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D W. Deamer, H Olsen, M Akeson, John J. Kasianowicz
Linear anionic polymers driven through the α-hemolysin channel produce ionic current blockades. Three parameters of the blockades can be measured, including blockade amplitude, duration and modulations of amplitude within a single event to test the
Tissue engineering is an emerging new area of biotechnology that will provide replacement tissues for patients, as well as complex, functional biological systems for research and testing in the pharmaceutical industry. However, a lack of a formal
With careful experimental design indexed synchrotron white-beam X-ray topographs of ribonuclease S crystals at ambient temperature could be recorded with a definition and contrast comparable to that of monochromatic beam topographs of other proteins
The polysacharide gellan forms hydrogels if a divalent ion such as calcium is added at millimolar concentrations. The gel can be reversed to solution by adding EDTA, which makes it a promising candidate for preparative electrophoretic separation of
Rebecca A. Zangmeister, K G. Olsen, David J. Ross, Michael J. Tarlov
It has been previously demonstrated that DNA, modified on the 5' end with an acrylic acid group, can be incorporated into a polyacrylamide hydrogel matrix. These types of DNA containing gels have recently been immobilized in plastic microfluidic channels
International agreements and decisions concerning global trade, the environment and health care increasingly call for mutual recognition of measurements and standards between nations. Such mutual recognition can remove technical barriers to trade
John J. Kasianowicz, S. E. Henrickson, Martin Misakian, H H. Weetall, B Robertson, Vincent M. Stanford
Polymer transport is central to many biological processes, including protein translocation, bacterial gene transduction and some modes of viral infection. To better understand the mechanisms of macromolecular transport, we are studying the ability of
R Schoske, John Butler, Peter Vallone, Margaret C. Kline, M. Prinz, A J. Redd, M F. Hammer
Y Chromosome short tandem repeat markers have a number of applications in human identity testing including typing the perpetrator of sexual assault cases without differential extraction and tracing paternal lineages for missing person investigations. In
The enzyme chorismate lyase from E. coli crystallizes in three well characterized polymorphs in identical conditions. Wild-type enzyme tends to aggregate, even in the presence of reducing agent, and yields monoclinic crystals that grow in intricate
The thermodynamics of the lipase-catalyzed esterification of glycerol with n-octanoic acid have been investigated with acetonitrile, benzene, and toluene as solvents and in the neat reaction mixture (no organic solvent added). This esterification reaction
An intron (or intervening sequence) is a segment of RNA excised from a gene transcript, with concomitant ligation of flanking segments called exons. Introns of some type are found in every kingdom of cellular life, and also in viruses, bacteriophages and
We describe a technique for the measurement of fluid temperatures in microfluidic systems based on temperature-dependent fluorescence. The technique is easy to implement with a standard fluorescence microscope and CCD camera. The efficiency of the method
Sathyavelu K. Reddy, M A. Kamireddi, K. Dhanireddi, L. Young, A M. Davis, Prasad T. Reddy
We have cloned a cya gene from a human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv by complementation of catabolic defect. (Accession No. AF017731, 1977). M. tuberculosis H37Rv genome sequence revealed five genes (Rv1264, Rv1318c, Rv1319c, Rv1320c, and
The Formamidopyrimidine N-DNA glycosylase (Fpg protein) of Escherichia coli is a DNA repair enzyme that is specific for the removal of purine-derived lesions from DNA damaged by free radicals and other oxidative processes. We investigated the effect of
Lili Wang, A. E. Roitberg, Curtis W. Meuse, Adolfas K. Gaigalas
Raman and FTIR transform-infra red (FT-IR) spectroscopies of fluorescein in aqueous solutions have been investigated in the pH range from 9.1 to 5.4. At pH 9.1 fluorescein is in the dianion form. At pH 5.4, fluorescein is a mixture of monoanion (
Metallolactamase active site structures are examined theoretically for clues to the differences in the enzyme active site observed in different organisms. We will show that the inherent behavior of this type of active site yields a relatively flat
The reaction path for the rearrangement of chorismate to prephenate, catalyzed by chorismate mutase, has been calculated with ab initio quantum chemistry. The calculation of a reaction path is initiated from two catalytically competent conformations of the