Cardiac-Muscle Hypertrophy
... (Claycomb, 1976b). Functional adrenergic innervation of cardiac muscle may be acting at the physiological level, as well as at the biochemical level, as a signal to change the growth pattern of this tissue from cell division to cell enlargement. Cardiac hypertrophy in the adult is in response to an ...
... (Claycomb, 1976b). Functional adrenergic innervation of cardiac muscle may be acting at the physiological level, as well as at the biochemical level, as a signal to change the growth pattern of this tissue from cell division to cell enlargement. Cardiac hypertrophy in the adult is in response to an ...
Plant hormone perception and action: a role for G-protein
... Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B (1998) 353, 1425^1430 ...
... Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B (1998) 353, 1425^1430 ...
TRANSPORT OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, AND CALCIUM ACROSS
... inhibited both K § influx and Na § efflux, the latter being also dependent on the presence of extracellular potassium. The rate constant (in min -1) for 45Ca influx was found to be .05 and that for 45Ca efflux .04. The synthetic chemotactic factor formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) was fou ...
... inhibited both K § influx and Na § efflux, the latter being also dependent on the presence of extracellular potassium. The rate constant (in min -1) for 45Ca influx was found to be .05 and that for 45Ca efflux .04. The synthetic chemotactic factor formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) was fou ...
Mechanistic investigation into the actions of taurine on beta cells
... Taurine (2-aminoethanesulphonic acid) is a semi-essential amino acid, which is not incorporated into proteins. In mammalian tissues, taurine is ubiquitous and is the most abundant free amino acid in the heart, retina, skeletal muscle, brain, and leukocytes, exhibiting multiple functions and tissue-p ...
... Taurine (2-aminoethanesulphonic acid) is a semi-essential amino acid, which is not incorporated into proteins. In mammalian tissues, taurine is ubiquitous and is the most abundant free amino acid in the heart, retina, skeletal muscle, brain, and leukocytes, exhibiting multiple functions and tissue-p ...
Regulation of the endothelial cell cycle by the ubiquitin
... from E2 to the target protein. Substrates can be modified with a single Ub or with Ub chains, but only poly-ubiquitination addresses proteins for degradation by the 26S-proteasome. In fact, monoubiquitination rather modulates growth factor endocytosis, PCNA activity during DNA-repair, and is involve ...
... from E2 to the target protein. Substrates can be modified with a single Ub or with Ub chains, but only poly-ubiquitination addresses proteins for degradation by the 26S-proteasome. In fact, monoubiquitination rather modulates growth factor endocytosis, PCNA activity during DNA-repair, and is involve ...
Water and electrolyte د. احمد حسين جاسم
... membranes. Maintenance of the cation gradients across cell membranes is essential for many cell processes, including the excitability of conducting tissues such as nerve and muscle. The difference in protein content between the plasma and the interstitial fluid compartment is maintained by the imper ...
... membranes. Maintenance of the cation gradients across cell membranes is essential for many cell processes, including the excitability of conducting tissues such as nerve and muscle. The difference in protein content between the plasma and the interstitial fluid compartment is maintained by the imper ...
cell sorting in the presence of cytochalasin b
... microcinematographic studies of treated cells show that cellular locomotion and translocation is halted by drug treatment . Effect of Cytochalasin B on Cell Sorting The effect of cytochalasin B on cell sorting was ascertained in heterotypic aggregates containing either heart and pigmented retina or ...
... microcinematographic studies of treated cells show that cellular locomotion and translocation is halted by drug treatment . Effect of Cytochalasin B on Cell Sorting The effect of cytochalasin B on cell sorting was ascertained in heterotypic aggregates containing either heart and pigmented retina or ...
In vivo measurement of cytosolic and mitochondrial pH using a pH
... fluorescent dyes (Bracey et al., 1998; Lanz et al., 1999), deploying radioactively labelled membrane-permeable weak acids or bases (Krebs et al., 1983; Siegumfeldt et al., 2000), as well as the equilibrium distribution of benzoic acid (Kresnowati et al., 2007). However, none of these techniques are ...
... fluorescent dyes (Bracey et al., 1998; Lanz et al., 1999), deploying radioactively labelled membrane-permeable weak acids or bases (Krebs et al., 1983; Siegumfeldt et al., 2000), as well as the equilibrium distribution of benzoic acid (Kresnowati et al., 2007). However, none of these techniques are ...
Genetically Engineered Cell Lines: Characterisation and
... Enzymes in Insect Cells A number of xenobiotic metabolising enzymes, including cytochromes P450 and flavin-dependent mono-oxygenases, have been expressed in insect cells infected with baculovirus constructs containing the relevant cDNA sequences (24). The baculovirus expression system is suitable fo ...
... Enzymes in Insect Cells A number of xenobiotic metabolising enzymes, including cytochromes P450 and flavin-dependent mono-oxygenases, have been expressed in insect cells infected with baculovirus constructs containing the relevant cDNA sequences (24). The baculovirus expression system is suitable fo ...
Rapid analysis of the extracellular matrix protein decorin using the
... Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate. Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins play an essential role in regulation of differentiation, adhesion, and migration of cells and influence complex processes such as development, and tissue remodeling. Decorin is a member of the small leucine-rich family of proteoglycans, ...
... Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate. Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins play an essential role in regulation of differentiation, adhesion, and migration of cells and influence complex processes such as development, and tissue remodeling. Decorin is a member of the small leucine-rich family of proteoglycans, ...
1 Laccases direct lignification in the discrete secondary cell wall
... protoxylem TEs in the central vascular cylinder (Fig. 1A). However, within 48 hours of VND7 induction, nearly 100% of hypocotyl epidermal cells of VND7-VP16-GR seedlings transdifferentiated into protoxylem TEs with highly fluorescent secondary cell walls (Fig. 1B,C). In order to verify that the UV a ...
