The mechanism of hydroxide ion binding to nonionic surfaces is explored by variation of the properties of the water-aggregate interface and by variation of the type of the aggregate.

Streptococcal M proteins are antiphagocytic molecules varying immunologically from type to type while maintaining an identical biological effect. The virulence of the group A streptococcus is directly related to the presence of the M antigens on the cell surface and resistance to infection by these organisms is dependent on the presence of opsonic antibodies directed towards the M molecules. Va...

We have studied the localization of three abundant cellular proteins which are substrates for tyrosine protein kinases in virally transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts. The primary location of each substrate is unaltered by transformation with Rous sarcoma virus (RSV). The tyrosine-phosphorylated species is localized with the nonphosphorylated species. Two of the proteins, of about 46,000 and ...

The gecko adhesive system is dependent on weak van der Waals interactions that are multiplied across thousands of fine hair-like structures (setae) on geckos' toe pads. Due to the requirements of van der Waals forces, we expect that any interruption between the setae and substrate, such as a water layer, will compromise adhesion. Our recent results suggest, however, that the air layer (plastron...

The thymus cells of rats have been shown to raise the intracellular concentration of glycine but not of leueine above that of their suspending medium during a 1-hour incubation period. At low concentrations of glycine, the thymus cells concentrated glycine about one-half as well as did Ehrlich hyperdiploid ascites cells. Protein synthesis and intracellular concentration of amino acids could be ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence and complications of extravasation of low-osmolar nonionic contrast media, injected manually and by the automatic power injector (API). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Three thousand five hundred and sixty patients underwent contrast-enhanced abdominal and thoracic computerized tomography scan in the Department of Clinical Radiology, Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait, between ...

The effect of 12 surfactants on aflatoxin production, growth, and conidial germination by the fungus Aspergillus flavus is reported. Five nonionic surfactants, Triton X-100, Tergitol NP-7, Tergitol NP-10, polyoxyethylene (POE) 10 lauryl ether, and Latron AG-98, reduced aflatoxin production by 96 to 99% at 1% (wt/vol). Colony growth was restricted by the five nonionic surfactants at this concent...

PURPOSE To evaluate the size and shape of commercially available polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles and to determine whether they change in size when suspended in nonionic contrast and in a solution of nonionic contrast and absolute alcohol. METHODS The two-dimensional area and the long and short axis of PVA particles from several different vendors were measured using a light microscope attach...

The impact of the nonionic surfactant, dodecyl triethyleneglycol ether (C(12)E(3)) on the solution microstructure of the dialkyl chain cationic surfactant, dihexadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide, (DHDAB) has been investigated. The variation in solution microstructure has been studied using a combination of small angle neutron scattering, ultra small angle neutron scattering, optical texture and ...