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Different rates of spontaneous mutation of chloroplastic and nuclear viroids as determined by high-fidelity ultra-deep sequencing
2017
[EN] Mutation rates vary by orders of magnitude across biological systems, being higher for simpler genomes. The simplest known genomes correspond to viroids, subviral plant replicons constituted by circular non-coding RNAs of few hundred bases. Previous work has revealed an extremely high mutation rate for chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid, a chloroplastreplicating viroid. However, whether this is a general feature of viroids remains unclear. Here, we have used high-fidelity ultra-deep sequencing to determine the mutation rate in a common host (eggplant) of two viroids, each representative of one family: the chloroplastic eggplant latent viroid (ELVd, Avsunviroidae) and the nuclear pot…
Ephestia kuehniella tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa is associated with reduced oligomer formation
2016
The basis of the different susceptibility of Ephestia kuehniella to the Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac δ-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki BNS3 was studied. Both toxins bound specifically to the BBMV of E. kuehniella. The result of the ligand blot showed that Cry1Ac bound to three putative receptors of about 100, 65 and 80 kDa and Cry1Aa interacted only with a 100 kDa protein. Pronase digestion of the BBMV-bound toxins was used to analyze the toxin insertion. Both toxins inserted into the BBMV as monomers however, a 14 kDa peptide of α4-α5 which correspond to the oligomeric form of this peptide was detected in case of Cry1Ac only. Analysis of the in vitro oligomerisation of these toxins in…
Azure C Targets and Modulates Toxic Tau Oligomers.
2018
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people worldwide. Therefore, finding effective interventions and therapies is extremely important. AD is one of over 20 different disorders known as tauopathies, characterized by the pathological aggregation and accumulation of tau, a microtubule-associated protein. Tau aggregates are heterogeneous and can be divided into two major groups: large metastable fibrils, including neurofibrillary tangles, and oligomers. The smaller, soluble and dynamic tau oligomers have been shown to be more toxic with more proficient seeding properties for the propagation of tau pathology as compared to the …
The effect of a membrane-mimicking environment on the interactions of Cu2+ with an amyloidogenic fragment of chicken prion protein
2017
Prion proteins (PrP) from different species have the ability to tightly bind Cu2+ ions. Copper coordination sites are located in the disordered and flexible N-terminal region which contains several His anchoring sites. Among them, two His residues are found in the so called amyloidogenic PrP region which is believed to play a key role in the process leading to oligomer and fibril formation. Both chicken and human amyloidogenic regions have a hydrophobic C-terminal region rich in Ala and Val amino acids. Recent findings revealed that this domain undergoes random coil to α-helix structuring upon interaction with membrane models. This interaction might strongly impact metal binding abilities e…
Modulating disease-relevant tau oligomeric strains by small molecules
2020
The pathological aggregation of tau plays an important role in Alzheimer's disease and many other related neurodegenerative diseases, collectively referred to as tauopathies. Recent evidence has demonstrated that tau oligomers, small and soluble prefibrillar aggregates, are highly toxic due to their strong ability to seed tau misfolding and propagate the pathology seen across different neurodegenerative diseases. We previously showed that novel curcumin derivatives affect preformed tau oligomer aggregation pathways by promoting the formation of more aggregated and nontoxic tau aggregates. To further investigate their therapeutic potential, we have extended our studies o disease-relevant bra…
Menstrual dysfunction and body weight dissatisfaction among Finnish young athletes and non-athletes.
2020
To determine the prevalence of menstrual dysfunction (MD; i.e. oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea) and attitudes towards body weight among athletes and non‐athletes, we studied a cohort of athletes and non‐athletes, in adolescence (14–16 years) and subsequently in young adulthood (18–20 years). We further studied the differences between athletes reporting MD and eumenorrheic athletes at both time periods and identified physical and behavioural characteristicsthat might predict MD in young adulthood. Data were collected using questionnaires, accelerometers, and a pre‐participation screening. In adolescence, the athletes reported current primary amenorrhea more often than the non‐athletes (4.7% vs.…
From engl-isc to whatever-ish: a corpus-based investigation of -ish derivation in the history of English
2020
Drawing on a wide array of historical and contemporary corpora, this article provides one of the first empirical analyses of the intricately related functional changes that -ish underwent in the course of English language history. By investigating the distribution of -ish formations, the analysis sheds light on the productivity of the suffix, which does not only become evident in the numerous hapax legomena, but also in the trajectory of change itself in which -ish occurs with ever new base categories and new functions. Moreover, the article revisits theoretical claims made in the literature about the diachronic development and synchronic properties of -ish and reassesses them in the light …
Prueba de esfuerzo: protocolo Bruce
2010
La prueba de esfuerzo continúa siendo una de las pruebas complementarias de mayor utilidad para el diagnóstico, pronóstico y protocolización del tratamiento de los pacientes con cardiopatía. Consiste en la realización de un esfuerzo bajo control médico, para valorar la respuesta cardiovascular a ese esfuerzo y poner evidencia alteraciones que no se manifiestan en reposo.
Accordo e disaccordo: prospettive logico-retoriche
2012
Da ormai più di 50 anni la teoria dell’argomentazione ha acquisito un ruolo centrale nell’ambito della riflessione filosofico-linguistica. A far data dal 1958, anno in cui escono in contemporanea ma in maniera del tutto indipendente, il Trattato dell’argomentazione di Perelman ed Olbrechts-Tyteca e Gli usi dell’argomentazione di S. Toulmin si è assistito, infatti, ad una serrata rivalutazione di una logica del ragionamento che, in opposizione alla logica dimostrativa di matrice cartesiana, recupera la centralità delle nozioni di efficacia, di probabile, di uditorio. Una logica doxastica, dunque, che, per riprendere la terminologia impiegata da Aristotele, si applica a ciò che, essendo vero …
Die Herstellung einer molekulareinheitlichen Tri-, Tetra- und Pentamethacrylsäure. V. Mitt. Modelle für Matrizenreaktionen
1968
Vom p-Kresol sowie einer phenolischen Zwei- und einer Dreikernverbindung wurden mit verschiedenen Acylierungsmethoden Methacrylsaureester erhalten; die Zweikernverbindung enthielt danach zwei und die Dreikernverbindung drei Methacrylreste. Loste man diese Methacrylsuureester in groser Verdunnung in siedendem Benzol und lies gleichzeitig einen grosen Uberschus an Radikalen aus α.α′-Azoisobuttersauredinitril einwirken, so wurde beim Methacrylsaure-p-kresylester eine Polymerisation unterdruckt. Bei den mehrfachen Estern der Mehrkernverbindungen wurde die polyrmerisationsahnliche Additionsreaktion auf die einzelnen Molekule begrenzt (intramolckulare Polymerisation); sie ergab neben einer cyclis…