The existence of DNA triple helices in vitro has been known for some time. Recent evidence suggesting that DNA triplexes exist in vivo and showing their potential for chemotherapeutic applications has renewed interest in these triple-strand conformations. However, little structural information is currently known about these unusual nucleic acid forms. We have induced and stabilized triple-helic...

Magnesium-based implants exhibit various advantages such as biodegradability and potential for enhanced in vivo bone formation. However, the cellular mechanisms behind this possible osteoconductivity remain unclear. To determine whether high local magnesium concentrations can be osteoconductive and exclude other environmental factors that occur during the degradation of magnesium implants, magn...

Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) with the rhombohedral layered CdCl2-type structure (α-MgCl2) has been studied experimentally using synchrotron angle-dispersive powder x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy using a diamond-anvil cell up to 100 GPa at room temperature and theoretically using first-principles density functional calculations. The results reveal a pressure-induced second-order structur...

روش‌های مختلفی برای زمان­‌سنجی امواج مشابه و با تحریک یکسان ارایه شده است که توجه به شرایط موج می‌­توان بهترین گزینه را انتخاب کرد. لذا هدف ما یافتن روش زمان‌سنجی جهت خروجی از حسگر UFSD زیرا می­‌خواستیم این حسگرها آشکارسازی پروتون‌ها در سیستم پروتون درمانی برای­ درمان ­تومورهای سرطانی استفاده کنیم. راستا مقایسه مختلف مثل تفکیک‌کننده کسر ثابت (CFD)، همبستگی متقابل(CC) زمان بیش آستانه (TOT)با داد...

PCR is routinely used in detection of antibiotic resistance genes including different classes of tet and erm genes. It remains unknown how PCR conditions affect detection of resistance genes in terms of genetic diversity and prevalence. In this study, numbers of PCR cycles and MgCl2 concentrations were evaluated for their effect on the diversity and prevalence of the tet genes that encode ribos...

Saline soils contain numerous salts with varying impact on seed germination. Seeds of three non-halophytic species found in Chinese sandy deserts (Artemisia ordosica, Aristida adscensionis and Bassia dasyphylla) were incubated in salt solutions (NaCl, KCl or MgCl2, each with or without CaCl2) at 20°C in the dark. The effects of each salt on the percentage of seeds from which visibly detectable ...

Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) are highly promising materials as selective separation layers on the inside of hollow fiber membranes. We investigate forward osmosis (FO) performance poly(4-styrene sulfonate) (PSS)/poly(allylamine) (PAH)- and PSS/poly(ethylene imine)-based PEM membranes apply different draw solutions. The show properties, demonstrated by their retention behavior under nanofi...