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In Vitro Expression Of Human Zona Pellucida Protein 3, Chih-Wei Chen
In Vitro Expression Of Human Zona Pellucida Protein 3, Chih-Wei Chen
Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences
Human zona pellucida protein 3 (hZP3) is the putative receptor on the zona pellucida of the mature oocyte that recognizes and binds sperm, and therefore plays a critical role in fertilization.
A full length cDNA of hZP3 (1278 bp) was amplified from the human ovary mRNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The hZP3 cDNA was subcloned into PSK and pREP4 expression vectors. The cDNA of hZP3 was further characterized by restriction mapping, PCR, auto-sequencing and Southern blot analysis by using an internal oligonucleotide probe, and found to be identical to the one reported by J. Dean. Using autosequencing, 289 …
A Kinetic Investigation Of The Mechanism Of Muscle Contraction With A Series Of Nucleotides, Wei Jiang
A Kinetic Investigation Of The Mechanism Of Muscle Contraction With A Series Of Nucleotides, Wei Jiang
Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences
Muscle contraction is thought to be accomplished by sliding of myosin filaments along actin filaments. Although actomyosin naturally uses ATP as an energy source, it can also use other nucleoside triphosphates (NTP) as substrates. In this work, the dependence of rate and equilibrium constants of the various steps in the muscle contraction mechanism upon nucleotide structure was investigated to unravel the dependence of the mechanical properties of the muscle upon changes in different biochemical steps of the mechanism.
The experiments measuring the dissociation of actomyosin by NTP (or mant-NTP) shows that both the rate constant of actomyosin-S1 dissociation and second …
Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Myogenic Reactivity In Isolated Arterioles, Hui Zou
Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Myogenic Reactivity In Isolated Arterioles, Hui Zou
Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences
The myogenic reactivity provides one of the principal mechanisms for blood flow autoregulation. The aims of the performed studies described in this dissertation were to test the role of [Ca2+]i and MLC phosphorylation in arteriolar myogenic reactivity and further examine the source(s) of activator Ca2+ required to initiate and maintain myogenic vasoconstriction. In addition, the possible underlying mechanism of contractile protein expression was also addressed.
These studies used male Sprague Dawley rats of 200 ~ 350 grams body weight. Experiments were carried out using rat cremaster first order arterioles and mesenteric vessels. Gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting …