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Correlation of Acute Prostacyclin Response in Primary (Unexplained) Pulmonary Hypertension with Efficacy of Treatment with Calcium Channel Blockers and Survival
Unexplained, or primary, pulmonary hypertension, is usually a rapidly fatal disease, in which the use of vasodilator therapy is controversial (14, 22, 25). While some authors have proposed that there may be a ...
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Biosynthesis and Endocytosis of Yolk Proteins in the Mosquito
The maturation of insect eggs requires the fat body production of large amounts of a protein, vitellogenin (Vg), that is secreted into the hemolymph, selectively accumulated by the oocytes and stored in yolk b...
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Absorption and Optical Rotation Spectra of Biological Membranes
The combination of ultraviolet absorption and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies provides a sensitive technique for following protein conformation and conformational changes in solution. It is reasonable t...