| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (149 p.)
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| Disciplina |
546/.7112
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
FeketeVictoria A
MolnárRéka L
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| Collana |
Chemical engineering methods and technology
Biochemistry research trends
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| Soggetto topico |
Ammonia
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| ISBN |
1-62100-570-4
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- AMMONIA -- AMMONIA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ENERGY METABOLISM IN ACUTE AMMONIA INTOXICATION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. AMMONIA METABOLISM DISTURBANCE AND HYPERAMMONEMIA -- III. AMMONIA TOXICITY -- IV. BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN ACUTE AMMONIA INTOXICATION: SEQUENCE OF METABOLIC EVENTS -- V. BRAIN ENERGY METABOLISM IN ACUTE AMMONIA INTOXICATION -- VI. MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY METABOLISM -- VI.1. In Vitro and Ex Vivo Effects of Ammonia on Oxidative Phosphorylation -- VI.2. Ex Vivo Effects of Ammonia on Malate-Aspartate Shuttle -- VI.3. Ex Vivo Effects of Ammonia on Mitochondrial Enzymes of Malate-Aspartate Shuttle -- VI.4. Ex Vivo Effects of Ammonia on Mitochondrial Metabolites of Malate-Aspartate Shuttle -- VI.5. Effects of Ammonia on Mitochondrial Membrane Potential In Vivo -- VI.6. Calcium Transport Across Rat Brain Mitochondrial Membrane -- VI.6.1. Endogenous Calcium in Mitochondria -- VI.6.2. Calcium Uptake by Mitochondria -- VI.6.3. Mitochondrial Calcium Capacity and Calcium Efflux from Mitochondria -- VI.6.4. t-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Calcium Efflux from Mitochondria -- VI.6.5. Comparison of Ammonia Effects In Vivo and In Vitro on Calcium Fluxes in Mitochondria -- VII. BRAIN LACTATE ACCUMULATION EX VIVO -- VIII. RELATIONSHIP OF ACUTE HYPERAMMONEMIA AND OXIDATIVE STRESS -- VIII.1. Ex Vivo Effects of Ammonia on Superoxide and Hydrogen Peroxide Production -- VIII.2. Effects of Ammonia on Pro- and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities -- VIII.3. A Summary of Ex Vivo Effects of Ammonia on Brain Mitochondria -- IX. MARKERS OF NEURONAL APOPTOSIS -- IX.1. Efflux of Cytochrome C into Cytoplasm -- IX.2. Caspases in Mitochondria, Cytoplasm and Nuclei -- IX.3. Apoptotic Alterations in Cell Nuclei -- IX.3.1. DNA Fragmentation -- IX.3.2. Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Levels and Changes -- IX.3.3. Nuclear NAD Levels.
IX.3.4. Nuclear NAD Synthetase and NAD Glycohydrolase Activities -- IX.3.5. P53 Dynamics -- X. BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN THE CYTOPLASM -- X.1. Cytosolic Pro-Oxidant Enzymes -- X.2. Role of Nitric Oxide in Changes of Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes -- XI. ALTERATIONS IN THE PLASMA MEMBRANE -- XI.1. Brain ATPase in Acute Ammonia Intoxication -- XI.2. Roles of NMDA Receptors in Acute Ammonia Toxicity -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSOR OF AMMONIA GAS -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MAIN APPLICATION AREAS OF AMMONIA SENSORS -- II.1. Environmental Ammonia Sensors -- II.2. Automotive Ammonia Sensors -- II.3. Industrial Ammonia Sensors -- II.4. Medical Ammonia Sensors -- III. PRINCIPLES OF AMMONIA SENSORS -- III.1. Metal Oxide Sensors -- III.2. Catalytic Sensors -- III.3. Conductive Polymer Sensors -- III.4. Sensors with Nano-Sized Structures -- III.5. Extrinsic Optical Sensors -- III.6. Intrinsic Optical Sensors -- III.7. Distributed Sensing Systems -- IV. DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSOR OF AMMONIA WITH OTDR READOUT -- V. SIMULATED RESULTS AND THEIR COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SPECIFIC INHIBITION BY AMINES AND AMMONIUM ION OF INITIATION AND ACTIVATION OF RIBOSOMAL RNA (RRNA) GENE EXPRESSION AT AND AFTER MIDBLASTULA TRANSITION (MBT) IN XENOPUS EMBRYOGENESIS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF XENOPUS EMBRYOS AS AN EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM -- 2. DISSOCIATED XENOPUS EMBRYONIC CELLS AS A NEW EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR STUDYING RRNA GENE EXPRESSION -- 3. A UNIQUE DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF RRNA GENE EXPRESSION BEFORE AND AFTER MIDBLASTULA STAGE, OR THE STAGE OF MBT -- 4. TIMING OF THE INITIATION OF MRNA CAP METHYLATION IS NOT THE BLASTULA STAGE BUT THE CLEAVAGE STAGE IN XENOPUS EMBRYOGENESIS.
5. ATTEMPTS TO FIND OUT A FACTOR THAT CONTROLS RRNA GENE EXPRESSION IN XENOPUS EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT -- 6. WEAK BASES (AMMONIUM ION AND AMINES) SELECTIVELY INHIBIT RRNA GENE EXPRESSION IN XENOPUS NEURULA CELLS -- 7. WEAK BASES SUPPRESS BOTH INITIATION AND ACTIVATION OF RRNA GENE EXPRESSION WHICH STARTS AT AND AFTER MBT STAGE IN XENOPUS EMBRYOGENESIS -- 8. WEAK BASES INHIBIT RRNA GENE EXPRESSION AT THE TRANSCRIPTION LEVEL IN XENOPUS EMBRYONIC CELLS -- 9. CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE MECHANISM OF THE INHIBITION OF RRNA GENE EXPRESSION BY WEAK BASES -- 10. AMMONIA AS A CANDIDATE FOR ONE OF THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF RRNA GENE EXPRESSION DURING XENOPUS EMBRYOGENESIS -- CONCLUSION AND A WORKING HYPOTHESIS -- REFERENCES -- PLANT ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSES AND NUTRIENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REGULATION OF PROLINE ACCUMULATION IN PLANTS -- PHENYLPROPANOIDS IN PLANT STRESS RESPONSES -- REFERENCES -- ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION OF AMMONIA, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, NITRIC ACID AND SULFUR DIOXIDE BY MEMBRANE-TYPE PASSIVE METHOD AND THEIR EMISSION INVENTORY IN JAPAN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- 1. Emission Inventory -- 2. Passive Method -- RESULTS AND DICUSSION -- 1. Annual Emission Map -- 2. Monthly Emission Variation -- 3. Relation Atmospheric Gas Concentration with Its Emission Inventory -- 4. Monthly Variation of Gas Concentrations -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CONCENTRATION GRADIENT MEASUREMENTS AND FLUX CALCULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA OVER GRASSLAND (BUGAC-PUSZTA, HUNGARY) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MEASUREMENT SITE AND INSTRUMENTATION, DATASET AND QUALITY CONTROL -- 3. AMMONIA FLUX CALCULATION -- 4. RESULLTS AND DDISCUSSIOONS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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Ammonia [[electronic resource] ] : structure, biosynthesis and functions / / Victoria A. Fekete and Réka L. Molnár, editors