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Detection of Sugar-Lectin Interactions by Multivalent Dendritic Sugar Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
We show that single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) decorated with sugar
functionalized poly (propyl ether imine) (PETIM) dendrimer is a very sensitive
platform to quantitatively detect carbohydrate recognizing proteins, namely,
lectins. The changes in electrical conductivity of SWNT in field effect
transistor device due to carbohydrate - protein interactions form the basis of
present study. The mannose sugar attached PETIM dendrimers undergo charge -
transfer interactions with the SWNT. The changes in the conductance of the
dendritic sugar functionalized SWNT after addition of lectins in varying
concentrations were found to follow the Langmuir type isotherm, giving the
concanavalin A (Con A) - mannose affinity constant to be 8.5 x 106 M-1. The
increase in the device conductance observed after adding 10 nM of Con A is same
as after adding 20 \muM of a non - specific lectin peanut agglutinin, showing
the high specificity of the Con A - mannose interactions. The specificity of
sugar-lectin interactions was characterized further by observing significant
shifts in Raman modes of the SWNT.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure
Extended Optical Model Analyses of Elastic Scattering and Fusion Cross Section Data for the 7Li+208Pb System at Near-Coulomb-Barrier Energies using the Folding Potential
Simultaneous analyses previously made for elastic scattering and
fusion cross section data for the Li+Pb system is extended to the
Li+Pb system at near-Coulomb-barrier energies based on the
extended optical model approach, in which the polarization potential is
decomposed into direct reaction (DR) and fusion parts. Use is made of the
double folding potential as a bare potential. It is found that the experimental
elastic scattering and fusion data are well reproduced without introducing any
normalization factor for the double folding potential and that both the DR and
fusion parts of the polarization potential determined from the
analyses satisfy separately the dispersion relation. Further, we find that the
real part of the fusion portion of the polarization potential is attractive
while that of the DR part is repulsive except at energies far below the Coulomb
barrier energy. A comparison is made of the present results with those obtained
from the Continuum Discretized Coupled Channel (CDCC) calculations and a
previous study based on the conventional optical model with a double folding
potential. We also compare the present results for the Li+Pb system
with the analysis previously made for the Li+Pb system.Comment: 7 figures, submitted to PR
Extended Optical Model Analyses of Elastic Scattering and Fusion Cross Sections for 6Li + 208Pb System at Near-Coulomb-Barrier Energies by using Folding Potential
Based on the extended optical model approach in which the polarization
potential is decomposed into direct reaction (DR) and fusion parts,
simultaneous analyses are performed for elastic scattering and
fusion cross section data for the Li+Pb system at
near-Coulomb-barrier energies. A folding potential is used as the bare
potential. It is found that the real part of the resultant DR part of the
polarization potential is repulsive, which is consistent with the results from
the Continuum Discretized Coupled Channel (CDCC) calculations and the
normalization factors needed for the folding potentials. Further, it is found
that both DR and fusion parts of the polarization potential satisfy separately
the dispersion relation.Comment: 6 figure
Transfer of Dicamba Tolerance from Sinapis arvensis to Brassica napus via Embryo Rescue and Recurrent Backcross Breeding
Citation: Jugulam M, Ziauddin A, So KKY, Chen S, Hall JC (2015) Transfer of Dicamba Tolerance from Sinapis arvensis to Brassica napus via Embryo Rescue and Recurrent Backcross Breeding. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0141418. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141418Auxinic herbicides (e.g. dicamba) are extensively used in agriculture to selectively control broadleaf weeds. Although cultivated species of Brassicaceae (e.g. Canola) are susceptible to auxinic herbicides, some biotypes of Sinapis arvensis (wild mustard) were found dicamba resistant in Canada. In this research, dicamba tolerance from wild mustard was introgressed into canola through embryo rescue followed by conventional breeding. Intergeneric hybrids between S. arvensis (2n = 18) and B. napus (2n = 38) were produced through embryo rescue. Embryo formation and hybrid plant regeneration was achieved. Transfer of dicamba tolerance from S. arvensis into the hybrid plants was determined by molecular analysis and at the whole plant level. Dicamba tolerance was introgressed into B. napus by backcrossing for seven generations. Homozygous dicamba-tolerant B. napus lines were identified. The ploidy of the hybrid progeny was assessed by flow cytometry. Finally, introgression of the piece of DNA possibly containing the dicamba tolerance gene into B. napus was confirmed using florescence in situ hybridization (FISH). This research demonstrates for the first time stable introgression of dicamba tolerance from S. arvensis into B. napus via in vitro embryo rescue followed by repeated backcross breeding. Creation of dicamba-tolerant B. napus varieties by this approach may have potential to provide options to growers to choose a desirable herbicide-tolerant technology. Furthermore, adoption of such technology facilitates effective weed control, less tillage, and possibly minimize evolution of herbicide resistant weeds
Kaplan-Narayanan-Neuberger lattice fermions pass a perturbative test
We test perturbatively a recent scheme for implementing chiral fermions on
the lattice, proposed by Kaplan and modified by Narayanan and Neuberger, using
as our testing ground the chiral Schwinger model. The scheme is found to
reproduce the desired form of the effective action, whose real part is gauge
invariant and whose imaginary part gives the correct anomaly in the continuum
limit, once technical problems relating to the necessary infinite extent of the
extra dimension are properly addressed. The indications from this study are
that the Kaplan--Narayanan--Neuberger (KNN) scheme has a good chance at being a
correct lattice regularization of chiral gauge theories.Comment: LaTeX 18 pages, 3 figure
Coupled-channels analyses for Li + Pb fusion reactions with multi-neutron transfer couplings
We discuss the role of two-neutron transfer processes in the fusion reaction
of the Li + Pb systems. We first analyze the Li +
Pb reaction by taking into account the coupling to the Li +
Pb channel. To this end, we assume that two neutrons are directly
transferred to a single effective channel in Pb and solve the
coupled-channels equations with the two channels. By adjusting the coupling
strength and the effective -value, we successfully reproduce the
experimental fusion cross sections for this system. We then analyze the
Li + Pb reaction in a similar manner, that is, by taking into
account three effective channels with Li + Pb, Li +
Pb, and Li + Pb partitions. In order to take into account
the halo structure of the Li nucleus, we construct the potential between
Li and Pb with a double folding procedure, while we employ a
Wood-Saxon type potential with the global Aky\"uz-Winther parameters for the
other channels. Our calculation indicates that the multiple two-neutron
transfer process plays a crucial role in the Li + Pb fusion
reaction at energies around the Coulomb barrier
Fusion reaction of a weakly-bound nucleus with a deformed target
We discuss the role of deformation of the target nucleus in the fusion
reaction of the C + Th system at energies around the Coulomb
barrier, for which C is a well-known one-neutron halo nucleus. To this
end, we construct the potential between C and Th with the double
folding procedure, assuming that the projectile nucleus is composed of the core
nucleus, C, and a valance neutron. By taking into account the halo
nature of the projectile nucleus as well as the deformation of the target
nucleus, we simultaneously reproduce the fusion cross sections for the C
+ Th and the C + Th systems. Our calculation indicates
that the net effect of the breakup and the transfer channels is small for this
system.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
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