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Immunohistochemical techniques detect antigens in tissue sections by means of immunological and chemical reactions. This technique is highly sensitive and specific and can detect a wide variety of antigens in multiple animal species. This chapter reviews common immunohistochemical methods used in th...
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PMID: 20972748
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Although membrane proteins account for 20-30% of the coding regions of all sequenced genomes and play crucial roles in many fundamental cell processes, there are relatively few membranes proteins with known 3D structure. This is likely due to technical challenges associated with membrane protein ext...
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PMID: 20978985
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We characterize the conformational changes in BAK and MCL-1 using detergents to mimic the membrane environment and study their interaction by in vitro pulldown experiments, size exclusion chromatography, titration calorimetry, and NMR spectroscopy. The nonionic detergent IGEPAL has little impact on...
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PMID: 21036904
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We have characterized the activity of γ-secretase complexes under a variety of detergent solubilization and reconstitution conditions, and the structural state of proteoliposomes by electron microscopy. We found that γ-secretase activity is highly dependent on the physical state or integrity of th...
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PMID: 20937251
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The goal of this comparative study was to investigate biofilm forming microorganisms living in washing machines (WMs). Biofilms were sampled from 11 washing machines from four countries and three continents. Among the 94 isolated strains, 30% were potential human pathogens. Representative strains we...
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PMID: 20954022
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I digestion of chromatin in cultured cells results in loss of nuclear Pkp-1, suggesting that Pkp-1 associates specifically with nuclear components. In addition, in vitro assays revealed that the amino-terminal head domains of Pkps-1 and -2 were sufficient to bind single-stranded DNA. Induction of DN...
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PMID: 20613778
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We have proposed a possibility of another important sphingolipid function associated with cold acclimation. In animal cells, it has been known that the plasma membrane contains microdomains due to the chanracteristics of sphingolipids and sterols, and the sphingolipid- and sterol-enriched microdomai...
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PMID: 20818179
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Thomas H Petersen,
Elizabeth A Calle,
Liping Zhao,
Eun Jung Lee,
Liqiong Gui,
MichaSam B Raredon,
Kseniya Gavrilov,
Tai Yi,
Zhen W Zhuang,
Christopher Breuer,
Erica Herzog and
Laura E Niklason
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We treated lungs from adult rats using a procedure that removes cellular components but leaves behind a scaffold of extracellular matrix that retains the hierarchical branching structures of airways and vasculature. We then used a bioreactor to culture pulmonary epithelium and vascular endothelium o...
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PMID: 20576850
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We have previously shown that two recombinant SP-A2 mutant proteins (G231V and F198S) remain within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of A549 cells and are not secreted into the culture medium. The pathogenic mechanism of the mutant proteins is unknown. Here we analyze all common and rare variants of t...
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PMID: 20466729
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We report that AcbA is localized in vesicles that accumulate in the cortex of prespore cells just prior to sporulation. These vesicles are not observed after cells are stimulated to release AcbA but remain visible after stimulation in cells lacking the Golgi reassembly stacking protein (GRASP). Acyl...
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PMID: 20472692
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We have described a series of small-molecule inhibitors of dynamin [myristyl trimethyl ammonium bromides (MiTMAB)] that competitively interfere with the ability of dynamin to bind phospholipids and prevent receptor-mediated endocytosis. We now report that dynII functions specifically during the absc...
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PMID: 20571068
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We present a systematic approach to obtain homogeneous and mono-disperse zinc transporter ZntB in quantities sufficient for structural and biochemical studies. Important aspects of this study that can be applied to other membrane proteins are also discussed.
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PMID: 20159043
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We evaluated the efficacy of HPbetaCD in the feline model of NPC disease and recognized a dose-dependent increase in hearing threshold associated with therapy as determined by brain stem auditory evoked response (BAER) testing. To further assess the effect of HPbetaCD on hearing threshold, normal ca...
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PMID: 20357695
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Randall L RL Woltjer,
Kevin K Duerson,
Joseph M JM Fullmer,
Paramita P Mookherjee,
Allison M AM Ryan,
Thomas J TJ Montine,
Jeffrey A JA Kaye,
Joseph F JF Quinn,
Lisa L Silbert,
Deniz D Erten-Lyons,
James B JB Leverenz,
Thomas D TD Bird,
David V DV Pow,
Kohichi K Tanaka,
G Stennis GS Watson and
David G DG Cook
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We investigated whether accumulation of detergent-insoluble EAAT2 is related to cognitive impairment and neuropathologic changes in AD by quantifying detergent-insoluble EAAT2 levels in hippocampus and frontal cortex of cognitively normal patients, patients with clinical dementia rating of 0.5 (mild...
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PMID: 20535038
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We created a non-palmitoylated SARS-CoV S protein by mutating all nine cytoplasmic cysteine residues. Palmitoylation of SARS-CoV S was required for partitioning into detergent-resistant membranes and for cell-cell fusion. Surprisingly, however, palmitoylation of S was not required for interaction wi...
