... half of them were directly adjacent to the endothelial cells of the vascular tufts Hyalocytes were identified by their position above the inner retinal vascular layer (i e in the vitreous), their ... stained with lectin showing the regions used for evaluation Vascular tufts are located at the border of the central avascular zone and the peripheral zone (B) Cryosection of the eye showing the superficial ... in the deep layer, the superficial layer, and the layer above the internal limiting membrane (hyalocytes: round cells without ramification but with positive lectin stain) while observing them...
... candidate therapeutic agents [23,24] In this study, we used the Hh overexpression mouse model to elucidate whether the PCSCs arise from P63+ basal/stem cells and to examine whether these cancer ... tagged with green fluorescence protein (GFP) sequence driven by a CMV promoter The vehicle control pCX-IG vector contains the same CMV promoter and the GFP tag, but without the Shh insert Therefore, ... the tumorigenic activation of basal/ stem cells and their progression toward a metastatic status under the influence of Hh signalling remain to be further elucidated To further characterize the...
... to the sausage to bring in the wood, to themouse to cook, and to the bird to fetch the water And now what happened? The sausage started in search of wood, the bird made the fire, and themouse ... mouse put on the pot, and then these two waited till the sausage returned withthe fuel for the following day But the sausage remained so long away, that they became uneasy, and the bird flew ... agreed to make the best of things and to remain with one another So now the bird set the table, and themouse looked after the food and, wishing to prepare it in the same way as the sausage, by...
... examine the endothelial cell biology of the mouse, and will accelerate the molecular and cellular analysis of ECs and their heterogeneity in various vascular beds 1994 Construction of the transgene ... endothelial cells through an endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition during early development [33] The presence of these cells may cause a dysfunctional cardiac flow and cause the sudden death of the ... cloning the SV40T Ag cDNA The cDNA encoding the wild-type SV40T Ag and the 3¢ portion of the tsA58T Ag cDNA carrying the A438V mutation were PCR-amplified from COS-7 cDNAs using the following primers:...
... reaction withthe iron metal at the active site The presence of iron is therefore a prerequisite for its effect and suggests that the absence of reactivity withthe MnSOD mutants is due to the lack ... than 10% with little or no structural changes in the mutants [27] Although low with either metal, the Q146H mutation was reported to give similar activities with either iron or manganese in the reconstituted ... presented with both, whether in vivo or in vitro [3,4] Second, specificity of the reaction is determined by the metal ion: the enzyme is active only withthe ÔcorrectÕ metal Although, in the complete...
... region of mouse a3 integrin gene The map (upper line) shows the organization of exons 1–3 and the 5¢-flanking region withthe positions for HindIII (H) and EcoRI (E) The restriction map for the 5¢-flanking ... the PCR reaction mixture in the absence of the cDNA library gave one band corresponding to that withthe highest mobility (Fig 5, lane 2) Thus, we conclude that the most prominent band withthe ... (Fig 9) The binding activity appeared to be specific for the Ets consensus site as the binding competed withthe excess unlabeled wild-type, but not withthe mutant oligonucleotide DISCUSSION The...
... Like the Kindle, the Nook is available with only wi-fi, or with wi-fi and a 3G mobile connection The Nook is priced competitively withthe Kindle, but instead of the Kindle’s physical keyboard, the ... On the other hand, publishers in the Netherlands and Germany are more conservative in their approach to digitizing their book holdings As recently as summer 2009, the range of eBooks in the Netherlands ... generic solution, as further tablets will be launched on the market in the course of the next few months Turningthe Page: The Future of eBooks 17 like to read On the other hand, nonbuyers tend...
... Molecular modeling of the 3D structure of the mSMOl isoform was thus carried out in order to test the hypothesis that the 277–307 region and the protein domain encoded by the exon VIa could be ... substantiate the hypothesis that these two structural regions are mandatory for the nuclear localization of mSMOl, as the only difference between mSMOl and mSMOlD proteins consists of the lack of the ... targeting to the nucleus Fig Stereo representation of the modelled 3D structure of themouse spermine oxidase catalytically active splice variant, mSMOl The molecular surface of the protein is...
... proceeds until the end of the D-loop, overlapping withthe HSP [19,20] In themouse system, the 3¢ end of the D-loop H-strand RNA maps to the CAA sequence ending at nucleotide 16 295 of the genome ... (lane 3) Further, the two wash fractions (lanes and 5) and also the fraction eluted with 0.2 M KCl (lane 6) did not form complexes withthe DNA probe The 0.5 M and M KCl eluates, on the other hand, ... sequences of the L-strand D-TERM DNA and H-strand mt-TERM DNA probes as well as their positions on themouse mt genome are shown Mutant probes are the synthetic D-TERM DNA probes with nucleotide...
