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Two enzymatic methods commonly used in N-terminal sequence analysis of blocked proteins are presented: one uses pyroglutamate aminopeptidase for N(α)-pyrrolidone carboxyl-proteins in solution or blotted onto a membrane, and the other uses acylaminoacyl-peptide hydrolase for N(α)-ac...
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PMID: 21400688
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We have shown that WalKR acts as the master controller of peptidoglycan metabolism, yet none of the identified regulon genes explain its requirement for cell viability. Transmission electron micrographs revealed cell wall thickening and aberrant division septa in the absence of WalKR, suggesting its...
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PMID: 21386961
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We describe the development of a fluorescence polarization-Activity Based Protein Profiling (fluopol-ABPP) based high throughput screening assay that can be used to identify PAD-selective inhibitors. Using this assay, streptonigrin was identified as a potent, selective, and irreversible PAD4 inactiv...
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PMID: 20740228
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We have already identified the gene encoding 4THase (Af-tth) in this bacterium. The heterologous expression of Af-tth in Escherichia coli resulted in the formation of inclusion bodies of the protein in an inactive form. The recombinant protein (Af-Tth) was successfully activated after an in vitro re...
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PMID: 20546308
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Anti-CCP antibodies, in relation to HLA-DRB1*SE carriership, and PIP involvement are predictive for the development of RA from PR in the Japanese population....
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PMID: 20476860
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We investigated the role of natural killer (NK) cells and CD161, their primary C-type-lectin-like receptor in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Samples were compared with healthy donors (HD), dermatomyositic (DM), polymyositic (PM), and osteoarthritic (OA) patients. RA, PM, and DM NK cell cytotoxicities si...
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PMID: 20359956
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The marine bacterium Neptuniibacter sp. strain CAR-SF utilizes carbazole as its sole carbon and nitrogen sources. Two sets of clustered genes related to carbazole degradation, the upper and lower pathways, were obtained. The marine bacterium genes responsible for the upper carbazole degradation path...
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PMID: 20039169
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Monitoring and quantification of organohalide respiring bacteria is essential for optimization of on-site bioremediation of anoxic subsurface sites contaminated with chloroethenes. Molecular monitoring and model simulations were applied to determine degradation performance of an in situ dechlorinati...
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PMID: 20540543
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We show here that Cl-amidine also exhibits a strong inhibitory effect against PADs 1 and 3, thus indicating its utility as a pan PAD inhibitor. Given the increasing number of diseases in which dysregulated PAD activity has been implicated, the development of PAD-selective inhibitors is of paramount...
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PMID: 20469888
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We have investigated and reviewed the signaling pathways which are affected by arginine deprivation and their consequences which lead to cell death. We have found that arginine deprivation inhibits mTOR signaling but leads to activation of MEK and ERK with no changes in BRAF. These changes most like...
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PMID: 20459375
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We have recently found that PAD4 serves as a p53 corepressor to regulate histone Arg methylation at the p53-target gene p21/WAF1/CIP1 promoter. However, it has not been tested whether histone Arg citrullination coordinates with other histone modifications to repress transcription. Here, we show that...
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PMID: 20190809
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Many filamentous fungi secrete considerable quantities of enzymes including protease, cellulase and xylanase, which are of major industrial importance. Over the past few decades, many of these fungal enzymes have been isolated and their relevant genes characterised. Solid-state fermentation (SSF), a...
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PMID: 20145973
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We discuss the historical background of anti-CCP as well as its diagnostic performance, usefulness for early diagnosis, prognostic capability, and pathogenesis of RA....
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PMID: 20560456
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A cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase (CESH) from Bordetella sp. BK-52 was purified 51.4-fold with a yield of 27.1% using ammonium sulphate precipitation, ionic exchange, hydrophobic interaction, molecular sieve chromatograph and an additional anion exchange chromatography. The CESH was stable in a broad r...
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PMID: 20467235
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OBJECTIVE: To optimize the conditions for enzymolysis of Icariin by snail hydrolase. METHOD: Take conversion rate as index, the effects of pH, temperature, reaction time, dosage of enzyme, concentration of Icariin and metal ion on hydrolysis were studied by single-factor designs and a L9 (3(4)) orth...
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PMID: 20575385
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We demonstrated that Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai strain Lai had a similar ability to adhere to and enter primary and immortal (THP-1 and J774A.1) macrophages from human and mouse, but its intracellular fate in human macrophages differed markedly from that in mouse. The leptospires resided wit...
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PMID: 19587003
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We demonstrated that Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai strain Lai had a similar ability to adhere to and enter primary and immortal (THP-1 and J774A.1) macrophages from human and mouse, but its intracellular fate in human macrophages differed markedly from that in mouse. The leptospires resided wit...
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PMID: 19587003
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We demonstrated that Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai strain Lai had a similar ability to adhere to and enter primary and immortal (THP-1 and J774A.1) macrophages from human and mouse, but its intracellular fate in human macrophages differed markedly from that in mouse. The leptospires resided wit...
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PMID: 19587003
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Marian L Burr,
Haris Naseem,
Anne Hinks,
Steve Eyre,
Laura J Gibbons,
John Bowes,
Anthony G Wilson,
James Maxwell,
Ann W Morgan,
Paul Emery,
Sophia Steer,
Lynne Hocking,
David M Reid,
Paul Wordsworth,
Pille Harrison,
Wendy Thomson,
Jane Worthington,
BIRAC Consortium,
YEAR Consortium and
Anne Barton
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The PADI4_94 genotype was not associated with RA in either the present cohort or the WTCCC cohort. Combined analysis of all the cases of RA (n=5591) and controls (n=13 638) gave an overall OR of 1.01 (95% CI 0.96 to 1.05, p=0.72). No association with anti-CCP antibodies and no interaction with eithe...
