Filopodia have been implicated in a number of diverse cellular processes including growth-cone path finding, wound healing, and metastasis. The Ena/VASP family of proteins has emerged as key to filopodia formation but the exact mechanism for how they function has yet to be fully elucidated. Using cell spreading as a model system in combination with small interfering RNA depletion of Capping Pro...

Grain protein films plasticized with glycerol were prepared from corn zein (CZ), wheat gluten (WG), and a 2.3:1 mixture of wheat gluten and soy protein isolate (WG/SPI). Moisture adsorption curves of the three types of protein films at 25° C and within an approximate water activity range of 0.11 to 0.84 were obtained using a static gravimetric method. The Smith, Oswin, Halsey, and Guggenheim-An...

Introduction: Potential martian spring deposits are of considerable interest [1, 2] as indicators of water and the nature of the subsurface environment and as possible sites for preserved evidence of microbial communities. They are therefore attractive targets for exploration with Rovers, sample return missions [3], and eventually crewed exploration. The Dalhousie Springs Complex (DSC) in centr...

Recent epidemiologic studies implying differences in cancer recurrence based on anesthetic regimens raise the possibility that the mu opioid receptor (MOR) can influence cancer progression. Based on our previous observations that overexpression of MOR in human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells increased tumor growth and metastasis, this study examined whether MOR regulates growth factor ...

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Knowledge of the state water balance agro-food products is an essential step in drying or storage operations for preservation. Our study made it possible to determine thermodynamic parameters which influence conditions fresh tomatoes grown south Benin; and predict its hygroscopic behavior during post-harvest storage. The desorption isotherms obtained at 40℃, 50℃ 60℃, by static gravimetric metho...

Equilibrium Moisture sorption isotherms are very important in drying and storage analysis. Experimental moisture equilibrium data (adsorption desorption) of Aspirin were determined using the static method saturated salt solutions that by exposing material to different conditions temperatures water activities. Three (25, 30, 40Cº) activities range (6.3- 83.6%) used. The results showed content in...

Common wheat provides approximately 20% of the total dietary calorie intake human beings. Recent technological advances in whole-genome sequencing and their application its progenitor species provide new opportunities to uncover genetic variation traits accelerate traditional breeding (TB) strategies context genomics-assisted (GAB). Integration TB, marker-assisted selection (MAS) genomic (GS) w...

Developing varieties with diverse features that satisfy varied commercial needs, improving overall fruit quality, and quickly releasing them, are prerequisites in citrus breeding. However, these three goals require trade-offs conventional breeding, even the application of marker-assisted selection technique. Conventional breeding cannot achieve simultaneously it has been regarded as a trilemma....