the edible mushrooms (basidomycetes) have high nutritional value, promote the immune system, and as a source of natural antimicrobial substances have been used to cure bacterial infections since ancient times.various kinds of proteins with several biological activities are produced by mushrooms. in this research, in order to evaluate antibacterial activity of edible mushrooms, we isolated prote...

crystalline arrays of proteinaceous subunits forming surface layers (s-layers) are now recognized as one of the most common outermost cell envelope components of prokaryotic organisms. the surface layer protein of lactobacillus acidophilus atcc4356 is composed of a single species of protein of apparent molecular weight of 43-46 kda. considering the lactobacillus acidophilus atcc4356 having the ...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease in human and animals. Brucella melitensis is one of the most pathogenic species of Brucella in goat and sheep. Omp31 is an outer membrane protein of Brucella that acts as an immunogenic protein. Cytokines are glycoproteins with low molecular weight that play the role of an immune adjuvant and regulate immune responses. Interleukin-2 is one of the most important...

A 56-year-old woman with a history of dyslipidemia and hepatic steatosis presented with weight loss and progressive proteinuria. The presenting blood count was normal: white blood cells, 10.9 3 10/L; hemoglobin, 15.5 g/dL; platelet count, 236 3 10/L. No significant rouleaux formations were present on the peripheral blood smear. Calcium (9.28 mg/dL), blood urea nitrogen/creatinine (15/0.78 mg/dL...

The objective of this study was to investigate the diagnostic significance serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation detection in diagnosis multiple myeloma (MM). One hundred five patients were investigated. rate M by better (105 cases, 100%) than that (101 96.19%, p<0.001). band not detected four cases (3.81%), among which one case (0.95%) identified as IgA type 3 (2.86%) light chain af...

The acute phase response is an important adaptive response to sepsis and injury. As anabolic steroids increase protein synthesis we postulated that these agents might also increase hepatic acute phase protein synthesis. Male Wistar rats were pretreated with testosterone or danazol for 48 h prior to caecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Thirty-six h following surgery the animals were killed and bl...

the effects of sodium n-dodecyl sulphate (sds) on the structure of histone hi has been studied by a combination of e:quilibrium dialysis, u.v. spectroscopy ; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, protein titration and viscometery techniques using, 2.5 mm phosphate buffer, ph 6.4. the interaction of h, and sds in contrast tomanyothel-protein-sds interactions is organized between v 40 to 70. above ...