... bridging the A’ and G b-strands ofthe I27 protein during the main unfolding barrier.[39] To further validate this view and gain insight into theroleof solvent hydrogen bonds in protein unfolding, ... measure the elongation of b-strands A’ and G for unfolding the I27 protein in D2O The pulling coordinate for the separating b-strands is defined as the distance between the first amino acid of strand ... unfolding of one ofthe I27 modules inthe chain Unfolding then extends the overall length ofthe protein, relaxing the pulling force to a low value As the slack inthe length is removed by further...
... for correct folding and intracellular transport of viral glyco- proteins, as shown for instances for influenza hemagglutinin [19] In order to investigate the importance ofthe individual N-glycosylation ... we determined the effect ofthe individual N-glycans on the maturation cleavage by analysing the presence ofthe cleaved subunit GP-2 Disruption ofthe N-glycosylation sites within the GP-1 mutants ... H-resistance ofthe Lassa virus glycoprotein is only acquired when the glycoprotein is cleaved into its subunits This observation is in contrast to findings for the LCMV glycoprotein where an...
... Recombination rate was measured by identifying the physical locations of nine genetic markers on the chromosome and using them as a basis for delineating eight intervals spanning chromosome The ... was inthe form of TEs, with simple sequence repeats and other types of repeats comprising less than 1% ofthe total repetitive DNA content In terms of number of elements, diversity (number of ... genome, all of which are found on chromosome and make up 8.8% ofthe sequence We analyzed the distribution of TEs in chromosome by defining non-overlapping 100 kb intervals across the sequence and measuring...
... reported inthe pancreatic β-cells of humans NPHS1 was found to be localised to the plasma membrane and surface of insulin vesicles ofthe β-cells A roleof NPHS1 inthe pathway of insulin exocytosis ... plasma membrane andthe surface of insulin vesicles inthe β-cells and promotes insulin secretion in response to glucose [78] A higher expression of NPHS1 in mouse insulinoma (MIN6) cells was ... Introduction Aims of study Aim 1: To investigate the association of NPHS1 SNPs with renal traits including eGFR and albuminuria in T2DM Chinese patients in Singapore These patients were from the Singapore...
... prognostic value of eosinopenia was not tested We therefore cannot ascertain the value of this marker to predict mortality inthe ICU Concerning the severity of infection, Perello and colleagues ... colleagues there was no noninfection group enrolled (HIV patients without CAP) to test the value of eosinopenia inthe diagnosis of sepsis (CAP) among HIV- infected patients Gil and colleagues showed in ... hypothetical mechanism of eosinopenia, which is the migration of eosinophils to the inflammatory site [7,8], we think it may be interesting if Perello and colleagues used the eosinophil cutoff value (40...
... form the structural core ofthe complex, with the remaining subunits surrounding them ARPC2 and ARPC4 contact the mother filament, whereas ARP2 and ARP3 associated with the pointed end ofthe ... prevent the binding of capping factors to the barbed end (Kovar et al 2003) FH1 contains polyproline sequences and interacts with profilin (Chang et al 1997) Since profilin binds to actin monomer, ... length of F-actin and limits the number of free barbed ends, which reduces the rate of G-actin monomer depletion Capping proteins therefore reduce the drain on the G-actin pool, allowing more uncapped...
... 1.2.2 Host proteins and their involvement in influenza virus infection .8 1.2.3 Involvement ofhost metabolism in influenza virus infection 11 1.2.3.1 Glycolytic flux in influenza virus infection ... 1.2.2 Host proteins and their involvement in influenza virus infection Several papers have reported the crucial roleofhost proteins in influenza virus infection Coombs et al (2010) reported the ... 1-(1Z-octadecenyl)-2-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PC(P-18:0/20:4)) The interest of this project pivots around the involvement of lipids during an influenza virus infection There is still a substantial lack inthe understanding ofthe role...
... business and industry; meeting the training and education needs of businesses within 60 mile radius in Northern Allegheny County West Chester University Institute for Education, Excellence, and ... Collaboration with business and government Economic Development Programs and Initiatives Business accelerators and/ or entrepreneurial initiatives Linking teaching and research to business opportunities ... stable supply of knowledge and skills in high need areas Increase the size, diversity of skills and productivity ofthe labor force Dimensions of Social and Economic Value Regional public institutions...
... with the aim of reducing the spatial constraints originating from the side-chain interactions between Tyr269 and Ala261 (Fig 2C) The main difference between the G261A and G261A/Y269A enzymes is the ... sequences The mutagenesis targets were residues Trp260 and Ala219 ofthe catalytic site and His135 ofthe Mg2+ binding site The most striking result was the loss ofthe psychrophilic character of mutant ... strain TAB5 We particularly attempted to investigate the functional importance ofthe Gly pair, located inthe vicinity ofthe active site ofthe cold adapted enzyme and to study its potential role...
... Some single VH domains of anti-protein IgG, including HyHEL-10 and D1.3, were known to retain the specificity and affinity to antigen in itself [7,20] At least for these antibodies, theroleofthe ... or not H39 is dominantly tuning the VH ⁄ VL interaction of other Fvs, including HyHEL-10 In addition, the effect ofthe H39 mutation on antigen binding has not yet been analyzed The reason for ... between antigen-binding affinity and VH ⁄ VL interaction strength, in other words, an apparent positive correlation ofthe stability ofthe Fv–antigen complex and that of Fv inthe absence of antigen,...
