Catabolism and biotechnological applications of cholesterol
... with a great relevance in biology, medicine and chemistry, playing an essential role as a structural component of animal cell membranes. The ubiquity of cholesterol in the environment has made it a reference biomarker for environmental pollution analysis and a common carbon source for different micr ...
... with a great relevance in biology, medicine and chemistry, playing an essential role as a structural component of animal cell membranes. The ubiquity of cholesterol in the environment has made it a reference biomarker for environmental pollution analysis and a common carbon source for different micr ...
Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms
... optimize energy expenditure associated with venom use, specifically venom metering and pre-venom. Venom metering in some spiders appears to be more sophisticated than in snakes, being dependent less on a priori decisions based on prey size than on the response of the prey: more venom is injected whe ...
... optimize energy expenditure associated with venom use, specifically venom metering and pre-venom. Venom metering in some spiders appears to be more sophisticated than in snakes, being dependent less on a priori decisions based on prey size than on the response of the prey: more venom is injected whe ...
Nucleic acid vaccines against rickettsial diseases and methods of use
... must be carefully selected and presented to the immune system such that shared epitopes are recogniZed. These factors have contributed to the search for effective vaccines. A protective vaccine against rickettsiae that elicits a complete immune response can be advantageous. A feW antigens Which pote ...
... must be carefully selected and presented to the immune system such that shared epitopes are recogniZed. These factors have contributed to the search for effective vaccines. A protective vaccine against rickettsiae that elicits a complete immune response can be advantageous. A feW antigens Which pote ...
Identification and characterization of mutants with increased
... The plasmid pJK001 encodes the prgH, -I, -J, -K and orgA genes with the native prg promoter. The plasmid was constructed by combining portions of pBDJ116 and pBDJ134 [25]. Brie£y, a HindIII-BamHI fragment from pBDJ116 that contains prgH, prgI and the ¢rst 185 bp of prgJ was cloned into pACYC177 cut ...
... The plasmid pJK001 encodes the prgH, -I, -J, -K and orgA genes with the native prg promoter. The plasmid was constructed by combining portions of pBDJ116 and pBDJ134 [25]. Brie£y, a HindIII-BamHI fragment from pBDJ116 that contains prgH, prgI and the ¢rst 185 bp of prgJ was cloned into pACYC177 cut ...
Bacterial interactions within the digestive tract
... animals are prepared by administering bacteria, usually by mouth, to axenic (germfree) animals. Axenic and gnotoxenic animals are kept in completely sterile units called isolators. They are given sterilised food and they breathe sterile air. Such equipment has now been developed for various species ...
... animals are prepared by administering bacteria, usually by mouth, to axenic (germfree) animals. Axenic and gnotoxenic animals are kept in completely sterile units called isolators. They are given sterilised food and they breathe sterile air. Such equipment has now been developed for various species ...
The effecT of chlorinaTion of nucleoTide bases on The
... 353º, and it was observed that "small" value δgen. occurs much more frequently than "large" ones. Thus, it was necessary to find out what kind of magnitude of these changes should be considered as significant. In order to establish such a "threshold" value for the sum of differences of the angles δg ...
... 353º, and it was observed that "small" value δgen. occurs much more frequently than "large" ones. Thus, it was necessary to find out what kind of magnitude of these changes should be considered as significant. In order to establish such a "threshold" value for the sum of differences of the angles δg ...
The demonstration of nickel in the urease of Helicobacter pylori by
... urease is greater than 500 kDa, then the suggested structure is hexameric. This would indicate that the probable number of nickel atoms is six. These results support the model of six copies of each of the two polypeptides in the native enzyme suggested by Hu and Mobley [11]. The detection of nickel ...
... urease is greater than 500 kDa, then the suggested structure is hexameric. This would indicate that the probable number of nickel atoms is six. These results support the model of six copies of each of the two polypeptides in the native enzyme suggested by Hu and Mobley [11]. The detection of nickel ...
Plant diversity controls arthropod biomass and temporal stability
... We developed a SEM to examine the relative importance of pathways by which altered plant diversity can control consumer diversity and secondary production (Fig. 1). We used this SEM to examine the support for our three hypotheses about drivers of arthropod diversity (Appendix Table A1). Removal of t ...
