... obtained using linings of stone and
marble. During the first year ofthe study, when the lining served only as mulch due to
lack of rainfall, an increase of 33.3 percent and 25.0 percent in ... harvesting; increasing crop yields in rainfed areas through
agricultural research; and reforming policies and increasing investments in rainfed areas.
WATER HARVESTING
Water harvesting involves ... aeration and
infiltration of water, it may also result in soil degradation inthe form of increased erosion
(Fall and Faye 1999). Thedevelopmentof new farming techniques may be useful in
combating...
... research so the input of
Australian staff inthe actual training program of TOT was minimal and did not warrant
inclusion inthe cost ofthe training.
GAP Workshop in Binh Thuan (21-22/7/2008) ... 26.5% of their planting materials by themselves and 14.9% they bought from their
neighbours making a total of 41.4%. The remaining 21.4% of respondents did not know the
origin of their planting ... practice was the introduction of record keeping and also the ability of farmers
to recognise pests and diseases andthe introduction of monitoring.
Economic impacts
The dominant economic impact...
... Kim)
In this study, a set of PCRs was carried out to
detect the hygromycin resistance gene, CaMV35S
promoter (the promoter located in front ofthe
AtAOS2 gene), andthe AtAOS2 gene inthe
transgenic ... by
other enzymes, including hydroperoxide lyase,
peroxygenase, hydroperoxide reductase, and divinyl
ether synthase. A typical function of these branch
pathways is defence against insect and ... rice genome. The results of PCRs would
confirm the appearance ofthe AtAOS2 gene inthe
transgenic rice genome.
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1. Extraction of rice DNA
The leaves of one-month-old...
... the
dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial system. At the same time, opening of
markets and reforms have contributed to the strengthening of intermediation function
of financial markets, ... China Statistics Yearbook, China Financial Yearbook and People’s Bank of China
Statistics Quarterly bulletin.
B. Developmentof direct financing and indirect financing markets
providing financing ... andthe central bank in bond marketdevelopment
The government andthe central bank played significant roles in establishing and
developing bond marketin China.
Since 1998, inter-bank bond market...
... ).
The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the
United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies deter-
mined by clinical trials and ... to
explore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported in
the individual studies. Using a model that included the geographic latitude of the
study site andthe data ... resurgence inthe incidence of TB occurred inthe United
States and included increases inthe number of TB cases among adults and children
and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving...
... Allen N., and Gregory F. Udell. 1998. The Economics of Small Business
Finance: The Roles of Private Equity and Debt Markets inthe Financial
Growth Cycle,” Journal of Banking and Finance, August, ... Bank of New York, Current
Issues in Economics and Finance, August.
Strahan, Philip, and James Weston. 1998. “Small Business Lending and the
Changing Structure ofthe Banking Industry,” Journal of ... understanding issues facing community banks.
I. THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKS
The banking system inthe United States has always been unique in
the sense of containing large numbers of small...
... days inthe differenti-
ation medium: DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum
and IDM (10 lgặmL
)1
insulin, 1 lm dexamethasone, and
0.5 mm IDM). Cells were then maintained in DMEM con-
taining ... biologically
relevant roleof miR-27 inthe regulation of adipose tis-
sue functions in vivo, we examined the expression of
miR-27 inthe genetically obese ob ⁄ ob mice. The
expression levels of both miR-27a and ... differentiation
was initiated at 48 h post-transfection by maintaining the cells in culture medium containing 2% horse serum. Cells were fixed on day 4 of
differentiation and stained with hematoxylin and eosin....
... the dimer
interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings of the
mutated residues. The models of RNase A covalent dimers
in the exchanging conformation were prepared using the
7RSA structure and ... at
the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings of
the hinge loop residues. Likewise, the models of nonex-
changing and exchanging HHP-RNase were prepared start-
ing from 1Z7X. The ... (rotation
angle ‘r’) and variation ofthe inclination (inclination angle ‘i’) with
respect to the plane ofthe membrane (parallel to the xy plane).
Cter and Nter are the C-terminal and N-terminal structural...
... involved inthe regulation of
the stability and trafficking of GAT1. It has been
reported that a variety of molecular chaperones and
folding enzymes assist the folding of newly synthesized
proteins in ... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains
are important for the GABA transport activity.
1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake
of GAT1
In order to gain further insight into theroleof the
terminal ... clarify
whether N-glycans are directly involved inthe GABA-
uptake process and whether the modulation of N-gly-
cosylation in uences the biochemical properties of this
protein, quantitative and kinetic...
... the genetic analysis of hf-2 in detail andthe attempt to
compensate the deficiency of SQDG in hf-2 by the culture in
the presence of SQDG to elucidate that SQDG participate
in PSII activity in ... Bands indicate as follows: 1, apoproteins ofthe PSI
complex; 2, ATP synthase ab subunits; 3, apoproteins ofthe PSII
complex; 4, apoproteins of LHCII.
Ó FEBS 2002 Sulfolipid maintains PSII in ... hf-2
compared with that ofthe wild-type is therefore neither due
to the change in peptide composition ofthe PSII complex
nor to the ultrastructure of thylakoid membranes.
The growth rate of hf-2 was slightly...
... affinity of ChiB for allosamidin, which is an
analogue ofthe proposed oxazolinium ion intermediate [32].
The minor (or even positive) effects of Y214F on substrate
and intermediate binding andthe ... conformations. The Asp142 equiv-
alent inthe family 18 chitinase from Coccidioides immitis
was found to be inthe ÔdownÕ position inthe apoenzyme
and inthe ÔupÕ position inthe complex with allosamidin ... for the position of residue 142 [34].
The pK
a
calculations indicate that the only candidate for
a residue determining the basic arm ofthe pH-activity
profile ofthe D142N mutant is Glu144. The...
... 2010)
doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07685.x
The hyperthermostable chitinase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon
Pyrococcus furiosus has a unique multidomain structure containing two chi-
tin-binding domains and two catalytic domains, and ... Stereo figures ofthe model ofthe bound substrate inthe AD2 E526A mutant (A) and D524A mutant (B). The structures of bound
sugars andthe side-chains of three acidic residues inthe conserved ... positions and ori-
entations ofthe Glu526 side-chain inthe A-form were
almost identical, andthe maximum coordinate shift
after superimposition ofthe two structures was 0.78 A
˚
.
In the B-form, in...
... stimulated
an
interest
in
understanding
the
behavior
of
ecological, economic
and
social systems
in
terms
of the
linkages between them, specifically
in
relation
to the
structure
and
dynamics
... forest
and
grasslands
of
the
Midwest.
The U. S.
Congress developed policies such
as the
Homestead
Act to
increase
settlement
of the
lands
in the
middle
of the
country
by
giving land ... Policy
for the
United
States
Dramatic changes
in the
landscape
of
farming
have unwittingly contributed
to
hypoxia
in the
Gulf.
The
increased nitrate loading
to the
Gulf
of the
past
...
... ER81 and PEA3), ER81 and ERM being the
most related [35]. PEA3 members all contain the highly
conserved ETS domain. ERM contains two DNA binding
inhibitory domains flanking the Ets domain: the ... protein,
which controls signaling and cell–cell communication in
development, have largely contributed to the understanding
of theroleof presenilins. The Notch receptor, a type 1
membrane protein, ... transcription ofthe human
presenilin 1
gene
in SH-SY5Y and SK-N-SH cells
The roleof Ets factors inthe regulation of
presenilin 1
Martine Pastorcic
1
and Hriday K. Das
1,2,3
1
Department of Pharmacology...