The purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 expresses multiple small high-potential redox proteins during photoautotrophic growth, including two high-potential iron-sulfur proteins (HiPIPs) (PioC and Rpal_4085) and a cytochrome c2. We evaluated the role of these proteins in TIE-1 through genetic, physiological, and biochemical analyses. Deleting the gene encoding cytochrome c2 resulte...

Different subgenogroups of enterovirus 71 (EV-71) have caused numerous outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease worldwide, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. During the development of a vaccine against EV-71, the genetic and antigenic diversities of EV-71 isolates from Taiwan were analyzed by phylogenetic analyses and neutralization tests. The results showed that the dominant genogroups h...

The C2-H2 zinc-finger is a widely occurring DNA binding motif, usually present as tandem repeats. The majority of C2-H2 zinc-finger proteins that have been studied are derived from animals. Here, we characterize a member of a distinct class of plant C2-H2 zinc-finger proteins in detail. A cDNA clone encoding a DNA binding protein from Arabidopsis was isolated by SouthWestern screening. The prot...

In these lectures we will develop a quantitative model to describe the structure of the observable Universe as a whole. To begin, let us review the relevant physical scales. An Earth mass is 6× 1027 g ≃ 3 × 1051 GeV/c2 ≃ 3× 10−6 M⊙. Its radius is 6.4 × 10 8 cm. It spins around the Sun, which has a mass M⊙ = 2 × 10 33 g ≃ 1057 GeV/c2 and radius R⊙ ≃ 7 × 10 10 cm. The Earth-Sun distance is 1AU = ...

In this paper C1, C2 are non empty sets. Let C be a non empty set. One can verify that every membership function of C is quasi total. Let C1, C2 be non empty sets. A membership function of C1, C2 is a membership function of [:C1, C2 :]. Let C1, C2 be non empty sets and let h be a membership function of C1, C2. A fuzzy relation of C1, C2, h is a FuzzySet of [:C1, C2 :], h. In the sequel f , g de...

apolipoprotein e (apo e) is a structural constituent of several serum lipoprotein classes. it plays an important role in lipid metabolism by acting as a ligand for low-density lipoprotein (ldl) and chylomicron remnant receptors. three common alleles called e2, e3 and e4 have been described, which code for three protein isoforms (e2, e3 and e4). the polymorphism is clinically significant, and it...

Phage-peptides were prepared from L. lactis ssp. lactis ml3 and L. plantarum yit0068 bacteriophage using a ficin hydrolysis. The ml3 and yit0068 peptides were compared to L. lactis ssp. lactis c2 bacteriophage peptides to determine growth inhibition of C2 host and inhibition of both ml3 and c2 bacteriophage. M17 with .011 mM CaCl2 media with and without phage peptides (2 or 2.5%) were heat trea...