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Rotondano G, Rispo A, Bottiglieri ME, De Luca L, Lamanda R, Orsini L, Bruzzese D, Galloro G, Romano M, Miranda A, Loguercio C, Esposito P, Nardone G, Compare D, Magno L, Ruggiero S, Imperatore N, De Palma GD, Gennarelli N, Cuomo R, Passananti V, Cirillo M, Cattaneo D, Bozzi RM, D'Angelo V, Marone P, Riccio E, De Nucci C, Monastra S, Caravelli G, Verde C, Di Giorgio P, Giannattasio F, Capece G, Taranto D, De Seta M, Spinosa G, De Stefano S, Familiari V, Cipolletta L, Bianco MA, Sansone S, Galasso G, De Colibus P, Romano M, Borgheresi P, Ricco G, Martorano M, Gravina AG, Marmo R, Rea M, Maurano A, Labianca O, Colantuoni E, Iuliano D, Trovato C, Fontana A, Pasquale L, Morante A, Perugini B, Scaglione G, Mauro B. Quality of bowel cleansing in hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopy: A multicentre prospective regional study. Dig Liver Dis 2015; 47:669-74. [PMID: 26028360 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2015.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Quality of bowel cleansing in hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopy is often unsatisfactory. No study has investigated the inpatient or outpatient setting as cause of inadequate cleansing. AIMS To assess degree of bowel cleansing in inpatients and outpatients and to identify possible predictors of poor bowel preparation in the two populations. METHODS Prospective multicentre study on consecutive colonoscopies in 25 regional endoscopy units. Univariate and multivariate analysis with odds ratio estimation were performed. RESULTS Data from 3276 colonoscopies were analyzed (2178 outpatients, 1098 inpatients). Incomplete colonoscopy due to inadequate cleansing was recorded in 369 patients (11.2%). There was no significant difference in bowel cleansing rates between in- and outpatients in both colonic segments. In the overall population, independent predictors of inadequate cleansing both at the level of right and left colon were: male gender (odds ratio, 1.20 [1.02-1.43] and 1.27 [1.05-1.53]), diabetes mellitus (odds ratio, 2.35 [1.68-3.29] and 2.12 [1.47-3.05]), chronic constipation (odds ratio, 1.60 [1.30-1.97] and 1.55 [1.23-1.94]), incomplete purge intake (odds ratio, 2.36 [1.90-2.94] and 2.11 [1.68-2.65]) and a runway time >12h (odds ratio, 3.36 [2.40-4.72] and 2.53 [1.74-3.67]). CONCLUSIONS We found no difference in the rate of inadequate bowel preparation between hospitalized patients and outpatients.
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- Gianluca Rotondano
- Division of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Maresca Hospital, Torre del Greco, Italy.
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Surgery and Endocrinology, "Federico II" University Hospital, Napoli, Italy
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- Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Pellegrini Hospital, Napoli, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, S.M. delle Grazie Hospital, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University "Federico II" School of Medicine, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Surgical Digestive Endoscopy Unit, University "Federico II" School of Medicine, Napoli, Italy
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Verde C, Ferrante M, Simpson MI, Babusci M, Broglia G, Landoni MF. Efficacy of intramuscular polysulfated glycosaminoglycan in a controlled study of equine carpitis. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2010; 33:357-62. [PMID: 20646197 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2009.01154.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Twelve healthy horses were subject to the monoioidoacetate (MIA) carpitis model, which was allowed to develop for 7 days. The horses were then randomly divided into two groups. Group A (control) received an intramuscular injection of normal saline every 4 days for a total of seven injections while group B received 500 mg of a PSGAG (SYNTEX CSY36) intramuscularly every 4 days for seven treatments. Efficacy of the PSGAG was evaluated by three clinical outcomes: lameness score, carpal circumference and maximum carpal flexion. Clinical outcomes were measured on days -8 (previous to carpitis induction), 0 (previous to drug treatment), 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35. Areas under the curve clinical outcome as function of time were built and used as variables for the statistical analysis. There was less joint circumference enlargement and lameness and greater carpal flexion in PSGAG-treated horses compared with that in controls. The studied compound has demonstrated to be efficacious on the treatment of a chemically induced carpitis in horses.
