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... progress in our knowledge of the bio- synthesis of DIMs and PGLs, the in vivo functions of these FadD proteins in this pathway remain to be established and ⁄ or completed. For instance, the involvement ... to promote the transfer of the p-HB moiety onto PKS15 ⁄ 1 [16,18]. To examine the involvement of FadD29 in the bio- synthesis of DIMs and PGLs, we took advantage of the existence in the laboratory of ... be controlled in vivo by specific interactions between FadD29 and PKS15 ⁄ 1 on the one hand, and FadD26 and the FasI system on the other hand. Further inves- tigations, including protein interaction...

... of GSK3 (using Li or SB-415286) appears to be sufficient for inducing activation of GS in muscle and fat cells, and that inhibition of the kinase potentiates insulin action in muscle of insulin-resistant ... of insulin is to promote the uptake, metabolism and storage of glucose in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle [1]. The hormonal regulation of these cellular processes is initiated by the binding ... l M rapamycin prior to cell stimulation with 100 n M insulin for 30 min or 50 m M Li for 60 min. Inhibitors were present throughout the period of incubation with insulin and Li. At the end of these incubation...

... resistance to the action of aerosols is the result of the strength of the structures protecting the leaf, and increases with sclerophyllia and with the thickness of the cuticle. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The ... sam- ples and deposits When interpreting the results of the chemi- cal analysis of rainwater and deposits it is necessary to bear in mind the interactions between the matrix and ... near the coast and 2-3 km inland. Samples of bulk deposits were taken from pine trees (Pinus pinea L) from the section of the crown exposed to the sea and also from the...

... 2.Glucanases β-1,3-glucan,orlaminarin,isapolymerofd-glucoseinaβ-1,3configuration,arranged ashelicalcoils.Fungalcellwallscontainmorethan60%laminarin.Whereaschitinis arrangedinregularlyorderedlayers,laminarinfibrilsarearrangedinanamorphicmanner. Therearechemicalbondsbetweenthelaminarinandchitin,andtogethertheyforma complexnetofglucanandGlcNAcoligomers(103).Laminarinishydrolyzedmainlybyβ- 1,3-glucanases,alsoknownaslaminarinases.Theseenzymes,describedinfungi,bacteria, actinomycetes,algae,mollusks,andhigherplants,arefurtherclassifiedasexo-andendo- β-glucanases.Exo-β-1,3-glucanases(β-1,3-glucanglucanohydrolase,[EC3.2.1.58])hy- drolyzelaminarinbysequentiallycleavingglucoseresiduesfromthenonreducingendsof polymersoroligomers.Consequently,thesolehydrolysisproductsareglucosemonomers. Endo-β-1,3-glucanases(β-1,3-glucanglucanohydrolase[EC3.2.1.6orEC3.2.1.39]) cleaveβ-1,3linkagesatrandomsitesalongthepolysaccharidechain,releasingsmaller oligosaccharides.Bothenzymetypesarenecessaryforthefulldigestionoflaminarin (104).Theseenzymeshaveseveralfunctionsinfungiincludingnutritioninsaprotropism, mobilizationofβ-glucansunderconditionsofC-andenergy-sourceexhaustion,anda physiologicalroleinmorphogeneticprocessesduringfungaldevelopmentanddifferentia- tion(105). Glucanaseshavebeensuggestedasanothergroupofkeyenzymesinvolvedinthe mycoparasitismofGliocladiumandTrichodermaspp.againstfungalplantpathogens(Ta- ble1).Thesubstrateoftheseenzymes,β-1,3-glucan,isoneofthemajorcomponentsof fungal ... Spodoptera exigua. These and similar results obtained by other authors (225) suggested the usefulness of introducing chitinase-encoding genes into B. thuringiensis to increase the toxicity of the bacterium ... in two other strains of E. agglomerans tested in this work (157). The chitinolytic activity was induced when the strains were grown in the presence of colloidal chitin as the sole C source; the...

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... and in combination, showed increased GFAP expression in offspring in the CA1 sub-field of the hippo- campus, and white matter and granular cell layer of the cerebellum [17,18]. In the present ... exposure to nicotine and chlorpyrifos, alone and in combination, leads to persistently elevated expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in the cerebellum of the offspring in late puberty. ... be increased following toxic insult to the CNS in many studies. A single subcutan eous injection (50 μg/kg bw, 1/2 LD 50 ) of the chol inesterase inhibitor Sarin was found to signifi cantly increase...

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... allow the characterization of the poultry production (sub-) systems, the scale of breeding and the realisation of the cost-benefit analysis of the mass vaccination campaign against H5N1 in these ... of HPAI, income from the poultry breeding occupied about 19 % of the total household income. The Red River Delta and Mekong Delta are the two regions having the largest poultry flock in the ... 2.3. Methodology of the research 2.3.1 Data gathering The research began by the collection of official data concerning the poultry production from the reports of the Department of Livestock Production...

... large integers . Theorem 3.1. The graph G ì + contains -bundles for arbitrarily large integers .Inpar- ticular, for any positive integer , the graph G ì + contains subgraphs of the following type: n  n 1  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k n 2  M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M  p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p n 3  ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ... short look at the table might suggest that the type 108 is a good candidate, but at least for a ≤ 10 9 , there are just the three 3-fans of type 108 given in the table. On the other hand, I could ... with the help of Prolog. Proposition 4.1. G ì + 4. Proof. Let G 10 be the subgraph of G ì + induced by the 10 vertices 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, and 36: the electronic journal of combinatorics...

... minimum values in summer and maximum values in winter [43], have also been linked to frost hardiness in the stem tissue of Cornus sericea [3], in the leaves of Euca- lyptus gunnii [4] and in the ... (determination of an index of injury) was suitable to reveal the periods of frost hardening (in late autumn) and dehardening (in late winter; Fig. 3). Compared to the control trees, the frost hardiness ... defoliation). The freezing injury was determined as the slope b of the linear relationships between the log values of rela- tive conductivity (RC; %) of the incubation solution and the duration of bark...

... elimination volume of hyaluronan from the joint, and the total volume of joint fluid. The production of hyaluronan in OA or RA may be decreased because of the reduced expression of HAS-1 and ... deviation of the base- line of fluorescent signal intensity. The C T value of the β- actin message was used as an internal standard. When the target messages were detected in both the con- trol ... isoforms were detected in all synovial samples. The expression of the mes- sages for HAS-1 and HAS-2 was significantly less in the synovium of OA than in the control synovium (83% and 48% of the...

... 1987). However, according to these authors, the duration of the cambial activi- ty period appears to be independent of auxin content, and the regulation of this duration is ... understood. During the rest period, the IAA level often remains relatively high in the cambial zone; treatment with exogenous IAA can- not then induce the resumption of cambial activity. ... activity, the intensity of cell production and some fea- tures of the resulting wood (radial enlarge- ment, vessel development) are often posi- tively correlated with the auxin...