Macrocyclic tris-malonates incorporating cleavable di-tert-butylsilylene protecting groups have been prepared by a stepwise approach and used for the regioselective tris-functionalization of C60. Fullerene tris-adducts with an e,e,e addition pattern thus obtained. The bridging cleaved to liberate terminal alcohol functions fullerene tris-adduct. This key building block has further functionalize...

The generator potential of both slowly and rapidly adapting crayfish stretch receptor cells can still be elicited by mechanical stimuli when all the Na of the bathing medium is replaced by various organic cations. In the presence of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris), the generator potential is particularly large, about 30-50 % of that in the control saline, while spike electrogenesis of th...

Present study was designed to assess the effect of glutathione (GSH) on post thaw semen quality parameters (SQPs), sperm kinetic profiles, antioxidant and oxidative stress profiles cholesterol efflux in mithun. Ejaculates (25) were selected based biophysical for present experiment. Each sample split into four equal aliquots after dilution with Tris-citrate-glycerol (TCG) extender, viz. Group I ...

Reduction of toxic hexavalent was studied by using four resistant strains of E. coli ASU 3, 7, 8 and 18 isolated from wastewater of EL-Malah canal located in Assuit city, Egypt. They showed relatively high minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and found to be plasmid mediated with 65 and 27 Kb. E. coli ASU 7 represents the best with high resistance and reducing power of Cr (VI), so it may be ...

A broad-host-range cloning vector, pUI81, was constructed in vitro from plasmids RSF1010 and pSL25 (a pBR322 derivative) and used to assay for transformation in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. Washing cells with 500 mM Tris was an effective means of inducing competence for DNA uptake. Transformation frequencies as high as 10(-5) (transformants per viable cell) have been achieved by incubating Tri...

Escherichia coli has a specitic active transport system for magnesium which can be studied with the radioisotope 28Mg. The accumulation of 2*Mg is temperature-dependent and inhibited by cyanide, dinitrophenol, and m-chlorophenyl carbonylcyanide hydrazone. The initial rate of uptake of SMg shows typical saturation kinetics with a & = 18 /LM magnesium and a V,,,,, = 0.56 pmole per min per 1012 ce...

The optimum conditions were determined for the production and detection of staphylococcal elastase from Staphylococcus epidermidis. Optimum production and recovery took place when the dialysis membrane technique was utilized with brain heart infusion agar incubated for 44 h under 15% CO2 and harvested in physiological saline. Near-optimal production took place by 28 h, and this was found more u...

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the effects of pH, heat, and Ca ions on the -amylase activities in a commercial amylolytic enzyme (Tyazyme L300), used for apple juice processing. Kinetics of thermal inactivation was studied in acetate and citrate/phosphate buffers at different temperatures (55–70 °C) and enzyme concentrations (0.276 and 0.552 mL/100 mL). Maximum -amylase activity was obse...

INTRODUCTION Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key event in renal fibrosis. The aims of the study were to evaluate acidosis induced EMT, transforming-growth-factor (TGF) β1 role and citrate effect on it. METHODS HK2 cells (ATCC 2290) were cultured in DMEM/HAM F12 medium, pH 7.4. At 80% confluence, after 24 hr under serum free conditions, cells were distributed in three groups (2...