07-Feinstein 614.indd - The octopus research group at the Hebrew
... remains constant, the longitudinal and transverse muscle fibers are functionally antagonistic, their activation shortening and elongating the arm, respectively. Co-activation causes stiffening, while contraction of the oblique muscles causes torsion of the arm. This design principle of closely packe ...
... remains constant, the longitudinal and transverse muscle fibers are functionally antagonistic, their activation shortening and elongating the arm, respectively. Co-activation causes stiffening, while contraction of the oblique muscles causes torsion of the arm. This design principle of closely packe ...
THE EFFECT OF CHROMIUM ON THE GROWTH OF CHLORELLA
... higher plants, and its fast reproduction. For that reason, the experiments with Chlorella pyrenoidosa can be carried out in large numbers and with multiple repetitions; they are easily reproducible and controlled. Living beings assimilate from the environment the materials, implicitly various metal ...
... higher plants, and its fast reproduction. For that reason, the experiments with Chlorella pyrenoidosa can be carried out in large numbers and with multiple repetitions; they are easily reproducible and controlled. Living beings assimilate from the environment the materials, implicitly various metal ...
The Cat and The Mouse -- The Case of Mobile Sensors and Targets
... Insert all the cells into max-heap i := Extract-max Update Ej[Tdetect] for each neighbor cell k of i ...
... Insert all the cells into max-heap i := Extract-max Update Ej[Tdetect] for each neighbor cell k of i ...
Unusual Mitochondrial Genome Structures throughout the Euglenozoa
... genes by a mechanism known as RNA editing (reviewed in e.g., Lukeš et al. 2005). The physical and spatial structure of kinetoplastid mtDNAs is diverse. First and best described is kDNA of parasitic trypanosomatids including the notorious human pathogens Trypanosoma and Leishmania. Their mtDNA, desi ...
... genes by a mechanism known as RNA editing (reviewed in e.g., Lukeš et al. 2005). The physical and spatial structure of kinetoplastid mtDNAs is diverse. First and best described is kDNA of parasitic trypanosomatids including the notorious human pathogens Trypanosoma and Leishmania. Their mtDNA, desi ...
A Cancer Theory Kerfuffle Can Lead to New
... genes that control proliferation and the cell cycle (18). Under SMT, the adjacent tissue plays a supporting role, affecting the fitness of the clonal expansion (3) or recruiting the surrounding stromal cells to begin an interplay that enhances the neoplastic phenotype (21). Four corollaries of SMT a ...
... genes that control proliferation and the cell cycle (18). Under SMT, the adjacent tissue plays a supporting role, affecting the fitness of the clonal expansion (3) or recruiting the surrounding stromal cells to begin an interplay that enhances the neoplastic phenotype (21). Four corollaries of SMT a ...
Regulation of blood glucose level
... circulation. In humans, the normal level of blood glucose is about 90 mg of glucose/100 cm3 of blood, but this can vary. ...
... circulation. In humans, the normal level of blood glucose is about 90 mg of glucose/100 cm3 of blood, but this can vary. ...
Vaccination against allergy
... “Targeting the sublingual mucosa”, using single-dose droplets or tablets. ...
... “Targeting the sublingual mucosa”, using single-dose droplets or tablets. ...
Engineered tRNA suppression of a CFTR nonsense mutation
... Townsley et al. 2012, Chin 2014). Further, it has been shown that cell lines with stable expression of suppressor orthogonal tRNAs are viable (Koukuntla, Ramsey et al. 2013). There are numerous examples of the use of codon-edited or suppressor tRNAs that when overexpressed in target cells or host-or ...
... Townsley et al. 2012, Chin 2014). Further, it has been shown that cell lines with stable expression of suppressor orthogonal tRNAs are viable (Koukuntla, Ramsey et al. 2013). There are numerous examples of the use of codon-edited or suppressor tRNAs that when overexpressed in target cells or host-or ...
Genes involved in xylem secondary cell wall formation
... maintain large photosynthetic aerial parts high above the ground. The xylem consists of several distinct types of cells with specialized wall structures. These specific structural features of individual xylem cell walls confer mechanical strength to plant tissues and allow the efficient translocatio ...
... maintain large photosynthetic aerial parts high above the ground. The xylem consists of several distinct types of cells with specialized wall structures. These specific structural features of individual xylem cell walls confer mechanical strength to plant tissues and allow the efficient translocatio ...
Expression of collagenolytic/gelatinolytic metalloproteinases
... electrophoresis with different mobilities on gelatin zymograms arc synthesized by corncal cells in serum-free organ culture. The enzyme species that has the slower mobility is biochemically and immunologically related to a gelatinasc synthesized by macrophages and ncutrophils which has been called b ...
... electrophoresis with different mobilities on gelatin zymograms arc synthesized by corncal cells in serum-free organ culture. The enzyme species that has the slower mobility is biochemically and immunologically related to a gelatinasc synthesized by macrophages and ncutrophils which has been called b ...
DNA`s repair kit, packaged in the nucleus, includes
... damage, one of the most interesting is recombination, in which pieces of genetic material are traded from one DNA strand to another. (Chromosomes invented recombinant DNA well before scientists did.) Not infrequently, gaps appear in a just-replicated DNA strand—perhaps opposite damaged areas that ha ...
... damage, one of the most interesting is recombination, in which pieces of genetic material are traded from one DNA strand to another. (Chromosomes invented recombinant DNA well before scientists did.) Not infrequently, gaps appear in a just-replicated DNA strand—perhaps opposite damaged areas that ha ...