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- C Verde
- Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
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Since haemoglobins of all animal species have the same haem group, differences in their properties, including oxygen affinity, electrophoretic mobility and pH sensitivity, must result from the interaction of the prosthetic group with specific amino-acid residues in the primary structure. For this reason, fish globins have been the subject of extensive studies in recent years, not only for their structural characteristics, but also because they offer the possibility to investigate the evolutionary history of these ancient molecules in marine and freshwater species living in a great variety of environmental conditions. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the structure, function and phylogeny of haemoglobins of notothenioid fishes. On the basis of crystallographic analysis, the evolution of the Root effect is analysed. Adaptation of the oxygen transport system in notothenioids seems to be based on evolutionary changes, involving levels of biological organization higher than the structure of haemoglobin. These include changes in the rate of haemoglobin synthesis or in regulation by allosteric effectors, which affect the amount of oxygen transported in blood. These factors are thought to be more important for short-term response to environmental challenges than previously believed.
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- D Giordano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, I-80131 Naples, Italy
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Verde C, Giordano D, Russo R, Riccio A, Vergara A, Mazzarella L, di Prisco G. Hemoproteins in the cold. Mar Genomics 2009; 2:67-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2009.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Revised: 01/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mazzarella L, Vitagliano L, Vergara A, Merlino A, Verde C, Di Prisco G. Multiple coordination and quaternary states of fish hemoglobin re-open the root effect question. Acta Crystallogr A 2008. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767308087904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cuomo R, De Giorgi F, Adinolfi L, Sarnelli G, Loffredo F, Efficie E, Verde C, Savarese MF, Usai P, Budillon G. Oesophageal acid exposure and altered neurocardiac function in patients with GERD and idiopathic cardiac dysrhythmias. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006; 24:361-70. [PMID: 16842463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Oesophageal sensory stimuli alter neurocardiac function through autonomic reflexes. AIM To evaluate in patients with idiopathic supraventricular cardiac dysrhythmias and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) whether GE reflux alters neurocardiac function and the effect of acid suppression on cardiac symptoms. METHODS Thirty-two patients (13 females and 19 males; age: 20-69 years) with dysrhythmias plus GERD, and nine patients (five females and four males; age: 43-58 years) with GERD only, underwent simultaneous 24-h pH-metry and ECG monitoring. Power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability (PSHRV) was obtained with both its low frequency (LF, sympathetic modulation) and high frequency (HF, vagal modulation) components. Hourly mean oesophageal pH and LF/HF ratio were correlated. A 3 months full-dosage PPI therapy (esomeprazole 40 mg/day) was prescribed. RESULTS In 18 (56%) of the 32 patients with dysrhythmia and in none with GERD only, a significant (P < 0.05) correlation between oesophageal pH and LF/HF ratio (oesophagus-heart correlation) was observed. A significant reduction of cardiac symptoms after PPI therapy was observed only in these patients (13/16 vs. 4/11, P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS This study has identified a subgroup of dysrhythmic patients in whom the oesophageal acid stimulus elicited cardiac autonomic reflexes. In these patients acid suppression seems to improve GERD and cardiac symptoms.
