Plasmid profiles, genome restriction fragment polymorphisms, carbohydrate oxidation-fermentation reactions, methylumbelliferyl substrate hydrolysis patterns, antimicrobial susceptibilities, and results obtained with the Biolog GN biochemical substrate kit were used to type 19 common-source, but mixed-biotype, outbreak strains and one epidemiologically distinct strain of Pseudomonas pickettii. B...

In previous papers (1, 2) it has been shown that in dilute aqueous solutions aldehydes may be oxidized in the a! position by oxidizing agents such as ceric sulfate, potassium dichromate, and potassium ferricyanide. Normal butyraldehyde and isobutyraldehyde yielded the most conclusive results; the latt,er was converted by ceric sulfate at 80’ into cr-hydroxyisobutyraldehyde and acetone. The evol...

Commercially available human plasma-derived preparations of the serine protease inhibitor antithrombin (AT) were shown to contain low levels of oxidation, and we sought to determine whether oxidation might be a means of regulating the protein's inhibitory activity. A recombinant form of AT, with similarly low levels of oxidation as purified, was treated with hydrogen peroxide in order to study ...

The effect of aqueous solutions of ascorbic acid (AA) on the rancidity development in Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) fillets during frozen storage was studied. Cobia fillets were treated with ascorbic acid (AA 0.25% and AA 0.5%) then stored at -18°C up to 6 months. Rancidity development was measured by several biochemical indices including free fatty acids (FFA), peroxide value (PV), and thiobarb...

Oxidation of cysteine residues of proteins is emerging as an important means of regulation of signal transduction, particularly of protein kinase function. Tools to detect and quantify cysteine oxidation of proteins have been a limiting factor in understanding the role of cysteine oxidation in signal transduction. As an example, the p38 MAP kinase is activated by several stress-related stimuli ...

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