The myelin basic protein (MBP) gene encodes two families of proteins: the classic MBP constituents of myelin and the golli-MBPs, the function of which is less well understood. Previous work suggests that golli proteins may play a role in Ca2+ homeostasis in oligodendrocytes (OLs) and in T-cells. Overexpression of golli in OL cell lines induces elaboration of sheets and processes. Live imaging o...

The measurements of neutron capture cross sections neutron-rich nuclei are challenging but essential for understanding nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution processes in the explosive burning scenario. In quest r-process abundances, according to neutrino-driven-wind model, light unstable may play a significant role as seed that influence abundance pattern. Hence, experimental data needed. Coulo...

The Ogu cytoplasm for male sterility and its fertility restorer gene Rfo in canola (Brassica napus L.) were originally introgressed from radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and have been widely used for canola hybrid production and breeding. The objective of this study was to determine the physical location of the Rfo locus in the canola genome using fluorescence in situ hybridization and genetic mapp...

The developmentally regulated myelin basic proteins (MBPs), which arise from the golli (gene of oligodendrocyte lineage) complex, are highly positively charged, intrinsically disordered, multifunctional proteins having several alternatively spliced isoforms and posttranslational modifications, and they play key roles in myelin compaction. The classic 18.5-kDa MBP isoform has a proline-rich regi...

BACKGROUND Repetitive species-specific sound enables the identification of the presence and behavior of soniferous species by acoustic means. Passive acoustic monitoring has been widely applied to monitor the spatial and temporal occurrence and behavior of calling species. METHODS Underwater biological sounds in the Pearl River Estuary, China, were collected using passive acoustic monitoring,...

The growth of three serological types of group A streptococci in a peptideand protein-free medium was described (Mickelson, Bacteriol Proc., p. 75, 1963). The three strains of Streptococcus pyogenes, Richards (type 3), N19 (type 19), and S43 (type 6; Slade and Slamp, J. Exptl. Med. 102:291, 1955), after repeated subculturing in the synthetic medium (100 or more times), were each tested for the ...

One of the basic questions of Riemannian geometry is that "If two Riemannian manifolds are similar with respect to the Riemannian invariants, for example, the curvature, the volume, the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian, then are they topologically similar?". Initiated by H. Rauch, many works are developed to the above question. Recently M. Gromov showed a remarkable theorem ([7] 8.25, 8.28), w...

Just i f ica t iva e Obje t ivos Es tudos ava l i ando a farmacodinâmica de drogas anestésicas em Paralisia Cerebral (PC) são escassos. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar a resposta eletroneurofisiológica de pacientes normais e com PC à anestesia com sevoflurano, utilizando o EEG bispectral (BIS) e potencial evocado somatossensitivo de curta latência (PESS) como técn ica de moni tor ização do...

Food animals are important sources of high quality protein and revenue to man, and can also serve as vehicles for disease transmission. Apart from economic losses, diseased organs in slaughtered cattle can also be sources of epidemiologic and zoonotic threats to man if not detected and controlled. The study was conducted to evaluate the number of cattle slaughtered, prevalence, seasonal variati...

Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) is considered to be a bona fide oncogenic factor, although results from our group and others call this into question. Here, we report that exogenous recombinant FGF2 irreversibly inhibits proliferation by inducing senescence in Ras-dependent malignant mouse cells, but not in immortalized nontumorigenic cell lines. We report the following findings in K-Ras-depen...