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- R Cuomo
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Gastroenterology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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Vitagliano L, Bonomi G, Franzese M, Merlino A, Vergara A, Verde C, di Prisco G, Mazzarella L. Structural characterization of the oxidation pathway of antarctic fish hemoglobins. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767305090859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Sarnelli G, Ierardi E, Grasso R, Verde C, Bottiglieri ME, Nardone G, Budillon G, Cuomo R. Acid exposure and altered acid clearance in GERD patients treated for Helicobacter pylori infection. Dig Liver Dis 2003; 35:151-6. [PMID: 12779068 DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(03)00020-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND After the eradication of Helicobacter pylori, an increased incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and acid gastric secretion have been reported. AIM To evaluate the effect of Helicobacter pylori-eradication on proximal and distal gastroesophageal reflux and acid clearance in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-eight gastroesophageal reflux disease patients (age range 18-61 years) were studied by upper endoscopy. All underwent esophageal manometry and dual probe 24-h pH-metry. RESULTS Percent of time at pH<4 was significantly increased in the proximal esophagus of Helicobacter pylori-eradicated patients compared to Helicobacter pylori-negative (2.4+/-0.5 vs. 1.0+/-0.2; p<0.01); no differences were found in the distal esophagus (14.0+/-3.7 vs. 9.0+/-1.4%, NS). The total number of reflux episodes was significantly higher in the proximal oesophagus of Helicobacter pylori-eradicated patients (37+/-3 vs. 22+/-3, p<0.05). In the distal esophagus, acid clearance was significantly longer, both during total time (1.4+/-0.2 vs. 0.8+/-0.7 min, p<0.01), and in the supine period (8.5+/-2.7 vs. 2.7+/-0.4 min, p<0.05). No differences were reported in the manometric parameters of the two groups of patients. CONCLUSION In patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, Helicobacter pylori eradication is associated with increased acid exposure of the proximal esophagus and delayed distal acid clearance.
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- G Sarnelli
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, University Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Tamburrini M, Verde C, Olianas A, Giardina B, Corda M, Sanna MT, Fais A, Deiana AM, di Prisco G, Pellegrini M. The hemoglobin system of the brown moray Gymnothorax unicolor: structure/function relationships. Eur J Biochem 2001; 268:4104-11. [PMID: 11454005 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Gymnothorax unicolor hemoglobin system is characterized by two components, called cathodic and anodic on the basis of their isoelectric point, which were separated by ion-exchange chromatography. The oxygen-binding properties of the purified components were studied in the absence and presence of chloride and/or GTP or ATP in the pH range 6.5-8.0. Stripped cathodic hemoglobin showed a small reverse Bohr effect, high oxygen affinity, and low co-operativity; the addition of chloride only caused a small decrease in oxygen affinity. In the presence of GTP or ATP, the oxygen affinity was dramatically reduced, the co-operativity increased, and the reverse Bohr effect abolished. Stripped anodic hemoglobin is characterized by both low oxygen affinity and co-operativity, and displayed a normal Bohr effect; the addition of chloride increased co-operativity, whereas ATP and GTP significantly modulated oxygen affinity at acidic pH values, enhancing the Bohr effect and giving rise to the Root effect. The complete amino-acid sequences of the alpha and beta chains of both hemoglobins were established; the molecular basis of the functional properties of the hemoglobins is discussed in the light of the primary structure and compared with those of other fish hemoglobins.
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- M Tamburrini
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology, CNR, Naples, Italy
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Moltedo O, Verde C, Capasso A, Parisi E, Remondelli P, Bonatti S, Alvarez-Hernandez X, Glass J, Alvino CG, Leone A. Zinc transport and metallothionein secretion in the intestinal human cell line Caco-2. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:31819-25. [PMID: 10896936 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002907200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Caco-2, a human cell line, displays several biochemical and morphological characteristics of differentiated enterocytes. Among these is the ability to transport zinc from the apical to the basal compartment. This process was enhanced following exposure by the apical compartment to increasing concentrations of the metal. High pressure liquid chromatography fractionation of the media obtained from cells labeled with radioactive zinc showed that metallothioneins (MTs), small metal-binding, cysteine-rich proteins), were present in the apical and basal media of controls as well as in cells grown in the presence of high concentrations of zinc. Following exposure to the metal, the levels of Zn-MTs in the apical medium increased, while in the basal compartment the greatest part of zinc appeared in a free form with minor changes in the levels of basal MTs. Metabolic labeling experiments with radioactive cysteine confirmed the apical secretion of MTs. A stable transfectant clone of Caco-2 cells (CL11) was selected for its ability to express constitutively high levels of the mouse metallothionein I protein. This cell line showed an enhanced transport of the metal following exposure to high concentrations of zinc and a constitutive secretion of the mouse metallothionein I protein in the apical compartment. Together, these findings strongly support the hypothesis of a functional role between the biosynthesis and secretion of MTs and the transport of zinc in intestinal cells.
