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Shuang Yang, Meiyao Wang, Lijun Chen, Illarion Turko, Karen W. Phinney, Shuwei Li
We describe the design and synthesis of a novel set of iso-baric tags for quantitative glycan profiling, which will have broad applications in carbohydrate based biomarker dis-covery, therapeutic protein characterization, and vaccine development.
Aric W. Sanders, Kavita M. Jeerage, Cindi Schwartz, Alexandra Curtin, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay
Many proposed biomedical applications for engineered gold nanoparticles require their incorporation by mammalian cells in specific numbers and locations. Here, the number of gold nanoparticles inside of individual mammalian stem cells was characterized
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Leona D. Scanlan, Alessandro Tona, Mark S. Lowenthal, Prasad T. Reddy, M Miral Dizdar, Ann-Sofie Jemth, Olga Loseva, Thomas Helleday
Introduction: In aerobic organisms, intracellular metabolism and exogenous sources such as ionizing radiation and carcinogenic compounds generate reactive species including free radicals derived from either oxygen or nitrogen. Oxidative stress thereby
Leona D. Scanlan, Pawel Jaruga, Sanem Hosbas Coskun, Jamie L. Almeida, David N. Catoe, Jennifer McDaniel, Miral M. Dizdar
Little is known about endogenous DNA damage in the nematode. In this work, we standardized the growth of the nematode in two different growth media (axenic CeHR supplemented with 20% milk and S-basal with E. coli), and developed a novel high-salt, phenol
Adele P. Peskin, Andrew Buckler, Jovanna Danagoulian, Kjell Johnson
Rationale and objectives The quantification of lung tumor volume change has potential as an imaging biomarker for diagnosis, therapy planning, and monitoring treatment response. Precision, a key performance metric in measuring change, was evaluated and
Molecular transport through permeable membranes offers a unique opportunity to investigate cellular responses to nutrients, drugs, or toxins delivered to the culture's apical and/or basal sides as well as cellular migration events. Herein, we present the
range from small organic and inorganic molecules to lipids, nucleic acids, peptides, and proteins. Along the protein chain making up such proteins, resident amide groups constantly exchange protons with water. When immersed in heavy water, mass
Catherine A. Mouchahoir, Mellisa Ly, Michaella Levy, Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Scott C. Lute, Karen W. Phinney, Lisa Marzilli, Kurt A. Brorson, Michael T. Boyne, Darryl Davis, John E. Schiel
The primary sequence of a protein, including therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), is a critical quality attribute that determines a great deal of its functionality and stability. Significant effort is devoted to determining the complete amino acid
Protein molecules in solution can form proteinaceous particles by a variety of aggregation processes. The size and concentration of these particles is an important quality attribute for therapeutic MAb solutions. In this chapter, we describe the techniques
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May, Sam A. Margolis, Neal E. Craft, Katherine E. Sharpless
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Katherine E. Sharpless, Willie E. May, Sam A. Margolis, Neal E. Craft
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
In this issue, Griffith et al. present one of the most comprehensive genome-sequence data sets to date from a patient with myeloid leukemia, including sequencing of normal tissue, primary cancer, and a relapse. Their raw data from a variety of sequencing
A new optical scattering contrast-agent based on polymer- nanoparticle encapsulated silver nanoplates (PESNs) is presented. Silver nanoplates were chosen due to the flexibility of tuning their plasmon frequencies. The polymer coating preserves their
Jerod R. Parsons, Patrick S. Pine, Marc L. Salit, Sarah A. Munro, Jennifer H. McDaniel
Background: Genome-scale -omics measurements are challenging to benchmark, due to the enormous number of individual measurands. Mixtures of previously-characterized samples can be used to benchmark repeat performance using mixture proportions as truth
Carolyn R. Steffen, Margaret C. Kline, David L. Duewer, Peter Vallone
The NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2391c: PCR-Based DNA Profiling Standard was updated in April 2015 to contain new information relevant to the forensic community. Previously, there were certified genotypes for 24 autosomal STR markers plus
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Prasad T. Reddy, Miral M. Dizdar
Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is a DNA re-pair protein and plays other important roles. Increased lev-els of APE1 in cancer have been reported. However, avail-able methods to measure APE1 levels are indirect and not quantitative. We
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Leona D. Scanlan, Alessandro Tona, Mark S. Lowenthal, Prasad T. Reddy, M Miral Dizdar, Ann-Sofie Jemth, Olga Loseva, Thomas Helleday
Accurate measurement of DNA repair proteins in cancer tissues is becoming more important due to the individual and origin based expression differences in cancer patients as well as the novel approach of using the repair enzyme inhibitors in cancer
Alexander Grishaev, Vicenzo Venditti, Charles Schwieters, G. Marius Clore
Enzyme I (EI) is the first component in the bacterial phosphotransferase system, a signal transduction pathway in which phosphoryl transfer through a series of bimolecular protein-protein interactions is coupled to sugar transport across the membrane. EI
Yamil Simon, Daniel Abate-Pella, Dana M. Freund, Yan Ma, Adrian Hegeman, Yan Ma, Tobias Kind, O Fiehn, Birgit Beck, Emma L. Schymanski, Corey D. Broeckling, David V. Huhman, Lloyd W. Summer, Oleg V. Krokhin, Dwight R. Stoll
Identification of small molecules by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) could be greatly improved if the chromatographic retention information could be used along with mass spectral information to narrow down the lists of potential identities
Among cellular structures, the genome is particularly prone to damage, which can result from spontaneous reactions, replication linked failures, or oxidative processes due to metabolic derivatives or to external agents. Damage to DNA causes more severe
Michal J. Chojnacky, Luis Chaves Santacruz, W Wyatt Miller, Gregory F. Strouse
Accidental freezing of refrigerated vaccine represents a significant public and private healthcare cost. Freeze-damaged vaccines lose their effectiveness, putting communities at risk. U.S. immunization programs have strengthened vaccine storage and
A number of structural biology techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) can be performed with proteins with nuclei at natural isotope abundance. However, the use of proteins labeled with heavy isotopes