... upon addition of cis-PnA, probably due tothe physico-chemical stateof cis-PnA in the absence of NaTDC micelles However, the presence of cis-PnA led to a quenching ofthe fluorescence emission ... lines); C9 and C1 0 correspond tothe position of these atoms in the OA_A ligand, where the electron density was visible from its carboxylic group up tothe C9 -C1 0 carbon atoms: the alkyl chain of ... that the lid is involved in the binding ofthe mixed micelles of cis-PnA/NaTDC On the other hand, these shifts might result fromthe quenching ofthe tryptophan fluorescence in the presence of the...
... GGCTAACAATGCATCTCT-3¢), and a BamHI site (bold) was introduced into the reverse primer (5¢-TCTCC CGGATCCAAAGAGAAATACCCATA-TA-3¢) to facilitate vector–insert ligation Amplification conditions were at 92 C, ... with confocal microscopy In cells expressing each of these receptor constructs, GFP and EYFP were localized on the plasma membrane (Fig 2B ,C) , showing that the addition of GFP or EYFP tothe C- terminal ... in the prepared vector The ligation mixture was transformed into XL1Blue cells according tothe manufacturer’s protocol Transfection and amplification of recombinant baculoviruses BTI Tn5 B1-4 cells...
... electronically by means of acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) placed at optical planes conjugate tothe back focal plane ofthe objective The output optics, including a cooled, intensified charge-coupled ... charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, a conventional black-and-white CCD camera, and two silicon avalanche photodiodes (SAPDs), are shown tothe left ofthe microscope, inside the box labeled in green The identities ... photodiode [4] while fluorescence was monitored by counts on an avalanche photodiode (APD; EG&G Optoelectronics, Gaithersburg, USA), collected through a confocal pinhole The area of regard of the...
... TGTCACGCTGATTATTTTGACTTTGAGCGTATCG-3¢ and M1 3C: 5¢-CTACAACGCCTGTAGCATTCCACAGA CAGCCCTCATAGTTAGCGTAACGAGATCG-3¢ Phi -C and Phi-W were complementary to each other Phi -C was labeled with rhodamine at the 3¢ end ... synthesized by Metabion (Martinsreid, Germany) with the following sequences: PhiC: 5¢-CGATACGCTCAAAGTCA AAATAATCAGCGTGACATTCAGAAGGGTAATAAG AACG-3¢;, PhiW: 5¢-CGTTCTTATTACCCTTCTGAA TGTCACGCTGATTATTTTGACTTTGAGCGTATCG-3¢ ... stimulated the search for homologues of RecA in eukaryotes using classical biochemical techniques, which did not yield much success Introduction of molecular techniques led to identification of two RecA...
... for the construction of recombinant baculoviruses encoding FLAG-tagged D2 receptors, using, in this case, the following oliogonucleotide encoding the FLAG epitope sequence: 5¢-GCGGCCGCATGGACTACAAGGACGACGATGA ... affect the function ofthe two isoforms ofthe receptors, with possible direct consequences on the effect of antipsychotic drugs Acknowledgements This work was supported by the BBSRC and the ... 5¢-GCGGCCGCATGGACTACAAGGACGACGATGA CAAGGATCCACTGAATCTGTCCTGG-3¢ This sequence contains, in addition to nucleotides corresponding tothe FLAG sequence, a NotI site and a start codon in its 5¢ end Other modifications...
... oligonucleotides, 5¢-CTAGAC CACCATGTACCCCTACGACGTGCCCGACTACGCCG ATATCCCGGGTTAACT-3¢ and 5¢-CTAGAGTTAACC CGGGATATCGGCGTAGTCGGGCACGTCGTAGGGG TACATGGTGGT-3¢, into the XbaI site of pBOS Vector pBOS-Myc ... constructed similarly by using the synthesized oligonucleotides 5¢-CTAGACCA CCATGGAGGAACAGAAGCTGATCAGTGAGGAAG ACCTGGATATCCCGGGTTAACT-3¢ and 5¢-CTAGAG TTAACCCGGGATATCCAGGTCTTCCTCACTGATCA GCTTCTGTTCCTCCATGGTGGT-3¢, ... primers 5¢-CGTGACCACCCTGACCGCGGG CGTGCAGTGCTTC-3¢ and 5¢-GAAGCACTGCACGCC CGCGGTCAGGGTGGTCACG-3¢ pCerulean(W66A)elongin C- citrine was constructed by inserting the BsrGI-EcoRI fragment of pcerulean-elongin...
