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Proceedings of the international session of the 26th annual meeting October 18–20, 1984—Chiba, Japan
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Effect of dodecylsulfate binding on the activity of creatine kinase
The number of lithium dodecylsulfate (LDS) molecules tightly bound to creatine kinase has been found by isotachophoresis to be 87 at 25°C upon saturation of the enzyme dimer with LDS. The binding shows positiv...
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When Interface Gets Rough…
Interface roughness is one of the central features in many important thin film technologies. Roughness is a result of far from equilibrium dynamic growth process and is difficult to describe using conventional...
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Clinical observation of bronchial asthma treated with qingre dingchuan decoction
Seventy patients of bronchial asthma (40 were adult and 30 child) were treated by Qingre Dingchuan decoction (QRDCD), the erythrocytic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and blood lipid peroxide (LPO) levels were obse...
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Study of red tide prediction model for the Changjiang Estuary
This paper based on field data (on red tide water quality monitoring at the Chaggjiang River mouth and Hutoudu mariculture area in Zhejiang Province from May to August in 1995, and May to September in 1996) pr...
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Decreased estrogen receptor-α expression in hippocampal neurons in relation to hyperphosphorylated tau in Alzheimer patients
Emerging evidence has demonstrated the neuroprotection of estrogen in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The hippocampus, an important target of estrogen action, is severely affected in the Alzheimer process. The aim o...
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Stable and specific expression of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase gene (4CL1) driven by the xylem-specific Pto4CL1 promoter in the transgenic tobacco
The ability of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase promoter from Populus tomentosa (Pto4CL1p) to drive expression of the GUS reporter gene and 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase gene in tobacco has been studied using transg...
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Chiral selective effects of doxazosin enantiomers on blood pressure and urinary bladder pressure in anesthetized rats
To study chiral selective effects of doxazosin enantiomers on blood pressure and urinary bladder pressure in anesthetized rats.
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Study on the failure mechanism of Ag-Ce contacts in DC level
Nominal contact resistance, minimum erosion and material transfer are required with low cost materials working in a wide currents range for DC relays. Ag-Ni contact materials have low contact resistance, but t...
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Jet Behavior and Metallurgical Performance of Innovated Double-Parameter Oxygen Lance in BOF
A doubleparameter oxygen lance used in a 300 t converter was designed to improve the metallurgical performance. A small-scale measurement of the jet behavior was done using a computer controlled scanning syste...
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Asymmetrical dynamic propagation problems on mode III interface crack
By the application of the theory of complex functions, asymmetrical dynamic propagation problems on mode III interface crack are studied. The universal representations of analytical solutions are obtained by t...
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Effects of cardiotoxin III on expression of genes and proteins related to G2/M arrest and apoptosis in K562 cells
Cardiotoxin III (CTX III) is a basic polypeptide of 60-amino acid residues isolated from Naja naja atra venom, exerts its anti-proliferative activity in human leukemia K562 cells. In the present study, the expres...
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High-level expression of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase gene Pt4CL1 of Populus tomentosa in E. coli
In order to investigate the enzymatic properties of the 4CL1 of Populus tomentosa, the recombinant expression vector pQE31-4CL1 was constructed. The recombinant was identified by three restriction endonucleases, ...
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Defective Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Signaling in Central Control of Cardiovascular Effects in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Recently we have shown functional involvement of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt-nitric oxide synthase (NOS) signaling pathway in central control of cardiovascular effects in the nucleus tractus s...
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Heterologous expression and characterization of a proxidomal ascorbate peroxidase from Populus tomentosa
The present study reported for the first time, cloning, expression and characteristics of a Proxidomal APX gene (PpAPX) from Populus tomentosa. The PpAPX gene encodes a protein of 287 amino acid residues with a c...
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Notch1 signaling inhibits growth of EC109 esophageal carcinoma cells through downmodulation of HPV18 E6/E7 gene expression
To investigate the role of the Notch1 signaling pathway in growth arrest of an esophageal carcinoma cell line (EC109) in vitro and the mechanism involved.
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Open AccessWhich preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS?
Despite the use of a series of preventive measures, a high incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was observed among health care workers (HCWs) during the SARS epidemic. This study aimed to dete...
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Levels and Chiral Signatures of Organochlorine Pesticides in Urban Soils of Yinchuan, China
In this study, residual level and enantiomeric composition of typical organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were surveyed in urban soils of Yinchuan, China. The median levels of ∑HCHs and ∑DDTs were 0.852 and 2.24 ...
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Identifying a Cinnamoyl Coenzyme A Reductase (CCR) Activity with 4-Coumaric Acid: Coenzyme A Ligase (4CL) Reaction Products in Populus tomentosa
A cinnamoyl coenzyme A reductase (CCR, EC 1.2.1.44), one of the key enzyme involved in lignin biosynthesis, was cloned from Populus tomentosa (Chinese white poplar). At the same time, a 4CL1 gene was cloned from
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Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Interactions of Ethanol and Propofol in Rabbits
Propofol is a short-acting intravenous anesthetic which is rapidly metabolized by glucuronidation and ring hydroxylation catalyzed by cytochrome P450. In clinical trials, it was found that patients receiving b...
