... function inthe brain BGT-1 is capable of transporting both betaine and GABA, as examined in Xenopus oocytes and various cell lines But the physiological substrate of BGT-1 inthe brain remains to ... addressed the question of what is the normal distributionand subcellular location of BGT-1 inthe brain The use of a specific antibody to BGT-1 detected the presence of BGT-1 inthe cell bodies and ... The biosynthesis of taurine is primarily from cysteine derived in part from methionine via the cysteine sulfinate pathway, which includes oxidation of cysteine to cysteine sulfinate by cysteine...
... indicator of stoichiometry Inthe case of 1IR, the t resulted in a binding stoichiometry of : 1, i.e dimer binding The reactant concentrations were too high to obtain relevant information on the binding ... quenching However, judging from the binding stoichiometry together with the shape ofthe binding curves (Fig 3), it is safe to conclude that the quenching does not affect the RepADNA binding equilibria, ... structures of both the monomeriteron and dimeroperator complexes are available, indicating secondary structural changes inthe linker connecting the dimerization and DNA-binding domains, and rearrangement...
... the role ofthe crosslink in determining the Soret spectrum Although catalytic activity was lost inthe mutants, the ligand-binding capability and thus the pentacoordinate nature ofthe heme was ... appearance of some ofthe Lys70containing peptide of residues #64–78 (lacking heme) in each ofthe spectra ofthe wild-type proteins might suggest that the K70 crosslinks had not ever formed in some ... P460, having the lysine crosslink, can bind and catalyze the transformation of NH2OH The relevance ofthe lysyl-heme crosslink to catalysis is supported here by the lack of catalytic ability in mutant...
... analysis of variance, using the general linear model procedure The model included the effects ofthe animal, the quarter, the stage of lactation (1-12 months), the bacteriological findings andthe ... used andthe test was carried out using the method described by [17] The reaction was then visually scored as 1, 2, 3, or according to the Scandinavian recommendations [7] depending upon the amount ... from the same herds at 1-month intervals until the calves were weaned The samples were collected while the cows were restrained in a standing position Udder and teats were cleaned with water and...
... helped to draft the manuscript YY participated inthe design ofthe study LZ participated inthe design ofthe study WJ conceived ofthe study, and participated inits design and coordination All ... washing Diamino benzidine chromogen (Vector Laboratoriess) was then added to the sections and incubated inthe dark for Sections were then counterstained in Gill’s haematoxylin and dehydrated in ... assessed inthe present study through quantitative analysis of MTSS1 transcript Since the tumour grade and TNM staging information of cases inthe cohort was missing, the tissues used for the analysis...
... helped to draft the manuscript YY participated inthe design ofthe study LZ participated inthe design ofthe study WJ conceived ofthe study, and participated inits design and coordination All ... washing Diamino benzidine chromogen (Vector Laboratoriess) was then added to the sections and incubated inthe dark for Sections were then counterstained in Gill’s haematoxylin and dehydrated in ... assessed inthe present study through quantitative analysis of MTSS1 transcript Since the tumour grade and TNM staging information of cases inthe cohort was missing, the tissues used for the analysis...
... are operating since 2003 The hypothesis is the OM distributionin sand bed descending linearly to the flow direction Materials and methods Sand sampling was done during January 2007 inthe experimental ... ability ofthe constructed wetland The objective of this study is to survey the vertical and horizontal distributionofthe OM in sand bed ofthe experimental constructed subsurface flow wetland in ... the bottom, the sand color returns to the original yellow Figure shows the average OM contents inthe sand bed are linear reducing to the Ox direction Inthe Oz direction, the average value of...
... construction and protection of infrastructure in low-lying areas; and (5) Increased pollution ofthe aquatic environment inthe coastal zone and salinity intrusion ofthe Huong River lead to water scarcity ... salinity intrusion during dry season inthe Huong River basin due to a series of effect of sea level rise, water reduction and increasing demand ofwater users is expected to be more serious in ... (1) The shrinking of land and coastal plain due to enlarged wetland and flooded areas in Tam Giang - Cau Hai lagoon would exacerbate the effects of floods to downstream of Huong River; (2) The...
... spent inthe Netherlands came from the budget ofthe REFINE project, which was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofThe Netherlands The funding for the study on shrimp farming inthe Can ... washing raw material and products, cleaning of machines, containers or flushing the working floor, de-icing, thawing andsalt soaking All thewater used is later discharged as wastewater The ... due to the age ofthe industry andthe global attention to the destruction of coastal habitats in other parts ofthe world The impacts of shrimp production outlined specifically for Vietnam include...
... containing the 5¢part of exon 2, intron 1, exon andits 5¢-flanking noncoding sequence, and 2.7 kb of sequence containing the 3¢-part of exon and 3¢-flanking intron sequence, respectively These ... would be interesting to determine whether it is suckling, like inthe case of LRP [21], or weaning, as inthe case of LDLR [24], which triggers the increase of LSR seen in liver, as such an induction ... first determined the tissue distributionofits mRNA in organs of adult mice in comparison with that of mRNA of other lipoprotein receptors or apolipoproteins We also determined the amount of LSR...
