We developed a simian virus 40 based shuttle vector system to study the molecular consequences of distinct carcinogen-induced DNA lesions in human cells. To establish the mutagenicity of O4-ethylthymine adducts, oligonucleotides carrying a single O4-ethylthymine adduct at a unique position were ligated into the vector molecules. Following replication in HeLa cells on average 23% of the progeny ...

PURPOSE To evaluate Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-conjugated human ferritin (HFn) iron oxide nanoparticles for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of vascular inflammation and angiogenesis in experimental carotid disease and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). MATERIALS AND METHODS HFn was genetically engineered to express the RGD peptide and Fe3 O4 nanoparticles were chemically synthesized inside the ...

The reaction mechanism of glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,2-propanediol over a spinel CuCr2 O4 catalyst was investigated by using DFT calculations. Theoretical models were developed from the results of experimental characterization. Adsorption configurations and energetics of the reactant, intermediates, final product, and transition states were calculated on Cu(1 1 1) and CuCr2 O4 (1 0 0). Based ...

OBJECTIVE This study was to determine the optimal dosage of ondansetron for preventing maternal hypotension during cesarean delivery. METHODS One hundred and fifty parturient women scheduled for elective cesarean section were randomly assigned to five groups (n=30). Five minutes prior to spinal anesthesia, women were injected with 5 ml of physiological saline (S), 2 mg (O2), 4 mg (O4), 6 mg (...

Oligodendrocytes undergo extensive changes as they differentiate from progenitors into myelinating cells. To better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying this transformation, we performed a comparative analysis using gene expression profiling of A2B5+ oligodendrocyte progenitors and O4+ oligodendrocytes. Cells were sort-purified ex vivo from postnatal rat brain using flow cytometry. Us...

Two murine monoclonal antibodies (MAb), 2C5-F10 and 8D1-H10, reactive with Escherichia coli O4 and H5 antigens, respectively, were generated and characterized. Enzyme immunoassays and immunoblots demonstrated that MAb 2C5-F10 reacted specifically with lipopolysaccharide O antigen of E. coli O4 isolates, while MAb 8D1-H10 reacted with E. coli strains expressing H5 flagella.

Hyper-cubic groups in any dimension are defined and their conjugate classifications and representation theories are derived. Double group and spinor representation are introduced. A detailed calculation is carried out on the structures of four-dimensional cubic group O4 and its double group, as well as all inequivalent single-valued representations and spinor representations of O4. All represen...

Folic acid (FA) and doxorubicin (DOX) are coupled separately onto Fe3 O4 @SiO2 and polystyrene surfaces of a unique polystyrene/Fe3 O4 @SiO2 Janus structure. This super-paramagnetic, dual-functionalized Janus nanocomposite enables effective tumor cell targeting and internalization via the folate receptor, and induces significant cancer cell death by controlled, stimulus-induced drug release und...

An anisotropic product angular distribution has been observed in the dissociative photodetachment of O4 2 at 523 nm. Energy and angular distributions of coincident O2 products from the process O4 1hn→O21O21e were measured using translational energy spectroscopy in a fast ion beam. The angular distribution peaks perpendicular to the electric vector of the laser beam. © 1995 American Institute of...

The infrared and Raman spectra of Ce2(WO4)3 and La2(WO4)3, which are complicated by the superposition of bands from two non-equivalent WO4 units, have been successfully assigned above 300 cm −1 according to Td point group symmetry. Individual assignment of the two types of tungstate units, WO4 (C2 site symmetry) and W O4 (C1 site symmetry), relies on comparison with the spectra of tetrahedral r...