... triggered by store depletion (capacitative Ca2+-entry; CCE) or especially the combination of forskolin and CCE (Fig 1A) Replacing half ofthe AC8 cDNA with empty vector caused no drop in cAMP accumulation ... constructs were cotransfected into HEK 293 cells Pictures in each row were captured fromthe same cell The ®rst (CFP) and the second (YFP) columns show the CFP ¯uorescence and YFP ¯uorescence, respectively ... adenylate cyclases and CCE channels are intimately colocalized, with the result that only Ca2+ entering via CCE channels can regulate these cyclases (including AC8) while the release of Ca2+ from...
... used to measure the force The extension ofthe tether is determined fromthe center ofthe bead tothe edge ofthe cover glass The real -time extension ofthe DNA tether can be tracked by magnetic ... difference to force the DNA to compact However, the depletion force is much smaller than the force needed to condense DNA into such a small space Therefore, architectural proteins are needed to compact ... tether length plus the bead radius Bead fluctuation along the y-direction is used to measure the force The extension ofthe tether is determined fromthe center ofthe bead tothe edge ofthe cover...
... using the primers 5¢-CCGGA ATTCC AATGT CGCTT TCTAA CAAGC T-3¢ and 5¢-GGCGG ATCCA TAATA TTGCT GAGAG CATCC A-3¢, and 5¢CCGGA ATTCC AATGT CGCTT TCTAA CAAGC T-3¢ and 5¢-CGACC GGTAT AATAT TGCTG AGAGC ... interactions in the complex in living cells C- 3¢, and pcerulean -C1 For the construction of phGAPDH– 10aa–citrine, the synthetic oligonucleotides 5¢-GATCC GGGCG CCGGA-3¢ and 5¢-CCGGT CCGGC GCCCG3¢ ... of pcerulean-N1 pcerulean–hPGK1 was constructed using the primers 5¢CCGGA ATTCG ATGTC GCTTT CTAAC AAGCT-3¢ and 5¢-GGCGG ATCCT TAAAT ATTGC TGAGA GCATC 1316 CHO-K1 cells were obtained fromthe Cell...
... Biochem 269) except for its signal peptide The c- myc-CaRD1036-Rluc, c- myc-CaRD886-Rluc receptors were created by subcloning ofthe EcoRI–NotI segments ofthe respective Rluc-tagged CaRs into c- myc-CaR ... HA-tagged CaRs Visualization of cell surface expression of tsA cells transfected with c- mycCaR/HA-CaR, c- myc-CaRD1036-Rluc/HA-CaRD1036-GFP2 and c- myc-CaRD886-Rluc/HA-CaRD886-GFP2, respectively The ... and acceptor molecules had to be present in the same cell in order to elicit BRET (Fig 7C) Another important factor to consider was the ratio between the fluorescence signal and the luminescence...
... result fromthe release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, whereas subsequent sustained calcium increases reflect calcium entry, including the so-called storeoperated calcium (SOC), which is activated ... presence of calcium initially enhanced receptor-induced Ins(1,4,5)P3 By contrast tothe immediate restoration of intracellular calcium, the removal of extracellular calcium led to a gradual decrease ... both calcium and CCh reduced the receptor- and calcium-induced Ins(1,4,5)P3 to 31% By contrast, the time- dependent restoration of intracellular calcium was similar under both conditions The gradual...
