We report the synthesis and application of a specific electroactive label, N-(2-ferrocene-ethyl)maleimide, which provides new redox properties to organic compounds and proteins possessing sulphydryl groups. Its reaction conditions with the cysteine-containing peptide, glutathione, and a terminal monooxygenase enzyme, cytochrome P450cam are presented. The labelled peptide and enzyme acquired rev...

INTRODUCTION THE FREEZING PROCESS Frost Supercooling Freeze Desiccation Controlling the freezing process Acclimation to Freezing Stress Metabolic changes Sugars Lipids Abscisic acid The signalling cascade Mechanisms of Injury Sulphydryl-disulphide Hypothesis Expansion-induced Lysis Freeze-induced electrical transients Phase properties of the lipid bilayer Plasma membrane transport and ATPase Ox...

Sera from 2,148 patients were tested with a third-generation microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA), a confirmatory assay, and a reverse transcription-PCR. Overall, 85.6% of reactivities were confirmed, 13.2% were shown to be unspecifically reactive, and 1.2% were indeterminate. The rate of confirmed MEIA reactivities clearly depended on the strength of the reactivity.

Serogroups of Legionella pneumophila exhibited differential reactivities with plant agglutinin. Agglutination patterns were modified by growing the organisms in different media. The passage of four strains through guinea pigs did not result in altered reactivities with lectins or with plant agglutinins.

Alterations in erythrocyte membranes caused by UICC B chrysotile asbestos fibres were studied in red cell ghosts using the spin label technique. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of two sulphydryl reactive spin labels and one fatty acid spin probe in erythrocyte ghosts showed membrane protein modifications but no changes in lipid fluidity caused by the haemolytic chrysotile asbe...

A comprehensive review of past and present approaches towards qualitative quantitative rankings the reactivities electrophilic fluorinating agents.

Dedicated to Professor Heinrich Nöth on the occasion of his 85th birthday The nucleophile-specific parameters N and sN, as defined by the linear free energy relationship log k = sN(N +E) (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9500 – 9512), were determined for five imines 1a–e by studying the kinetics of their reactions with benzhydrylium ions in dichloromethane solution at 20 ◦C. These parameters allowe...