SLC41A1 (solute carrier family 41, member A1) is a recently described vertebrate member of the MgtE family of Mg(2+) transporters. Although MgtE transporters are found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and are highly conserved, little is known about the regulation of their Mg(2+) transport function. In the present study, we have shown that endogenous SLC41A1 transporter expression i...

The occurence of “exotic” shapes in light N=Z α-like nuclei is investigated for 24Mg+12C and 32S+24Mg. Various approaches of superdeformed and hyperdeformed bands associated with quasimolecular resonant structures with low spin are presented. For both reactions, exclusive data were collected with the Binary Reaction Spectrometer in coincidence with EUROBALL IV installed at the VIVITRON Tandem f...

We have constructed the X 1 Σ + g potential for the collision between two ground state Mg atoms and analyzed the effect of uncertainties in the shape of the potential on scattering properties at ultra-cold temperatures. This potential reproduces the experimental term values to 0.2 cm −1 and has a scattering length of +1.4(5) nm where the error is prodominantly due to the uncertainty in the diss...

The synthesis, crystal structure and dehydrogenation performances of two new H-enriched compounds, Mg(BH4)2(NH3BH3)2 and Mg(BH4)2·(NH3)2(NH3BH3), are reported. Due to the introduction of ammonia ligands, the Mg(BH4)2·(NH3)2(NH3BH3) exhibits dramatically improved dehydrogenation properties over its parent compound.