the studies and wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... reported that the average OD values dropped to 0.25 by year and gave a positive rate of 55.56% [35], consistent with the present results Therefore, the clinical application ofthe viral lysate-based...
... samples and corrected the final draft ofthe manuscript JLB participated to the design ofthe study, helped with the interpretation ofthe data and corrected the manuscript MS initiated the project, ... set up the initial design and experiments and participated to the writing ofthe manuscript ML performed some ofthe PCR, cloning and sequencing experiments AG and SG provided some ofthe DNA ... shown to contain the HTLV Env receptorbinding domain (RBD) and to direct binding to the glucose transporter GLUT1 shown to be a HTLV-1 andreceptor [28,31,32] This binding involves the carboxy terminal...
... the reasons or excuses, the Turkish subjects refused a bit less than the others The Turkish and American subjects used pause fillers and then statements of gratitude and appreciation, while the ... that the frequency oftheuseofthe speech act of refusal by the Australian NSs of English was different from that by the VLEs Although the VLEs andthe Australian NSs of English employed the ... ofthe language group and listed in order in a table Then, the similarities and differences ofthe order of semantic formulas used by the VLEs andthe NSEs were analysed For example, E.g Refuser...
... aspects of study design, performance, and analysis, with a focus on randomization ofthe study subjects, blinding ofthe investigators and study subjects, andthe handling of dropouts and withdrawal ... and Holroyd, 2000), a member ofthe Hypericaceae family Its yellow flower has been gathered for the feast of St John the Baptist andthe word “wort” is the Old English word for plant (Gaster and ... intervals measure the robustness and stability ofthe estimate ofthe response rate ratio, and if the confidence interval excludes 1.0, then there is a statistically significant association In the larger...
... acquainted with all the useful and ornamental woods used in a region; the differences in the color ofthe heart-wood, the character ofthe annual layers, andthe size andthe distribution ofthe medullary ... The last ofthe four kinds of parts is found in the center ofthe flower, and is called the pistil It is this part which forms the fruit and incloses the seed The stamens andthe pistil are the ... etc The taste and odor ofthe bark are characteristics worthy of notice: the strong, fragrant odor ofthe Spice-bush; the fetid odor ofthe Papaw; the aromatic taste ofthe Sweet Birch; the bitter...
... settle the soil, they at once laid the bricks upon the surface When the house was finished, the scraps of mortar, the broken bricks, and all the accumulated refuse ofthe work, made a bed of eight ... fortified their houses, their towns, andthe villages upon their domains which commanded either the mountain passes or the narrow parts ofthe river, against their king or their neighbours The oldest ... Plan ofthe town of Kahỷn, Twelfth Dynasty Plan of house, Medinet Habỷ, Twentieth Dynasty Plan of house, Medinet Habỷ, Twentieth Dynasty Faỗade of house of Second Theban Period Plan of house of...
... grandmothers as the appropriate source for the intervention The grandmothers who participated in formative research developed the chitterlings cleaning method for their peers Having the grandmothers ... anything we offer is real and true? What is the competition offering? Are we offering something the audience wants more? What is the best time and place to reach members of our audience so that they ... to do, and how it affects the desired change? ® Taken together, will the overall mix of interventions reach enough ofthe target audience often enough to have the desired impact? ® Is the overall...
... complex ofthe pro-peptide and BMP-9 can bind to the type I receptor Alk1 [17], the latencyassociated polypeptide of TGFb inhibits the interaction of TGFb isoforms with type II and III receptors ... pro-peptide of GDF-8 impairs interaction ofthe mature part with its receptors [16] In the case of BMP-9, the pro-peptide appears not to alter significantly the activity ofthe mature part [17] For the ... induction of alkaline phosphatase The second binding mode is characterized by ligand binding to pre-formed receptor complexes (PFC), which consist of two type I and two type II receptors By binding of...
