BACKGROUND A possible interference between lupus anticoagulant (LAC), a well characterized clotting inhibitor, in the International Normalized Ratio (INR) determination during oral anticoagulation (OA) has been reported in the literature. Few data are available about the relationship between this kind of interference and the daily clinical management of oral anticoagulation. The aim of the stud...

Blood samples of 34 Eastern chipmunks trapped in the vicinity of an Aedes albopictus population near New Alsace, IN, were tested for neutralizing antibodies to La Crosse (LAC) virus and other California group viruses. Two samples were positive for LAC antibodies. Analysis of mosquito bloodmeals demonstrated that both Ae. albopictus and Ae. triseriatus from the site fed on chipmunks. This note d...

The estrogen receptor (ER), a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily important in human physiology and disease, recruits coactivators which modify local chromatin structure. Here we describe effects of ER on large-scale chromatin structure as visualized in live cells. We targeted ER to gene-amplified chromosome arms containing large numbers of lac operator sites either directly, thr...

In contrast to the detailed molecular knowledge available on anthocyanin synthesis, little is known about its catabolism in plants. Litchi (Litchi chinensis) fruit lose their attractive red color soon after harvest. The mechanism leading to quick degradation of anthocyanins in the pericarp is not well understood. An anthocyanin degradation enzyme (ADE) was purified to homogeneity by sequential ...

In this work, amidoxime polyacrylonitrile (AOPAN) nanofibrous membrane was prepared by a reaction between PAN nanofibers and hydroxylamine hydrochloride. The AOPAN nanofibrous membranes were used for four metal ions (Fe, Cu, Ni, Cd) chelation under different conditions. Further, the competition of different metal ions coordinating with AOPAN nanofibrous membrane was also studied. The AOPAN chel...

Deoxyribonucleic acid cyclization, Escherichia coli lac repressor binding to two spaced lac operators and repression enhancement can be successfully used for a better understanding of the conditions required for interaction between eukaryotic enhancers and the machinery of transcription initiation. Chronologically, the DNA looping model has first accounted for the properties initially defining ...

This study aims at demonstrating that wastes from anaerobic biodigester plants can be effectively valorized as functional materials to implemented in technologies enable efficient energy management and water treatment, therefore simultaneously addressing the Water-Energy-Waste Nexus challenges. Lignin, main solid residue of plant, has been into activated biochar with a mild activation agent, li...

The maximum rate of expression of the lac operon is severely reduced in lac promoter mutants. Revertants of these mutations which produce higher levels of enzyme were isolated. Some of these revertants had lost sensitivity to catabolite repression and transient repression. The mutations responsible for these losses took place at sites very close to the original promoter mutations. From these re...

China has become an important dimension of US relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In last twenty years, increased its trade, investments, financial, political ties region, area influence for most twentieth century. As been case globally, Trump administration pressure against in LAC. The Brazilian experience shows that countries region are being pressured to make policy choices...