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- O Moltedo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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Verde C, Pascale MC, Martire G, Lotti LV, Torrisi MR, Helenius A, Bonatti S. Effect of ATP depletion and DTT on the transport of membrane proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum and the intermediate compartment to the Golgi complex. Eur J Cell Biol 1995; 67:267-74. [PMID: 7588883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Newly synthesized membrane proteins are exported from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi complex through an intermediate compartment. Incubation at low temperature (15 degrees C) arrests the proteins in the intermediate compartment and prevents the entry into the Golgi complex. We have studied, in living cells, the effect of dithiothreitol (DTT) and ATP depletion on the transport to the Golgi complex of proteins accumulated either in the endoplasmic reticulum or in the intermediate compartment after a temperature block. The morphological results obtained with vesicular stomatitis virus ts-O45 G glycoprotein and the biochemical analysis performed with human CD8 protein, an O-glycosylated protein, showed that: 1) ATP depletion blocks the export to the Golgi complex of proteins located either in the endoplasmic reticulum or in the intermediate compartment and ii) DTT interferes with the folding and export of proteins located in the endoplasmic reticulum, but it does not prevent the transfer from the intermediate compartment to the Golgi complex.
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- C Verde
- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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Parente A, Verde C, Malorni A, Montecucchi P, Aniello F, Geraci G. Amino-acid sequence of the cooperative dimeric myoglobin from the radular muscles of the marine gastropod Nassa mutabilis. Biochim Biophys Acta 1993; 1162:1-9. [PMID: 8448171 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(93)90120-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The complete amino-acid sequence of the dimeric and cooperative myoglobin from the radular muscles of Nassa mutabilis, a common edible gastropod mollusc on the Italian coast, has been determined. The molecule is a homodimer. The monomer is composed of 147 amino-acid residues, with a molecular mass of 15,760 Da. Its sequence is homologous with those of the dimeric myoglobins of the gastropod molluscs of the Prosobranchia subclass Busycon canaliculatum (63% conserved residues) and Cerithidea rhizophorarum (46% conserved residues). The rate of autoxidation to met-myoglobin of N. mutabilis oxymyoglobin at 25 degrees C is strongly pH-dependent with relative minimal rate values in the pH range 7 to 8.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Napoli, Italy
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Tamburrini M, Scala G, Verde C, Ruocco MR, Parente A, Venuta S, D'Alessio G. Immunosuppressive activity of bovine seminal RNase on T-cell proliferation. Eur J Biochem 1990; 190:145-8. [PMID: 2364942 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb15557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The interest in the immunosuppressive activity of mammalian seminal plasma depends largely on its putative role in the immunoregulation of both the male and female genital systems. We report here that the immunosuppressive action of bovine seminal plasma is based on the presence in this fluid of copious amounts of an immunosuppressive RNase, bovine seminal RNase. Studies of structure-function relationships have revealed that the immunosuppressive activity of seminal RNase depends on the integrity of the dimeric structure of the enzyme, as well as on the integrity of its catalytic function. While bovine seminal RNase has no effect on the secretion of interleukin-2 by T-cell cultures, the enzyme has been found to decrease drastically the expression of the alpha-chain of the interleukin-2 receptor on the T-cell membrane.
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- M Tamburrini
- Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry, University of Naples, Italy
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The presence of an acetyl blocking group at the N-terminus of the coat protein of papaya mosaic virus has been identified by FAB mass spectrometry. Furthermore, we have found that the N-terminal sequence of the protein is four amino-acid residues (AC-Ser-Lys-Ser-Ser-) longer than that previously reported, while Glu instead of Gln is the C-terminal residue. The present paper shows that PMV-protein is made up of 215 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 22,960 Da.
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- C Verde
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Universita' di Napoli, Italy
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