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... prespawning and spermatogenesis periods was seen, in contrast toa gradual decrease thereafter during spawning ⁄ spermination This indicates that dmrt1 may have an important role during testicular ... 297–306 Kobayashi T, Matsuda M, Kajiura-Kobayashi H, Suzuki A, Saito N, Nakamoto M, Shibata N & Nagahama Y (2004) Two DM domain genes, DMY and DMRT1, involved in testicular differentiation and development ... 2083–2090 12 Otake H, Masuyama H, Mashima Y, Shinomiya A, Myosho T, Nagahama Y, Matsuda M, Hamaguchi S & Sakaizumi M (2009) Heritable artificial sex chromosomes inthe medaka, Oryzias latipes Heredity...
... EDTA, mm 2-mercaptoethanol, and 10% (v ⁄ v) glycerol, andthe flow rate was 0.5 mLÆmin)1 CD measurements DNAs The /X174 phage ssDNA and dsDNA used inthe DNA binding and ATPase assays were purchased ... voltae RadA (MvRadA), Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad51 (ScRad51), and Escherichia coli RecA (EcRecA) domains The N-terminal domains, the conserved ATPase domains, andthe C-terminal domain are indicated ... HsRad51 to examine whether these loops are actually involved in DNA binding Because aromatic residues are involved inthe ssDNA binding by bacterial single stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) and...
... 5¢-AGCTTGTTACAG-AGAAACCTCCTCATG-3¢; AnI17R 5¢-AATTCACGAGGAGGTTTCTCTGTACTA-3¢; AnI17H 5¢-AGCTTAGTACAGAGAAACCTCCTCG TG-3¢; AnI15R 5¢-AATTCACAGGAGGTTTCTCT-GTC TA-3¢; AnI15H 5¢-AGCTTAGACAGAGAAACCTCC ... other in vitro maturase-assisted splicing assay has been developed recently forthe yeast mitochondrial bI3 intron ORF, but in this interesting case, the maturase requires the assistance of a ... contrast, the identity of the base pair at position )8 is critical;
... 4°C Thereafter, the supernatants were aliquoted and stored at -70°C until analysis The concentrations of total protein inthe brain extracts were measured by Bradford assay (Bio Rad Laboratories, ... 25 to 32 g The animal experiments were performed in compliance with the guidelines of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Association (FELASA) and approval was granted by the Institutional ... using a standardized weight-drop model, as previously described [9,17] In brief, following ether anesthesia, a midline longitudinal scalp incision was performed Trauma was applied tothe left anterior...
... distributed random variables As n → ∞, the Central Limit Theorem can be applied and Cu [n] can be considered a Gaussian random variable with average n · mu and variance n · 2 σu , where mu and σu are the ... uncorrelated channel Thein uence of the parameter ρ is remarkable: as expected, the correlation is harmful tothe delay performance, so that when the correlation increases (ρ increases), the achievable ... the evaluation of the users’ rates fora PF discipline and with the same parameters defined before Inthe uncorrelated channel, the algorithm was able to equal the users in terms of minimum target...
... plants per variety were randomly chosen and separately analysed For each plant, two leaves were separately chopped, and two independent measures were performed on each leaf extract Healthy leaves ... similar, as shown by C-banding [20, 21] contents are This analysis revealed that F sylvatica is situated at the low end of the range of known 2C genome sizes, asfor instance Musa acuminata (1.2 ... nuclear DNA amount in diploid bananas (Musa acuminata and M balbisiana), Biol Plant 36 ( 1994) 351-357 [12] Favre J.M., Brown S., A flow cytometric evaluation of the nuclear DNA content and GC percent...
... tight standard deviations Unfortunately, there are no available microdensitometry or flow cytometry data on the DNA content in other Fagaceae gen- (Castanea, Fagus, Nothofagus, etc) a comparison ... nuclear DNA was assessed after incubation with RNase (Boehringer), five units per mL, and ethidium bromide (Sigma), 30 μg per mL, as intercalating dye The proportion of AT was measured separately ... Willd and Q robur L Petunia hybrida cv Px Pc (2C 2.85 pg; 41 % GC) was selected as an internal standard The Q petraea and Q robur clones originated from donor trees in northeastern France (Lorraine)...
... corresponding animal models Inthe CIA model, several cytokines have been shown to play major roles inthe inflammatory process, anti-inflammatory mediators as well as proinflammatory ones The cytokine ... detected inthe chronic phase Inthe chronic phase, there was a shift towards higher levels of macrophages in nasal and laryngeal cartilage than inthe trachea The control mice had less than 5% macrophages ... cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10) has been in focus for many years in autoimmune arthritis andin other autoimmune diseases The human recombinant protein is currently being tested asa therapeutic agent...
... community andthe relative abundance of specific g20 genotypes In Rhode Island’s coastal waters Sandaa and Larsen [34] also observed seasonal variations inthe abundance of cyanophages andin cyanomyovirus ... temporally and spatially ina variety of marine and freshwater environments, was as great within a sample as between oceans and was related to Synechococcus abundance [30-34] With the accumulation ... function In addition to maintaining PSII centres and altering bilin synthesis, a further mechanism for diverting the flow of electrons during photosynthesis may occur A plastoquinol terminal oxidase...
