Modern Materials: Polymers and Biomaterials
... Plastic: materials that can be formed into shapes. Thermoplastic: materials that can be shaped more than once. (Used as replacements for blood vessels.) Thermosetting: materials that can only be shaped once (Used in dental devices, and orthopedics such as hip replacements.) Elastomer: material tha ...
... Plastic: materials that can be formed into shapes. Thermoplastic: materials that can be shaped more than once. (Used as replacements for blood vessels.) Thermosetting: materials that can only be shaped once (Used in dental devices, and orthopedics such as hip replacements.) Elastomer: material tha ...
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... to the philosophical method developed by William James and John Dewey, in the first booklength attempt to use classical American pragmatism to solve a problem in bioethics. It is an important method, one that brings the importance of empirical investigation and scientific discovery to bear on moral ...
... to the philosophical method developed by William James and John Dewey, in the first booklength attempt to use classical American pragmatism to solve a problem in bioethics. It is an important method, one that brings the importance of empirical investigation and scientific discovery to bear on moral ...
Disorders of mitochondrial function
... of mutant mtDNA; this threshold presumably depends on the energy requirement of each tissue. Most pediatric mitochondrial diseases are caused by defects of proteins encoded by nuclear genes that are transported into mitochondria [2]. These mitochondrial diseases are inherited in Mendelian fashion. ...
... of mutant mtDNA; this threshold presumably depends on the energy requirement of each tissue. Most pediatric mitochondrial diseases are caused by defects of proteins encoded by nuclear genes that are transported into mitochondria [2]. These mitochondrial diseases are inherited in Mendelian fashion. ...
Genetic code as a harmonic system
... Figure 1 (left). The distribution of amino acids according to Gauss’ algorithm; (a) the distribution of amino acids has been derived from Table 1.1, by presenting two pairs here in one row as the “pair of pairs”. In the beginning of each row obtained in this way one “contact” amino acid has been as ...
... Figure 1 (left). The distribution of amino acids according to Gauss’ algorithm; (a) the distribution of amino acids has been derived from Table 1.1, by presenting two pairs here in one row as the “pair of pairs”. In the beginning of each row obtained in this way one “contact” amino acid has been as ...
Short-Term Overexpression of a Constitutively Active Form of AMP
... of primers (Table 1), 10 l of 2 ⫻ PCR mix, and 0.5 l of Sybr Green. The reactions were carried out in capillaries in a LightCycler instrument (Roche) with 40 cycles. We determined the relative amounts of the mRNAs studied by means of the second-derivative maximum method, with LightCycler analysis ...
... of primers (Table 1), 10 l of 2 ⫻ PCR mix, and 0.5 l of Sybr Green. The reactions were carried out in capillaries in a LightCycler instrument (Roche) with 40 cycles. We determined the relative amounts of the mRNAs studied by means of the second-derivative maximum method, with LightCycler analysis ...
Characteristics of Phenylacrylic Acid Decarboxylase
... selective functionalization of nonactivated groups in organic molecules4. The repertoire of enzymatic chemistry is only expected to increase due to the large amount of genomic data that is becoming available. A recent publication described ...
... selective functionalization of nonactivated groups in organic molecules4. The repertoire of enzymatic chemistry is only expected to increase due to the large amount of genomic data that is becoming available. A recent publication described ...
Osmo- and thermo-adaptation in hyperthermophilic Archaea
... isolated from a variety of hot environments, most species originate from marine geothermal areas, hence they are slightly halophilic. The accumulation of low-molecular mass organic solutes, i. e., compatible solutes, is one of the most common strategies developed by cells to cope with fluctuations o ...
... isolated from a variety of hot environments, most species originate from marine geothermal areas, hence they are slightly halophilic. The accumulation of low-molecular mass organic solutes, i. e., compatible solutes, is one of the most common strategies developed by cells to cope with fluctuations o ...
Gregor Mendel was a 19th century priest and botanist who
... He articulated the laws of inheritance attributed to him insofar as was possible given the information he had.” -- [Fairbanks and Rytting (2001)]. Did Mendel detect but not mention linkage? o Mendel concluded "the behavior of each pair of differing traits in a hybrid association is independent of al ...
... He articulated the laws of inheritance attributed to him insofar as was possible given the information he had.” -- [Fairbanks and Rytting (2001)]. Did Mendel detect but not mention linkage? o Mendel concluded "the behavior of each pair of differing traits in a hybrid association is independent of al ...
Life in the slow lane: molecular mechanisms of estivation
... 1997). Large changes to the activity state of many enzymes and functional proteins can be made via the addition or removal of covalently bound phosphate through the action of protein kinases and protein phosphatases. The virtually onyoff control of glycogen phosphorylase (GP) that is provided by thi ...
... 1997). Large changes to the activity state of many enzymes and functional proteins can be made via the addition or removal of covalently bound phosphate through the action of protein kinases and protein phosphatases. The virtually onyoff control of glycogen phosphorylase (GP) that is provided by thi ...
