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The human complement C9 gene: structural analysis of the 5′ gene region and genetic polymorphism studies

2001

Summary C9 is the last of the human complement components creating the membrane attack complex. The single chain serum protein is encoded by a gene located on chromosome 5p13 that is composed of 11 exons. With the aid of inverse PCR, the hitherto unknown regions flanking exon 1 and the 3′ part of exon 11 (3′UTR) have been sequenced. A computer-based analysis of the 300-bp region located just upstream of the AUG start codon showed homologies to known DNA modules which affect the transcriptional regulation of certain genes. The most striking of these is a sequence that may substitute the missing TATA box in initiating C9 transcription. In the 3′UTR, three successive polyadenylation signals we…

Transfection analysis of expression of mRNA isoforms encoding the nuclear autoantigen La/SS-B

1997

Transcription of the gene encoding for the nuclear autoantigen La resulted in La mRNA isoforms. A promoter switching combined with an alternative splicing pathway replaced the exon 1 with the exon 1'. The exon 1' contained GC-rich regions and an oligo(U) tail of 23 uridine residues. Moreover, it encoded for three open reading frames upstream of the La protein reading frame. Despite this unusual structure, when exon 1' La mRNAs were expressed in transfected cells, both exon 1 and 1' La mRNAs were translated to La protein, whereas the upstream open reading frames of the exon 1' were not translated. In addition to full-length exon 1' La mRNAs 5'-shortened exon 1' La mRNAs were detected. The ex…

Reactivity of arsenic compounds on trapping masses and role of the active phase

2019

The aim of the thesis is to study the reactivity of organic arsenic compounds on various recovery masses and to identify the role of the nature of the active phase and the reaction mechanisms involved. The active phase is composed of metals (Ni, Co, Mo, Cu, Zn, Fe, etc.), pure or in a mixture, in the reduced state or in the sulphide state. The selection of the metallic phases will be carried out by molecular modeling "ab initio", and the synthesis by impregnation of metallic salts on mesoporous aluminas). The reactivity of the solids will be studied in a static reactor on simplified model loads, with kinetic monitoring. The advanced characterization of the solids after synthesis and after r…

Increasing Cold Tolerance of Cactus Pear Fruit by High-Temperature Conditioning and Film Wrapping

2017

Pre-storage high-temperature conditioning (HTC, 38 °C, and 95% RH for 24 h) and individual film wrapping (IFW) with a perforated polyolefinic heat-shrinkable film were used as individual treatments or in combination to mitigate chilling injury of first crop cactus pear cv ‘Gialla’. The fruit was stored for 21 days at either 2 or 8 °C (CS) plus 1 week of simulated marketing conditions (SMC) at 20 °C. The reduction in peel disorders and decay in HTC-treated fruit stored at 2 °C was comparable to that detected in control fruit stored at 8 °C. IFW was more efficient than HTC in reducing peel disorders, almost completely inhibited weight loss, and preserved freshness in fruit st…

The role of small airways in monitoring the response to asthma treatment: what is beyond FEV1?

2009

The definition of asthma has evolved from that of an episodic disease characterized by reversible airways constriction to a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, with at least partially reversible airway constriction. Increasing evidence supports the notion that small and large airways play a central role in asthma pathophysiology with regard to inflammation, remodeling and symptoms. The contribution of the distal airways to the asthma phenotype carries implications for the delivery of inhaled medications to the appropriate areas of the lung and for the monitoring of the response to asthma treatment. Asthma control is evaluated on the basis of symptoms, lung function and exacerbation…

Study of vacancy defects in PbSe and Pb1-xSnxSe by positron annihilation

1993

Abstract Positron lifetime measurements have been performed to study vacancy defects in vapour-liquid-solid (VLS) grown PbSe and Pb 1- x Sn x Se ( x = 0.07, 0.1, 0.3). Post-growth annealing under various vapour pressure conditions has been used to change the number of Pb vacancies, resulting in the determination of the specific positron trapping rate μ Pb v = (1.0±0.1)×10 14 s -1 . The sensitivity range of the positron annihilation method to the Pb vacancies was found to be 10 17 Pb ] 20 cm -3 . Positron lifetimes in perfect PbTe, PbSe and PbS crystals have been calculated. Moreover, we have predicted lifetimes of positrons trapped by vacancies. The calculated lifetimes in bulk and defects …

Light-induced excited spin-state trapping of the Fe(ppi)2(NCS)2 complex

1996

Trapping Molecular SnBr 2 (OH) 2 by Tin Alkoxide Coordination: Syntheses and Molecular Structures of [MeN(CH 2 CMe 2 O) 2 SnBr 2 ] 2 ·SnBr 2 (OH) 2 a…

2012

The synthesis of the intramolecularly coordinated stannylenes and their transition-metal complexes of the type RN(CH2CMe2O)2SnL [1: L = lone pair, R = Me; 2: L = lone pair, R = n-octyl; 5: L =W(CO)5, R = Me; 6: L = Cr(CO)5, R = Me; 7: L =W(CO)5, R = n-octyl; 8: L = Fe(CO)4, R = Me], and of the tin(IV) compounds RN(CH2CMe2O)2SnBr2 (9: R = Me), [MeN(CH2CMe2O)2SnBr2]2·SnBr2(OH)2 (10) and spiro-[RN(CH2CMe2O)2]2Sn (3: R = Me; 4: R = n-octyl) is reported. The compounds were characterized by elemental analyses, 1H, 13C, 119Sn, and 119Sn magic-angle spinning (5, 6) NMR spectroscopy, electrospray mass spectrometry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.

Inducing Strong Non-Linearities in a Phonon Trapping Quartz Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator Coupled to a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

2018

International audience; A quartz Bulk Acoustic Wave resonator is designed to coherently trap phonons in such a way that they are well confined and immune to suspension losses so they exhibit extremely high acoustic Q-factors at low temperature, with Q × f products of order 10¹⁸ Hz. In this work we couple such a resonator to a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) amplifier and investigate effects in the strong signal regime. Both parallel and series connection topologies of the system are investigated. The study reveals significant non-Duffing response that is associated with the nonlinear characteristics of Josephson junctions. The nonlinearity provides quasi-periodic structu…

Spectral dependence of purely-Kerr driven filamentation in air and argon

2010

5 pags, 4 figs.-- PACS number(s): 42.65.Jx, 42.65.Tg, 78.20.Ci. -- Publisher error corrected 27 September 2010, Erratum Phys. Rev. A 82, 039905 (2010): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033826