A systematic approach to the in vitro measurement of HNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities in nuclei from immature rat uterus has been undertaken in order to evaluate the early effects of estradiol. The experimental conditions include excess of nucleoside .i’-triphosphate and short time assays (6 min) at low temperature (25”) in order to obtain the maximal velocity of the reaction and to mini...

The influence of varying the ionic strength of the bathing solution on the contraction of chemically skinned frog atrial muscle fibers was studied. The rate of tension development activated by calcium slows as the ionic strength is elevated. The size of caffeine contracture, however, was larger in the fiber preloaded with calcium at a higher ionic strength. There was a decrease in the maintaine...

A systematic approach to the in vitro measurement of HNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities in nuclei from immature rat uterus has been undertaken in order to evaluate the early effects of estradiol. The experimental conditions include excess of nucleoside .i’-triphosphate and short time assays (6 min) at low temperature (25”) in order to obtain the maximal velocity of the reaction and to mini...

The sedimentation behavior of fine grained soil is largely dependent on its pore fluid chemistry. Physicochemical properties of the pore fluid, such as ionic strength and pH, could greatly influence the micro structure of kaolinite which in turn influences the sedimentation behavior. Other than ionic effect, adding fly ash can also cause different sedimentation behaviors due to the change of gr...

The effect of heparin on the activity of lipoprotein lipase from bovine milk was investigated under conditions varying with regard to ionic strength, purity of enzyme, and mode of substrate activation. A crude enzyme (dialyzed skim milk) was studied, along with a purified preparation obtained by affinity chromatography on a column of heparin-substituted agarose. Serum, high density lipoproteins...

The effects of bovine skeletal muscle m-calpain and calpastatin on the degradation of casein and isolated bovine myofibrils were characterized under various pH values (7.0, 6.2, 5.7) and ionic strengths (32 to 400 mM KCl) at 25 degrees C. Caseinolytic assays indicated that m-calpain activity increased with increasing pH (P < .01) but decreased with increasing ionic strength (P < .01). Regardles...

The average ionic strength of 20 West Australian soils was found to be 0·0048. The effects of three electrolytes (deionized water, CaCl2 and KN03), three ionic strengths (0'03. 0·005 and soil ionic strength at field capacity, Is) and two soil liquid ratios (1:5 and 1:10) on the pH of 15 soils were investigated. pH measurements in solutions of ionic strength 0·005 differed the least from measure...

In this research, the protonation constant value of tannic acid was determined at 25 °C and different ionic strengths (0.1 to 0.7 mol/dm3 NaCl) using potentiometric titration technique. The dependence of protonation constant on ionic strength was modeled and discussed by a Debye-Hückel type equation. Then, based on the obtained data from experiments, the minimizing Sum o...

Potentiometric titrations of pepsinogen as functions of ionic strength and temperature were studied. It was found that the ionic strength has a minor effect on the titration behavior of the protein. The maximum values of the buffering capacity in the pH range of 6.0 to 9.0 were found at pH values corresponding to those at which a conformational change of the protein occurs as determined by opti...