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... (JAK/STAT ligands) (Figure 1) These modifications are required for the secretion of the ligand and its spreading through the tissue, and they also determine their ability to bind and activate their ... representation of the ligands and their post-transcriptional modifications Upper panels: EGFR, Notch and Hh ligands, middle panels: Wnt, BMP/TGF and JAK/STAT ligands and bottom panels (SWH, Insulin and Toll ... specification of the pattern elements characteristic of the wing and thorax These elements, the sensory organs decorating the thorax and wing margin and the longitudinal veins running along the proximo-distal...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 04:20

... elevated, and consequently, the levels of nuclear SREBP-1c protein and lipogenesis are enhanced in the liver and adipose tissues Intake of energy molecules such as sugars, carbohydrates and saturated ... Physiology and pathophysiology of the SREBP family H Shimano at G1 [19] In particular, p21 is a direct target of SREBP [20] The role of SREBP-1a in the regulation of cell growth and the cell cycle ... molecule in the liver and pancreatic b-cells [8,26] Suppression of IRS-2 by SREBP-1c in the liver inhibits processes regulating insulin signaling, such as glycogen synthesis, and contributes to the physiological...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20

... between the sphenoid bone and the nasal bones They also form part of the floor of the cranium Ear ossicles are the smallest bones of the body They are the malleus, incus, and stapes and are in the ... the axial skeleton The appendicular skeleton includes the bones of the arms, the legs, the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle The pectoral girdle attaches the arms to the axial skeleton, and ... of the temporal bones The following are major facial bones: ɀ ɀ ɀ The mandible is the lower jawbone and is the only moveable bone in the skull It anchors the lower teeth and forms the chin The...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 07:20

... found in both the murine and human EST databases We purchased many of the candidate clones from Genome Systems Inc and sequenced them Eventually, murine and human cDNA clones that showed the greatest ... for the murine homolog and AI590245 and AI261617 for the human homolog) were selected We also cloned the cDNAs with the highest homology to SpDlp1 (Accession nos BE283879 and AI097731 for the ... 83.0% identical, and their translated products were 82.1% identical The mDLP1 and hDLP1 genes were 87.2% identical, and their translated products were 88.3% identical The mSPS1 and hDPS1 proteins...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 23:20

... H3K4me3, and H3 and H4 acetylation) and RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II) and are hypomethylated at their CpG islands Insulator sites bound by the insulator protein CTCF, together with unknown factors ... of the X chromosome in eutherian mammals X upregulation is the process by which the active X chromosome (Xa) is upregulated in both sexes to balance expression between the X and the autosomes The ... balance gene dosage between the sexes Random X inactivation silences either the paternal or maternal X chromosome at the blastocyst stage and persists into adulthood The noncoding RNA transcribed...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:22

... reticulum and nuclear envelope, and may register damage to these compartments and affect their behavior, possibly by modifying the flux of small molecules and proteins [133] On the other hand, Bax ... supported by the Anonymous Trust (Scotland), the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (England), the Tenovus Trust (Scotland), the UK Medical Research Council (MRC, London), the Wellcome ... as cobalt (Co2+) and nickel (Ni2+), supporting the hypothesis that these metal atoms can substitute for the iron atom within the heme moiety, and that the oxygen sensor for the induction of EPO...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... consequence of which they expose themselves to a hypoxic environment High-altitude physiology and pathophysiology The troposphere is the lowest portion of the atmosphere and envelopes the earth’s entire ... the sealevel value The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point above sea level on the earth’s surface, at 8,850 metres altitude, and has a partial pressure of oxygen about one-third of the ... insult The study of the interaction between hypoxia and inflammation as mechanisms of injury occurring in healthy individuals in a hypoxic environment has the potential to increase our understanding...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... studies expanded our understanding of HGF/c-Met in vertebrate development and established the foundation for further studies of their molecular mechanisms of action in various organs as well as their ... ERK1 and ERK2 The activation of these MAPKs is required for HGFelicited cell scattering and tubulogenesis (Delehedde et al., 2001) Major substrates for ERKs are the transcription factors Elk1 and ... Rac1 and CDC42, both are activated by phosphorylated Ras DOCK1 also lies upstream of the Rac1 pathway (Gao and Vande Woude, 2005; Schaeper et al., 2000) Activation of the Rac1 pathway and the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:18