... up of InAs/GaAs So, the second term has the same impact on the strain distributionInthe following, we will have a look at the relationship ofthe strain distributionandthe shape of QDs The ... lattice ofthe top of QD is stretched inthe growth plane, andinthe central eB = 0, which means that there is no splitting for the valence band inthe position The compressing and stretching condition ... bonds in zinc blende structure dri is the variation ofthe length of bond i, and dXij is the variation ofthe angle between the i’th andthe jth bonds The total elastic energy is the sum of P...
... factor in determining the northern limit ofthe insect distributionIn our study, we observed that the lowest SCP for the overwintering larvae was –24 ◦ C, and that the LT95 for the overwintering ... the highest in adults andthe lowest inthe overwintering larvae The SCP has proved to be a reliable index to estimate the cold hardiness ofthe beetle M alternatus The mean SCP ofthe overwintering ... field, in theory the disease is likely to extend farther and even exceed thedistribution range ofthe beetle The beetle is one ofthe most important vectors ofthe disease in China, control of the...
... positivity in 11 strains isolated in Russia and strains isolated in Germany (Fig 1) The origin ofthe strains andthe PCR results are summarized in Table Sequencing ofthe sheta gene from strain S ... ofthe S hyicus strains isolated in Russia andthe genes exhC and exhD for one and two S hyicus strains, respectively, isolated in Germany [6] Investigation ofthe S hyicus strains for sheta and ... segments ofthe 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region [9] Screening of these strains for the exfoliative toxin genes exhA, exhB, exhC, and exhD by multiplex PCR revealed the presence of exhD in 17 of...
... write another proof along the lines ofthe one in Section of [GWW98] since along its way it also characterizes the image of S(r, n, d) through the RSK correspondence Let m = rn The following theorem ... machinery for the enumeration of lattice paths inthe plane we can determine the |WI∗ (2, r, 2rn; T (π))| terms involved inthe alternating sum of Theorem and thus calculate gr (n; 2) Indeed, since ... m≥0 ∑ Inthe next section we give a sketch and a proof of Theorem Both are straightforward adaptations ofthe proofs in [GWW98] dealing with the r = case In order to motivate the second main result...
... give the variability ofthe transmitted radiation inthe shaded area at the scale ofthe sensor Increasing the area of comparison improves the relationship: the regression coefficients inthe ... radiation at the scale ofthe sensor Therefore this should increase the minimum of transmitted radiation measured under the trees and blur the edge ofthe shaded area Second, small errors inthe canopy ... cell k, R and R are the sun sha simulated transmitted radiations inthe sunlit area andinthe shaded area ofthe cell k, respectively Finally, the data obtained from the model are the mean transmitted...
... previous findings inthe PTSD literature in mind, we find it relevant to examine the following hypotheses concerning the lifespan distributionof PTSD prevalence: (a) the lifespan distributionof PTSD ... women The age distributionofthe participants ranged from 13 to 80 years of age Ofthe included studies, 20 were carried out in Denmark, in Iceland, andinthe Faroe Islands Ditlevsen and Elklit ... men and women remain unclear It is the aim ofthe present study to expand previous research by including a larger number of participants 55 or older and examining the differences in lifespan distribution...
... of quantitative traits, information regarding thedistributionof effects of QTL affecting quantitative traits is needed One source of information is from QTL mapping experiments The aim of these ... normal distributionThe mean ofthe normal distribution was the true QTL effect, andthe standard deviation was the estimation error for the QTL Let n xi, j |x be the ordinate ofthe normal distribution ... ˆ and standard deviation the standard error ofthe experiment The value of E x|x can then be plotted against the observed QTL effects ˆ for the pig and dairy distributions, given specified standard...
... variance ofthe trait inthe i th line is V and ; , the mean andthe variance ofthedistributionofthe variances ofthe lines are V and V(1; ), respectively In each line, the phenotypic variance ... selection The response to one generation of divergent selection inthe i th line is R andthe mean andthe variance ofthedistributionofthe responses ; , obtained in different independent lines ... variance between the lines, the variances ofthe phenotypic and additive variances ofthe lines will be the same and, therefore: where fl j CV(V and h are the coefficient of variation ofthe phenotypic...
... those ofthe Metaviridae The position ofthe median is shown as a gray bar inthe box that delimits the boundaries ofthe lower and upper quartiles Data points more than 1.5 times the inter-quartile ... to be the more accurate ofthe two deposited research Our data on the genomic distributionof retroelements can be considered inthe light of theoretical work predicting thedistributionof TE ... heterochromatin The major source of differences was thedistributionof solo LTRs inthe Metaviridae Age of insertions LTR retroelements have a built -in clock that can be used to estimate the age of given...