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Effect of Carbonyl Inhibitors and Their H2O2 Detoxification on Lactic Acid Fermentation
Biomass degradation compounds significantly inhibit biochemical conversion of biomass prehydrolysates to biofuels and chemicals, such as lactic acid. To characterize the structure-activity relationship of carb...
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Proteomic Analysis of Bladder Smooth Muscle Cell Response to Cyclic Hydrostatic Pressure
We and other laboratories previously demonstrated that multiple signaling pathways are at work in SMC responses to applied mechanical stimuli, indicating the need for a high-throughput approach to study the co...
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Open AccessStraw blood cell count, growth, inhibition and comparison to apoptotic bodies
Mammalian cells transform into individual tubular straw cells naturally in tissues and in response to desiccation related stress in vitro. The transformation event is characterized by a dramatic cellular deformat...
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Open AccessNaturally occurring and stress induced tubular structures from mammalian cells, a survival mechanism
Tubular shaped mammalian cells in response to dehydration have not been previously reported. This may be due to the invisibility of these cells in aqueous solution, and because sugars and salts added to the ce...
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Fungal pathogen protection in potato by expression of a plant defensin peptide
Defensins are small cysteine-rich peptides with antimicrobial activity. We demonstrate that the alfalfa antifungal peptide (alfAFP) defensin isolated from seeds of Medicago sativa displays strong activity against...
