069, ANOVA). In addition, the surviving fraction values obtained for MF-exposed samples were in all cases less than for the controls, being the P value obtained for the whole set of MF-treated strains close to significance (P=0.066, Student’s t-test). In contrast, the cell cycle evolution and the DNA pattern obtained for wt and the mutant strains were not altered after exposure to MF.

Conclusions: The data presented in the current report show that the applied MF (2.45 mT, sinusoidal 50 Hz, 96 h) induces alterations in the growth and survival of S. cerevisiae strains deficient

selleck screening library in DNA strand breaks repair. In contrast, the MF treatment does not induce alterations in the cell cycle and does not cause DNA damage.”
“From the five genes which code for cytosolic fructose 1,6-bisphosphate

aldolases in Arabidopsis thaliana L, the cDNA clone of cAld2 (At2g36460), was heterologously expressed in E. coli and incubated under various oxidizing and reducing conditions. Covalent binding of a GSH moiety to the enzyme was shown by incorporation of biotinylated GSH (BioGEE) and by immunodetection with monoclonal anti-GSH serum. Nitrosylation after incubation with GSNO or SNP was demonstrated using the biotin-switch assay. Mass-spectrometry analysis showed glutathionylation and/or nitrosylation at two different cysteine residues: GSH was found to be attached to C68 and C173, while the nitroso-group was incorporated only into C173. Non-reducing SDS-PAGE conducted with purified wild-type and various Cysmutant proteins revealed the presence of disulfide bridges in the oxidized enzyme, as described for rabbit SYN-117 chemical structure https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ipi-145-ink1197.html muscle aldolase. Incubation of the purified enzyme with GSSG (up to 25 mM) led to partial and reversible inactivation of enzyme activity; NADPH, in the presence of the components of the cytosolic NADP-dependent thioredoxin system, could reactivate the aldolase as did DTT. Total and irreversible inactivation occurred with low concentrations (0.1 mM) of nitrosoglutathione

(GSNO). Inactivation was prevented by co-incubation of cAld2 with fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (FBP). Nuclear localization of cAld2 and interaction with thioredoxins was shown by transient expression of fusion constructs with fluorescent proteins in isolated protoplasts. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.”
“We present the fabrication steps and the properties of ramp-edge Josephson junctions using electron-doped high T(c) cuprate Pr(2-x)Ce(x)CuO(4) (PCCO) for the electrodes and the barrier. The superconducting properties of these PCCO junctions are similar to those fabricated from the hole-doped high temperature superconductors. For superconducting electrodes with x 0: 13, 0: 15 or 0: 17 and a nonsuperconducting barrier with x = 0: 05 and thicknesses as large as 35 nm, we observe large critical current densities, periodic oscillations of critical current I(c) in a magnetic field and Shapiro steps.