0 Fluoride contamination occurs in a wide range of industrial effluents-wastewater from aluminum and steel production, metal finishing and electroplating, glass and semiconductor manufacturing, ore-beneficiation, and fertilizer operations. Concentration limits for fluoride of 1.0 to 1.5 mg/L have been established from time to time for surface waters, based upon two premises: (1) that these wate...

Metals such as aluminum and Fluoride have been implicated in the etiology of several neurodegenerative disorders. Resveratrol, a natural polyphenol, exerting a wide range of biological and pharmacological activities including its antioxidative properties against neurodegenerative disorders through its ability to lessen oxidative stress. Rats were divided into 4 groups. Group –I was served as co...

Metals such as aluminum and Fluoride have been implicated in the etiology of several neurodegenerative disorders. Resveratrol, a natural polyphenol, exerting a wide range of biological and pharmacological activities including its antioxidative properties against neurodegenerative disorders through its ability to lessen oxidative stress. Rats were divided into 4 groups. Group –I was served as co...

The GTP-dependent interaction of ADP ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1) with Golgi membranes is required for the binding of cytosolic coatomer proteins to those membranes. Whereas both GTP and GTP gamma S can support coatomer binding to membranes, by using partially purified components, GTP-driven binding is rapidly reversible (t1/2 of 2 min) while that driven by GTP gamma S is more stable (t1/2 of o...

Actin exhibits ATPase activity of unknown function that increases when monomers polymerize into filaments. Differences in the kinetics of ATP hydrolysis and the release of the hydrolysis products ADP and inorganic phosphate suggest that phosphate-rich domains exist in newly polymerized filaments. We examined whether the enrichment of phosphate on filamentous ADP-actin might modulate the severin...

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Human guanylate-binding protein-1 (hGBP-1) is a large GTPase, similar in structure to the dynamins. Like many smaller GTPases of the Ras/Rab family, it is farnesylated, suggesting it may dock into membranes and perhaps play a role in intracellular trafficking. To date, however, hGBP-1 has never been associated with a specific intracellular compartment. Here we present evidence that hGBP-1 can a...

In this study, we present a novel application of thin magnesium fluoride films to form electron-selective contacts to n-type crystalline silicon (c-Si). This allows the demonstration of a 20.1%-efficient c-Si solar cell. The electron-selective contact is composed of deposited layers of amorphous silicon (∼6.5 nm), magnesium fluoride (∼1 nm), and aluminum (∼300 nm). X-ray photoelectron spectrosc...