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Nanobodies are special derivatives of antibodies, which consist of single domain fragments. They have become of considerable interest as next-generation biotechnological tools for antigen recognition. They can...
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K-Ras is the most frequently mutated oncoprotein in human cancers, and G12D is its most prevalent mutation. To understand how G12D mutation impacts K-Ras function, we need to understand how it alters the regul...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa can regulate its virulence gene expressions by using a signal system called quorum sensing. It is known that inhibition of quorum sensing can block biofilm formatio...
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Molecular Aspects of Rubber Elasticity
In this paper, the molecular aspects of rubber-like solids are reviewed. The elasticity of the single polymer chain, which is the basic unit of the elastomeric solid, is discussed first. The structure of the n...
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Free radical crosslinking of unsaturated bacterial polyesters obtained from soybean oily acids
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Determination of Cross-Link Density in Amorphous Networks by Stress-Strain-Swelling Experiments
The degree of cross-linking in an amorphous elastomeric network is related to the shear modulus which may be determined either by stress-strain experiments or by equilibrium swelling measurements in a solvent....
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Anisotropy of Rubber Networks Crosslinked in States of Strain
Anisotropy of amorphous polymer networks crosslinked first in the isotropic state and subsequently in the stretched state is analyzed using the junction constraint theory. According to the theory, the anisotro...
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The Scattering of Light by Swollen Networks
Swollen networks scatter more light than solutions of linear molecules of the same concentration. This occurs because of the concentration fluctuations associated with the variation of the local degree of swel...
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Polymers and Rubber Elasticity: Thermodynamics of Large Dimensional Changes in Amorphous Systems
Polymeric molecules constitute a large fraction of the living material They may be in the form of a single macromolecule dissolved in a suitable fluid, or may exist as a three dimensional topological network s...
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Calculation of Molecular Deformation and Orientation in Elastomers Using the Flory Network Model
The molecular model of an elastomeric network with local intermolecular correlations, given by Flory, is used to calculate the components of the molecular deformation tensor and molecular orientation. Effects ...
