Absorption of radiation from the sodium dimer molecular states correlating to Na(3s)-Na(3s) is investigated theoretically. Vibrational bound and continuum transitions from the singlet X Σg state to the first excited A Σu and B Πu states and from the triplet a Σu state to the first excited b Σg and c Πg states are studied quantum-mechanically. Theoretical and experimental data are used to charac...

Absorption of radiation from the sodium dimer molecular states correlating to Na(3s)-Na(3s) is investigated theoretically. Vibrational bound and continuum transitions from the singlet X Σg state to the first excited A Σu and B Πu states and from the triplet a Σu state to the first excited b Σg and c Πg states are studied quantum-mechanically. Theoretical and experimental data are used to charac...

Sciortino, Christopher M., and Michael F. Romero. Cation and voltage dependence of rat kidney electrogenic Na-HCO3 2 cotransporter, rkNBC, expressed in oocytes. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Renal Physiol. 46): F611–F623, 1999.— Recently, we reported the cloning and expression of the rat renal electrogenic Na-HCO3 2 cotransporter (rkNBC) in Xenopus oocytes [M. F. Romero, P. Fong, U. V. Berger, M. A. Hed...

Despite their advantageous chemical properties for nuclear imaging, radioactive sodium-22 ((22)Na) tracers have been excluded for biomedical applications because of their extremely long lifetime. In the current study, we proposed, for the first time, the use of (22)Na radiotracers for pre-clinical applications by efficiently loading with silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) and thus offering a new life...

The β1-adrenoceptor (β1AR) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is activated by the endogenous agonists adrenaline and noradrenaline. We have determined the structure of an ultra-thermostable β1AR mutant bound to the weak partial agonist cyanopindolol to 2.1 Å resolution. High-quality crystals (100 μm plates) were grown in lipidic cubic phase without the assistance of a T4 lysozyme or BR...

The functional role of CHX21, a member of the Arabidopsis thaliana CHX cation transporter family, has been investigated in plants growing under "ideal" conditions and in the presence of elevated NaCl levels. In public databases, AtCHX21 (At2g31910) is annotated as a putative Na+/H+ antiporter. In this study, Southern analysis was used to identify a genotype that contained a single transposon in...