FhCaBP4: A Fasciola hepatica calcium binding protein with EF-hand and dynein light chain domains

In trematodes, there is a family of proteins which combine EF-hand-containing domains with dynein light chain (DLC)-like domains. A member of this family from the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica-FhCaBP4-has been identified and characterised biochemically. FhCaBP4 has an N-terminal domain containing two imperfect EF-hand sequences and a C-terminal dynein light chain-like domain. Molecular modelling predicted that the two domains are joined by a flexible linker. Native gel electrophoresis demonstrated that FhCaBP4 binds to calcium, manganese, barium and strontium ions, but not to magnesium or zinc ions. The hydrophobic, fluorescent probe 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulphonate bound more tightly to FhCaBP4 in the presence of calcium ions. This suggests that the protein undergoes a conformational change on ion binding which increases the number of non-polar residues on the surface. FhCaBP4 was protected from limited proteolysis by the calmodulin antagonist W7, but not by trifluoperazine or praziquantel. Protein-protein cross-linking experiments showed that FhCaBP4 underwent calcium ion-dependent dimerisation. Since DLCs are commonly dimeric, it is likely that FhCaBP4 dimerises through this domain. The molecular model reveals that the calcium ion-binding site is located close to a key sequence in the DLC-like domain, suggesting a plausible mechanism for calcium-dependent dimerisation.

Investigation of molecular markers in the diagnosis of refractory coeliac disease in a large patient cohort

Some patients with coeliac disease, despite strict adherence to a gluten-free diet, continue to have significant symptoms and/or a severe small intestinal histological lesion. The term "refractory coeliac disease" (rCD) is used to describe this condition. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of tissue molecular markers reported to help in the diagnosis of rCD.

Electronic, structural, and reactive properties of ultrathin aluminum oxide films on Pt(111)

Low-energy electron diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and temperature-programmed reaction spectrometry results are reported for the structural and reactive behavior of alumina films grown on Pt(111) as a function of thickness and oxidation temperature. Submonolayer Al films undergo compete oxidation at 300 K, annealing at 1100 K resulting in formation of somewhat distorted crystalline gamma-alumina, Thicker deposits require 800 K oxidation to produce Al2O3, and these too undergo crystallization at 800 K, yielding islands of apparently undistorted gamma-alumina on the Pt(111) surface. Oxidation of a p(2 x 2) Pt3Al surface alloy occurs only at>800 K, resulting in Al extraction, These alumina films on Pt(lll) markedly increase the coverage of adsorbed SO4 resulting from SO2 chemisorption onto oxygen-precovered surfaces. This results in enhanced propane uptake and subsequent reactivity relative to SO4/Pt(111). A bifunctional mechanism is proposed to account for our observations, and the relevance of these to an understanding of the corresponding dispersed systems is discussed.

An anthropometric history of the World, 1810-1980: did migration and globalization influence country trends?

We find that regional height levels around the world were fairly uniform throughout most of the 19th century, with two exceptions: above-average levels in Anglo-Saxon settlement regions and below-average levels in Southeast Asia. After 1880, substantial diver- gences began to differentiate other regions -- making the world population taller, but more unequal. During the late 19th century and 20th century, heights between world regions devi- ated significantly, when incomes also became very unequal. Interestingly, during the “breaking point period” between the two regimes, heights declined significantly in the cattle-rich New World countries, whereas they started to increase in Old Europe. We discuss in this study whether immigration was a core factor to influence the height decline in the “Anthropometric Decline of the Cowboy and Gaucho Empires”.

Nanoparticle technology: future opportunities in cancer treatment

Gold nanoparticles are emerging as promising agents for cancer therapy and are being investigated as vehicles for drug delivery, agents for photothermal therapy, image contrast and radiosensitisation. This review introduces the field of nanotechnology with a focus on recent gold nanoparticle research which has led to early phase clinical trials. In particular the increasing preclinical evidence for gold nanoparticles as sensitizers with ionizing radiation in vitro and in vivo is discussed.

O Remexido e a resistência miguelista no Algarve

Artigo científico sobre a acção político-militar de José Joaquim de Sousa Reis, depois transformado no herói popular que o vulgo designava por Remexido, famoso guerrilheiro que sustentou a causa miguelista até ao fim do período histórico conhecido por Setembrimo. Foi, e ainda é, uma das mais carismáticas figuras da história regional algarvia, retratado em diversas obras da literatura portuguesa, desde o séc. XIX até à actualidade.

A publicidade para o turismo interno: Portugal, que caminho?

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Publicidade e Marketing.

L'Écho de Paris

1896/07/18 (Numéro 4436).

Justinianus I, imperator, Institutiones , cum glossa ordinaria.

F. 1, tables.F. 1v-2, tableau des actions et commentaires.F. 3-68v. Justinianus, Institutiones. "In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi Imperator Caesar Flavius Justinianus Alemanicus Gotichus...Imperatoria majestate non solum armis...-... alioquin diligentior eorum scientia vobis ex latioribus digestorum sive pandectarum libris deo propitio adventura est... Domini Justiniani liber explicit Institutionum seu Elementotum."F. 69-72v. Justinianus, Authenticum (Nov. 1 et Nov. 2, début du chap. II). "In nomine domini nostri Jesus Christi librorum Authenticorum seu Constitutionum Novellarum incipit collatio, id est de heredibus et falcidia. Imperator Justinianus Johannis... Hoccupatis nobis circa totius rei publice...-... Nam si non filio forte, sed alicui extra[neo]..." (incomplet).Au bas du f. 72v, mention effacée illisible : "Ex [...]niadus [...]dit quod f[..]ler..."

Musée littéraire : choix de littérature contemporaine française et étrangère. Série 18

Collection : Le siècle ; 1-46

Resoluciones Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá

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