An L-amino acid oxidase with high specifity for basic L-amino acids was isolated from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7942, and the enzyme was partially characterized. This enzyme was compared to the previously described L-amino acid oxidase from Synechococcus PCC6301 (G. Wälzlein, A. E. Gau, and E. K. Pistorius, Z. Naturforsch. 43c, 545-553, 1988). In addition, photosystem II complexes we...

Nowadays, there is a tendency of use of low temperature in laundry cleaning for both environmental and economical reasons, which makes the use of enzymes in detergent products indispensable. Since lipases are efficient catalyst both in solution and at the water-liquid interface, they are potentially suitable for lipid stain removal applications in industrial laundry and household detergents. Th...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of Gram stain versus Pap smear in diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV). METHODS One-thousand and sixty women were enrolled in this study. All cases with symptoms of BV were determined by Amsel's criteria, which were accepted as the gold standard for diagnosis of BV. Pap smear and Gram stain evaluations were compared accor...

Dementia is a subject of interest for both neurologists and psychiatrists. The most common causes of dementia are neurodegenerative diseases of the CNS. Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent of them, much less common are Lewy's body disease, Pick's disease, Parkinson's disease or Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is an autosomally dominant terminal illness, that occurs in approximat...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The significant rise in food borne infections is mainly caused by Campylobacter spp., Salmonella serovars and Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli. As the emerging food borne pathogens cause disease, more studies have been conducted for rapid detection of these pathogens. The combination of immunomagnetic separation and polymerase chain reaction (IMS-PCR) is the most accurat...

The article defines the content and meaning of E. Ehrliсh’s concept «living law» from point view specifics social relations in globalized world. According to author, adhering theory law», study law exclusively as a written, static phenomenon, limited by law, significantly narrows its scope. In this regard, relations, their dynamics, practice, emergence new needs, mechanisms for protection inter...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the levels of βhCG cervicovaginal secretions and preterm delivery. A cross-sectional analysis was used and cerevicovaginal secretion specimens were obtained from women in their 24th-36th weeks (every 6 days) of pregnancy who presented the pregnancy clinic with preterm labor manifestations. Frozen samples (at -20°C) were assayed ...

Steroid hormones are essential for health in vertebrates. Corticosteroids, for example, have a regulatory role in many physiological functions, such as osmoregulation, respiration, immune responses, stress responses, reproduction, growth, and metabolism. Although extensively studied in mammals and some non-mammalian species, the molecular mechanisms of corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoids an...

Extracts of seeds of 21 bean cultlvars were screened for hemagglutinating specifity and for mitogenic activity. Four types could be distinguished in different beans, two of which are mitogens. Two lectin fractions (α and b) were isolated from each of the four bean types. Their MW were estimated by exclusion chromatography and component sugars by paper chromatography. Hemagglutinating activity, ...