Identification of Amino Acid Residues Critical for the Interaction of Fibrin with N-Cadherin.

We recently identified N-cadherin as a novel receptor for fibrin and localized complementary binding sites within the fibrin βN-domains and the third and fifth extracellular domains (EC3 and EC5) of N-cadherin. We also hypothesized that the His16 and Arg17 residues of the βN-domains and the (Asp/Glu)-X-(Asp/Glu) motifs present in the EC3 and EC5 domains may play roles in the interaction between fibrin and N-cadherin. The primary objectives of this study were to test these hypotheses and to further clarify the structural basis for this interaction.

Fabry-Perot Effect Suppression in Gas Cells Used in THz Absorption Spectrometers. Experimental Verification.

A standard measuring gas cell used in absorption spectrometers is a cylinder enclosed by two transparent windows. The Fabry-Perot effects caused by multiple reflections of terahertz waves between these windows produce significant variations in the transmitted radiation intensity. Therefore, the Fabry-Perot effects should be taken into account to correctly measure absorption spectra in Bouguer law-based absorption spectroscopy.

[Antimicrobial activity of nitrofurans (nitrofurantoin, furazidine and furazidine potassium) against uropatogenic Escherichia Coli isolated from patients with lower urinary tract infections].

Currently, the problem of antibiotic resistance is of great relevance to society not only for medical, but also for social and economic reasons. Infections caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens have a longer course, more often require hospitalization, and increase the risk of mortality. The antimicrobial resistance is most relevant for hospitals in the case of the development of nosocomial infections.

Treatment of asymptotic non-adiabatic couplings with higher order reprojection method in the diabatic representation.

The problem of asymptotic non-adiabatic couplings in heavy particle collisions is treated using the reprojection method. The mixing matrix that mixes the asymptotic solutions of the coupled states to obtain appropriate boundary conditions is here derived to second order, yielding a faster convergence of the cross section. In addition, the reprojection method is implemented in a diabatic representation and applied to inelastic scattering of Li + Na and H + H collisions and to mutual neutralization in H+ + H- collisions.