The endocannabinoid system is known to be involved in learning, memory, emotional processing and regulation of personality patterns. Here we assessed the endocannabinoid profile in the brains of mice with strong characteristics of social dominance and submissiveness. A lipidomics approach was employed to assess the endocannabinoidome in the brains of Dominant (Dom) and Submissive (Sub) mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe DNA duplex may be locally strongly bent in complexes with proteins, for example, with polymerases or in a nucleosome. At such bends, the DNA helix is locally in the noncanonical forms A (with a narrow major groove and a large amount of north sugars) or C (with a narrow minor groove and a large share of BII phosphates). To model the formation of such complexes by molecular dynamics methods, the force field is required to reproduce these conformational transitions for a naked DNA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article discusses a molecular simulation of membrane processes for the separation of liquid mixtures during pervaporation. A method for simulating the structure of polyurethane membranes was developed. The method was based on the known mechanisms of the formation of macromolecules from constituent monomers.
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