Background: Male infertility has many causes, including genetic infertility. The NOP2/Sun domain family, member7 (Nsun7) gene, which encodes putative methyltransferase Nsun7, has a role in sperm motility. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of the T26248G polymorphism on Nsun7 protein function and its role in male infertility. Materials and Methods: Semen samples were col...

the solvent extraction of rare earth metal ions from nitrate solutions by 5.11.17.23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-bis(diethylcarbamoylmethoxy)-26,28-dihydroxycalix[4]arene (l) in 1,2-dichloroethane has been investigated. the alalysis of the extraction equilibrium obtained from a mixture of la3+, eu3+, er3+ and y3+ revealed that the extracted species have a 1:1 metal/ligand ratio. the intra-group sepa...

Gold nanorods stabilized by binary ligand mixtures of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, primary ligand) and ascorbic acid or hydroquinone were investigated complementary synchrotron radiation-induced spectroscopies microscopies, with the aim...

The phenomenon of molecular binding, where two molecules, referred to as a receptor and ligand, bind together form ligand-receptor complex, is ubiquitous in biology essential for the accurate functioning all life-sustaining processes. probability single forming complex with any one L surrounding ligand molecules at thermal equilibrium can be derived from partition function obtained Gibbs-Boltzm...

Cell adhesion on a supported lipid bilayer (SLB) functionalized with ligand proteins is widely-used cell-mimetic model for the study of trans receptor-ligand interaction that mediates adhesion, and has been shown to play an important role in unravelling molecular players cell adhesion. Experimental studies such cell-SLB systems often assume there no cis interactions between ligands. An question...

A new theory of ligand-receptor bonds in biological cells that accounts for membrane fluctuations reveals an orders-of-magnitude increase binding rates and the range over which a receptor can recognize its ligand.

a pvc membrane ni(ii) ion selective electrode has been constructed using (1e,2e)-bis(2-aminophenyl)n'1,n'2-dihydroxyethanebis as membrane carrier. the electrode exhibited a goodpotentiometric response for ni(ii) over a wide concentration range 1.0×10-4 to 1.0×10-1m with aslope of 29.4±0.5 mv/decade a and a working ph range of 6.5-9.0. it had a fast response time of≤20s. the best performance was...

synthesis and cation selectivity of 25, 27, dipropoxy-26, 28, di-propoxy 5, 11, 17, 23, ptert-butyl calix[4]arene are studied in acetonitrile solution. the stability constants of differentcomplexes of calixarene (as a ligand) with alkali metal cations are determined at 25 °c by usingspectrophotometric technique.on the basis of calculations, complexation of calixarene with cs+and li+ are more fa...

a pvc membrane ni(ii) ion selective electrode has been constructed using (1e,2e)-bis(2-aminophenyl)n'1,n'2-dihydroxyethanebis as membrane carrier. the electrode exhibited a goodpotentiometric response for ni(ii) over a wide concentration range 1.0×10-4 to 1.0×10-1m with aslope of 29.4±0.5 mv/decade a and a working ph range of 6.5-9.0. it had a fast response time of≤20s. the best perfo...