... NaCl, and
1mm dithiothreitol, and used for further analyses.
The concentration ofthe purified protein was determined
from the extent of UV absorption with A
280
0:1%
values of
0.83 for the full ... Fig. 3, the full length protein andthe N-ter-
minal domain of SCO2299 could cleave the RNA
strand ofthe RNAÆDNA hybrid but the C-terminal
region could not. This result agreed with that of the
in ... by
ligating the DNA fragment containing the full length, the
RNase H domain, or the APase domain ofthe SCO2299
gene to the NdeI–BamHI site of pET-11a. The DNA frag-
ments were amplified by PCR using...
... miss the fact that
the buildings on the right side ofthe image are much taller than those on the left. Also of note are
the converging lines ofthe image. They make the buildings look as if they ... emulate the shot, you will be
emulating only the subject and roughly, at that. The other elements ofthe photograph—light,
color, shades of gray—are up to you to refine.
The symbolism ofthe photos ... middle left ofthe frame. In the right side ofthe frame,
the valley extends to a far-off mountain range, which sits on the horizon in haze, probably due
to the marine layer, which sits off the coast...
... listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE), the number of new
bank relationships, the number of terminated bank relationships, the number of firms listing and delisting from the
OSE, andthe total ... beginning ofthe crisis in
1988. DEBT is the book value of debt, divided by the sum of year-end market value of equity and book
value of debt. DRAWN CREDIT is the book value of drawn lines of credit, ... dismissal ofthe boards of
directors and top management at both Fokus and Christiania Bank.
12
Third, the impact ofthe crisis on
the banking industry has been long-lasting. As of September 2000, the...
... reduces the pep-
tide binding affinity by 100-fold andthe lifespan of the
complex by 10-fold, as judged by k
off
. The physiological
chaperone cycle probably consists ofthe rapid binding
of the ... hypothesize that the proton-
ated state ofthe chaperone initiates this cycle, whereas
the deprotonated state occurs upon completion of the
maturation process ofthe partner. The nature of the
signal ... common feature of this new
family of chaperones. It is worth mentioning that the
function of these proteins is not restricted to the recog-
nition and binding ofthe N-terminus ofthe nascent
metalloprotein,...
...
are “working in the trenches” of building the web. Most ofthe people in this latter segment of
responders came to the survey by invitation because they are on the email list ofthe Pew Internet ...
attendance of seminars and (some) lectures. The length ofthe learning period (the
traditional four-year degree) may change as a result ofthe focus on combined learning,
with integration of more off-site ... classroom time. The idea of having students watch the video
lecture and/ or read the material at home and then work on problems or case studies together in
the classroom with other students and a teacher...
... nm, the b-band at
520 nm andthe a–band at 550 nm [18]. The deviations of
approximately 3 nm between the signals of horse heart
cytochrome c andthe heme c in the caa
3
-oxidase from
T. thermophilus ... with the oxidized andthe negative
signals with the reduced form ofthe enzyme. For the
reduced form, the Soret band can be observed at 415 and
442 nm, and for the oxidized form at 403 and 422 ... presented and
on this basis the contributions ofthe reorganization of the
polypeptide backbone, of individual amino acids andof the
hemes c, a and a
3
upon electron transfer to /from the redox
active...
... kinsmen, the golden-wing prefers the fields andthe borders of
the forest to the deeper seclusion ofthe woods, and hence, contrary to the habit of his
tribe, obtains most of his subsistence fromthe ... other. One ofthe females then rushed, apparently with notes of joy and
congratulation, to one ofthe males, who gave her a spiteful tweak and blow. Then the
other came and he served her the ... immensely, and away the two go in quest of material for
the nest, the male acting as guard and flying above and in advance[2] ofthe female.
She brings all the material and does all the work of building,...
... perform the bulk of adver-
tising and marketing in their con-
versations with friends and ac-
quaintances (Corum, 1999). En-
courage frequent shoppers to
bring their friends and family and
offer them ... suffer.
There are also interdependent partnerships between
the market and shoppers, media, local business andthe
community as a whole. When we ignore anyone of
connections, the market and its ...
posters in their windows and offer to distribute store
coupons good only on market day.
