Search results for "DAS"

An Ovalbumin Peptide-Specific Cytotoxic T Cell Clone with Antigen Self-Presentation Capacity Uses Two Distinct Mechanisms to Kill Target Cells

1993

Abstract Cloned 10BK.1 T cells with specificity for the ovalbumin peptide OVA257-264 are representative of a novel cell type within the CD8 + subset of T cells. In the presence and in the absence of added antigen presenting cells these T cells react toward antigen (Ag) by proliferation and lymphokine production. These data suggest self-presentation of the Ag by 10BK.1 cells. Here we present evidence that 10BK.1 cells exhibit cytotoxic activity that involves two different cytotoxic effector mechanisms. (i) One mechanism is fast killing activity, apparent within 4 hr. Constitutive mouse T cell-specific proteinase-1 (MTSP-1) activity, constitutive expression of MTSP-1 RNA, increased by Ag chal…

The sequence alteration associated with a mutational hotspot in p53 protects cells from lysis by cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for a flanking pept…

1998

A high proportion of tumors arise due to mutation of the p53 tumor suppressor protein. A p53 hotspot mutation at amino acid position 273 from R to H, flanking a peptide epitope that spans residues 264–272, renders cells resistant to killing by human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*0201–restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specific for this epitope. Acquisition of the R to H mutation at residue 273 of the human p53 protein promotes tumor growth in vivo by selective escape from recognition by p53.264–272 peptide-specific CTLs. Synthetic 27-mer p53 polypeptides covering the antigenic nonamer region 264–272 of p53 were used as proteasome substrates to investigate whether the R…

Die livländische Schweiz in Wort und Bild: mit 26 Abbildungen nach photographischen Aufnahmen

1901

Ondas de D'yakonov en metamateriales

2013

En este trabajo Fin de Máster se analiza en profundidad la propagación de ondas de superficie localizadas en la interfase entre una nano-estructura semi-infinita laminada metal-dieléctrico y un dieléctrico. Se demuestra que las ondas de superficie propuestas por M. I. D'yakonov (llamadas dyakonones) con polarización híbrida se propagarán en un amplio rango angular. Como consecuencia, los paquetes de ondas basados en dyakonones (DWPs) pueden formar haces con anchuras menores que las longitudes de onda de trabajo. La dispersión cuadrática aparente del haz, sin embargo, es debida a los efectos de disipación en el metal. I analyze propagation of ultralocalized surface waves that takes place at …

d-Alanyl-d-Alanine Carboxypeptidase in the Bacterial Form and L-Form of Proteus mirabilis

1975

Membranes of the bacterial form and the stable and unstable L-forms of Proteus mirabilis contain LD and DD-carboxypeptidase. The DD-carboxypeptidase is inhibited non-competitively by penicillin G. The enzyme of the bacterial form is highly penicillin-sensitive (Ki - 4 X 10(-9) M penicillin G). Inhibition is only partly reversible by treatment with penicillinase or by dialysis against buffer. In contrast, the DD-carboxypeptidase of the unstable L-form, grown in the presence of penicillin, is 175-fold less penicillin-sensitive (Ki = 7 X 10(7) M penicillin G). Inhibition is completely reversed by penicillinase or dialysis. After inhibition by penicillin and subsequent reactivation the penicill…

Un recente progetto di ricerca onomastica in Sicilia. Problemi di lemmatizzazione per i soprannomi etnici

2019

Un recente progetto di ricerca siciliano, finalizzato alla pubblicazione di un repertorio lessicografico, riguarda il campo dell’antroponomastica ed è legato ai cosiddetti blasoni popolari o soprannomi etnici. Il contributo, agganciandosi all'operato di Pietro Massia e alla sua attenzione al territorio, espone le premesse teoriche, l'impianto metodologico, la ricerca sul campo del progetto DASES, sino ai recenti problemi di lemmatizzazione di questo materiale poco omogeneo e variabile. A recent Sicilian research project, aimed at publishing a lexicographic repertoire, concerns the field of anthroponomy and is linked to the so-called "blasoni popolari" or ethnic nicknames. The contribution, …

Dynamic changes in the subcellular distribution of the tobacco ROS-producing enzyme RBOHD in response to the oomycete elicitor cryptogein.

2014

Highlight text The oomycete elicitor cryptogein triggers the relocation of RBOHD from intracellular compartments to the plasma membrane in tobacco cells. This suggests that intracellular trafficking is a potential determinant of RBOHD activity.

Excision of Uracil from Transcribed DNA Negatively Affects Gene Expression

2014

Uracil is an unavoidable aberrant base in DNA, the repair of which takes place by a highly efficient base excision repair mechanism. The removal of uracil from the genome requires a succession of intermediate products, including an abasic site and a single strand break, before the original DNA structure can be reconstituted. These repair intermediates are harmful for DNA replication and also interfere with transcription under cell-free conditions. However, their relevance for cellular transcription has not been proved. Here we investigated the influence of uracil incorporated into a reporter vector on gene expression in human cells. The expression constructs contained a single uracil opposi…

Measurement of Lymphocyte Proliferation: Critical Analysis of Radioactive and Photometric Methods

1992

Different methods of lymphocyte proliferation are compared to identify a non-radioactive alternative to 3H-thymidine-test. The enzymatic assays evaluating the turnover of mitochondrial dehydrogenases (MTT-test) and lysosomal hexosaminidase (NAG-test) proved not sensitive enough to substitute for 3H-thymidine incorporation. The incorporation of the nucleotide analog 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) can be exploited using an ELISA-system (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) employing a monoclonal anti-BrdU antibody to measure cell proliferation. An optimized test protocol of the BrdU-ELISA which fulfills the requirements for a sensitive and practicable non-radioactive alternative to 3H-thymidine-tes…

Grimontia celer sp. nov., from sea water

2016

Strain 96-237T, a Gram-reaction-negative, curved- to spiral-shaped motile bacterium, isolated from coastal marine water, was found to be related to species of the genus Grimontia by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison, sharing 98.3 % similarity to Grimontia marina CECT 8713Tand 98.8 % to 'Grimontiaindica' AK16. Phenotypic analysis revealed that strain 96-237T is slightly halophilic, mesophilic and facultatively anaerobic, fermenting d-glucose, d-ribose, d-mannose, d-mannitol, maltose and sucrose. It was positive for oxidase and indole production and negative for arginine dihydrolase and lysine and ornithine decarboxylases. Its major fatty acids were C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c (SF3), C18 : 1ω7c and…