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Fall 2014
Monoamine oxidase enzymes are largely involved in the catabolism of biogenic amines. Two forms of the enzyme are socumented to exist, monoamine oxidase type A and B. The B form (MAO-B) of the enzyme has been noted to possess a high affinity site for some imidazoline ligands. This site (the I2...
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Fall 2014
Quantitatively, nitrogen (N) has shown to be one of the most important nutrients for proper plant growth and development, and a key limiting factor in crop productivity. In the last 40 years, there has been a significant increase in the production of synthetic N-fertilizers, as well as an...
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Design, synthesis, and screening of a library of peptidyl bis-boroxoles as low molecular weight receptors for complex oligosaccharides in neutral water: identification of a selective receptor for the tumour marker TF-antigen
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The ability of boronic acids to bind reversibly to simple carbohydrates in neutral water can be exploited to address the problem of cell-surface recognition. Recently, it has been shown that benzoboroxole can complex hexopyranosides under physiological conditions. These hemiboronate units were...