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PMID: 20580052
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We show that MPD-flippase activity can be reconstituted in large unilamellar proteoliposomes prepared from phosphatidylcholine and Triton X-100-solubilized rat liver ER-membrane proteins. Using carboxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl NO(+) as a topological probe to selectively oxidize MPD molec...
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PMID: 20534553
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BACDeltaNC/Delta RS is a thermostable variant derived from the truncated alpha-amylase (BAC Delta NC) of alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain TS-23. With the aim of enhancing its resistance towards chemical oxidation, Met231 of BAC Delta NC/Delta RS was replaced by leucine to create BAC Delta NC/Delta R...
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PMID: 20471589
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H1N1 was completely inactivated to undetectable levels in 1 minute of 70% ethanol, 70% 1-propanol, and solvent/detergent treatments in the surface tests as well as in the suspension tests. H1N1 was completely inactivated in 1 minute of 0.1 mol/L NaOH treatment in the suspension tests and also effect...
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PMID: 20430477
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We describe a Fast Agrobacterium-mediated Seedling Transformation (FAST) technique for transient gene expression analysis in Arabidopsis and other dicot or monocot species. This technique makes use of the cocultivation of young plant seedlings with Agrobacterium in the presence of the surfactant Sil...
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PMID: 20439415
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The numbers of inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions decreased on both sides. A rebound tendency was noted for cleanser A with respect to inflammatory lesions at 4 weeks post-discontinuation, whereas inflammatory lesions continued to decrease on sides treated with cleanser B during this period....
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PMID: 20394494
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In this work, a sandwich monoclonal-based ELISA for quantifying the HBsAg obtained from yeast cells was standardized and validated. The monoclonal antibody employed in this assay reacts uniformly with different molecular isoforms of r-HBsAg. Immunoassay allowed the r-HBsAg quantification in an analy...
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PMID: 20188925
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We report on a study with the goal to find a standardized protocol based on the analysis of 18 human proteins localized in 11 different organelles and subcellular structures. Six fixation protocols were tested based on either dehydration by alcohols (methanol, ethanol or iso-propanol) or cross-linki...
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PMID: 19896565
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The effect of nonionic detergents of the n-alkyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside class on the ordering of lipid bilayers and the dynamics of membrane-embedded peptides were investigated with 2H- and 31P-NMR. 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine was selectively deuterated at methylene segments C-2, C-7...
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PMID: 20409472
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We have developed a robust and accurate assay, LCP-Tm, for measuring the thermal stability of membrane proteins embedded in an LCP matrix. In its two implementations, protein denaturation is followed either by a change in the intrinsic protein fluorescence on ligand release, or by an increase in the...
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PMID: 20409473
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We demonstrate for the first time a detergent-aided method to produce polymersomes. Peptidic polymersomes were formed from the rod-rod block copolymer PBLG(36)-E, where PBLG is hydrophobic poly(gamma-benzyl l-glutamate) and E is a hydrophilic designed peptide. The block copolymer was first solubiliz...
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PMID: 20329745
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Although SDS-PAGE is the method of choice for most denaturing gel electrophoresis procedures, the anionic detergent SDS still presents some drawbacks. For example, SDS forms crystals at low temperatures and, in some cases, causes proteins to aggregate or precipitate. In addition, some proteins are n...
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PMID: 20360366
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We describe a novel utilization of serum that may have broad applications in tissue decellularization....
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PMID: 19419244
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Since 1998, the Aquitaine-Limousin branch of the French Blood Institute has set up a parvovirus B19 (PV B19) systematic screening on each unit of plasma to be treated by solvent-detergent procedure for virus inactivation. Parvovirus B19 nucleic acid systematic testing in plasma pools became mandator...
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PMID: 20674438
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We recently proposed that this is related to the fact that the N-terminal half of this protein (C82) is an intrinsically unstructured protein (IUP) domain. IUP domains can adopt a secondary structure when they are interacting with another molecule, such as a nucleic acid or a protein. It is also pos...
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PMID: 20453932
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We report that DRMs can be obtained by treating human erythrocytes with the nonionic detergents Triton X-100 or octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C(12)E(8)) at 37 degrees C, and by treatment at 4 degrees C of cholesterol-depleted erythrocytes. Electron paramagnetic resonance with spin labels in...
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PMID: 20339840
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We describe a sandwich ELISA that allows for the quantification of a diverse array of synaptic membrane and scaffold proteins such as munc-13, gephyrin, the NMDA R1 receptor, synaptic vesicle membrane proteins and SNAREs. The assay is based on initial solubilization by the denaturing detergent SDS,...
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PMID: 20371221
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We provide protocols for the cell-free expression of membrane proteins in different modes including their expression as precipitate as well as their direct synthesis into detergent micelles or lipid bilayers....
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PMID: 20204858
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We describe a novel method for the production of functional membrane proteins based on a wheat germ cell-free translation system. Using this method, functional membrane proteins are successfully synthesized in the presence of liposomes and a detergent. In addition, the synthesized membrane proteins...
