1. When suspended in slightly alkaline (pH 7.4 to 7.8) saline dilutions of clear, hemoglobin-free normal monkey serum, the virus of yellow fever from infected monkeys and from infected, but blood-free, mosquitoes, usually acts as if it were possessed of a positive electrical charge. 2. The virus tends to assume a negative charge in fluids having a slightly acid reaction. 3. The isoelectric poin...

The preparation of a new stable and active form of chymotrypsin is described. The enzyme possesses threonine-147 instead of alanineas the NH&erminal group of the C chain and has been called ai-chymotrypsin. The conformational transition that affects chymotrypsins at alkaline pH was investigated and compared with that of 01and &chymotrypsins by studying the kinetic constants and their pH depende...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The aim of this study is to investigate the reflux patterns in patients with galbladder stone and the change of reflux patterns after cholecystectomy in such patients. METHODS Fourteen patients with cholecystolithiasis and a control group including 10 healthy control subjects were enrolled in this prospective study. Demographical findings, reflux symptom score scale and 24-hou...

BACKGROUND The Bacillus subtilis genome-reduced strain MGB874 exhibits enhanced production of exogenous extracellular enzymes under batch fermentation conditions. We predicted that deletion of the gene for RocG, a bi-functional protein that acts as a glutamate dehydrogenase and an indirect repressor of glutamate synthesis, would improve glutamate metabolism, leading to further increased enzyme ...

The Aspergillus nidulans PacC transcription factor mediates gene regulation in response to alkaline ambient pH which, signalled by the Pal pathway, results in the processing of PacC(72) to PacC(27) via PacC(53). Here we investigate two levels at which the pH regulatory system is transcriptionally moderated by pH and identify and characterise a new component of the pH regulatory machinery, PacX....

statement of problem: calcium hydroxide which is commonly used as an intracanal medicament, changes the ph of dentin and periradicular tissues to an alkaline ph. in some clinical situations, endodontic reparative cements like calcium enriched mixture cement are used after calcium hydroxide therapy. however, the alkaline ph may affect the physical properties of this cement. objectives: this stud...

BACKGROUND Despite the prevalent use of Drosophila as a model in studies of nutrition, the effects of fundamental food properties, such as pH, on animal health and behavior are not well known. OBJECTIVES We examined the effect of food pH on adult Drosophila lifespan, feeding behavior, and microbiota composition and tested the hypothesis that pH-mediated changes in palatability and total consu...

upgrading recycled fiber properties has been a constant concern in pulp and paper industry. in this respect many researches has been applied. the present paper has been considered the effect of amylase enzyme in pulping stage of old corrugated container (occ). also, pre-soaking of occ (first step of pre-soaking for 6 hours in 3% consistency in different ph(s) and second step of pre-soaking at 6...

INTRODUCTION We have reported that altered gut flora is associated with septic complications and eventual death in critically ill patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. It is unclear how fecal pH affects these patients. We sought to determine whether fecal pH can be used as an assessment tool for the clinical course of critically ill patients. METHODS Four hundred ninety-one f...

We studied the effect of phytohemagglutinin on the surface charge density and 90° light scattering of pea thylakoids as a function of pH (from pH 6.0 to pH 7.8). These pH-dependent modifications were interpreted in terms of the membrane conformational changes. Lectin induced a decrease in LS level due to the increase in aggregation of the particles at all pH studied. These changes were accompan...