Target or barrier? The cell wall of early- and later
... Although Cd is a generally toxic contaminant of the ecosystem, plants have evolved diverse mechanisms to respond to Cd contamination of their growth substrate. As for many compounds with detrimental effects on cellular metabolism, the toxicity of Cd is often alleviated through its sequestration to s ...
... Although Cd is a generally toxic contaminant of the ecosystem, plants have evolved diverse mechanisms to respond to Cd contamination of their growth substrate. As for many compounds with detrimental effects on cellular metabolism, the toxicity of Cd is often alleviated through its sequestration to s ...
Slide PDF - The future of science
... TFEB OVEREXPRESSION INCREASES THE NUMBER OF LYSOSOMES IN THE CELL ...
... TFEB OVEREXPRESSION INCREASES THE NUMBER OF LYSOSOMES IN THE CELL ...
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... loss of wall integrity, indicated by swollen, vacuolated cells and susceptibility to lysis and antibody absorption (15, 16). Magnesium is unable to overcome the wall deficiency. Addition of Ca to deficient cells does not restore normal morphology, indicating its role is played during cell wall forma ...
... loss of wall integrity, indicated by swollen, vacuolated cells and susceptibility to lysis and antibody absorption (15, 16). Magnesium is unable to overcome the wall deficiency. Addition of Ca to deficient cells does not restore normal morphology, indicating its role is played during cell wall forma ...
The Analysis of Plant Growth - Plant Physiology and Development
... To characterize the local expansion rate, we must consider the growth velocities at the apical and basal ends of a small segment of tissue. If the apical end of the segment is moving faster than the basal end, the segment is elongating. The velocity difference, divided by the segment length, gives t ...
... To characterize the local expansion rate, we must consider the growth velocities at the apical and basal ends of a small segment of tissue. If the apical end of the segment is moving faster than the basal end, the segment is elongating. The velocity difference, divided by the segment length, gives t ...
Chapter 1 Jeopardy Review
... Jellyfish, worms, and insects are classified together because none of them have a ______________ to support its body. ...
... Jellyfish, worms, and insects are classified together because none of them have a ______________ to support its body. ...
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... - two examples with different gap penalties These values are copied from the PAM250 matrix (see earlier slide), after being made nonnegative by adding 8 to each PAM250 matrix cell (-8 is the lowest number in the PAM250 matrix) ...
... - two examples with different gap penalties These values are copied from the PAM250 matrix (see earlier slide), after being made nonnegative by adding 8 to each PAM250 matrix cell (-8 is the lowest number in the PAM250 matrix) ...
March 2013
... disease. Researchers have shown that a variety of factors may contribute to MND. One such factor is that the power plants of the cell, the mitochondria, stop working as well as they should. Without enough energy a cell can become sick very quickly. Dexpramipexole, the drug that Biogen was trialling, ...
... disease. Researchers have shown that a variety of factors may contribute to MND. One such factor is that the power plants of the cell, the mitochondria, stop working as well as they should. Without enough energy a cell can become sick very quickly. Dexpramipexole, the drug that Biogen was trialling, ...
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... ligand for cell adhesion, i.e., intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and another for chemotaxis, i.e., regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) chemokine, each of which depends on the level of gene expression for function. Accordingly, section II, C and D, proce ...
... ligand for cell adhesion, i.e., intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and another for chemotaxis, i.e., regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) chemokine, each of which depends on the level of gene expression for function. Accordingly, section II, C and D, proce ...
Transmembrane Domain (TM) 9 Represents a Novel
... ADII phenotype. Reversal of Drug Toxicity with CsA and VRP. The data presented in Table 3 show the effects of the TM9 mutations on the ability of CsA and VRP to reverse drug resistance. Neither of the single mutations nor the double mutation affected the overall effectiveness of CsA as a reversal ag ...
... ADII phenotype. Reversal of Drug Toxicity with CsA and VRP. The data presented in Table 3 show the effects of the TM9 mutations on the ability of CsA and VRP to reverse drug resistance. Neither of the single mutations nor the double mutation affected the overall effectiveness of CsA as a reversal ag ...
Desferrioxamine-mediated Iron Uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Evidence for two pathways of iron uptake.
... Reduction followed by transport of elemental iron is only one of the strategies that organisms use to accumulate iron. Most bacteria and fungi synthesize and secrete siderophores, low molecular weight compounds that specifically bind ferric iron. Siderophores bind ferric iron with high affinity, and ...
... Reduction followed by transport of elemental iron is only one of the strategies that organisms use to accumulate iron. Most bacteria and fungi synthesize and secrete siderophores, low molecular weight compounds that specifically bind ferric iron. Siderophores bind ferric iron with high affinity, and ...
GI Resp tract Lecture 11 2015
... This deficiency also affects processing of SP-B and phospholipids, both in experimental mouse models and in humans. Bile breaks down lipids (as you will learn) so aspiration of bile can lead to reduced surfactant function. You will learn more about surfactant in pulmonary physiology and in lectures ...
... This deficiency also affects processing of SP-B and phospholipids, both in experimental mouse models and in humans. Bile breaks down lipids (as you will learn) so aspiration of bile can lead to reduced surfactant function. You will learn more about surfactant in pulmonary physiology and in lectures ...
