Antibodies are used extensively for a wide range of basic research and clinical applications. While an abundant and diverse collection of antibodies to protein antigens have been developed, good monoclonal antibodies to carbohydrates are much less common. Moreover, it can be difficult to determine if a particular antibody has the appropriate specificity, which antibody is best suited for a give...

Earlier studies from this and other laboratories have shown that the presence of glucose inhibits the formation of certain inducible enzymes in bacteria (Boyd and Lichstein, 1955; Magasanik, 1957). This phenomenon is not specific to glucose, but rather is shared by other carbohydrates utilized by the bacterial cells. Although several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this carbohydrate ef...

Several decontamination agents including water, sodium hypochlorite, peroxyacetic acid, neutral electrolyzed oxidizing water, and chlorine dioxide gas were tested for their effectiveness to reduce the natural microflora on grated carrots. Microbial reductions of the total aerobic count obtained after the different treatments varied between 0.11 and 3.29 log colony-forming units (cfu)/g. Whether...

Amniotic membrane is a good protection against bacterial infections, reduces losses of proteins, fluids and electrolytes, decreases pain from burns and accelerates healing. Due to its richness in nutrients and low immunogenicity, it is often used as a skin substitute. Human amnion may be prepared in tissue banks, as biostatic or biovital grafts. There are various methods of amniotic graft prepa...

The key to better nutrient efficiency is to simultaneously improve uptake and decrease losses. This study sought to achieve this balance using sorbent additions and manure nutrients (spent poultry litter; SL) compared with results obtained using conventional sources (Conv; urea nitrogen, N; and phosphate-phosphorus; P). Two experiments were conducted. Firstly, a phosphorus pot trial involving t...

37 INTRODUCTION Rapid gastric emptying, gastric hypersecretion and intestinal malabsorption are key findings in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS) (1–2). Fecal losses of fluids, electrolytes, and nutrients will, if not compensated for by increased oral intake (hyperphagia), lead to diminished body stores, subclinical and eventually clinical nutritional deficiencies. By definition, intesti...

Rates of deforestation in the Amazon region have been accelerating, but the quantity and timing of nutrient losses from forested and deforested ecosystems are poorly understood. This paper investigates the broad variation in soil properties of the Amazon Basin as they influence transfers of plant nutrients from the terrestrial biosphere to the atmosphere and the aquatic biosphere. The dominant ...

selfish director, however, might restrict himself to poaching the best staff members from the university without giving anything back. Writing for the daily paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the nine university professors, led by biochemist Günter Blobel from Rockefeller University, have outlined what they call the “unsolved MaxPlanck problem” of German research, namely the artificial...

phosphorus (p) is a macro mineral in broiler nutrition. in growing broilers, besides its requirement for proper bone development, it is also involved in almost all metabolic processes. poor p availability results in decreased productivity and poor health status.phosphorus availability from plant derived feeds is affected by an anti-nutritional factor “phytate”, which forms a variety of insolubl...

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