And finally the market’s partnership with its shop-
pers. Convenience is the buzzword ofthe day—grocery...
... site
to the C-terminal segment ofthe repeat. The distinct localization of the
15E11 epitope andthe fibronectin-binding site suggests that the interfering
effect ofthe antibody might result from ... binding of the
ligand to the other repeats that share a common epi-
tope. Other inhibition mechanisms cannot be excluded;
among these, there is the possibility that, through the
effect ofthe proximities ... proximities ofthe antibody-binding and
Fn-binding sites, the interaction ofthe repeat with Fn
may be sterically hindered in the presence ofthe anti-
body.
The results of this study allow us to draw several
conclusions....
... experimentally. Indeed, the
presence of Arg213 along with the proximity ofthe charge
relay Asp260 within the active site could be responsible for
the modification ofthe catalytic properties ofthe catalytic
histidine. ... located within the Ônucleophilic elbowÕ connecting
strand b5 and helix a3, while His290 and Asp260 e merge
from the b8-a8andb7-a7 loops, respectively. Another
important feature ofthe catalytic ... avor the displacement ofthe equilibrium
toward the neutral state of His290.
To attest this hypothesis, an Arg213Ala mutant has been
expressed and characterized. The specific activity of the
Ala213...
... 5B). One of its amino
groups is about 2.6 A
˚
from the Oc atom of Ser171
and 2.5 A
˚
from the thiol group of Cys145.
Even taking into account all ofthe limitations of
molecular models of proteins ... on the basis ofthe homology model, as the
increased occupancy deriving fromthe arginine side
chain in position 96 might modulate the size of the
cleavable substrates (Fig. 4). Furthermore, the ... mutagenesis
and their activity assayed with the colorimetric method
of Berthelot, appropriately modified for the assay con-
ditions ofthe archaeal enzyme. This assay is based on
the measurement of the...
... process of inquiry and
develop an enhanced understanding ofthe nature
and methods of science, and (3) to recognize the role
Figure 11 Conceptual Flow ofthe Activities
of science in society and ... students see
they can extend and apply their understanding of
cancer to the real world. It also is important that
they receive feedback on the adequacy of their
explanations and understandings. ... like the limbs of a crab. From that observation
came the term karkinoma in Greek, and later, cancer
in Latin.
With the work of Hooke in the 1600s, and then
Virchow in the 1800s, came the understanding...
... epithelial SCs.
The first evidence to support the notion of mammary SCs came from
murine transplantation experiments. Mammary gland tissue was re-
moved from a donor mouse and transplanted into the ... 10%–15% ofthe cells within the epithelium coexpress oestro-
gen receptor alpha (ERα) and progesterone receptor (PR) and are known
to be located in the luminal epithelia ofthe ductal and lobular ... in all aspects of female fertility (Lydon et al. 1996). The
uterus is one ofthe major PR target organs and a major source of the
infertility of PR
–/–
female mice. The uterus of PR
–/–
mice...
... analysis of
costs alone andof costs and benefits, but we omit this step fromthe diagram
because we do not conduct uncertainty analyses on the CGE modeling.
The Benefits and Costs ofthe Clean ...
1-8
and other sector-specific emissions models developed and used in various offices of
EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. These emissions models provide estimates of
emissions of five ... and other
areas ofthe economy. Further discussion ofthe CGE modeling conducted to estimate the
impacts ofthe CAAA on net social welfare is presented in Chapter 8.
This chapter consists of...
... properties ofthe FeFe protein (Eur. J. Biochem. 269) 1655
Comparison ofthe turnover signals from enzyme-
reduced states ofthe MoFe protein andthe FeFe protein
The characteristic EPR signal ofthe ... stems from t he P
3+
cluster, then the
g ¼ 2.27 feature derives fromthe FeFe c ofactor. On
the other hand, if the broad signal, d espite its unusual
properties, represents the P
1+
cluster, the ... tube. They contained 2 4 m g Rc1
Fe
per mL and
0.6 mg Rc2
Fe
per mL in the case ofthe F e nitrogenase and 28 mg
Rc1
Mo
per mL and 0.7 mg Rc2
Mo
per mL in the case ofthe Mo
nitrogenase. The other...