Rheb and mammalian target of rapamycin in mitochondrial
... Molecular Cancer Research, Centre for Biomedical Genetics and Cancer Genomics Centre, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
... Molecular Cancer Research, Centre for Biomedical Genetics and Cancer Genomics Centre, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
Audible Sound in Form of Music Can Influence Microbial Growth
... categorized into three categories: infrasound (up to 20 Hz), audible sound (20-20,000 Hz) and ultrasound (>20,000 Hz). In natural world nearly all life forms are surrounded by different kinds of sound and they also interact with these sounds. However, not enough efforts have been made to investigate ...
... categorized into three categories: infrasound (up to 20 Hz), audible sound (20-20,000 Hz) and ultrasound (>20,000 Hz). In natural world nearly all life forms are surrounded by different kinds of sound and they also interact with these sounds. However, not enough efforts have been made to investigate ...
- ORCA - Cardiff University
... neuron to undergo apoptosis seems to be determined by a tightly regulated apoptotic machinery (summarized in Fig. 1). Therefore, modulation of the expression levels or the activity of components of this apoptotic balance changes the sensitivity to deathpromoting cues, allowing temporal restriction o ...
... neuron to undergo apoptosis seems to be determined by a tightly regulated apoptotic machinery (summarized in Fig. 1). Therefore, modulation of the expression levels or the activity of components of this apoptotic balance changes the sensitivity to deathpromoting cues, allowing temporal restriction o ...
The Chemical Defense Ecology of Marine Unicellular Plankton
... maintain in the face of shifting predation risk. It is also clear that for unicellular organisms, which have no tissue to sacrifice, repelling or discouraging attack is better than post-ingestion toxicity. Induced defense responses—phenotypic modification in response to predator cues—are widespread ...
... maintain in the face of shifting predation risk. It is also clear that for unicellular organisms, which have no tissue to sacrifice, repelling or discouraging attack is better than post-ingestion toxicity. Induced defense responses—phenotypic modification in response to predator cues—are widespread ...
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... Microorganisms tend to aggregate on surfaces and form biofilms which can have detrimental effects on materials (e.g. biocorrosion; Gu, 2007) or even endanger human health (e.g. medical implants; Padera, 2006). Material scientists have developed numerous strategies to prevent biofilm formation such a ...
... Microorganisms tend to aggregate on surfaces and form biofilms which can have detrimental effects on materials (e.g. biocorrosion; Gu, 2007) or even endanger human health (e.g. medical implants; Padera, 2006). Material scientists have developed numerous strategies to prevent biofilm formation such a ...
Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells CCL19 Gene Expression in
... vicinity of activated DCs. In this study, we have analyzed the regulation of CCL19 gene expression in human monocyte-derived DCs. DCs infected with Salmonella enterica or Sendai virus produced CCL19 at late times of infection. The CCL19 promoter was identified as having two putative NF-B binding si ...
... vicinity of activated DCs. In this study, we have analyzed the regulation of CCL19 gene expression in human monocyte-derived DCs. DCs infected with Salmonella enterica or Sendai virus produced CCL19 at late times of infection. The CCL19 promoter was identified as having two putative NF-B binding si ...
Characterization of Chloroplast Division Using the Arabidopsis
... development they enlarge in size and the amount of thylakoid membrane increases and becomes more aligned. Leaf primordial cells from arc5 are shown in Figure 4b and cells from Landsberg erecta seedlings are shown in Figure 4d. The number of chloroplast profiles per cell is similar in wild-type and a ...
... development they enlarge in size and the amount of thylakoid membrane increases and becomes more aligned. Leaf primordial cells from arc5 are shown in Figure 4b and cells from Landsberg erecta seedlings are shown in Figure 4d. The number of chloroplast profiles per cell is similar in wild-type and a ...
Trans-Lesion DNA Polymerases May Be Involved in Yeast Meiosis
... frequency of HO-induced base substitution mutations was considerably lower in an isogenic rev3D strain (Holbeck and Strathern 1997). Indeed, yeast PolZeta and Rev1 were found to be associated with HOinduced DSBs, as shown by chromatin immunoprecipitation (Hirano and Sugimoto 2006). In mammals, sever ...
... frequency of HO-induced base substitution mutations was considerably lower in an isogenic rev3D strain (Holbeck and Strathern 1997). Indeed, yeast PolZeta and Rev1 were found to be associated with HOinduced DSBs, as shown by chromatin immunoprecipitation (Hirano and Sugimoto 2006). In mammals, sever ...
Cross-Presentation Proteases in MHC Class I Presentation and
... The catabolic mechanism in cells that makes the initial cleavages to generate most presented peptides is the proteasome. Because the proteasome and its connection to Ag presentation has been well described elsewhere, we will cover this subject in this paper relatively briefly and provide readers wit ...
... The catabolic mechanism in cells that makes the initial cleavages to generate most presented peptides is the proteasome. Because the proteasome and its connection to Ag presentation has been well described elsewhere, we will cover this subject in this paper relatively briefly and provide readers wit ...
Macromolecular biophysics of the plant cell wall: Concepts and
... technique. In retrospect, this was unjustified: it was not realised at the time that all natural cellulose contains two distinct forms, cellulose Iα and Iβ [2] and that within each form, there is some variation in the details of chain conformation and interchain hydrogen bonding. Unlike, for example ...
... technique. In retrospect, this was unjustified: it was not realised at the time that all natural cellulose contains two distinct forms, cellulose Iα and Iβ [2] and that within each form, there is some variation in the details of chain conformation and interchain hydrogen bonding. Unlike, for example ...