β-Sheet-rich aggregates of α-synuclein (αSyn) are the hallmark neuropathology of Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies, whereas the principal native structure of αSyn in healthy cells--unfolded monomer or α-helically folded oligomer--is under debate. Our recent crosslinking analysis of αSyn in intact cells showed that a large portion of endogenous αSyn can be trapped as oligomers, m...

Sulfate transport by tobacco cells (Nicotiana tabacum L. var. Xanthi) cultured in liquid medium was investigated.Transport was linear with time, had a sharp pH optimum between 6.5 and 7.5, and obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The Km varied within the range 2 x 10(-5)m and 4 x 10(-5)m and the maximum velocity was in the range 100 to 400 nanomoles per gram fresh weight.hour.Transport was inhibit...

Densities and viscosities of aqueous solutions of urea and guanidine hydrochloride at 250 have been measured, and equations are presented which describe their variation with concentration. Densities and viscosities of similar solutions containing additional solutes (buffers, NaCI, -mercaptoethanol) have been measured, and the possibility of predicting these results from information on solutions...

Sera from 173 turkeys, 108 chickens, and 48 ducks from Giza, Egypt, were tested for the presence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies by means of the modified agglutination test using mercaptoethanol and formalin-fixed tachyzoites. The prevalence of anti-T. gondii antibodies (>1:25) among turkeys, chickens, and ducks was 59.5%, 47.2%, and 50%, respectively.

The conditions for growing CdS nanoparticles suitable for the visualization of biological tissues were theoretically studied and experimentally checked. The optimal ranges for pH values and precursors' concentrations were determined. The applicability of the mercaptoethanol-capped nanoparticles for in vitro luminescence visualization of several cellular forms in histological specimens of human ...

Background Adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) are acquired from abdominal liposuction yielding a thousand fold more stem cells per millilitre than those from bone marrow. A large research void exists as to whether ADSCs are capable of transdermal differentiation toward neuronal phenotypes. Previous studies have investigated the use of chemical cocktails with varying inconclusive results. Meth...

Dinitrophenylated chicken gizzard myosin which had incorporated 5.2 mol of l-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene/4.7 x 10' g of protein failed to form a calcium-sensitive actomyosin. Thiolysis of 2 mol of the dinitrophenyl group from modified gizzard myosin with 2-mercaptoethanol restored its ability to form a calcium-sensitive actomyosin. It was determined that the dinitrophenyl group was removed from t...