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Original article
Positive effect of drought on longicorn borer larval
survival and growth on eucalyptus trunks
Maria da Conceição Caldeira
*
, Vicente Fernandéz, José Tomé
and João S. Pereira
Departmento ... in moisture content and concentration of soluble sugars in the bark of the
trees. The results of this study suggest that water stress had a major...
... flexibility,
promotion of cell adhesion and cell growth [1,2,32,33].
Figure 3 Comparison of cell viability on monolayer versus IIS. The MTT assay was performed at day 0 and after 72 hours of cell growth on con-
ventional ... induce migration and proliferation of fibro-
blasts and keratinocytes [28-30]. The second component
is hyaluronic acid, a major component of the...
... & Pizzoferrato, 2004). The main drawback of pre-
vious literature was the small number of analysed samples
and of species or of varieties, and the absence of data on
chitin contents of two morphological ... standard deviations
(±SD). The statistical evaluation of the analytical data
were performed by using the software ‘Origin 4.0’.
3. Results and discussion
The chit...
... condi-
tions resulting in a prolongation of left ventricular
ejection and total LV systole (10,11). This effect of
loading conditions on the duration of LV systole is a
well documented finding in cardiac ... Society of Echocardiography
Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of
Two-Dimensional Echocardiogram: recommendations for quan-
titation of the le...
... (amorphous) aggregation systems
Reduction-induced aggregation of a-lactalbumin
Upon addition of 1,4-dithiothreitol (DTT), aggregation
and precipitation of a-lactalbumin commenced after
25 min and reached ... Arg-HCl
in the absence of the chaperone precluded analysis of
the effect of this concentration on the protective
ability of aB-crystallin.
Reduction-induced aggregat...
... addition
of 100 lLof2· Kirby buffer [25] and 80 lLofH
2
O, and
rRNA was obtained by precipitation after two phenol–
chloroform extractions. Four micrograms of rRNA were
treatedwith20lL of acetic-aniline ... Electron density of RTA N122A in the vicinity of residue 122. The backbone and sidechains of the N122A substitution are shown as stereo
images in thick ball and stick...
... attentional
salience. One determiner of whether attentional
or propositional effects are dominant is the type of
information provided by the accented constituent.
Because nonpronominals contribute ... focus of attention.
Intonational theories would be similarly hard
pressed, but on grounds of information quality and
efficient use of limited resources. Given the serial
an...
... position in conformer B so as to maintain its
H-bonding interactions (Fig. 4D).
Effect of the M100K mutation on the stability
of the native state
The effect on protein stability upon introduction of ... ligand
under alkaline conditions and in the presence of
GdmHCl is different. Under alkaline conditions release
of the axial ligand is postulated to arise from the
deprotona...
... formation was 29 and 21% at 3 and 12 h of
LDL oxidation, respectively, in this case. A decrease in
TBARS formation of 37 and 24% was seen at 3 and
12 h of copper-induced LDL oxidation in the case
of ... combination of
curcumin and capsaicin. Thus, the protective effect of
the combination of dietary curcumin and capsaicin on
LDL oxidation both in vivo and in vit...
... gene transcrip-
tion, resulting in a higher level of HIF-1a protein and
higher expression of HIF-1 target genes.
In conclusion, our results demonstrate a lack of spec-
ificity of echinomycin towards ... enhance Sp1 activity in these
conditions. This effect was no longer observed at
higher concentrations. The protein level of Sp1 was
checked in the different conditions: the result...