... attack on the sixth position of the cytosine, which leads to the formation of a covalent bond between the enzyme and the substrate base The formation of the cysteine–cytosine bond increases the negative ... to the methyl group of AdoMet and is the most reactive residue in the catalytic center of the enzyme To test whether the catalytic cysteine is the target for auto-methylation, we purified the ... B, the radioactive signal is increasing slowly over the course of hours with a roughly linear increase for the first h of the reaction Fitting of the FEBS Journal 278 (2011) 2055–2063 ª 2011 The...
... co-transfected withthe empty expression vector pCMV4 The luciferase activity for each cotransfection is represented as the fold activation compared withthe activity obtained withthe empty pCMV4 vector The ... factors the development of studies aimed at the identification of the biological role of Muc5b in the lung employing mouse models Results Characterization of the sequence of the promoter of the murine ... to the )1195 ⁄ )718 region of the promoter may interfere with GATA function in these cells GATA cis-elements within the promoter of Muc5b were then identified by performing EMSA experiments with...
... get away with so we used to have to everything at one time And we used to have to run the cartoon We’d have the fellows withthe sound effects We had the people withthe voices We had the orchestra ... famed Newman Theatre, to sell the owner of the theater on buying it and making it a regular feature Walt arranged to show the 300-foot cartoon to Milton Feld, the manager of the Newman Theatre Company, ... after six weeks on the job, along with Iwerks and others Nonetheless, he considered his time there worthwhile, learning numerous “tricks of the commercial [art] business.” In the interim, Walt...
... transfected with either construct F1R4-1 (see Fig 4A) or withthe jB mutant construct F1R4-1MutjB, or were co-transfected with either the p50 or p65 overexpression plasmid TNF-a was also included in the ... The precursor p105 protein was used to represent p50 levels in the western blot Displayed below the blots are the computed relative levels of the respective protein after normalization withthe ... (Table 1) Mouse EST sequences for p65 are found in the oocyte, pre-implantation embryos and in the testis On the other hand, p50 ⁄ Nf-jb1 EST sequences are found in the oocyte and in the testis...
... either at a very low level or were below the level of detection of the assay in the non-infected control group, and the objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of motavizumab in the ... motavizumab on the cytokine and chemokine responses induced by RSV both in the respiratory tract and in the systemic compartment, which, we hypothesized, were likely associated withthe observed ... the AO; in fact, mice treated withthe mAb remained clinically asymptomatic throughout the experiment compared withthe RSV-infected untreated mice (Figure 1) Furthermore, motavizumab administration...
... Since the latter Abs are a fraction of the Figure Composition of MAPs Composition of MAPs The amino acid (aa) composition of the scaffolds of G39d and G40d is shown in single letter code The triple ... significantly from the control group The strongest and most significant resistance was seen in mice vaccinated with ODN and CT by the i.n route The other two vaccination groups (i.n with ODN but without ... which they recovered Four weeks later, the mice were inoculated i.n with PR8-Seq14 (200 TCID50), again with or without M2e-MAP Other groups of mice were inoculated twice by the i.n route with...
... accordance withthe mg/kg amount of valdecoxib each mouse received daily It has been suggested that the level of COX-2 in the HT mouse is half of the WT [25]; therefore, we assigned the WT as ... In sections with numerous activated microglia, the SNpc can be distinguished from the surrounding areas as the activated microglia tend to stay within the SNpc or along the border of the SNpc MPTP-induced ... activated microglia With all the data analyzed or with only the data from the MPTP-treated animals, we can see that the number of TH-stained neurons has a high positive correlation withthe number of...
... either at a very low level or were below the level of detection of the assay in the non-infected control group, and the objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of motavizumab in the ... motavizumab on the cytokine and chemokine responses induced by RSV both in the respiratory tract and in the systemic compartment, which, we hypothesized, were likely associated withthe observed ... the AO; in fact, mice treated withthe mAb remained clinically asymptomatic throughout the experiment compared withthe RSV-infected untreated mice (Figure 1) Furthermore, motavizumab administration...
... not found in the OKdb: Mrgpre, Ctla4 and Eda These are potentially important due to the fact that they are common to all three studies The StAR gene was not found in either of the other group’s ... that themouse StAR gene is a Foxl2 target validates the approach chosen for this study The GnRHR gene was not found in either of the other group’s data sets and is noted in Table because further ... Carlsbad, CA) The repression activity of the Mad-SID is mediated through interactions of the Mad N-terminus withthe mammalian Sin3 co-repressor protein [10,11] The effectiveness of the Sin3 binding...
... Forced Draft Fan with Inlet Damper Typical Outlet Fan Dampers .: Fan Curves for Different Inlet Vane Positions Fan Curve for Fan with Outlet Damper ... Non-Condensing Turbine Thermostatic Steam Trap Float and Thermostatic Steam Trap Disc/ Thermodynamic Steam Trap ... 2-32 Fire Tube Cleaning System 2-33 Fixed Position Mechanical Sootblower 2-355 Underfeed...