With the invention of electrospray ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization,
scientists employing modern mass spectrometry naturally face new challenges with respect …

The last decade has seen numerous outbreaks of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD),
which presented significant challenges for healthcare facilities worldwide. We have …

There is increasing international interest in naphthenic acids (NAs, classical formula C n H
2n+Z O 2 ) found in the oil sands from Alberta, Canada and in petroleum from around the …

Disposable plasticware such as test tubes, pipette tips, and multiwell assay or culture plates
are used routinely in most biological research laboratories. Manufacturing of plastics …

The analytical performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass
spectrometry for direct analysis of peptide and protein mixtures is strongly dependent on the …

The complete primary and three-dimensional solution structures of subtilosin A (1), a
bacteriocin from Bacillus subtilis, were determined by multidimensional NMR studies on peptide …

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS) was used to measure the binding of Cu
2+ ions to synthetic peptides corresponding to sections of the sequence of the mature prion …

The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) increases the movement of cholesterol from
the outer to the inner membrane of adrenal and gonadal mitochondria, thus providing the …

Carnobacterium maltaromaticum UAL307, isolated from fresh pork, exhibits potent activity
against a number of gram-positive organisms, including numerous Listeria species. Three …

Steroid hormones are essential for carbohydrate metabolism, stress management, and
reproduction and are synthesized from cholesterol in mitochondria of adrenal glands and gonads/…