... component ofthe pollen grain and pollen-tube wall but also plays a key rolein pollen viability Callose is deposited inthe inner wall layer behind the growing pollen tube tip as well as in regularly ... generative cell (left); bright field image ofthe same pollen (right) (J) Trinucleate pollen of wild type line H99 stained with decolorized aniline blue and showing callose deposition as annulus-ring ... During the time interval when the generative cell abuts against the wall, callose occurs at the boundary ofthe cell, however, only on the side adjacent to the vegetative cell This is called the...
... and control C elegans were labeled using Low RNA Input Fluorescent Linear Amplification kits following the manufacture's protocols (Agilent Technologies, Inc, Santa Clara, CA, USA) Labeled cRNAs ... cadmiumtoxicity (although these genes certainly could also be involved in detoxification of other stressors) These cadmium resistance genes include previously known genes involved inthecadmium ... various genes incadmium related diseases in humans Materials and methods C elegans strains The following strains were used in this study: N2 Bristol; mtl2 null, mtl-2 (gk125); mtl-1 null, mtl-1 (tm1770);...
... difficult, at least partly because the anther is made up of several different cell types that include not only cells in meiosis but also a layer of epidermal, intermediate, and tapetal cells The expression ... cells, shown in Figure revealed the strongest staining around the nuclear periphery but also detected considerable speckled cytoplasmic staining in a postmeiotic uninucleate pollen mother cell ... Perinuclear space Nucleoplasm Figure 10 Maize SUN topology models relative to the membranes ofthe nuclear envelope Possible protein arrangement models with the SUN (yellow) domain inthe perinuclear...
... assay medium at pH 7.5 (A) The initial sample (thin line); aged sample before (thick line) and after (medium line) exposure to light (B) Illuminated sample before (thin line) and after (thick line) ... phosphorylation step is involved in pigment loading The precise roleof any possible POR kinase therefore still remains unclear The main line of evidence for the existence of a PORphosphatase is the observation ... are all clearly visible inthe difference spectra shown in Fig Changes inthe wavelength ofthe Chlide absorption maximum following photoconversion of washed PLB samples suspended in pH 7.5 assay...
... candidate molecule participating in UV-B signaling, as it is also involved in signaling in plants [37] Genes for protein degradation are also upregulated in UV-B-shielded leaves Finally, several transcripts ... while RAD17 is induced in seedling and adult leaves These proteins are involved in post-replication repair of DNA in yeast, and they activate checkpoints that delay cell-cycle progression in ... Article R16 Casati and Walbot shielded tissues exhibit upregulation of ribosomal protein genes Because seedling leaves lack both the downregulation of photosynthetic genes and upregulation of ribosomal...
... previously assumed Methods Plant materials and phenotypic analyses A collection of 40 maize inbred lines consisting of 22 Flint and 18 Dent lines were included in this analysis The line collection ... 1-bp indel in 4CL1 was found to be associated with IVDOM by both GLM and MLM The insertion allele of this indel is present in only one line, AS18, which exhibits the second lowest overall value of ... with an increase in cell wall digestibility For the COMT gene, indel polymorphisms inthe intron region have been associated with cell wall digestibility in two different sets of lines, one of which...
... insights into the association of other cell cycle proteins with the promoter E2F4 binding during the cell cycle coincides with the binding of p107 or p130 [61,85] Another E2F site distal to the ... compared with wild-type cells when assayed using in vivo footprinting Loss ofthe two pocket proteins leads to deregulation ofthe B-Myb promoter during the cell cycle Re-introduction of p107, and ... adopt the timing of expression from the other promoter as a result of replacing the cell cycle-regulatory elements Thus, it is likely that cell cycle-dependent timing of expression is also determined...
... biologically relevant roleof miR-27 intheregulationof adipose tissue functions in vivo, we examined the expression of miR-27 inthe genetically obese ob ⁄ ob mice The 2352 expression levels ... Rockville, MD, USA) and maintained inthe culture conditions recommended by the ATCC Briefly, 3T3 -L1 cells were cultured in DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum OP9 cells were grown in aMEM containing ... may play a roleintheregulationof adipose functions associated with obesity Results miR-27 inhibits adipogenic differentiation In order to investigate theroleof miRNAs intheregulation of...
... Consequently, whilst PP1G is likely to play a significant roleinthe hormonal activation of GS in 3T3 -L1 adipocytes, the importance of GSK3 inthe insulin-mediated regulationof this enzyme in fat cells ... establish the importance of GSK3 inthe acute regulationof glucose transport in terms of its regulatory control of GS in muscle and fat cells we have investigated the effects of Li and the anilinomaleimide, ... belief that PI3K plays a critical roleinthe hormonal regulationof glucose transport [1] However, despite the fall in basal glucose uptake the net stimulation in glucose uptake elicited by Li...
... mobility shift analysis was performed using [32P]-labeled LBS with all the double mutants inthe absence and presence of a 10-fold molar excess of wild-type LBS and mutant LBS in which all the ... (Fig 4) Theroleof these amino acids in LHR mRNA binding FEBS Journal 275 (2008) 3397–3407 ª 2008 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2008 FEBS A K Nair et al Active site of LRBP involved in LHR mRNA ... the site of ATP binding and may exploit common side chain interactions; or (b) the conformations of residues involved in RNA binding may be directly or indirectly coupled to the binding of ATP...
