The major surface glycoprotein (MSG) of Pneumocystis carinii plays a crucial role in the fatal pneumonia caused by this organism in AIDS patients. A cDNA encoding a full-length MSG polypeptide was isolated from a lambda library of rat-derived P. carinii cDNAs. The deduced MSG, referred to as the MSG5 subtype, is a 120,765-Da protein composed of 1,076 amino acids and contains an anchoring hydrop...

We reported the effects of quercetin on metabolic and hormonal profile as well as serum antioxidant activities in a model of MSG (monosodium glutamate)-induced obesity. Rats were divided into 4 groups: MSG group, submitted to neonatal treatment with high doses of MSG, administrated subcutaneously during 10 days, from 2 day-old; control groups, which received the same volume of saline. After com...

Today's astronomical projects need computational systems capable to store and analyze large amounts of scientific data, to effectively share data with other research Institutes and to easily implement information services to present data for different purposes (scientific, maintenance, outreach, etc.). Due to the wide scenario of astronomical projects there isn't yet a standardized approach to ...

In this paper we analyze threshold voltage and body coefficient (Υ) on varying the oxide thickness in CNTFET. Simulation analysis of drain current and drain voltage characteristic is discussed and found that due to decreasing nature of quantum capacitance in CNTFET, the factor (Υ) has still impact on device and it is not negligible in deep nano regime. We also observed from simulation on nanohu...

Monosodium l-glutamate (MSG) is a substance known to produce the umami taste. Recent studies indicate that MSG also stimulates a variety of activities in the gastrointestinal tract through its receptor in the gut, but no study has reported the activity in conscious large experimental animals. The aim of our study was to investigate whether direct intragastric MSG stimulates gut motility and to ...

The influence of glutamate intake on growth and appetite, and the mechanisms of preference and aversion for monosodium L-glutamate (MSG) solutions were investigated in rats. Food intake, but not weight gain, was reduced significantly in rats fed a glutamate + glutamine (Glx)-deficient diet compared with those fed a control diet. Increase in the voluntary intake of Glx solutions was more rapid i...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Ketogenic diet (KGD) is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat and average protein dietary formulation, which has been reported with the ability to ameliorate several metabolic diseases, especially those under the direct influence of hormonal disruptions. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) had been found to induce uterine fibroids in laboratory animals through alterations to hormones, l...

The major surface glycoprotein (MSG) of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii is a family of proteins encoded by a family of heterogeneous genes. Messenger RNAs encoding different MSGs each begin with the same 365-bp sequence, called the Upstream Conserved Sequence (UCS), which is in frame with the contiguous MSG sequence. The UCS contains several potential start sites for translation. To determi...

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is believed to elicit a unique taste perception known as umami. We have used conditioned taste aversion assays in rats to compare taste responses elicited by the glutamate receptor agonists MSG, L-aspartic acid (L-Asp), and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), and to determine if these compounds share a common taste quality. This information could shed new light upon the rece...