New Aquatic Beetle Records for Canada (Coleoptera: Haliplidae, Dytiscidae)

Three species of aquatic beetle, Peltodytes simplex (LeConte) (Haliplidae), Agabus oblongulus Fall (Dytiscidae) (both from southern British Columbia) and Ilybius oblitus Sharp (Dytiscidae) (from southern Ontario) are confirmed as members of the Canadian fauna based on specimens deposited in the Spencer Entomological Museum at the University of British Columbia

Growth of Trifolium subterraneum L. Selected for Sparse and Abundant Nodulation as Affected by Root Temperature and Rhizobium Strain

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Monoclonal antibodies recognizing protease-generated neoepitopes from cartilage proteoglycan degradation : application to studies of human link protein cleavage by stromelysin

Monoclonal antibodies were raised that specifically recognize the NH2-terminal neoepitope sequence present in like protein cleavage products derived from stromelysin-degraded proteoglycan aggregate. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbend assay, using synthetic peptides as inhibitors, showed that one of these antibodies (CH-3) required, for antibody recognition, the free NH2-terminal amino acid isoleucine (residue 17 of the intact protein) in the sequence NH2-IQAENG at the stromelysin cleavage site of link protein 3.Monoclonal antibodies were raised that specifically recognize the NH2-terminal neoepitope sequence present in like protein cleavage products derived from stromelysin-degraded proteoglycan aggregate. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbend assay, using synthetic peptides as inhibitors, showed that one of these antibodies (CH-3) required, for antibody recognition, the free NH2-terminal amino acid isoleucine (residue 17 of the intact protein) in the sequence NH2-IQAENG at the stromelysin cleavage site of link protein 3