... protoxylem TEs in the central vascular cylinder (Fig. 1A). However, within 48 hours of VND7 induction, nearly 100% of hypocotyl epidermal cells of VND7-VP16-GR seedlings transdifferentiated into protoxylem TEs with highly fluorescent secondary cell walls (Fig. 1B,C). In order to verify that the UV a ...
From signal to form: aspects of the cytoskeleton
... A more physical, passive phenomenon could also lead to transport of vesicles to the tip. If Golgi vesicles are attached to actin filaments, they will be brought from the Golgi bodies to the vesicle-rich region by the tipward cytoplasmic streaming. If they uncouple from the filaments at the vesicle-r ...
... A more physical, passive phenomenon could also lead to transport of vesicles to the tip. If Golgi vesicles are attached to actin filaments, they will be brought from the Golgi bodies to the vesicle-rich region by the tipward cytoplasmic streaming. If they uncouple from the filaments at the vesicle-r ...
The Primary Sensations of Smell
... Several physical factors affect the degree of stimulation: First, only volatile substances that can be sniffed into the nostrils can be smelled. Second, the stimulating substance must be water soluble so that it can pass through the mucus to reach the olfactory cilia. ...
... Several physical factors affect the degree of stimulation: First, only volatile substances that can be sniffed into the nostrils can be smelled. Second, the stimulating substance must be water soluble so that it can pass through the mucus to reach the olfactory cilia. ...
Evidence for Amino Acid Snorkeling from a High
... dynamics, and mitochondrial protein import. To reveal characteristics of TAs that may be important for mitochondrial targeting, we focused our attention upon the TA of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fis1 protein. Specifically, we generated a library of Fis1p TA variants fused to the Gal4 transcription ...
... dynamics, and mitochondrial protein import. To reveal characteristics of TAs that may be important for mitochondrial targeting, we focused our attention upon the TA of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fis1 protein. Specifically, we generated a library of Fis1p TA variants fused to the Gal4 transcription ...
BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS AND OTHER INHIBITORS OF CELL
... • G +ve bacteria – Cell wall is entirely made of peptidoglycan. – Cell wall is 50-100 layers thick – Extensively cross linked and – May be considered as a single giant peptide molecule, – The peptidoglycan layer is easily accessible to β lactam antibiotics – Inhibition of transpeptidation reaction ...
... • G +ve bacteria – Cell wall is entirely made of peptidoglycan. – Cell wall is 50-100 layers thick – Extensively cross linked and – May be considered as a single giant peptide molecule, – The peptidoglycan layer is easily accessible to β lactam antibiotics – Inhibition of transpeptidation reaction ...
Why are bacteria different from eukaryotes? INTERVIE W Open Access Julie A Theriot*
... ensembles of cells can get bigger and bigger and perform coherent behaviors. In animal cells, these processes rely on the actin cytoskeleton [21], and there is evidence that similar cytoskeleton-based processes are also necessary for simpler kinds of multicellularity in non-metazoan eukaryotes such ...
... ensembles of cells can get bigger and bigger and perform coherent behaviors. In animal cells, these processes rely on the actin cytoskeleton [21], and there is evidence that similar cytoskeleton-based processes are also necessary for simpler kinds of multicellularity in non-metazoan eukaryotes such ...
Ultrastructural and physiological changes in root cells of Sorghum
... by the authors to mean an increase in membrane- bound enzymes (such as ATPases). This supposition was confirmed by a salt-induced increase in ATPase activity (F-, T- and P-ATPase) per ng protein. In Suaeda maritima and A triplex hastata the root endodermis develops faster and the Casparian strip was ...
... by the authors to mean an increase in membrane- bound enzymes (such as ATPases). This supposition was confirmed by a salt-induced increase in ATPase activity (F-, T- and P-ATPase) per ng protein. In Suaeda maritima and A triplex hastata the root endodermis develops faster and the Casparian strip was ...
BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS AND OTHER INHIBITORS OF CELL
... • G +ve bacteria – Cell wall is entirely made of peptidoglycan. – Cell wall is 50-100 layers thick – Extensively cross linked and – May be considered as a single giant peptide molecule, – The peptidoglycan layer is easily accessible to β lactam antibiotics – Inhibition of transpeptidation reaction ...
... • G +ve bacteria – Cell wall is entirely made of peptidoglycan. – Cell wall is 50-100 layers thick – Extensively cross linked and – May be considered as a single giant peptide molecule, – The peptidoglycan layer is easily accessible to β lactam antibiotics – Inhibition of transpeptidation reaction ...
bacterial cell shape - Jacobs-Wagner Lab
... Box 1 | Determination and maintenance of cell shape The concepts of shape determination and shape maintenance are related but distinct. Determination refers to the guidance of something new, whereas maintenance refers to the preservation of something previously determined. In the case of a poured-co ...
... Box 1 | Determination and maintenance of cell shape The concepts of shape determination and shape maintenance are related but distinct. Determination refers to the guidance of something new, whereas maintenance refers to the preservation of something previously determined. In the case of a poured-co ...
Developing a `thick skin`: a paradoxical role for
... polymers such as glucomannans, galactoglucomannans and galactomannans). It also contains structural proteins (glycoproteins), enzymes and other function-adapted biopolymers (suberin, cutin and lignin). Note also that water is the most abundant component in the cell wall and may play a key role in it ...
... polymers such as glucomannans, galactoglucomannans and galactomannans). It also contains structural proteins (glycoproteins), enzymes and other function-adapted biopolymers (suberin, cutin and lignin). Note also that water is the most abundant component in the cell wall and may play a key role in it ...