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Self-assembly of homogeneous systems
The circle packings including non-periodic packings can be analysed for physical and thermodynamic stability for a triangular net with T 4=3–6...
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Specific ion effects: why colloid science has failed to contribute to biology
Surface tension of salt solutions and double layer forces between charged interfaces show marked specific ion effects not accommodated by the...
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Encapsulation of alkaline phosphatase in polyacrylamide microparticles using the concentrated emulsion polymerisation method
Polyacrylamide microparticles were prepared by the concentrated emulsion polymerisation technique. In distilled water the microparticles have...
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The immobilisation of DNA strands on silica surface by means of chemical grafting
The surface chemistry and physicochemical phenomena involved in the chemical grafting process of short DNA single strands on silica or glass slides...
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General Aspects of Nuclear Resonant Scattering
Nuclear resonant scattering (NRS) unites a number of different scattering processes that can be used to investigate properties of condensed matter....
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Coherent Elastic Nuclear Resonant Scattering
In the field of x-ray diffraction, the intensity and the direction of scattered waves are determined by the properties of the individual scatterers...
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About energy and electron transfer processes in C60 /phthalocyanine films
In the present work absorption, photoluminescence excitation and emission spectra of fullerene C60, and a zinc derivative of phthalocyanine (ZnPc) in...
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Rates of incorporation of small molecules into pluronic micelles
The kinetics of incorporation of the hydrophobic dye 1,6 diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) into block copolymer micelles (F127) have been studied using...
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Determining antioxidant distributions in model food emulsions: development of a new kinetic method based on the pseudophase model in micelles and opaque emulsions
The mechanisms of lipid peroxidation and the distributions of antioxidants in emulsions are not fully understood, in a large part because...
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11 Plant sphingolipids
Plants contain a multiplicity of sphingolipid metabolites, such as long-chain bases, long-chain base phosphates, ceramides, glycosylceramides,...
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12 Baker’s Yeast: a rising foundation for eukaryotic sphingolipid-mediated cell signaling
Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been an invaluable tool for the dissection of sphingolipid metabolic pathways and cloning of enzymes involved in...
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5 Sterol metabolism and functions in higher plants
Higher plants synthesize a bewildering array of sterols, with sitosterol, stigmasterol, and 24-methylcholesterol as major compounds. All plant...
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6 Sterol biochemistry and regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been a major model system for the study of sterol biosynthesis and function. All of the genes encoding the enzymes...
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7 Mammalian ACAT and DGAT2 gene families
Mammalian isozymes of ACAT, DGAT, and MGAT are encoded by the ACAT and DGAT2 gene families. These enzymes catalyze the synthesis of neutral lipid...
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Introduction
The scattering of x-rays is a very powerful tool to investigate the structure and dynamics of condensed matter. The research in this field can be...
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Outlook and Perspectives
Nuclear resonant scattering has significantly benefitted from the development of third-generation synchrotron radiation sources. This trend will...
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Methods and Instrumentation
On the basis of the given brilliances of present-day synchrotron radiation sources one easily estimates that they should be ideally suited for...
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Regulation of IP 3 Receptors by IP 3 and Ca 2+
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate ( IP 3) receptors are intracellular Ca 2+ channels that mediate release of Ca 2+ from intracellular stores. The channels...