... extents in each cell type Hence it is likely that Ets elements play a major rolein determining both the level of expression and the location ofthe start of transcription of PS1 Inthe Ets family of ... tenfold in SK-N-SH and cells Further deletion to +42 increased transcription in both cells lines: about fivefold in SH-SY5Y cells and twofold in SK-N-SH cells Further deletions to +6 did not result ... crucial roleintheregulationof other genes [34] Ets factors are likely to be important determinants inthe choice of initiation site in a particular cellular context The specificity of Ets...
... within the volume ofthe enzyme complexes may result in unusual properties ofthe compound, when compared to the same quantity ofthe lipoate molecules distributed in bulk solution In particular, ... neighbouring sulfur greatly increases the stability ofthe thiyl radical in dithiols compared to monothiols [29] Additional stabilization ofthe lipoate thiyl radicals may be expected within the network ... with the three lipoyl domains cannot be ascribed entirely to the catalytic roleof these domains Rather, the advantage appears to depend on the ability ofthe lipoyl group to protrude from the inner...
... signals of glycogen inthe intact liver in vivo Second, during infusion of [1-13C]glucose, label incorporation was observed not only into the C1 of glycogen but also the C6, which can only occur ... intraperitoneally as an alternative means of glucose administration should the tail vein fail, which was the case in only three animals, the data of which were included After the lines were inserted, ... Glc6P6 Measurement ofthe rate of into glycogen inthe liver 13 C label incorporation Label incorporation into the glycogen C1 reflects glycogen synthesis via the direct pathway (glucosefiglucose-6-phosphatefiglycogen),...
... speculation and self-fulfilling prophecies trigger actual bank failures Based on the coefficients ofthe baseline model of column of table 1, the solid line of figure represents the predicted number of ... percent of bank failures within the total sample, but also leaves profound developments in financial services liberalization, which included in particular the deregulation of branching restrictions, ... estimates The decade following 1982 was marked by a dramatically aggravating degree of fragility inthe banking industry culminating inthe savings and loans (S &L) crisis After dropping the 1982 to 1992...
... development of offshore financial centers and off-balance-sheet methods of financing); • the diminishing effectiveness of traditional controls due to financial innovation (including the difficulty of ... “S &L crisis” inthe US ofthe early 1980s Inthe case of S&Ls the insurance premium was set by statute in 1950 at 1/12 of 1% ofthe assessable deposits and was the same for all insured institutions ... financial products is hindered by lagging regulatory developments, delaying and stifling the pace of innovation 40 Partly as a result of an increasing recognition of these problems, the Basel Accord...
... highlighted theroleofregulationin reconciling the collective interests within the medical profession with broader policy objectives such as maintaining staff inthe public sector and quality control ... jobs to supplement their income "In the past 10 years the classical form of dual practice of a public job inthe morning, doctor's office inthe afternoon, has been declining; the multi-job practice ... practice There are an increasing number of newly graduated professionals: "In Lima alone there are seven medicine faculties and still growing" (General Medicine #3, private clinics) "The insurance...
... 5ng/ml FGF Page of 5% Normal Media + 50ng/ml BMP 5% Mineralizing Media + 50ng/ml BMP Figure Alizarin Staining of Mineralizing Osteoblast cells MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts were seeded at 3000 cells/well in ... to heal the defect The increase in cell replication in a mineralizing cell likely represents a de-differentiation from the mineralizing phase to the growing phase, and increases expression of GFs ... sarkosyl lysing buffer was added to each well; all the cells were solubilized after 30 minutes Finally, after mixing the resulting solution with a pipette, radioactivity was counted in a scintillation...
... 5ng/ml FGF Page of 5% Normal Media + 50ng/ml BMP 5% Mineralizing Media + 50ng/ml BMP Figure Alizarin Staining of Mineralizing Osteoblast cells MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts were seeded at 3000 cells/well in ... to heal the defect The increase in cell replication in a mineralizing cell likely represents a de-differentiation from the mineralizing phase to the growing phase, and increases expression of GFs ... sarkosyl lysing buffer was added to each well; all the cells were solubilized after 30 minutes Finally, after mixing the resulting solution with a pipette, radioactivity was counted in a scintillation...
... to play a rolein RA, including extracellular signal (mitogenic)-regulated protein kinase (ERK)1/2; the stress-activated protein kinases, also called cJun NH2-terminal kinases (JNKs); and the ... Similar findings were obtained using five additional RA FLS cell lines; a small inhibitory effect ofthe p38 inhibitor SB203580 at high concentration (1 × 10-5 mol /l) was observed in one cell line ... Importantly, the increase in Cyp7b activity following stimulation ofthe cells with TNF-α was dose-dependently inhibited by SN50 (Fig 1a) To further substantiate this finding, five other FLS cell lines...
... S1 in Additional file 2), excluding the possibility of examining the effect ofthe proximal bottleneck on the expression of these two proteins Nonetheless, we could still compute the correlation ... genes inthe GFP library The x-axis is the relative location ofthe bottleneck in every gene; the y-axis is the per-cell protein abundance The color of each dot is the relative strength ofthe ... not only inthe levels of expressed protein from a gene but also inthe cost of expression Considering the cost of production, we looked at how introducing a new gene into the host cell influenced...