SnapShot: FABP Functions

Optimal snapshot location for computing POD basis functions

The construction of reduced order models for dynamical systems using proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is based on the information contained in so-called snapshots. These provide the spatial distribution of the dynamical system at discrete time instances. This work is devoted to optimizing the choice of these time instances in such a manner that the error between the POD-solution and the tr...

L-FABP and I-FABP expression increase NBD-stearate uptake and cytoplasmic diffusion in L cells.

The effects of intestinal and liver fatty acid binding protein (I- and L-FABP, respectively) expression on single-cell fatty acid uptake, internalization, and cytoplasmic diffusion were determined in transfected L cell fibroblasts. These parameters were measured using the nonesterifiable fluorescent fatty acid probe 12- N-methyl-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol)aminostearate (NBD-stearate) and flu...

DHA binding to human brain FABP

Ganesaratnam K. Balendiran, Frank Schnütgen, Giovanna Scapin, Torsten Börchers, Ning Xhong, Kap Lim, Roseline Godbout, Friedrich Spener and James C. Sacchettini Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128. Department of Biochemistry, University of Münster, Wilhelm Klemm-Straße 2, D-48149 Münster, Germany. present address: Institut de Genetique e...

SnapShot: melanoma.

SnapShot: Macroautophagy

(Middle) Cellular Events in Macroautophagy Macroautophagy (hereafter referred to as autophagy) is a catabolic process in which portions of the cytoplasm are sequestered within double-or multimembraned vesicles termed autophagosomes and then delivered to lysosomes for bulk degradation. The initial phases of macroautophagy consist of the formation of a phago-phore, which is also called an isolati...