/ The success of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) stands in stark contrast to most other environmental regulations in the United States. Between its inception in 1988 and 1995, releases of chemicals listed on the TRI have declined by 45%. We argue the TRI has achieved this regulatory success by creating a mechanism of "populist maxi-min regulation." This style of regulation differs from tradi...

Grunnet, Morten, Hans-Günther Knaus, Christina Solander, and DanA. Klaerke. Quantification and distribution of Ca21-activated maxi K1 channels in rabbit distal colon. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 40): G22– G30, 1999.—The Ca21-activated maxi K1 channel is an abundant channel type in the distal colon epithelium, but nothing is known regarding the actual number and precise loc...

BACKGROUND Large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium (Maxi-K) channels are implicated in the modulation of human uterine contractions and myometrial Ca2+ homeostasis. However, the regulatory mechanism(s) governing the expression of Maxi-K channels with decreased calcium sensitivity at parturition are unclear. The objectives of this study were to investigate mRNA expression of the Maxi-K al...

Mammalian high conductance, calcium-activated potassium (maxi-K) channels are composed of two dissimilar subunits, alpha and beta. We have examined the functional contribution of the beta subunit to the properties of maxi-K channels expressed heterologously in Xenopus oocytes. Channels from oocytes injected with cRNAs encoding both alpha and beta subunits were much more sensitive to activation ...

The Ca2+-activated maxi K+ channel is an abundant channel type in the distal colon epithelium, but nothing is known regarding the actual number and precise localization of these channels. The aim of this study has therefore been to quantify the maxi K+ channels in colon epithelium by binding of iberiotoxin (IbTX), a selective peptidyl ligand for maxi K+ channels. In isotope flux measurements 75...

In black hole X-ray binaries, a non-thermal high-energy component is sometimes detected at energies above 200 keV. The origin of this debated and distinct spectral modelizations can lead to different interpretations. High-energy polarimetry measurements with INTEGRAL allow new diagnostics on the physics responsible for MeV component. work, we aim investigate behavior three bright sources discov...

We have used restriction endonucleases PstI, EcoRI, HapII, HhaI, and S1 nuclease to demonstrate the presence of a large complex component, the maxi-circle, in addition to the major mini-circle component in kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) networks of Trypanosoma brucei (East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization [EATRO] 427). Endonuclease PstI and S1 nuclease cut the maxi-circle at a single site,...

In this paper I will discuss future synergies between the Japanese MAXI X-ray all-sky monitor, to be placed on the International Space Station in 2009, and the next-generation radio astronomy array LOFAR, currenlty under construction in The Netherlands. The wide fields of view and multiple beams of LOFAR will allow, in combination with MAXI, simultaneous all-sky monitoring of the sky in both th...

The large-conductance Ca2+-activated voltage-dependent K+ channel (maxi-K channel) induces a significant repolarizing current that buffers cell excitability. This channel can derive its diversity by alternative splicing of its transcript-producing isoforms that differ in their sensitivity to voltage and intracellular Ca2+. We have identified a novel 132-bp exon of the maxi-K channel from human ...

BACKGROUND One determinant of the total K+ myometrial smooth muscle cell (MSMC) current is the large conductance, calcium- and voltage-activated potassium channel (maxi-K channel). This channel provides a repolarizing current in response to excitatory stimuli, most notably in response to increases in the levels of intracellular Ca2+, and blocking the channel by pharmacological means induces the...