... environments of BPA in the ligand -binding pocket ofthe ERRc The proximity of each amino acid residue (within a ˚ distance of A) to BPA is shown in the boxes depicting the a-helices The portrait ... that ofthe parent wild-type receptor ERRc Collectively, these results indicated that Arg316 is the most important structural element for thebindingof BPA and 4-OHT to thebinding pocket of ERRc-LBD ... Given that the roles of these residues definitely confirm each other, the difference in their significance might be attributable to the importance and ⁄ or necessity ofthe receipt ofthe phenol-hydroxyl...
... feature selection and evaluation and give a brief description ofthe algorithms used We then report on the results ofthe two suites of experiments 5.1 Feature S e l e c t i o n The set of all potential ... (because of this) are especially frequent in texts from law and science, both of which tend to contain texts of argumentative types The frequency of infinitives of auxiliaries reflects both theuse ... text The frequencies were standardised using z-scores, so that the resulting random variables have a mean ofand a variance ofThe z-scores were rounded Proceedings of EACL '99 down to the next...
... surgery and long-term chemotherapy By the early 1980s, once more reinforced by the results of Kodama et al,27 theuseof PSK as the immuno-component of chemoimmunotherapy consistently doubled the ... retrospective analysis of their success with combined radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy in 133 cases.38 They concluded the addition of immunotherapy to the regimen using either PSK or OK-432 ... none of these criteria for effectiveness was met in a patient at the end ofthe trial period (six months), the treatment was judged ineffective Once the code was broken at the end ofthe trial and...
... lines used here, i.e FTC-133, XTC.UC1 and RO 82 W-1, the expression of PRC and ERRa was correlated with the mitochondrial mass, the expression of mitochondrial genes andthe activity ofthe COX and ... the ERRa– PRC complex is involved in the control ofthe early phase ofthe cell cycle This is in accordance with the role played by PRC and ERRa in the transition from the G1 to the S phase of ... with the apparent independence ofthe mtDNA copy number and expression ofthe respiratory chain subunits reported by Vercauteren et al [29] They modulated the expression of PRC and found the regulation...
... nucleotide -binding sites (site and site 2) that comprise the Walker A and Walker B motifs of one NBD andthe linker domain ofthe other In the absence of Mg2+, there is little difference in ATP block of ... the Michaelis–Menten equation using a Km of 460 lM, a Vmax of 2.52 nmol PiÆminÆmg)1 and an offset of 0.1 nmol PiÆminÆmg)1 for SUR2A, and a Km of 41 lM, a Vmax of 0.73nmol PiÆminÆmg)1 and an offset ... part ofthe catalytic site Thus, these amino acids may interact with the NBDs to modulate binding affinity This interaction appears to require the TMDs of SUR2, as the Km values of NBD2 and the...
... Andrew D Hwang, Amy Cunningham, Colin Bell, andthe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (The original copy of this book was generously made available for scanning by the ... copy of this book was generously made available for scanning by the Department of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow.) Ce livre ộlectronique est dộdiộ la mộmoire de Laura Wisewell, notes ... fonction, et, quand la variable a dộcrit une courbe fermộe et que la valeur de la fonction a changộ, dindiquer ce changement par un indice Pour ộtudier la variation de la fonction, quand la variable...
... significantly changed either in the presence or absence ofthe metal cofactor By contrast, the substrate binding affinity ofthe RNase H domain probably increases in the presence ofthe metal cofactor compared ... on removal ofthe HBD Binding to substrate To examine whether the HBD of Tma-RNase HI is important for substrate binding, thebinding affinities of Tma-RNase HI, Tma-CD and Tma-ND to the 29 bp ... similar to the interaction ofthe HBD of Hsa-RNase H1 The mutation of Trp43 to Ala greatly reduces both the substrate binding affinities and enzymatic activities of Hsa-RNase H1 [22,26] and mouse RNase...
... Accountability andtheUseof Force in International Law The spread of democracy to a majority ofthe world’s states andthe legitimization oftheuseof force by multilateral institutions such as NATO and ... reminder that theuseof force to destroy is still very much a part of life The instruments of war may have changed andthe field of battle been redefined, but theuseof force to change the existing ... enter the territory ofthe state where they operate with the consent of that state, andthe number and types of military personnel involved.26 The missions cover a range of uses of military forces...