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“We investigate the relation between complexity and stability in model food webs by evaluating the local stability of fixed points of the population dynamics using the recently developed method of generalized modeling. We first determine general conditions that lead to positive complexity-stability relations. These include

(1) high resource abundance and (2) strong density-dependent mortality effects that limit consumer PF477736 price populations. The parameters that constitute a generalized model have clear biological meanings. In this work, emphasis is placed on using realistic values for these generalized parameters. They are derived from conventional ordinary differential equations which are commonly used to describe Selinexor population dynamics and for which empirical parameter estimates exist. We find that the empirically supported generalized parameters fall in regions of the parameter space that allow for a positive relation between food-web complexity and stability. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“The human interferon alpha 2b (IFN alpha 2b) belongs to the interferon family of cytokines that exerts many biological functions like inhibition of virus multiplication, repression of tumour growth and other immunological functions. Herein, a synthetic gene coding for human IFN

alpha 2b was cloned and integrated into a methylotropic yeast-Pichia pastoris. The recombinant human IFN alpha 2b protein (similar to 19 kDa) could be successfully expressed in Pichia pastoris to a

level of nearly 300 mg/L with nearly 93% recovery on purification using a single anion exchange chromatography step. A novel media component dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) was found to aid in expression of rightly processed IFN a2b form with dramatic reduction in the expression of a 20 kDa IFN isoform contaminant frequently Tacrolimus (FK506) observed by other workers. The identity of the 20 kDa isoform was confirmed by N terminal sequencing which showed extra eleven amino acids at the N terminal portion of the IFN molecule obtained due to incorrect processing by the host KEX2 protease. The purified IFN alpha 2b (19 kDa) preparation was confirmed by N terminal sequencing, and characterized by MALDI-TOF and Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer. The bioassay of the recombinant protein gave a specific activity of >2 x 10(8) IU/mg. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.”
“Intracranial transplantation of ADSCs induces recovery of CNS diseases, but how they develop in host is poorly understood. The aim of this study is to observe induction and differentiation of ADSCs in the presence of hippocampus soluble factors (HiSF) extracted from the hippocampus of adult Wistar rats to mimic an intracranial microenvironment. To determine the optimal microenvironment, five conditions were tested: 0 mu g/ml (as control), 50 mu g/ml, 100 mu g/ml, 200 mu g/ml, and 400 mu g/ml of HiSF.