... for correct folding and intracellular transport of viral glyco- proteins, as shown for instances for influenza hemagglutinin [19] In order to investigate the importance ofthe individual N-glycosylation ... transported to thecell surface and remain mannose-rich Materials and methods N-glycans play not only an important rolein folding and intracellular transport of viral glycoproteins but also are ... decoration during glycoprotein transport to thecell surface (lane 2) Interestingly, the It can not be ruled out that the use of glycosylation sites andthe N-glycan trimming differs between recombinant...
... unfolding of one ofthe I27 modules inthe chain Unfolding then extends the overall length ofthe protein, relaxing the pulling force to a low value As the slack inthe length is removed by further ... measure the elongation of b-strands A’ and G for unfolding the I27 protein in D2O The pulling coordinate for the separating b-strands is defined as the distance between the first amino acid of strand ... results in a well-defined series of step increases in length, marking the unfolding and extension ofthe individual modules inthe chain.[37] The size ofthe observed steps corresponds to the number...
... 8.8% ofthe sequence We analyzed the distribution of TEs in chromosome by defining non-overlapping 100 kb intervals across the sequence and measuring repetitive sequence content as the number of ... Recombination rate was measured by identifying the physical locations of nine genetic markers on the chromosome and using them as a basis for delineating eight intervals spanning chromosome The ... be strong enough to force the distribution of TEs into regions of low recombination rate and some force, but not recombination, must be driving the clustering of TEs inthe M oryzae genome R16.8...
... smarts.” We can get closer to the meaning of g, however, by looking beyond the close correlates of g inthe domain ofhuman abilities and instead inspect the nature ofthe tasks that call it forth ... objects (“things”) and machines, independ- 31 Processing information (perceiving, retrieving, manipulating, transmitting) Compiling information, importance of Combining information, importance of Language, ... common themes seen inthe debate regarding the nature and importance ofthe g factor, sources of individual and group differences, andthe viability of arguments against g theory We also examine...
... dendritic cells, Schwann cells, epithelial cells, endothelial cells, and muscle cells [43,44,46] In account of our novel observation of RNA binding activity of CD151, we looked for RNA binding domains ... line (ST) and a human rectal tumor cell line (HRT) were used inthe study These cell lines obtained from ATCC were already available in our laboratory Thecell lines were grown in Eagle's minimum ... [47-49] During endocytosis, lowering of pH inthe endosome results in fusion event between viral envelope and endosome [18] possibly involving CD151 Another roleof CD151 by virtue of RNA binding ability...
... decreases the infiltrate in joints Furthermore, RA patients relapse shortly after withdrawal of anti-TNF-α [19] and thus, despite the dampening of joint inflammation andthe reinstatement of fully ... still not cured These strands of evidence seem to play down a hypothetical therapeutic roleof CD4+CD25+ Treg in RA Are there further possible avenues to be explored inthe area of CD4+CD25+ Treg? ... whether harnessing CD4+CD25+ Treg will represent a viable therapy for RA and other autoimmune diseases inthe future Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests...
... capable of identifying the location ofthe crosslinking and thus more precisely indicate the site of targeting This is achieved by the fact that 4thiouridine incorporation into RNA during co-incubation ... Argonaute domain organization Argonaute proteins are characterized by the presence of three domains: the PAZ domain, the Mid domain andthe PIWI domain The PAZ domain forms a binding pocket for the 3′ ... status ofthecell is marked by abnormal changes in cellular and molecular activities, then dysfunctions of miRNAs in these cells could be one important contributing factor Indeed, misregulations of...
... by the inclusion of profilin and αactinin Theroleof these proteins in promoting actin nucleation and maintaining actin treadmilling is summarised in figure 1.1c How these factors and many others ... on theroleof actin inthe cytoskeleton 1.2.2 Actin monomer binding proteins Actin that has hydrolysed its ATP remains bound to the resulting ADP and inorganic phosphate with the later being ... Inthe previous section, theroleof actin polymerisation in supporting membrane invagination during CME was described andtheroleof WASPs and actin polymerisation in CME is summarised in figure...
... contains polyproline sequences and interacts with profilin (Chang et al 1997) Since profilin binds to actin monomer, FH1 domains can bind the profilin-G-actin 13 Arp2/3 complex in border cell migration ... the leading edge of migrating cells andinthecell cortex in other cells (Mullins et al 1997) The dendritic nucleation model of actin polymerization is the currently widely accepted scheme of ... nucleators and capping factors High-affinity binding of capping factors determines the length of F-actin and limits the number of free barbed ends, which reduces the rate of G-actin monomer depletion...
