FtsK acts at the bacterial division septum to couple chromosome segregation with cell division. We demonstrate that a truncated FtsK derivative, FtsK(50C), uses ATP hydrolysis to translocate along duplex DNA as a multimer in vitro, consistent with FtsK having an in vivo role in pumping DNA through the closing division septum. FtsK(50C) also promotes a complete Xer recombination reaction between...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia can be a life-threatening sequel to conventional use of unfractionated heparin in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This study evaluated the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) and efficacy profile of a novel direct thrombin inhibitor, TGN 255, during cardiac surgery in dogs. Point-of-care coagulation monitoring was also compared against the plasma concentration...

Peter Böger and Ko Wakabayashi* Lehrstuhl für Physiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universität Konstanz, D-78434 Konstanz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland * Chair of Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Agricultural Chemistry. Tamagawa University, Machida-shi. Tokyo 194. Japan Z. Naturforsch. 50c, 159-166 (1995); received December 19, 1994 Chlorophyll Biosynthesis, Herbicide Mode of Action....

Reduced the temperature for the LiNH2 to Li2NH transition from 120C to 50C via mechanical activation. This reduction paves the way for near-room-temperature hydrogen sorption and desorption of the LiNH2 + LiH system. Enhanced hydrogen sorption and desorption rates of the LiNH2 + LiH system at and below 200 C via mechanical activation. Identified the dehydriding behavior and issues associated wi...

Size tunable Cadmium sulphide (CdS) quantum dots have been synthesized through wet chemical co-precipitation method, at three different temperatures 35C, 50C and 65C for varying pH values of 9 and 10.5 respectively. The solution was prepared using Cadmium chloride and thiourea as material precursors, ammonium hydroxide as precipitating agent and mercaptoethanol as surfactant. Thin films of thes...

Alpha-galactosidase is a glycoside hydrolase enzyme that hydrolyses the terminal alpha-galactosyl moieties from glycolipids and glycoproteins. Pseudomonas sp. MCCMB3 an alpha galactosidase producer was isolated from the rock soil of Kulasekaram, Kanyakumari district, South India. Totally 10 strains were isolated, when compared with other strains, predominant enzyme activity has been observed in...