... vector, the direction of another vector, and the directions of two other vectors, functionally related tothe direction ofthe second vector, are to be found The loop-closure equation, after the ... property ofthe scalar multiplication is called the commutative law The result ofthe cross-product of two vectors is a vector perpendicular tothe plane in which the original two vectors are ... DYNAMICS AS PART OFTHE DESIGN PROCESS The role of kinematics is to ensure the functionality ofthe mechanism, while the role of dynamics is to verify the acceptability of induced forces in parts The...
... defect must be taken into account to extract the diffusion coefficient fromthe data The measured diffusion coefficients could be dramatically different fromthe diffusion coefficients of a defect-free ... non-adiabatic coupling can be characterized by a simple friction coefficient η [91], where η is thekinetic friction coefficient, which indicates the rate of energy exchange between the adsorbate and the ... addition, the complexity of molecular surface diffusion raises questions of applicability of conventional theories of atomic surface diffusion, because these theories not take the effect of admolecule...
... was added to MCF-7 cells To study combinatorial effects (additive, antagonistic or synergistic) of test compounds in the presence of estradiol, increasing concentrations ofthe test compound were ... brevicornu extract contains compounds such as icariin, icariside I, icarside II, icaritin and desmethylicaritin and metabolism of these compounds, particularly, the glycosides, occurs upon the ... fitted as the fixed effects To adjust for sequence effects, each treatment effect was added to half the sequence effect and exponentiated to obtain the adjusted GMR ofthe AUC Adjustment for the endogenous...
... significance of this small increase is uncertain because this increase was due tothe relatively large relative contribution ofthe 24 h timepoint tothe AUC calculations There was a trend, not reaching ... sensitivity towards estrogenic ligands ofthe assay was ascertained by determining the detection limit, which was the concentration ofthe ligand that induced a luciferase activity equivalent tothe ... Effects on cell proliferation of estrogen-induced of MCF-7 breast cancer cells by Epimedium prenylflavonoids MCF-7 breast cancer cells are incubated with increasing doses of icariin (A), icariside...
... prevents the required docking tothe receptor site and increases the molecules’ hydrophilicity Prenylation at the 8-position ofthe flavonoid backbone was observed to lead to an enhancement of estrogenicity ... suggesting that estrone contributed twice as much to ERβ activity in subjects’ sera Estrone can induce steroid receptor coactivator-1 recruitment to ERβ with much higher efficiency than for ERα (Margeat ... higher incremental mean estrone AUC compared tothe 72% increase observed with estradiol The higher concentrations of estrone, plus the distinct affinity ofthe estrone–ERβ complex for coactivator...
... osteoprotegerin In this case, osteoprotegerin can act as a decoy receptor for receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand which then neutralizes its function in osteoclastogenesis Hesperetin, ... result of such differences in starting composition of constituents, the bioavailability of Epimedium compounds cannot be accurately ascertained fromthe results from both studies The duration of ... the expression of receptor activator of nuclear factorkappa B with no change in osteoprotegerin expression (Trzeciakiewicz et al., 2010) Hesperetin-7-O-glucuronide may be able to limit the activation...
... activators ofthe aryl hydrocarbon receptor Chem Res Toxicol 21(1):102–16 Nichenametla, S N., T G Taruscio, D L Barney and J H Exon 2006 A review ofthe effects and mechanisms of polyphenolics ... T., Besson, C. , Manach, C. , Scalbert, A and Remesy, C 2006 The bioavailability of polyphenols is highly governed by the capacity ofthe intestine and ofthe liver to secrete conjugated metabolites ... liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 860:166–172 Gruber, C. J., Tschugguel, W., Schneeberger, C and Huber, J .C 2002 Production and actions of...
... several common features The first common characteristic is the grammatical function between the subject and the object in which the object in the active sentence turns into the grammatical subject ... be concluded that the essence of dynamic equivalence is the receptor's response, in Nida's own term, "the degree to which the receptors ofthe message in the receptor language respond to it in ... so he cautions the translator not to easily change the form and asks them to achieve as much formal correspondence as possible, which marks a shift from total neglect of form to attaching certain...