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PMID: 19470526
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The levels of the serum thyroid hormone (free T4 and free T3) are determined not only by thyroid hormone synthesis/secretion but also by their metabolism. Thyroid hormone metabolism is mediated by three selenoproteins, selenodeiodinase type 1, 2, and 3 (D1, D2, and D3), the expression and function o...
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PMID: 20408442
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Immobilization of cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase-containing E. coli for D(-)-tartaric acid production was screened by various methods. The highest recovery of activity was obtained by entrapment in kappa-carrageenan gel. 23.6 g biomass/l and 43.4 g kappa-carrageenan/l were the best imm...
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PMID: 19844664
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Bacterial spores remain dormant and highly resistant to environmental stress until they germinate. Completion of germination requires the degradation of spore cortex peptidoglycan by germination-specific lytic enzymes (GSLEs). Bacillus anthracis has four GSLEs: CwlJ1, CwlJ2, SleB, and SleL. In this...
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PMID: 19966006
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The effect of pH value of cultivation medium on biosynthesis by bacteria of Bacillus genus of different types of hydrolases has been studied. The optimum pH medium values for each of the studied enzymes were chosen that allowed to increase the activity of produced xylanases and lypases--1.3-1.5 time...
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PMID: 21117290
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This is the first report demonstrating that like in POAG, NTG also possesses elevated levels of both PAD2 and protein-bound citrulline....
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PMID: 20806090
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We analyze the survival mechanisms used by the protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia during infection. In particular, we examine the multiple roles played by the enzyme arginine deiminase during colonization of the gut, also involving the parasite's mechanism of antigenic variation. Potential drug targ...
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PMID: 20953552
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The paper presents the characteristics of biological alternatives to antibiotics, that are bacteriophages, bacterial cell wall hydrolases and antimicrobial alternatives. Those substances are promising candidates that can successfully replace a lot of chemioterapeutics at the time of antibiotic-resis...
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PMID: 20976953
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Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs) convert arginine within a peptide (peptidylarginine) into peptidylcitrulline. Citrullination by human PADs is important in normal physiology and inflammation. Porphyromonas gingivalis, a major pathogen in periodontitis, is the only prokaryote described to possess P...
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PMID: 20553633
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We investigated whether PADI4 polymorphisms contribute to anti-CCP-negative as well as -positive RA, whether they influence disease severity (erosive joint status), and whether they interact with two major risk factors for RA, Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB1 (HLA-DRB1) shared epitope (SE) alleles and s...
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PMID: 20537173
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We present a clinical case of a female infant with multiple anomalies and distinctive facial features, with an exceptionally severe clinical course of Hirschsprung disease. The girl was also diagnosed with Mowat-Wilson syndrome, confirmed by molecular analysis as a heterozygous deletion of the ZEB2...
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PMID: 20145308
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We screened bacterioplankton genomic libraries for their ability to complement an Escherichia coli strain unable to use Pns as a P source. Using this approach we identified a phosphonatase pathway as well as a novel pair of genes that allowed utilization of 2-aminoethylphosphonate (2-AEPn) as the so...
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PMID: 19788654
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The current work extends the phenotypic and molecular characterization of the bacterial culture collection from the Rouge River to gain an understanding of the physiology of the strains and their potential for biotechnological applications. Phenotypic and molecular analyses were performed on six uni...
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PMID: 20662385
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Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1) is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism caused by deficiency of fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase. HT1 manifests with severe liver and kidney impairment and associates with an increased risk of liver cancer development. The aim of our study is to pres...
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PMID: 21117323
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We described the isolation of a detergent-stable complex from bovine sperm acrosome, termed the outer acrosomal membrane-associated matrix complex (OMC). This stable matrix assembly is associated with the luminal surface of the outer acrosomal membrane and exhibits specific binding activity for acro...
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PMID: 19478333
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We described the isolation of a detergent-stable complex from bovine sperm acrosome, termed the outer acrosomal membrane-associated matrix complex (OMC). This stable matrix assembly is associated with the luminal surface of the outer acrosomal membrane and exhibits specific binding activity for acro...
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PMID: 19478333
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We described the isolation of a detergent-stable complex from bovine sperm acrosome, termed the outer acrosomal membrane-associated matrix complex (OMC). This stable matrix assembly is associated with the luminal surface of the outer acrosomal membrane and exhibits specific binding activity for acro...
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PMID: 19478333
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We described the isolation of a detergent-stable complex from bovine sperm acrosome, termed the outer acrosomal membrane-associated matrix complex (OMC). This stable matrix assembly is associated with the luminal surface of the outer acrosomal membrane and exhibits specific binding activity for acro...
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PMID: 19478333
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We described the isolation of a detergent-stable complex from bovine sperm acrosome, termed the outer acrosomal membrane-associated matrix complex (OMC). This stable matrix assembly is associated with the luminal surface of the outer acrosomal membrane and exhibits specific binding activity for acro...
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PMID: 19478333
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We described the isolation of a detergent-stable complex from bovine sperm acrosome, termed the outer acrosomal membrane-associated matrix complex (OMC). This stable matrix assembly is associated with the luminal surface of the outer acrosomal membrane and exhibits specific binding activity for acro...
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PMID: 19478333
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We described the isolation of a detergent-stable complex from bovine sperm acrosome, termed the outer acrosomal membrane-associated matrix complex (OMC). This stable matrix assembly is associated with the luminal surface of the outer acrosomal membrane and exhibits specific binding activity for acro...
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PMID: 19478333
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