Quantitative analysis by high-pressure liquid chromatography shows that all commercial samples of elemental sulfur besides S8 contain traces of S7 (up to 0.56%) and in some cases also S6, S9, and polymeric sulfur (S«,). Pure S8 can be obtained by recrystallization from CS2. Elemental sulfur minerals also quite often contain traces of S7 (up to 0.3%). Since neither irradiation by daylight at 20 ...

In this study, a peptide-based dual-targeting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent (S8) was designed and synthesized. Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) and Asn-Gly-Arg (NGR) were combined in the targeting vector so as to allow binding, on the surface of tumor cells, to integrin αvβ3 and aminopeptidase N (CD13), respectively. The longitudinal relaxivity (r1) value of S8 was 8.297 mM-1sec-1 at a magne...

The complete nucleotide sequences of rice black-streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) genome segments 8 (S8) and 7 (S7) were determined, and were found to have high sequence identities to the corresponding maize rough dwarf virus (MRDV) genome segments. RBSDV S8 and S7 consisted of 1927 and 2193 nucleotides, respectively. RBSDV S8 had a single long open reading frame (ORF) encoding 591 amino acids. RBSD...

BACKGROUND Elemental sulfur exists is a variety of forms in natural systems, from dissolved forms (noted as S8(diss) or in water as S8(aq)) to bulk elemental sulfur (most stable as α-S8). Elemental sulfur can form via several biotic and abiotic processes, many beginning with small sulfur oxide or polysulfidic sulfur molecules that coarsen into S8 rings that then coalesce into larger forms: [For...

It is shown that there does not exist a PL-bundle over S8 with fibre and total space PL-manifolds homotopy equivalent to CP and CP respectively. Consequently, the Hopf fibration over S8 admits no subfibration by PL-circles.

We have conducted a detailed mineral magnetic study of loess unit 8 (L8) and paleosol unit 8 (S8) from three localities (Jingbian, Yichuan, and Duanjiapo) along a N-S transect in the Chinese loess plateau. As expected, the lowfield magnetic susceptibility (χ) has higher values in S8 and lower values in L8. Similarly, superparamagnetic particle concentrations increase in S8 with increasingly hum...

The structural features of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S8 that are involved in translational regulation of spc operon expression and, therefore, in its interaction with RNA have been investigated by use of a genetic approach. The rpsH gene, which encodes protein S8, was first inserted into an expression vector under the control of the lac promoter and subsequently mutagenized with methox...

Iron-monosulfide oxidation and associated S transformations in a natural sediment were examined by combining selective extractions, electron microscopy and S K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, The sediment examined in this study was collected from a waterway receiving acid-sulfate soil drainage. It contained a high acid-volatile sulfide content (1031 micromol g(-1...

Ribosomes of eukaryotes as well as prokaryotes are highly ordered ribonucleoprotein particles that serve as the factory of protein synthesis and are built of two subunits, smaller (40s) and larger (603, composed of 70 to 80 proteins and four different rRNA molecules (Wool, 1986). Expression of genes coding for ribosomal proteins, synthesis of these proteins, and their assembly to form functiona...