... aB-crystallin.
Reduction-induced aggregation of the insulin B-chain
Light scattering due to DTT-induced amorphous
aggregation and precipitation of the insulin B-chain
commenced after 10 min and reached ... of insulin.
A
C
B
Fig. 2. aB-crystallin protects against the
DTT-induced aggregation of insulin, and this
activity is enhanced by Arg-HCl. Insulin
(
, 0.25 mgÆmL
)1
) was incubated at 37 °C
in ... aB-crystallin
against this fibril-forming protein, implying that it is
the common positively charged group that plays a role
in increasing the activity of aB-crystallin against this
target protein. To...
... baseline period
(1980 - 1999) under the emission scenarios
from medium to high.
Annual rainfall and rainfall in rainy season
can increase whereas rainfall in dry season can
decrease in all ... highest value
in increasing level, followed by Quy Nhon and
Can Tho. This is quite compatible with the
temperature happening in the past (increasing
level declined southwards). In addition, ... seasonally in the regions in Vietnam.
Keywords: climate change scenario, MAGICC/SCENGEN.
1. Introduction
∗
Climate change is a global essential issue
with increases in temperature, changes in
precipitation,...
... OsHsfC1a and OsHsfC1b in yeast cells. These differential
patterns pertaining to binding with HSEs and protein–protein interactions
may have a bearing on the cellular functioning of OsHsfs under ... hetero-oligomers with HsfA4, thereby interfering
in the HsfA4 DNA binding capacity and thus acting as
a selective repressor [24]. In addition to Hsf–Hsf inter-
actions, a large body of information has been accumu-
lated ... formed protein–DNA
complexes. Binding activity was low at 12 °C and was
enhanced with increasing temperature; OsHsfA2c
showed maximum binding at 32 and 37 °C; OsHsfA9
showed efficient binding at 22,...
... gene families in rice. In this study, whole genome microarray
analysis of auxin-responsive genes inrice was performed, with the aim of
gaining some insight into the mechanism of auxin action. A ... carried
out in other plants. The recent advances in genomics
provide opportunities to investigate these pathways in
crop plants. To gain insights into the molecular mech-
anism of auxin action in rice, ... shows
that genes involved in cytokinin (e.g. cytokinin-O-
glucosyltransferase, cytokinin dehydrogenase, and
response regulators), ethylene (e.g. ethylene-responsive
transcription factor, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxy-
late...
... of vitamin E and γ-oryzanol components.
While the level of vitamin E inrice germ was 5 times greater than inrice bran, the level of γ-oryzanol
in rice germ was 5 times lower than inrice bran. ... 193-211.
milling process. According to the information of Riceland Foods, Inc.,
rice germ is about 20% of full-fat raw rice bran, which suggest that
the sample FFRB contains about 10% broken rice germ.
Preparation ... concentration in RG. Rice bran (FFRB) used in this study
was different from commercial rice bran that has been widely
used inrice bran studies. In the present study, intact germ was
sorted out from rice...
... because Cd in wheat grain is
higher in bran and lower in albumen so that Cd
Ž
in flour after milling is much lower e.g. approx.
.Ž
40% than that in the whole grain Zhang et al.,
.
1997 .
The inter-area ... value for Pb was 2᎐3ngrg inrice and flour. Calculation for daily
Cd intake via rice, taking advantage of the present findings on Cd contents inrice and wheat together with
administrative area-specific ... contents inrice available in various
parts of the world were previously reviewed, and
it was summarized that Cd contents inrice avail-
able in Japan is substantially higher than the
levels in rice...
... subcontracting or other linkage arrangements, is
viewedan important means to upgrade the tourism small firm, including informal enterprise.
Business linkages enable small firms run by indigenous ... specifically,
his interest is in using notions of dependency — relating the concept to relations between
countries and, in turn, small and large enterprises — to examine small business behaviour.
His starting ... analogy used in discussing tourism small firms
research in thedeveloped North, the fieldof tourism small businessdevelopmentinthe South
is terra incognita (Page et al. 1999). Questions concerning entrepreneurship...
... after day, searching
out leads, refining our marketing constantly trying to improve our offering. It’s about speaking to
people, finding out what product or service they want, trying to provide ... any business working in 2013 can get away with ignoring the
Internet. I mean, when was the last time you looked up the Yellow Pages to find a business
service rather than searching online? I’m ... employment, but don’t let this lull you into a false sense of security. Being employed in
an industry can be very different to running a business within an industry so you need to act as
though...
... [
3
H]serine into macromolecules of bovine
tendon explants maintained in DMEM containing varying concentra-
tions of CaPPS or heparin. The proximal region of bovine deep
flexor tendon was maintained in ... of
35
S-labeled
small proteoglycans remained in the matrix that had
been maintained in DMEM alone, but in cultures main-
tained in DMEM containing 1000 lgÆmL
)1
of either
CaPPS (Fig. 2A) or heparin (Fig. ... large
and small proteoglycan species remaining in the matrix at
different times in culture was determined [9].
Measurement of incorporation of [
3
H]serine into
macromolecules by tendon maintained in...
... of all businesses in
the province are in service sector industries, with small
businesses only slightly less likely than large businesses
to be providing a service. In the small business service ... Aboriginal
peoples in British Columbia provides some insight on
the diversity of small business owners in the province.
Data for 2011 indicate that Aboriginal peoples living
off-reserve continue ...
pronounced growth in secondary manufacturing small
businesses, with a 6.9 per cent jump.
Some promising increases occurred in the number
of tourism-related small businesses in the province
between...
... in
human infections, including H. pylori strains.
2. Materials and Methods
Bacterial strains
In this study, two standard strains, that is
ATCC4350 (type strain) and ATCC43526, and 14 clinical ... (Dade
Behring Inc., Illinois USA) system. In addition, five
clinical strains of Campylobacter jejuni were also included
in this evaluation study, which were the kind gift from
Int. J. Med. ... Japanese rice itself and the pH-
adjusted physiological saline solution demonstrated no
bactericidal activities against H. pylori ATCC43526 strain.
The remaining ATCC43504 type strain and 14 clinical...
... able to discriminate
between single nucleotide variants within mRNAs
(11-13). These studies suggest that siRNAs may be
interesting to explore as therapeutics in monogenic
dominant disorders ... performed using standard PCR conditions with
Int. J. Med. Sci. 2008, 5
365
vectors expressing short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs).
Aptamer-shRNA chimaeras (18) may also be an inter-
esting possibility ... causative of OI (2), making it labour intensive to
design siRNAs for every separate mutation. In het-
erozygous individuals for a common polymorphism,
siRNAs targeting each allele of COL1A2...
... Compounds in Processing Bun from Rice
3.4. Investigating the changes of 2-AP and other volatile compounds of ricein Bun
processing
Table 3. The volatile compounds in non-soaking and 12 hours soaking ... 220
0
C for 5 min;
- For SPME: from 40°C to 115°C at a rate of
3°C/min then from115°C to 220°C at 30°C/min
and finally maintained at 220◦C for 5 min. The
detector port was maintained at 250
0
C. ... 1.9 ml/min at 25
0
C. The
injection was performed in splitless mode first
(5 min for SPME and 2 min for SDE), then in
split mode to the end of the cycle (38.5 min for
SPME and 70 min for SDE)....