... We developed a SEM to examine the relative importance of pathways by which altered plant diversity can control consumer diversity and secondary production (Fig. 1). We used this SEM to examine the support for our three hypotheses about drivers of arthropod diversity (Appendix Table A1). Removal of t ...
Annual Conference 2017
... consensus primers PGMY09/11 targeting the late protein (L1) gene. HPV infection rate was 12.4% and the most prevalent high risk genotype was HPV 52. About 60% of participants infected with HPV were co-infected with Ureaplasma. Bivariate analysis shows that Ureaplasma infection, early sexual debut, L ...
... consensus primers PGMY09/11 targeting the late protein (L1) gene. HPV infection rate was 12.4% and the most prevalent high risk genotype was HPV 52. About 60% of participants infected with HPV were co-infected with Ureaplasma. Bivariate analysis shows that Ureaplasma infection, early sexual debut, L ...
Shankar2017 - Edinburgh Research Archive
... (e.g. PhD, MPhil, DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. Please note the following terms and conditions of use: This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, which are retained by the thesis author, unless otherwise stated. A copy can be downloaded for personal n ...
... (e.g. PhD, MPhil, DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. Please note the following terms and conditions of use: This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, which are retained by the thesis author, unless otherwise stated. A copy can be downloaded for personal n ...
SPLIT RNA Extraction Kit: Pure Fractions for Demanding Applications
... (especially on-column DNase digestion) or the enzyme inactivation (e.g., by heat denaturation) can severely compromise RNA integrity. Similarly, size-filtration based methods such as gDNA removal columns result in either ineffective gDNA removal or exclusion of longer RNA molecules (Fig. 3). 5 min ...
... (especially on-column DNase digestion) or the enzyme inactivation (e.g., by heat denaturation) can severely compromise RNA integrity. Similarly, size-filtration based methods such as gDNA removal columns result in either ineffective gDNA removal or exclusion of longer RNA molecules (Fig. 3). 5 min ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... success and would be a useful tool in H. pylori. The objectives in this project were to develop an IVET plasmid for H. pylori, and to develop methods for testing and screening an H. pylori promoter library. The IVET plasmid was developed so that promoter fragments would be inserted into a StuI site ...
... success and would be a useful tool in H. pylori. The objectives in this project were to develop an IVET plasmid for H. pylori, and to develop methods for testing and screening an H. pylori promoter library. The IVET plasmid was developed so that promoter fragments would be inserted into a StuI site ...
SPT4, a gene important for tr
... within the SPT4 open reading frame (Fig. 1). The twostep gene replacement method (Scherer and Davis 1979) was used, beginning with strain JF125, to construct a diploid strain containing spt4::Tn5-156. Following sporulation and tetrad dissection, we determined that haploid strains that contain spt4." ...
... within the SPT4 open reading frame (Fig. 1). The twostep gene replacement method (Scherer and Davis 1979) was used, beginning with strain JF125, to construct a diploid strain containing spt4::Tn5-156. Following sporulation and tetrad dissection, we determined that haploid strains that contain spt4." ...
PhyPA: Phylogenetic method with pairwise sequence alignment
... sequences simulated with different tree topologies and different branch lengths. The combination of likelihood methods and MSA (hereafter referred to as ML + MSA) include MSA by MAFFT (Katoh et al., 2009) and MUSCLE (Edgar, 2004a,b), and phylogenetic reconstruction by PhyML (Guindon and Gascuel, 200 ...
... sequences simulated with different tree topologies and different branch lengths. The combination of likelihood methods and MSA (hereafter referred to as ML + MSA) include MSA by MAFFT (Katoh et al., 2009) and MUSCLE (Edgar, 2004a,b), and phylogenetic reconstruction by PhyML (Guindon and Gascuel, 200 ...
environmental filtering of enzymatic activities
... processes on the functional composition of ECM communities (Koide, Fernandez & Malcolm 2014), and in particular, the relative influence of small- and large-scale environmental heterogeneities on ECM fungal community assembly (Bahram et al. 2013; Crowther et al. 2013; Talbot et al. 2014; Bahram, Peay ...