... Meanwhile, the SH3 domain interacts with the linker region between the SH2 domain and the kinase domain These intramolecular interactions maintain the SFKs in the repressed state, and stabilize the ... substrate binding, the phosphorylated tyrosine residue of the substrate fits into the catalytic cleft and the WPD loop moves closer to the phosphotyrosine residue The phenyl ring of the phosphotyrosine ... thankful for their generosity for sharing the reagents and information, and their wisdom and broad knowledge made my life in the lab more interesting I don’t think I have guts to pursue the degree...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 12:02

... support and describes one way to hand off control of the host controller between the BIOS and the UHCI host controller driver in the operating system The key UHCI register used in the example is the ... ensure the appropriate interaction between the BIOS and the Windows UHCI host controller driver The following pseudocode shows the structure and logic of the entire StopBIOS routine in the UHCI ... by the host controller hardware to either a system management interrupt (SMI) or the standard host controller interrupt The host controller uses these rules to steer the interrupt: 11* When the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2013, 00:20

... involved in the normal development of heart and other organs in embryonic and fetal stages The third highest signal in the cDNA dot-blot corresponds to fetal heart and the sixth highest to the interventricular ... rather reflects synchrony to other events of the spermatogenesis For instance, the mechanisms unleashing the pass of the haploid germ cells through the tight junctions from the adluminal to the ... been argued that the germ cells themselves may signal the Sertoli cells their entry to meiosis, triggering their transport through the blood–testis barrier [43] On the other hand, apoptotic germ...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 23:20

... form the norm was justified and helped relay to the reader the desperation of the family's situation.3.) The roles of Lennie and George, how they were outcasts and Lennie killed a women yet the ... good in the sense that his actions were bad but his cause was for the better.2.) Description of Ma and the preacher, how they were characterized out of their traditional roles and how their straying ... predicament he is in The rest of the characters in both novels are the rich and powerful In "The grapes of Wrath" these rich people were not even given names and Steinbeck's dislike for them is obvious...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:03

... generally friendly, and let he and Candy in They talked about their dream of their own place, and Crooksdecided he'd like to join them He said he'd work for his keep They all agreed on it, and nowCrooks ... repeat the story of the place that they would one day have, and Lennie's back was turned, he pulled out the gun and shot Lennie, killing him The rest of the workers then caught up and congratulated ... dream of having their own place, where they could all be together.This becomes an important theme throughout the book, the idea that all people have dreams, and also that fact that all people need...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:48

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:48

... liked the film better than the novel for several reasons The novel gave good descriptions of the characters but I learned more about them and the story form the film because I was watching and ... young and handsome to be the character I had envisioned Overall, the casting and photography was excellent Another reason why I liked the film better was because of its dramatic conclusion At the ... of the novel we know what that George has Carlson's gun and then we know what is going to happen At the end of the film, we don't know George has the gun and we can't see that he is holding the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:48

... being forced off the bus by the driver But in the film, we see the driver kick the pair off of the bus Similarly, George only speaks of the trouble that Lennie had gotten them into in the town of ... liked the film better than the novel for several reasons The novel gave good descriptions of the characters but I learned more about them and the story form the film because I was watching and ... young and handsome to be the character I had envisioned Overall, the casting and photography was excellent Another reason why I liked the film better was because of its dramatic conclusion At the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:48

... what is important to everyone as a whole rather than to one In the battle to rise up in the world, people rarely care who is on the bottom and why they are there ... these four themes to show what problems America was faceing at the time A time of racial injustice, loss morals, tainted loyalties, lost hope and smashed dreams The people needed their eyes opened ... friend and almost fights Crooks to defend his friend Candy shows loyalty when he tells Miss Curley that he would stick up on Crooks behalf if she tried to lie and yell rape Steinbeck used these...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:48

... evaluate the immediate costs and benefits of their behavioral decisions, as demanded by the theory of reciprocal altruism, but rather evaluate the long-term balance of the benefits and costs of all the ... groom their own daughters at higher rates than they groom other females in their daughters rank class, and adult females groom their mothers at higher rates than they groom other females in their ... all-male bands attempt to take over bisexual groups and oust resident males Typically, the most dominant male in the band becomes the new resident male (Rajpurohit & Sommer 1993), and the others...

Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2014, 12:58

... tonkeana, and their natural hybrids to determine the amount of morphological divergence between these two species and their hybrids They then compared their estimates of (1) growth allometry and (2) the ... morphology and X-chromosomal sequences on the one hand and mtDNA sequences on the other Specifically, these authors reported the alternative sister-clade relationships of Semnopithecus/Trachypithecus ... another very large rainfall total in 1987 (Grant and Grant 1993) The ecology of the Galápagos islands, and thus the environmental setting experienced by the hybrid/parental finches was perturbed repeatedly...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 06:00