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Collagen chains are synthesized as longer precursors, called procollagens, with globular extensions—propeptides of about 200 residues—at both ends. These procollagen polypeptide chains are transported into the lumen of the rough endoplasmic reticulum where they undergo hydroxylation and other chemical modifications before they are assembled into triple chain molecules. The terminal propeptides are essential for proper formation of triple... 

This test uses specially constructed bacteria to detect reverse mutations. Each tester strain has enhanced sensitivity and selectivity for the classes of compounds it will pick up. Therefore, several tester strains are generally used to maximize the possibility of detecting a mutagenic compound. It is well known now that many compounds, for example polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, must undergo some kind of enzymatic or chemical modification before becoming reactive. Therefore, in many cases an enzyme preparation (commonly called S9) is added to the chemical in order to ensure conversion to a chemically-reactive species. 

There are two primary groupings related to materials testing for environmental contamination potential. These are total concentration and leachable concentration methods. Total concentration methods require the analyst to use the sample material in its as received state, with no physical or chemical modifications before analysis for the contaminants of interest. Leachable concentration methods require that the sample material be taken through a leaching process before the leachate is analyzed for the contaminant of interest. With leaching methods, one takes a sample of material and creates a leachate sample that is analyzed. The leached material is normally disposed after the leaching process is completed. 

A comparison between the development of sensors based on these new forms of graphite shows that nanotubes are at this moment the most utilized material and this probably can be attributed to the facility of acquisition and utilization of this material. Graphene, even being the youngest of these materials, in few years surpassed the fuUerenes use as sensing material, probably due to the fact that this last requires chemical modification before its utihzation. 

For fabrics of thermoplastic fibers, permanent effects are obtainable if heat and pressure are appHed to soften the material. Processes dealing with carpets, nonwovens, and chemical modifications or additions that occur before the fiber is formed are not discussed herein (see Nonwoven fabrics). 

The PES measurements arc performed with reference to the Fermi level of the photoclectron spectrometer, in solid specimens, as dealt with here, by the way the spectroscopy works. Thus, in cases when the Fermi level shifts due to some chemical modifications of the sample, i.e., in the intercalation of graphite or other layered compound [16] or in the doping of conjugated polymers 1171, il is necessary to account for the change in the Fermi energy level before interpreting spec-... 

As neutral carriers for the chemical modification, 16-crown-5 and calix[4]arene derivatives possessing a triethoxysilyl group (7) and (8) were designed for Na sensors. Triethoxysilylethyl-16-crown-5(7) was then mixed with a silicone-rubber precursor for the membrane fabrication accompanying covalent bonding of the neutral carrier. Comparison of IR spectra before and after extraction of the nonbonded neutral carrier... 

The in situ bulk polymerization of vinyl monomers in PET and the graft polymerization of vinyl monomers to PET are potential useful tools for the chemical modification of this polymer. The distinction between in situ polymerization and graft polymerization is a relatively minor one, and from a practical point of view may be of no significance. In graft polymerization, the newly formed polymer is covalently bonded to a site on the host polymer (PET), while the in situ bulk polymerization of a vinyl monomer results in a polymer that is physically entraped in the PET. The vinyl polymerization in the PET is usually carried out in the presence of the swelling solvent, thereby maintaining the swollen PET structure during polymerization. The swollen structure allows the monomer to diffuse in sufficient quantities to react at the active centers that have been produced by chemical initiation (with AIBM) before termination takes place. 

RNAi technology has obvious therapeutic potential as an antisense agent, and initial therapeutic targets of RNAi include viral infection, neurological diseases and cancer therapy. The synthesis of dsRNA displaying the desired nucleotide sequence is straightforward. However, as in the case of additional nucleic-acid-based therapeutic approaches, major technical hurdles remain to be overcome before RNAi becomes a therapeutic reality. Naked unmodified siRNAs for example display a serum half-life of less than 1 min, due to serum nuclease degradation. Approaches to improve the RNAi pharmacokinetic profile include chemical modification of the nucleotide backbone, to render it nuclease resistant, and the use of viral or non-viral vectors, to achieve safe product delivery to cells. As such, the jury remains out in terms of the development and approval of RNAi-based medicines, in the short to medium term at least. 

The discovery of prontosil was fortuitous and was not based on rationale design. There are a large number of pesticides which fall in the same category as prontosil, i.e., they are active by virtue of their susceptibility to metabolic or chemical modification to active intermediates. The classical example of an insecticide of this type is parathion, a phosphorothionate ester which in animals or plants is oxidatively desulfurated to the potent anticholinesterase paraoxon O). The insecticidal activity of parathion was known for several years before the purified material was shown to be a poor anticholinesterase and that metabolic activation to paraoxon was necessary for intoxication. 

Functionality Measurement of Phenolated Lignin. It is important to have knowledge of the functionality of the phenolated lignin from the point of view of further chemical modification. The amount of bound phenol in the phenolysis reaction has been measured by titrating the phenol extracted from the reaction mixture (15). This indirect method measures the unreacted phenol and determines bound phenol as the difference between the initial charge and the titrated phenol. This is sometimes misleading. 1H NMR spectroscopy is another candidate for the determination of the amount of bound phenol. However, this calculation is difficult since the number of protons before and after the phenolysis reaction is unknown. 

It is better to label the PRPs at the C-terminus. In our experience, if the peptide is labelled to the N-terminus we often noticed a significant decrease in antimicrobial activity. Before using labelled PRPs, it is in any case advisable to check whether this chemical modification has altered its antimicrobial activity compared with that of the unmodified molecule by both MIC and growth inhibition assays (see Subheading 3.5). In our experience the addition of the BODIPY to the C-terminus of Bac7(l-35) did not modify its antibacterial properties. 

Penicillins bearing a 6a-substituent, such as OMe in Temocillin and NHCHO in foramidocillin (see Table 1), require chemical modifications at the C-6 position of 6-APA before side-chain coupling (see Section 2.03.5.7). 

One argument for the selection of dextran as a drug carrier has often been its susceptibility to degradation. However chemical modification of the polymer may impair the biodegradability. Therefore we have studied the biodegradation of dextran and a number of dextran derivatives by dextranase. For this study model derivatives were prepared using the activation procedures discussed before. 

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