Common Quantitative Trait Loci for Alcohol
... degrees of freedom for those strains. Therefore, in table 1, we have included the correlations between NTR densities and ST as well as between all NT measures and BECRR and hypothermia. Among the LSXSS RI strains, ST and BECRR are negatively correlated measures of hypnotic sensitivity (DeFries et al ...
... degrees of freedom for those strains. Therefore, in table 1, we have included the correlations between NTR densities and ST as well as between all NT measures and BECRR and hypothermia. Among the LSXSS RI strains, ST and BECRR are negatively correlated measures of hypnotic sensitivity (DeFries et al ...
Method To Develop High Oleic Acid Soybeans Using Conventional
... [0015] While transgenic soybean lines have been generated that produce soybean oil containing mid to high levels of oleic ...
... [0015] While transgenic soybean lines have been generated that produce soybean oil containing mid to high levels of oleic ...
Jesse Rabinowitz - National Academy of Sciences
... Relatively large amounts of ferredoxin were found in four different Clostridial strains tested (Buchanan, Lovenberg, and Rabinowitz 1963). Furthermore, ferredoxin presence was demonstrated in obligately anaerobic bacteria, but not in aerobic or facultatively anaerobic organisms. The ferredoxins from ...
... Relatively large amounts of ferredoxin were found in four different Clostridial strains tested (Buchanan, Lovenberg, and Rabinowitz 1963). Furthermore, ferredoxin presence was demonstrated in obligately anaerobic bacteria, but not in aerobic or facultatively anaerobic organisms. The ferredoxins from ...
Genetic Characterisation of Human ABO Blood
... In 1628, British physician W Harvey described the circulation of the blood in humans after having pumped water through the blood vessels of a corpse (Harvey, 1628). This observation opened a new era and some decades later, in 1667, J-B Denis (Denis, 1667) in France and R Lower (Lower, 1666) in Engla ...
... In 1628, British physician W Harvey described the circulation of the blood in humans after having pumped water through the blood vessels of a corpse (Harvey, 1628). This observation opened a new era and some decades later, in 1667, J-B Denis (Denis, 1667) in France and R Lower (Lower, 1666) in Engla ...
Recent advances in biosynthesis of fatty acids derived products in
... The activation of acetate is so ATP intensive that it constrains the maximal yield of the acetyl-CoA derived products. In addition, the supply of acetyl-CoA is even more limited under anaerobic conditions, a preferred process for industrial applications. Many prokaryotes contain an acetylating aceta ...
... The activation of acetate is so ATP intensive that it constrains the maximal yield of the acetyl-CoA derived products. In addition, the supply of acetyl-CoA is even more limited under anaerobic conditions, a preferred process for industrial applications. Many prokaryotes contain an acetylating aceta ...
The Effect of a Limited Supply of Phenylalanine, Threonine, or
... Lys and Val; these are extracted by the mammary secretory cells from the blood in excess relative to the amount secreted in milk protein. These excess EAA might be used as a potential energy precursor or as a source of carbon (C) and N for synthesis of other components, especially NEAA and fatty aci ...
... Lys and Val; these are extracted by the mammary secretory cells from the blood in excess relative to the amount secreted in milk protein. These excess EAA might be used as a potential energy precursor or as a source of carbon (C) and N for synthesis of other components, especially NEAA and fatty aci ...
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signalling is required for early dorso
... These findings suggest that neural induction in the Xenopus embryo is favoured by low Smad1 activity and high MAPK signalling (Pera et al., 2003). A study in cultured cells indicates that IGF signalling pathways in zebrafish are similar to those in mammalian systems and that IGF-1 binds to the IGF-1 ...
... These findings suggest that neural induction in the Xenopus embryo is favoured by low Smad1 activity and high MAPK signalling (Pera et al., 2003). A study in cultured cells indicates that IGF signalling pathways in zebrafish are similar to those in mammalian systems and that IGF-1 binds to the IGF-1 ...
Protein Structure, Neighbor Effect, and a New Index of Amino Acid
... The arbitrary choice of amino acid properties and potentially false formulation of the amino acid dissimilarities may be responsible for some of the old controversies between Kimura (1983, p. 159) and Gillespie (1991, p. 43). Kimura, being a neutralist, argued that the most frequent nonsynonymous su ...
... The arbitrary choice of amino acid properties and potentially false formulation of the amino acid dissimilarities may be responsible for some of the old controversies between Kimura (1983, p. 159) and Gillespie (1991, p. 43). Kimura, being a neutralist, argued that the most frequent nonsynonymous su ...
Potassium starvation responses in yeast highlight novel potassium-related functions
... diameter and 70 fL of volume when growing in rich complete medium. In this situation, the composition of haploid yeast cells is 0.017 pg of DNA, 1.2 pg of RNA and 6 pg of proteins (Sherman 2002). The yeast genome is composed by 12.1 Mbp arranged across 16 chromosomes encoding around of 6000 genes of ...
... diameter and 70 fL of volume when growing in rich complete medium. In this situation, the composition of haploid yeast cells is 0.017 pg of DNA, 1.2 pg of RNA and 6 pg of proteins (Sherman 2002). The yeast genome is composed by 12.1 Mbp arranged across 16 chromosomes encoding around of 6000 genes of ...