Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a widely used gene therapy vector. The intact packaged genome is a critical quality attribute and necessary for an effective therapeutic. In this work, charge detection mass spectrometry (CDMS) was used to measure the molecular weight (MW) distribution for the genome of interest (GOI) extracted from recombinant AAV (rAAV) vectors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStatistical analysis of the time series and spatial data of sociohygienic monitoring has yielded models of simple and multiple linear regressions, which reflect the impact of motor transport on human health, their statistical stability. The morbidity rates have ranked by the response to the changing values of motor transport. A contribution of environmental factors to the morbidity rates has been determined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial tRNAs frequently have 4-thiouridine (s(4)U) modification at position 8, which is adjacent to the C13-G22-m(7)G46 base triple in the elbow region of the tRNA tertiary structure. Irradiation with light in the UVA range induces an efficient photocrosslink between s(4)U8 and C13. The temperature dependence of the rate constants for photocrosslinking between the s(4)U8 and C13 has been used to investigate the tRNA conformational energy and structure in Escherichia coli tRNA(Val), tRNA(Phe), and tRNA(fMet) under different conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEscherichia coli ribosomes were irradiated with a KrF excimer laser (248 nm, 22 ns pulse) with incident pulse energies in the range of 10-40 mJ for a 1 cm2 area, corresponding to fluences of 4.5 to 18 x 10(9) W m(-2), to determine strand breakage yields and the frequency and pattern of RNA-RNA cross- linking in the 16S rRNA. Samples were irradiated in a cuvette with one laser pulse or in a flow cell with an average of 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effects of P/P- and P/E-site tRNA(Phe) binding on the 16S rRNA structure in the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome were investigated using UV cross-linking. The identity and frequency of 16S rRNA intramolecular cross-links were determined in the presence of deacyl-tRNA(Phe) or N-acetyl-Phe-tRNA(Phe) using poly(U) or an mRNA analogue containing a single Phe codon. For N-acetyl-Phe-tRNA(Phe) with either poly(U) or the mRNA analogue, the frequency of an intramolecular cross-link C967 x C1400 in the 16S rRNA was decreased in proportion to the binding stoichiometry of the tRNA.
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