... feeders inthe presence of serum The conditioned medium can support thenormal growth of ES cells inthe absence of feeders indicating that fibroblasts are producing signals inhibiting ES cell differentiation ... the Wnt receptor complex inhibits a complex including Axin, Gsk-3 and APC Inactivation of Gsk-3 results in stabilization and accumulation of β-catenin inthe cytoplasm and nucleus β-catenin in ... downreguated inthe trophectoderm and strictly maintained inthe ICM Expression of Oct4 remains inthe epibast of pre- and post-implantation embryos, then strictly inthe migratory primordial germ cells98...
... Features PHD zinc finger protein PHD zinc finger protein Composite PHD zinc fingerbromodomain proteins PHD zinc finger protein Bromodomain protein PHD zinc finger proteins PHD zinc finger protein Composite ... Prominent examples of PHD zinc finger and/ or bromodomaincontaining proteins The (*) label designates disease-associated PHD zinc finger and/ or bromodomain-containing proteins Conservation ofthe ... protein function incell cycle regulation The summation ofthe above observations and findings has led to the synthesis of a hypothetical model to explain the dual roleof hTRIP-Br1 inthe regulation...
... satisfactory inthe evaluation of nodal status in this patient group Since the highly cellular tissue in reactive lymph nodes may also show increased intensity, theroleof DWI and ADC in distinguishing ... uterine malignancy The ADC values of uterine cancers are lower than ofnormal tissue On the other hand, in sarcomas the ADC may play a limited role due to a large overlap between sarcomas and ... cervical cancers with nine chemotherapy and/ or radiation therapy, ten controls) Further study using larger numbers of patients is needed to establish the accuracy of ADC measurement in monitoring the...
... mitochondria-targeting signal inthe yeast system Mitochondrial localization of intact CYP2E1 in yeast cells Because ofthe existing ambiguity inthe literature on the nature and extent of CYP2E1 import into ... polyclonal antibody to human FDX1 (Fig 9A), confirming theroleof endogenous FDX + FDXR in supporting the activity To further confirm theroleof endogenous FDX + FDXR in supporting the catalytic activity, ... < 10% inthe a ⁄ c mutant and < 3% inthe a ⁄ b mutant, as compared to about 25% inthe control strain We also tested the targeting to mitochondria of Su9-DHFR, in which the presequence of ATPase...
... iron-peroxo intermediate [11] The sum of these ndings points at the involvement of more than one active oxidant inthe diverse types of P450-catalyzed substrate processing [1215] The goal ofthe present ... alterations inthe environment can cause drastic changes inthe reactivity ofthe active species [76] Further support in favour ofthe idea ofthe involvement of a high-valent iron-oxene in P450 ... oxygen into the benzene ring of aniline to yield p-aminophenol [151] Formation ofthe oxygenating species has been recognized to be facilitated by the binding to HbO2 of aniline and some of its derivatives,...
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... 3B) The pK2 increased as the size ofthe residue at position 169 increased The effect ofthe size ofthe residue at position 169 may be related to the solvent accessibility ofthe side-chain of ... side-chain of His210 increased with the decrease in size ofthe side-chain at residue 169 (Table and Fig 3A) However, the ASAs of Asp113 and His57 remained constant when the side-chain at residue ... determined as part ofthe investigation into the shielding from solvent ofthe electrostatic interaction between Asp113 and His210 With increasing NaCl, the maximum activity decreased, while the...
... with the aim of reducing the spatial constraints originating from the side-chain interactions between Tyr269 and Ala261 (Fig 2C) The main difference between the G261A and G261A/Y269A enzymes is the ... value in this temperature range is considerably lowered On the basis ofthe model, the behavior ofthe G261A variant can be interpreted in terms of constraints introduced by the Ala side chain The ... sequences The mutagenesis targets were residues Trp260 and Ala219 ofthe catalytic site and His135 ofthe Mg2+ binding site The most striking result was the loss ofthe psychrophilic character of mutant...
... clarify the effect ofthe interface mutations on the antigenbinding affinity To investigate systematically this unsought relationship between the antigen-binding affinity of Fv andthe VH ⁄ VL interaction ... Some single VH domains of anti-protein IgG, including HyHEL-10 and D1.3, were known to retain the specificity and affinity to antigen in itself [7,20] At least for these antibodies, theroleofthe ... OS-fitness ofthe clone, the ratio ofthe specific absorbance inthe presence of 10 lgÆmL)1 HEL to that inthe absence of HEL was taken as an index To analyze the effect ofthe type of each FR2...
... does not stem keywords, all the inections ofthe verb are also considered Therefore, the initial query is expanded into: QUERY(Q209): paper AND clip AND (invented OR ) inventor OR invent OR invents) ... improve the recall ofthe answer paragraphs For example, inthe case of question Q221: Who killed Martin Luther King ?, by considering the synonym of killer, the noun assassin, the Q&A system retrieved ... Cardie, Vincent Ng, David Pierce, Chris Buckley Examining theroleof statistical and linguistic knowledge sources in a general-knowledge que stion answering system In Proceedings ofthe 6th Applied...