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Bacillus pumilus of Palk Bay origin inhibits quorum-sensing-mediated virulence factors in Gram-negative bacteria

Enantioselective hydrolysis of (R)-2, 2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxamide by immobilized cells of an R-amidase-producing bacterium, Delftia tsuruhatensis CCTCC M 205114, on an alginate capsule carrier.

Investigation of CNR1 and FAAH endocannabinoid gene polymorphisms in bipolar disorder and major depression.

From sequence and structure of sulfotransferases and dihydropyrimidinases to an understanding of their mechanisms of action and function.

Daughter cell separation is controlled by cytokinetic ring-activated cell wall hydrolysis.

A fluorescent assay suitable for inhibitor screening and vanin tissue quantification

Increased nitric oxide stress is associated with migraine.

Dopaminergic augmentation of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) discrimination: possible involvement of D(2)-induced formation of anandamide.

Endoglycosidase and glycoamidase release of N-linked glycans.

Inhibition of fatty-acid amide hydrolase and CB1 receptor antagonism differentially affect behavioural responses in normal and PCP-treated rats.

Inhibitors of N(alpha)-acetyl-L-ornithine deacetylase: synthesis, characterization and analysis of their inhibitory potency.

Impact of gene patents and licensing practices on access to genetic testing and carrier screening for Tay-Sachs and Canavan disease.

Assignment of 1H, 13C and 15N backbone resonances of Escherichia coli LpxC bound to L-161,240.

Structures of an isopenicillin N converting Ntn-hydrolase reveal different catalytic roles for the active site residues of precursor and mature enzyme.

Genes encoding proteins with peritrophin A-type chitin-binding domains in Tribolium castaneum are grouped into three distinct families based on phylogeny, expression and function

[Membrane cholesterol mediates the endocannabinoids-anandamide affection on HepG2 cells]

Enol carbamates as inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) endowed with high selectivity for FAAH over the other targets of the endocannabinoid system.

Isolation and identification of FR198248, a hydroxylated 1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran, from Aspergillus flavipes as an inhibitor of peptide deformylase.

The novel polysaccharide deacetylase homologue Pdi contributes to virulence of the aquatic pathogen Streptococcus iniae.

[C358A polymorphism of the endocannabinoid degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) and adipocytokine levels in the morbidly obese].