BACKGROUND Deer heart is a valuable traditional Chinese medicinal material. At present, there is no functional component or symbol component for deer heart, and it is difficult to identify them by physical and chemical methods. In this study, we established deer heart identification method based on mtDNA...
The Chilean workforce has over 200,000 people that are intermittently exposed to altitudes over 4000 m. In 2012, the Ministry of Health provided a technical guide for high altitude workers that included a series of actions to mitigate the effects of hypoxia. Previous studies have shown the positive effec...
BACKGROUND Ubiquitin (Ub) and Ub-like proteins (Ub-L) are critical regulators of complex cellular processes such as the cell cycle, DNA repair, transcription, chromatin remodeling, signal translation, and protein degradation. Giardia intestinalis possesses an experimentally proven Ub-conjugation system;...
SUMMARY Body composition assessment at the molecular level is relevant for the athletic population and its association with high performance is well recognized. The four-compartment molecular model (4C) is the reference method for fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) estimation. However, its implementat...
Background: Mercuric chloride is known to inhibit the activity of enzymes. It is used in homeopathy
at ultra low concentration (ULC) and is known as Mercurius corrosivus (Merc cor). ULCs of Merc cor
are reported to promote enzyme activity. Objective: To see whether the mother tincture (θ) of Merc
cor an...
Deseamos sugerir una estructura para la sal del Ácido Desoxirribonucleico (A.D.N.). Esta estructura tiene aspectos novedosos que son de un interés biológico considerable.
Una estructura para el ácido nucleico ya ha sido propuesta por Pauling y Corey:1 Amablemente han puesto el manuscrito a nuestra d...
Abstract Economic losses with high mortality rate associated with Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is reported worldwide. PCV2 commercial vaccine was introduced in 2006 in U.S. and in 2008 in Brazil. Although PCV2 vaccines have been widely used, cases of PCV2 systemic disease have been reported in the la...
Sustitución de Aminoácidos,
Brasil,
Proteínas de la Cápside/química,
Proteínas de la Cápside/genética,
Infecciones por Circoviridae/veterinaria,
Infecciones por Circoviridae/virología,
Circovirus/química,
Circovirus/genética,
Circovirus/aislamiento & purificación,
Modelos Moleculares,
Conformación Proteica,
Enfermedades de los Porcinos/virología,
Porcinos
BACKGROUND Leishmanolysins have been described as important parasite virulence factors because of their roles in the infection of promastigotes and resistance to host's defenses. Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis contains several leishmanolysin genes in its genome, especially in chromosome 10. However, ...
Na busca por agonistas, antagonistas e inibidores de natureza peptídica do fator de crescimento de fibroblastos ácido humano (hFGF-1), iniciamos o presente trabalho fazendo uma análise conformacional teórica do peptídeo Ac-WFVGLKKNGSSKRGPRT-N`H IND. 2ï (107-123[hFGF-1]). Em trabalho anterior, este ...