... keywords, all the inections ofthe verb are also considered Therefore, the initial query is expanded into: QUERY(Q209): paper AND clip AND (invented OR ) inventor OR invent OR invents) QUERY(Q258): ... alternations improve the recall ofthe answer paragraphs For example, inthe case of question Q221: Who killed Martin Luther King ?, by considering the synonym of killer, the noun assassin, the Q&A system ... Cardie, Vincent Ng, David Pierce, Chris Buckley Examining theroleof statistical and linguistic knowledge sources in a general-knowledge que stion answering system In Proceedings ofthe 6th Applied...
... sources of mixed feelings Merton and Barber (1976) described the sociological ambivalence as follows: “ the ambivalence is located inthe social definition of roles and statuses, not inthe feeling-state ... situational conditions of gift-giving may differ according to characteristics ofthe gift-giving occasion, whether the presentation ofthe gift is public, private, or anonymous, and whether the gift is ... (p.21) These results were the same if comparing between male and female behavior is the interesting finding of Othman and Lee’s study Givers will pay different attitude to these factors when choosing...
... selective inhibitor of Glc6P hydrolysis [31], for evaluating theroleof Glc6P, we determined the effect of different inhibitor concentrations on the Glc6P content andthe rate of glycogen synthesis in ... Harndahl et al ¨ levels through the interaction of glucokinase with binding proteins [5,6] The glucokinase regulatory protein (GKRP) is a specific inhibitor of glucokinase [5] and also a nuclear receptor ... 0.1 vs 1.5 ± 0.1) These results suggest that the increase of Glc6P inthe presence of S4048 was caused by the inhibition of Glc6P hydrolysis inthe absence of detectable changes in glucose phosphorylation...
... (particularly the short ones) have all zeroes in them In other words, none ofthe bigrams from the training set appears in these reviews This suggests that the main problem with the bigram model ... and E Hovy 2004 Determining the sentiment of opinions In Proc of COLING, pages 1367–1373 M Koppel and J Schler 2005 Using neutral examples for learning polarity In Proc of IJCAI (poster) D Lin ... relation is capturing two different situations, one in which the author himself likes the movie, andinthe other, the author’s cousin likes the movie The overgeneralization resulting from these “stemmed”...
... fumonisin is suggested to be carcinogenic The 17 fumonisin biosynthetic genes are located in a gene cluster and three of them are P450 enzymes The FUM6 protein (CYP505B1) intervenes in one ofthe ... element inthe alk1 promoter The protein complex also binds to 208 other promoters of genes interfering in alkane degradation such as the acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase gene andthe yas1 gene itself ... strong indications for the involvement of a bacterial P450 inthe hydroxylation of octane in Rhodococcus rhodochrous, theroleof bacterial P450s in alkane degradation in addition to the well-established...
... the transaction from the vantage point of firm A, the floatingrate payer The cost of synthetic floating-rate financing is determined by the cost of servicing fixed-rate debt plus the net cost ofthe ... Thus, the net cost ofthe synthetic fixed-rate financing is determined by the swap fixed rate plus the difference between its short-term borrowing rate andthe floating-rate index Banks often index the ... to the desire on the part of firms to hedge cash flows against the effects of interest rate volatility The timing ofthe appearance of interest rate swaps, coming as it did during a period of volatile...
... to take into account inthe assessment ofthe security risks to − and privacy impact on − the delivery of online services, andin determining appropriate levels of security Inthe case of sensitive ... maintained in multiple accounts within the organisation The organisation is in some sense wasting resources and duplicating efforts in maintaining separate profiles with (mostly) the same information ... 2007, 95% of medium and large-size businesses in OECD countries were using the Internet, with some 25% of individuals buying goods and services on line, and 30% using Internet banking services...
... regions within the bulk of fluid membrane and which are enriched in cholesterol and (glycero-)sphingolipids In addition the fatty acid chains ofthe phospholipids composing these rigid domains are ... than those inthe lipids ofthe surrounding membrane In fact, this fatty acid composition favors a tighter packing of phospholipids and cholesterol, increasing the rigidity of these domains [32–35] ... implications of this subfamily of receptors in cellular signalling make them attractive therapeutic targets The coupling between stimulation ofthe P2X receptor andthe generation of intracellular...
... site ofthe N-terminal lobe of human and bovine lactotransferrins Importance ofthe glycan moiety andofthe non–covalent interactions between the N- and C-terminal lobes inthe stability ofthe ... trypsin and chymotrypsin on thein vitro antimicrobial and iron-binding properties of lactoferrin in human milk and bovine colostrum Unusual resistance of human apolactoferrin to proteolytic digestion ... lactoferrin where the protein has to survive the harsh environment ofthe gastrointestinal tract Thus, on the basis of this study, rhLF may be preferred over bLF in oral applications of lactoferrins in...
... for lower income returns and/ or higher costs of housing Ullman (1954) demonstrated the significant influence of desirable living conditions in terms of climate and landscape in explaining regional ... those ofthe author and may not necessarily reflect the views ofthe Martin Prosperity Institute, its affiliates or its funding partners Any omissions or errors remain the sole responsibility ofthe ... work and school environment – helps define an individual’s sense of being in a particular location Other research has focused on the attitude of “being at home” in a community; in other words, the...