Functions and Mechanisms of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF
... Bnl/Btl-dependent tracheal morphogenesis provides one of the best-known examples demonstrating the function of FGFs as chemo-attractants in tissue morphogenesis. A special tracheal structure, the dorsal air sac, supplies oxygen to the adult flight muscles. The dorsal air sac develops during the thir ...
... Bnl/Btl-dependent tracheal morphogenesis provides one of the best-known examples demonstrating the function of FGFs as chemo-attractants in tissue morphogenesis. A special tracheal structure, the dorsal air sac, supplies oxygen to the adult flight muscles. The dorsal air sac develops during the thir ...
Centrosome Maturation and Mitotic Spindle Assembly in C. elegans
... in mitosis, perhaps as aberrant attempts at cytokinesis. In 50% of the mutant embryos scored (10/20), the furrow appeared to completely bisect the zygote but often regressed before the next mitosis (7/10; see Figure 1). Centrosomes were similarly undetectable during the second attempt at mitosis (20 ...
... in mitosis, perhaps as aberrant attempts at cytokinesis. In 50% of the mutant embryos scored (10/20), the furrow appeared to completely bisect the zygote but often regressed before the next mitosis (7/10; see Figure 1). Centrosomes were similarly undetectable during the second attempt at mitosis (20 ...
Golgi clusters and vesicles mediate mitotic inheritance
... showed that clusters could be visualized at all stages of mitosis. At no stage were they observed to disappear. These experiments were carried out using a HeLa cell line stably transfected with GFP attached to the Golgi retention signal of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (yielding NAGFP). Clusters ...
... showed that clusters could be visualized at all stages of mitosis. At no stage were they observed to disappear. These experiments were carried out using a HeLa cell line stably transfected with GFP attached to the Golgi retention signal of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (yielding NAGFP). Clusters ...
Heart Valve Tissue Engineering: Concepts, Approaches, Progress
... the presence of vimentin (intermediate filaments), and very low levels of α-SMA, MMP-13 (proteolytic enzymes), and SMemb (non-muscle myosin heavy chain). Indeed, only 2–5% of normal adult VIC express α-SMA, which is a marker of myofibroblast-like function.1,121,142,148 Myofibroblasts are activated f ...
... the presence of vimentin (intermediate filaments), and very low levels of α-SMA, MMP-13 (proteolytic enzymes), and SMemb (non-muscle myosin heavy chain). Indeed, only 2–5% of normal adult VIC express α-SMA, which is a marker of myofibroblast-like function.1,121,142,148 Myofibroblasts are activated f ...
Hormones
... The endocrine system is like a radio, “broadcasting” chemical messages. These chemicals, called hormones, are released in one part of the body, travel through the blood, and affect cells in other parts of the body. Hormones can affect almost every cell in the body. ...
... The endocrine system is like a radio, “broadcasting” chemical messages. These chemicals, called hormones, are released in one part of the body, travel through the blood, and affect cells in other parts of the body. Hormones can affect almost every cell in the body. ...
Influence of Biological Particles on the Production of Clouds in
... Aerosol particles need to meet certain criteria: they need a surface unto which a phase change from vapor to water can occur, the ability to accelerate the coalescence of large particles, and the phase change from vapor to liquid to ice. Another requirement for condensation of water vapor occurs onl ...
... Aerosol particles need to meet certain criteria: they need a surface unto which a phase change from vapor to water can occur, the ability to accelerate the coalescence of large particles, and the phase change from vapor to liquid to ice. Another requirement for condensation of water vapor occurs onl ...
114 - University of Oxford
... PSM. In fact, they show that both expressions are coincident and are responding to the same segmentation clock. Experiments blocking protein synthesis in the PSM block the progression of the l-fng wavefront but not that of c-hairy-1. These experiments suggest that both genes are downstream of the se ...
... PSM. In fact, they show that both expressions are coincident and are responding to the same segmentation clock. Experiments blocking protein synthesis in the PSM block the progression of the l-fng wavefront but not that of c-hairy-1. These experiments suggest that both genes are downstream of the se ...
Pleiotropy of leptin receptor signalling is defined by distinct roles of
... cells, LEPR point mutants with single or combined exchanges of the three intracellular tyrosines were expressed in HIT-T15 insulinoma cells. Western blots with activation state-specific antibodies recognizing specific signalling molecules revealed that the wild-type receptor activated STAT1, STAT3, ST ...
... cells, LEPR point mutants with single or combined exchanges of the three intracellular tyrosines were expressed in HIT-T15 insulinoma cells. Western blots with activation state-specific antibodies recognizing specific signalling molecules revealed that the wild-type receptor activated STAT1, STAT3, ST ...
Growth Control: A Saga of Cell Walls, ROS, and
... pollen tube is induced by ROS application and is required for ROS-induced bursting. It is intriguing in this context that rbohdeficient mutant pollen tubes (see below; Boisson-Dernier et al., 2013; Lassig et al., 2014) and root hairs (Duan et al., 2010) with low internal levels of ROS also display lo ...
... pollen tube is induced by ROS application and is required for ROS-induced bursting. It is intriguing in this context that rbohdeficient mutant pollen tubes (see below; Boisson-Dernier et al., 2013; Lassig et al., 2014) and root hairs (Duan et al., 2010) with low internal levels of ROS also display lo ...