Microfilaments undergo an ATP-dependent disruption into shortened bundles following cellular exposure to oxidants. This phenomenon does not require a net change in the amount of polymerized actin. However, increased amounts of polymerized actin have been detected in oxidant-injured cells and it was the purpose of this study to determine the conditions under which the actin polymerization may oc...

polypyrrole is one of the most useful conductive polymers, but green synthesis of this polymer has been restricted until now. the objective of the present paper is green synthesis of nano polypyrrole (ppy) by oxidative polymerization using urea-hydrogen peroxide. it was found that conductivity and morphology of polypyrrole are highly dependent on the reaction conditions such as the molar ratio ...

Oxidation of key methionine residues on fibrin leads to altered fibrin polymerization producing severely altered fibrin gel structure and function. This is important because fibrinogen and its modification by oxidative stress have been implicated as key contributors to both pathological thrombotic and hemorrhagic diseases ranging from cardiovascular thrombosis to the acute coagulopathy of traum...

Laccase-catalysed oxidation of the lignin-related phenol vanillyl glycol results in the initial formation of dimers and subsequent polymerization. The polymerization is accompanied by a liberation of methanol corresponding to 15-20% demethylation. Visible spectra together with reduction experiments suggest the simultaneous formation of o-quinones. The participation of quinone formation in the p...

Plant lignification is a tightly regulated complex cellular process that occurs via three sequential steps: the synthesis of monolignols within the cytosol; the transport of monomeric precursors across plasma membrane; and the oxidative polymerization of monolignols to form lignin macromolecules within the cell wall. Although we have a reasonable understanding of monolignol biosynthesis, many a...

Polymerization reactions are commonly effected by exposing monomer formulations to some initiation stimulus such as elevated temperature, light, or a chemical reactant. Increasingly, these polymerization reactions are mediated by enzymes--catalytic proteins--owing to their reaction efficiency under mild conditions as well as their environmental friendliness. The utilization of enzymes, particul...

Organically modified sol-gel glass (ormosil) matrix is utilized as a template for the electrochemical polymerization of aniline. The ormosil matrix is further modulated by encapsulation of: (a) tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), and (b) tetracyanoquinodimethane together with palladium (Pd). The presence of tetracyanoquinodimethane within ormosil matrix considerably influences the polymerization p...

hybrid nanocomposites of binary pt-ru/polyaniline were prepared by oxidative polymerization of aniline andformation pt and ru nanoparticles. the polymerization of aniline was carried out in the presence of potassiumhexa cyano platinate (iv) and ruthenium (iii) nitrosyl nitrate as oxidizing agents. during the reaction anilinemonomers undergo oxidation and form polyaniline (pani) whereas the redu...