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PMID: 20204859
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Detergents are required for the extraction of hydrophobic proteins and for the maintenance of their solubility in solution. However, the presence of detergents in the peptide samples severely suppresses ionization in mass spectrometry (MS) analysis and decreases chromatographic resolution in LC-MS....
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PMID: 20155730
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We found just such an influence; if taste cortex was inactivated when an odor was first presented, later presentations were properly appreciated only if taste cortex was again inactivated....
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PMID: 20023656
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These results demonstrate the usefulness of alkaline detergents and proteases for the degradation or destabilization of PrPSc....
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PMID: 20043137
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Extractive microbial fermentation for production of lipase by Serratia marcescens ECU1010 has been carried out in cloud point system. The cloud point system is composed of mixture nonionic surfactants with a ratio of Triton X-114 to Triton X-45 4:1 in aqueous solution. The lipase pre...
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PMID: 19798498
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We test the suggestion that laundering is sufficient to kill all life stages and thus help prevent reinfestation and dispersion. We establish minimum temperatures for washing and minimum temperatures and times for tumble-drying, as well as testing cold soaking, dry cleaning, and freezing as alternat...
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PMID: 20214378
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In transnasal small-caliber EGD, oolong tea instead of water as a washing solution for endoscopic lens cleansing is useful to maintain good visibility.
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PMID: 19967631
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The effect of fatty acids and mitochondria-targeted lipophilic cations (SkQ1, SkQ3, MitoQ, and C(12)TPP) on tightly-coupled mitochondria from yeasts Dipodascus (Endomyces) magnusii and Yarrowia lipolytica was investigated. Micromolar concentrations of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were found...
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PMID: 20367600
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This article demonstrates how the intracellular compartmentalization of the S. cerevisiae host cell can be exploited to impart selectivity during the primary purification of lipid-envelope virus-like particles (VLPs). The hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was used as the VLP model in this study. E...
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PMID: 19856403
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Air conditioning systems represent one important source of microbial pollutants for indoor air. In the past few years, numerous strategies have been conceived to reduce the contamination of air conditioners, mainly in hospital settings. The biocidal detergent BATT2 represents a natural product obtai...
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PMID: 20939877
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The 2009 Viral Clearance Symposium (Indianapolis, IN, USA) was held to interactively discuss methods for virus removal and inactivation during biopharmaceutical manufacture. Its origin was the result of worldwide regulatory and industry recognition that challenges, gaps, and opportun...
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PMID: 21516942
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The aza-Michael addition of 1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophthalimide with symmetrical fumaric esters has been performed efficiently in a solvent-free system at 100 °C and using 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) as a base in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB). The products were obtained in g...
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PMID: 20966877
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The removal of the carbon black (CB) particles from the polymer substrates was investigated in water/ethanol mixtures. As substrates, the films and the fibrous assemblies of polyethylene, nylon 6 and cellulose acetate were used. The ultrasonic wave was applied as a mechanical action for cleaning. Th...
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PMID: 20103984
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Both washing procedures resulted in a low level of residual bacteria on the skin. No-rinse cleansers can be safely used as an alternative to soap and water washing of fragile skin....
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PMID: 20386330
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IVIG can be prepared from fractionation of normal human plasma and it is used as a therapeutic drug for treatment of various diseases. IVIG has been for some time the high-growth product within the plasma derived products, at both a global and a national country level. Fractionation was performed ac...
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PMID: 20555125
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The purpose of the study was to determine whether the autodegradation of human βA3-crystallin is due to its intrinsic protease activity.
Recombinant His-tagged human βA3-crystallin was expressed in E. coli and purified by a Ni+2-affinity column chromatographic method. To determine protease activit...
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PMID: 21139689
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Bacillus licheniformis 3C5, isolated as mesophilic bacterium, exhibited tolerance towards a wide range of non-polar and polar organic solvents at 45 degrees C. It produced an extracellular organic solvent-stable protease with an apparent molecular mass of approximately 32 kDa. The inhibitory effect...
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PMID: 21090506
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Skin care is a fundamental aspect of basic nursing care, with the outcome of these interventions often used to gauge the quality of the care provided. However, possibly as a result of the 'basic' nature of this aspect of care, little attention has been paid to developing a firm evidence base to guid...
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PMID: 20606609
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Biosurfactant or microbial surfactants produced by microbes are structurally diverse and heterogeneous groups of surface-active amphipathic molecules. They are capable of reducing surface and interfacial tension and have a wide range of industrial and environmental applications. The present chapter...
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PMID: 20545273
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We discuss whether the amines present in the surfactant or the agent itself might be the cause of the condition. Because of the extensive use of surfactants in several types of industries, it is reasonable to think that their possible relationship with OA may have relevant health implications....
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PMID: 19806278
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Since evidence first appeared for 'detergent-resistant membranes' in the early to mid-1990s, cell biologists from a wide spectrum of biological sciences have been intrigued by the functional relevance of this indication of membrane heterogeneity, commonly referred to as 'lipid rafts'. Model membrane...
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PMID: 19888914
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These results indicate that it may be a potential component to use as a detergent additive for cold washing and in environmental bioremediation in cold regions....
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PMID: 19940938
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