The crystal structure of the 2:1 charge-transfer complex of tetrathiafulvalene [2,2'-bis(1,3-dithiolylidene)] and bromanil (tetrabromo-1,4-benzoquinone) [(TTF)(2)-BA, (C(6)H(4)S(4))(2)-C(6)Br(4)O(2)] has been determined by X-ray diffraction at room temperature, 100 and 25 K. No structural phase transition occurs in the temperature range studied. The crystal is made of TTF-BA-TTF sandwich trimer...

A simple, sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of rabeprazole in pure form and for pharmaceutical formulations. In this method 2,3-dichloro-5, 6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) was utilized for determination of rabeprazole forming charge transfer complex with maximum absorbance at λmax 460 nm. Variables affecting the reaction were studied and optimized. Beer’s la...

Intravenous infusion of mice with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) incompatible lymphocytes can inhibit the response of recipient T cells capable of recognizing the injected cells, and can enhance survival of grafts sharing MHC with the injected cells. However, neither T cell inactivation nor graft survival enhancement is always achieved. This is particularly true for donor cells that are...

Anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCL) are characterized by the expression of a chimeric protein, NPM-ALK, which originates from fusion of the nucleophosmin (NPM) and the membrane receptor anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) genes. The NPM-ALK kinase, on dimerization, shows phosphotransferase activity and, through its interaction with various ALK-adapter proteins, induces cell transformation and i...

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