... samples AG performed laboratory analyses and statistical calculations AG and BEG have interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing ... composition was identified with myosin ATPase stains and type I and IIA+ IIX with myosin heavy chain antibodies NADH-tetrazolium reductase staining intensity was subjectively evaluated as low, medium and ... Granlund et al Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2011, 53:20 http://www.actavetscand.com/content/53/1/20 when a muscle is trained which leads toa demand for glucose uptake and activation of AMPK to...
... blood samples andthe clinical data PG quantified the plasma viremia CN and PG helped with the interpretation of data and revision of the manuscript PB and NT preformed statistical analysis PB and ... between the leafs andthe root of the tree were calculated by using Branchlength Calculator [49] and plotted against time in years Finally, Deming linear regression was used to study the overall variation ... nm against a reference wavelength of 620 nm The clinical cut-off value of the assay, calculated asthe mean OD value of HIV-seronegative samples plus three times the standard deviation [SD], was...
... addressed in more depth the neuro-inflammatory and metabolic intracerebral changes in sepsis [23-29] The complement anaphylatoxin C 5a has been characterised asa mediator of BBB dysfunction ina variety ... upregulated inthe pituitary gland of septic rats Rat pituitary glands were surgically removed, total RNA was isolated and analysed by quantitative real-time PCR There was a significant increase ... anti-inflammatory pathways and ameliorates the inflammatory response of immune cells [76] At a molecular level, MSH-α decreases the intracellular production of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines...
... SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; suPAR: soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor α; uPA: urokinase plasminogen activator; uPAR: urokinase plasminogen ... monocytes, macrophages, certain cancer cells and vascular endothelial cells uPAR and its ligand urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) are participants in numerous immunologic functions including migration, ... of suPAR for predicting sepsis in critically ill patients at admission tothe ICU was low compared with CRP and PCT In contrast to many pro-inflammatory cytokines, suPAR asapotential biomarker...
... the dormant has the same failure rate as an operating one, and it is called ”warm” otherwise • FDEP The FDEP gate has one main input connected toa component or another gate and it has several ... distinct, therefore it is not trivial to lump the Markov chain of the DFT In some sense we are interested to solve the hardest model of the Markov chain associated tothe DFT We also assume that ... in parallel The ending states of each simulation are computed at the end of the simulation of the time intervals and they are compared tothe initial state we have previously used These points...
... identified inthe Border Trilogy (All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain) an “imaginative and thematic debt tothe changing political and cultural landscape of America beginning in ... egomaniacal characters, set against communal bodies such as Vineland’s Thanatoids andthe Webb-Traverse family, or simply distanced from communal understanding and action, such as, in McCarthy’s ... that Pynchon introduces his portrayal of Washington.78 Washington the myth, Washington the man Pynchon’s introduction of Washington into the text is a telling narrative move for any consideration...
... Eating lunch ina restaurant or café Talking to your boss or teacher Talking to friends ina group Talking toa stranger One seat apart feet apart seat apart – feet apart – feet apart – feet apart ... given bed and pillow inthe house Health: America Breakfast Orange juice cereal (hot or cold) or toast and margarine coffee or tea Lunch Salad or a sandwich beverage (often mineral water) Diner Broiled ... procession to accompany the dead along the way tothe burial ground After three days of mourning, the family visits the tomb again, or worship the opening the grave After 49 days, the family stops bringing...
... be made and that he had accepted that" Mr Blair told the inquiry: "As far as I am aware, I think someone said this at the meetings, Dr Kelly was aware of that too I think it was decided to this ... category ARGUMENT IS A BATTLE allows us to relate these linguistic expressions tothe stages of a battle 10 The example sentences andthe paraphrases are all taken from the OALD The emphasis is mine ... Ministry bosses to make his name public asthe source of a BBC report saying the government had inflated the case for war against Iraq, his widow testified today before the inquiry investigating...
... fashion, andthe C-terminal part (domains III–IV) of the 80 kDa subunit, are implicated inthe interface linking calpain to skeletal muscle a- actinin Colocalization of microcalpain and a- actinin ... a calpain binding site inthe C-terminal domain of smooth muscle a- actinin Involvement of the C-terminal domain of ask in Calp1 binding In order to locate the region responsible forthe binding ... and increasing ask concentrations or between coated ask and increasing Calp1 concentrations (inset) Binding was monitored at 405 nm using biotin-labelled proteins (ask or Calp1) and streptavidin–...
... underlying the choice and conjugation of an English verb tense One of the main concerns in designing the knowledge base for this module has been that of maintaining the wealth of ideas and intuitions ... past while to talk has to be conjugated into the past continuous The last thing that needs to be done at this point is to conjugate the verbs into the chosen tenses Forthe regular verbs a set of ... Halliday and can thus be paraphrased: The present can occur only at the ends of the tense sequence (as a beginning or final choice) Except inthe last and penultimate place, the same tense Cannot...
... gender information were considered, 63% presented themselves as females and 37% as males inthe monitored chat rooms and 56% presented themselves as females and 44% as males inthe unmonitored chat ... sought information about sexuality and relationships with great frequency; indeed, there was more than twice as much interest (measured by number of threads) ina sexual health bulletin board asin ... SelfDescribed Age and Gender? Throughout we have been careful to treat our age and gender variables asa social construction rather than asa matter of fact However, here we must point tothe fact that all...