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Interaction Between Fragments Of Tau Protein Investigated By Force Spectroscopy Using Afm, Anad Mohamed Afhaima Dec 2017

Interaction Between Fragments Of Tau Protein Investigated By Force Spectroscopy Using Afm, Anad Mohamed Afhaima

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Over the last couple of decades, there has been rapidly growing interest in research of natively unfolded proteins. Some proteins from this group are implicated in a number of neurodegenerative diseases. One group of neurodegenerative diseases, taupathies, is associated with tau protein. A number of biophysical and spectroscopic studies have revealed that tau protein can expand to a largely extended state and to transition rapidly between many different conformations. Although many of the techniques that elucidate structure of macromolecules have provided important information about the folded states of proteins, important information about the transition between the extended conformation states remain …


Metastable-State Nh Photoacids And Organic Photo Carbon Monoxide Releasing Materials, Aluthwatte Rallage Nawodi Madhusanka Abeyrathna Dec 2017

Metastable-State Nh Photoacids And Organic Photo Carbon Monoxide Releasing Materials, Aluthwatte Rallage Nawodi Madhusanka Abeyrathna

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The recently discovered metastable-state photoacids (mPAHs) can produce a large proton concentration with high efficiency and good reversibility upon irradiation with visible light with moderate intensity. Therefore, mPAHs can be conveniently incorporated in to different systems to control various proton-transfer processes. Recently, several applications of mPAHs have been demonstrated. However, none of the previously reported mPAHs can function at a pH 7.4. Thus, biological applications of mPAHs are limited. In this work, mPAHs that can reversibly release a proton in PBS buffer (pH = 7.4) under visible light are designed and synthesized. NH-PAH-1 is the first of this type of …


5-Oxo-Ete Antagonists In Allergic Disease; Design And Synthesis Of Affinity Chromatography Ligand For 5-Hedh; And Synthesis Of Isoprostanes As An Index For The Diagnosis In Alzheimer’S Disease, Qiuji Ye Dec 2017

5-Oxo-Ete Antagonists In Allergic Disease; Design And Synthesis Of Affinity Chromatography Ligand For 5-Hedh; And Synthesis Of Isoprostanes As An Index For The Diagnosis In Alzheimer’S Disease, Qiuji Ye

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Arachidonic acid (AA, 4, Figure 1) is a 20:4 (ω-6) fatty acid with a 20-carbon chain and four cis-double bonds, and the esterified form of AA in phospholipids can be enzymatically liberated by phospholipases (PL) and subsequently metabolized into a variety of physiologically important mediators known as eicosanoids (Figure 2). One of the most important eicosanoids is 5-oxo-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (5-oxo-ETE, 17). The 5-oxo-ETE (17) is the most known potent chemotactic factors for human eosinophils, and it can stimulate the late-phase asthma attacks.¹ To determine how the biosynthesis of 5-oxo-ETE is regulated, so as to determine its pathophysiological roles in the …


Part (I): Synthesis, Characterization And Antibacterial Activity Of Vanadium(V) Complexes With Ons Schiff Bases Part (Ii): Synthesis Of 9-Cd₃-11-Cis-Retinal For The Investigation Of The Activation Mechanism Of Gpcr Rhodopsin By Solid-State ²H Nmr Spectroscopy, Samira M. Faylough May 2017

Part (I): Synthesis, Characterization And Antibacterial Activity Of Vanadium(V) Complexes With Ons Schiff Bases Part (Ii): Synthesis Of 9-Cd₃-11-Cis-Retinal For The Investigation Of The Activation Mechanism Of Gpcr Rhodopsin By Solid-State ²H Nmr Spectroscopy, Samira M. Faylough

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Vanadium compounds are known to play many roles in both biology and industry, and the biochemical activity of these compounds has led to their increased importance in both biological and medical research. In the present work, some new substituents for hydrazinecarbodithioate Schiff base ligands and their dioxo vanadium(V) complexes were synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, DART mass, FT-IR, UV-vis, fluorescence spectrometer, and single X-ray diffraction analysis for complex K[VO₂{(S-benzyl-3-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl) methylene dithiocarbazate)}] (212). Dioxovanadium(V) complexes K[VO₂{(S-methyl-3-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)methylenedithiocarbazate)}] (211) and 212 have been tested for antibacterial activity against Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei strains. Ceftazidime was used as a reference …


Phytotoxicity Of Silver Species To Egeria Densa And Applications To Phytoremediation, Leonard James Bernas Dec 2016

Phytotoxicity Of Silver Species To Egeria Densa And Applications To Phytoremediation, Leonard James Bernas

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Silver species pose a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems because the use of silver nanoparticles (AgNps) for industrial applications is significantly increasing, as are discharges into waterways. The effects have only been studied on select fish and aquatic plants, so more research is needed to understand the risks associated with silver species in the environment. Egeria densa (E. densa, also known as Elodea densa), a common freshwater submerged macrophyte, was exposed to 0-1.25 ppm silver cations and 2 and 15 nm AgNps in an aqueous environment for 7 days. E. densa was chosen for this study because it is a …