Upon exposure to exogenous pediocin-like bacteriocins, immunity proteins specifically bind to the target receptor of the mannose phosphotransferase system components (man-PTS IIC and IID), therefore preventing bacterial cell death. However, the specific recognition of immunity proteins and its associated target receptors remains poorly understood. In this study, we constructed hybrid receptors ...

PURPOSE To investigate the pathogenesis of idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) from a biochemical perspective, the relationships between ERM and tryptase activity, a serine protease, and the levels of anti-type II collagen (anti-IIC) antibodies in the serum. PATIENTS AND METHODS Vitreous samples for measurement of tryptase activity were obtained from 54 eyes of 54 patients who underwent a vi...

25 Dietary potassium (K)-deficiency is accompanied by phosphaturia, and decreased renal 26 brush border membrane (BBM) vesicle sodium (Na)-dependent phosphate (Pi) transport 27 activity. We previously showed that K-deficiency in rats leads to increased abundance in 28 the proximal tubule BBM of the apical Na/Pi co-transporter NaPi-IIa, but that the activity, 29 diffusion and clustering of NaPi-...

Inter-individual coordination (IIC) at the behavioral and physiological level, its association with courtship pair-bond maintenance, have been receiving increased attention in scientific literature recent years. However, there is no integrative framework combining plethora of findings humans nonhuman species yet that addresses evolutionary origins IIC. Here, we take a comparative approach revie...

a Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory (EESD), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), EPFL ENAC IIC EESD, GC B2 515, Station 18, CH – 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland b Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory (EESD), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), É...

Localized freezings of adult rat sciatic nerve, repeated 2 to 5 times at monthly intervals, induced a series of profound changes in the gastrocnemius muscle. In particular, many type IIC fibres were observed one month after the last freezing. However, this muscle transformation was not stable. Our combined cytological, cytochemical and electrophysiological results provide evidence for multiple ...

Abstract The ictal–interictal continuum (IIC) is a concept used for those particular EEG patterns that do not meet the strict criteria status epilepticus but may be associated with neuronal injury. aim of this article to review equivocal periodic and discuss their clinical significance along IIC. risk seizures increases when frequency discharges exceeds 2 Hz pattern has features superimposed rh...

The mammalian ER/cytosolic alpha-mannosidase (Man2C1p), yeast vacuolar alpha-mannosidase (Ams1p) and the Aspergillus nidulans alpha-mannosidase are members of Class IIC subgroup, which is involved in oligosaccharide catabolism and N-glycan processing. Unlike their mammalian counterparts, the yeast Ams1p and A. nidulans Class IIC alpha-mannosidase are not essential for morphogenesis and cellular...

The mammalian ER/cytosolic α-mannosidase (Man2C1p), yeast vacuolar α-mannosidase (Ams1p) and the Aspergillus nidulans α-mannosidase are members of Class IIC subgroup, which is involved in oligosaccharide catabolism and N-glycan processing. Unlike their mammalian counterparts, the yeast Ams1p and A. nidulans Class IIC α-mannosidase are not essential for morphogenesis and cellular function. In th...

Gonorrheal urethritis was induced in three males by intraurethral instillation of predominantly pilus+ protein II- gonococci. Virtually all gonococci reisolated from the infected men exhibited protein II+ phenotype. The reisolated gonococci expressed five distinct outer membrane protein II species. Protein IIc+ organisms predominated in urines of all three subjects, but variants expressing this...