Meat colour is a major factor that influences the purchase decision by consumers. Many
intrinsic and extrinsic factors contribute to the final colour of meat. The role of the MetMb …

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Wasser zusammenbringt.., so dringt es auf allen Seiten in Tropfen und F~ iden heraus.., zu …

Two methods are reported for the formation of large, uniform-sized phospholipid vesicles.
The methods involve the treatment of phospholipid, in the form of either small, sonicated …

In 1961, two concepts of energy coupling were published, one by Mitchell I and the other by
Williams z, both dealing with the transfer of charges (electrons, H÷, OH-) in biological energy …

Our contemporary view of the structure of biological membranes is that they consist of a lipid
bilayer matrix with which membrane-bound proteins are associated. The proteins may

The classical research approach to soluble proteins is to purify the protein and study the
influence of various effectors on it. Attempts to apply a similar approach to integral …

The nucleotide sequence of the leader peptidase structural gene from Escherichia coli has
been determined. The gene codes for a protein of 323 amino acid residues with a calculated …

Mammalian iron homeostasis is regulated by the interaction of the liver-produced peptide
hepcidin and its receptor, the iron transporter ferroportin. Hepcidin binds to ferroportin …

A large body of evidence strongly indicates biomembranes to be organized into
compositionally and functionally specialized domains, supramolecular assemblics, existing …

Two pathways for protein assembly into biological membranes have been proposed. The"
signal hypothesis" emphasizes the role of specific membrane proteins in binding the …