An economical fluorescence detector was developed with an LED as the exciting source and a low-cost avalanche photodiode (APD) module as a photon sensor. The detector was arranged in an epifluorescence configuration using a microscope objective (20× or 40×) and a dichroic mirror. The low-cost APD was biased by a direct current (DC) high voltage power supply at 121 V, which is much lower than th...

In this paper, kinetics of DC electrophoretic deposition EPD of carbon nanotubes CNTs is investigated. Carbon nanotubes suspended in pure ethanol with addition of magnesium nitrate was used as deposition media. The effect of main EPD parameters such as deposition time, applied voltage and the CNT concentration on deposit yield was investigated. The variation of current density vs. time and the ...

Glycoproteins and gangliosides of spontaneously trans formed Chinese hamster lung cells (DC-3F) and of vincristineand daunorubicin-resistant sublines of DC-3F have been com pared. These resistant cells and also actinomycin D-resistant cells have been shown to have reduced permeability to drug and to exhibit some degree of mutual cross-resistance to all three agents. Glycoproteins of tritiated g...

Identification and targeting of novel immunobiological factors that regulate the induction of Th1 cells are crucial for designing effective vaccines against certain intracellular pathogens, including Chlamydia. IL-10-deficient dendritic cells (DC) are potent APCs and effective cellular vaccines that activate a high frequency of specific Th1 cells. To elucidate the molecular basis for the potenc...

there are conflicting results concerning dc-sign and dc-signr vntr polymorphisms. the present study aimed to evaluate the possible association between dc-sign as well as dc-signr vntr polymorphisms and pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb) in a sample of iranian population. this case-control study was done on 171 ptb and 161 healthy subjects. the variants were detected by polymerase chain reaction (pcr)...

Capillary electrophoresis of lambda double-stranded (ds) DNA (48.5 kbp) in dilute hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) solutions shows band spreading that cannot be explained by diffusion alone. Dispersion and asymmetry factors of lambda ds-DNA bands were measured as functions of capillary length, HEC concentration and field strength. Band spreading and asymmetry can be explained by a recently developed...