Chronic inflammation raises the risk of the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). Green tea catechins (GTCs), which possess anti-inflammatory properties, are known to be anti-carcinogenic in a variety of organ sites, including the colorectum. This study investigated whether (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a candidate chemopreventive agent and major biologically-active component of green ...

The spontaneous formation and thermo-responsiveness of a colloidally-stable interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPEC) based on a linear temperature-sensitive diblock copolymer poly(vinyl sulfonate)31-b-poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)27 (PVS31-b-PNIPAM27) and a star-shaped quaternized miktoarm polymer poly(ethylene oxide)114-(poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)17)4 (PEO114-(qPDMAEMA17)4) was invest...

DNA is a material that has the potential to be used in nanoelectronic devices as an active component. However, the electronic properties of DNA responsible for its conducting behaviour remain controversial. Here we use a self-consistent quantum molecular dynamics method to study the effect of DNA structure and base sequence on the energy involved when electrons are added or removed from isolate...

Antifreeze (glyco) proteins are produced by many cold-acclimatized species to enable them to survive subzero temperatures. These proteins have multiple macroscopic effects on ice crystal growth which makes them appealing for low-temperature applications-from cellular cryopreservation to food storage. Poly(vinyl alcohol) has remarkable ice recrystallization inhibition activity, but its mode of a...

The distribution of cytoplasmic poly(A)+RNA between subribosomal (less than 80S) and ribosomal/polysomal (greater than or equal to 80S) ribonucleoprotein particles has been investigated in mouse morulae and blastocysts. After labelling for 24h with [5,6-3H]uridine, late morulae (96h post-hCG), early blastocysts (100h post-hCG), or late blastocysts (120h post-hCG) were homogenized in detergent b...

We had earlier identified the pcnB locus as the gene for the major Escherichia coli poly(A) polymerase (PAP I). In this report, we describe the disruption and identification of a candidate gene for a second poly(A) polymerase (PAP II) by an experimental strategy which was based on the assumption that the viability of E. coli depends on the presence of either PAP I or PAP II. The coding region t...

The onset of muscle cell differentiation is associated with increased transcription of muscle-specific mRNA. Studies from this laboratory using 19-d embryonic rat skeletal muscle, suggest that additional, posttranscriptional controls regulate maturation of muscle tissue via a quantitative effect upon translation, and that the regulatory component may reside within the poly A- RNA pool (Nathanso...