To investigate sexual dimorphism and postnatal changes in skin collagen expression, mRNA levels of collagens and their regulatory factors in male and female skin were examined during the first 120 days of age by quantitative realtime PCR. Levels of mRNAs encoding extracellular matrices did not show any differences between male and female mice until day 15. Col1a1 and Col1a2 mRNAs noticeably increased at day 30 and remained at high levels until day 120 in male mice, while those in female mice remained at low levels during the period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChirality transcription and amplification by the formation of chiral [2]pseudorotaxanes by an achiral crown ether having the 2',2''-quaterphenyl group and chiral sec-ammonium ions are reported. It was revealed that the absolute configurations of the chiral sec-ammonium ions can be detected directly from the CD spectra of the chiral [2]pseudorotaxanes.
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