... processes on the functional composition of ECM communities (Koide, Fernandez & Malcolm 2014), and in particular, the relative influence of small- and large-scale environmental heterogeneities on ECM fungal community assembly (Bahram et al. 2013; Crowther et al. 2013; Talbot et al. 2014; Bahram, Peay ...
Effects of biocides and metals on antibiotic resistance: a
... Antibiotics are specifically acting drugs that work against bacteria and sometimes certain parasites but not on viruses or fungi. Most importantly, they are selected or designed to have as little effect as possible on the human body. When we use antibiotics they bind to targets within or on bacteri ...
... Antibiotics are specifically acting drugs that work against bacteria and sometimes certain parasites but not on viruses or fungi. Most importantly, they are selected or designed to have as little effect as possible on the human body. When we use antibiotics they bind to targets within or on bacteri ...
Chromatin Condensing Functions of the Linker Histone C
... order transitions concomitant with binding to their macromolecular targets (9, 21, 22). While much progress has been made predicting the prevalence of intrinsically disordered protein domains in eukaryotic proteomes (23), there is a relative paucity of experimental biochemical data that address the ...
... order transitions concomitant with binding to their macromolecular targets (9, 21, 22). While much progress has been made predicting the prevalence of intrinsically disordered protein domains in eukaryotic proteomes (23), there is a relative paucity of experimental biochemical data that address the ...
06_Microb_biofilm_II_2014 - IS MU
... • Biofilm is the natural way of microbial growth • It is a microbial community placed in a structured intercellular matter • It sticks firmly to solid surfaces • Its structure depends on the amount of nutrients in the environment • It is more advantageous for microbes both metabolically as well as a ...
... • Biofilm is the natural way of microbial growth • It is a microbial community placed in a structured intercellular matter • It sticks firmly to solid surfaces • Its structure depends on the amount of nutrients in the environment • It is more advantageous for microbes both metabolically as well as a ...
Full Text - Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
... experiments that measured fewer functions (Supplementary Fig. 1). For instance, the most diverse assemblages in experiments that measured only two functions (N ¼ 41) were predicted to sustain both functions at 79% of their maximum (Supplementary Fig. 1a), very similar to the 81% threshold identified ...
... experiments that measured fewer functions (Supplementary Fig. 1). For instance, the most diverse assemblages in experiments that measured only two functions (N ¼ 41) were predicted to sustain both functions at 79% of their maximum (Supplementary Fig. 1a), very similar to the 81% threshold identified ...
Comparative Analysis of ,Multiple Protein
... of some methods from a computational perspective are ( 1) the initial inference of an ordered series of motifs available, there are no studies to date that evaluate these defining the limits of a protein family and ( 2 ) detection methods from a biologically informed perspective. The of the ordered ...
... of some methods from a computational perspective are ( 1) the initial inference of an ordered series of motifs available, there are no studies to date that evaluate these defining the limits of a protein family and ( 2 ) detection methods from a biologically informed perspective. The of the ordered ...
Cutting a Gordian Knot: Emended Classification and Description of
... (50). Because these criteria were not sound and failed to deal with the obvious heterogeneity of the genera Cytophaga and Flexibacter, Reichenbach proposed that these two genera should be distinguished on the basis of changes in cell morphology in aging cultures, G + C content ranges, and habitats ( ...
... (50). Because these criteria were not sound and failed to deal with the obvious heterogeneity of the genera Cytophaga and Flexibacter, Reichenbach proposed that these two genera should be distinguished on the basis of changes in cell morphology in aging cultures, G + C content ranges, and habitats ( ...
Counterinsurgency Doctrine Applied to Infectious Disease
... mathematics (Nash 1951, Nash 1953). While the nominal application was perhaps recreation, there were natural applications in both economics (preexisting Nash, i.e. von Neumann and Morgenstern 1944) and military strategy. It was a larger leap to appropriate game theory into biology (Smith and Price 1 ...
... mathematics (Nash 1951, Nash 1953). While the nominal application was perhaps recreation, there were natural applications in both economics (preexisting Nash, i.e. von Neumann and Morgenstern 1944) and military strategy. It was a larger leap to appropriate game theory into biology (Smith and Price 1 ...