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Characterisation of Bombyx mori odorant-binding proteins reveals that a general odorant-binding protein discriminates between sex pheromone components
Full text linkIn many insect species, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are thought to be responsible for the transport of pheromones and other semiochemicals across the sensillum lymph to the olfactory receptors (ORs) within the antennal sensilla. In the silkworm Bombyx mori, the OBPs are subdivided into three main subfamilies; pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs), general odorant-binding proteins (GOBPs) and antennal-binding proteins (ABPs). We used the MotifSearch algorithm to search for genes encoding putative OBPs in B. mori and found 13, many fewer than are found in the genomes of fruit flies and mosquitoes. The 13 genes include seven new ABP-like OBPs as well as the previously identified PBPs (three), GOBPs (two) and ABPx. Quantitative examination of transcript levels showed that BmorPBP1, BmorGOBP1, BmorGOBP2 and BmorABPx are expressed at very high levels in the antennae and so could be involved in olfaction. A new two-phase binding assay, along with other established assays, showed that BmorPBP1, BmorPBP2, BmorGOBP2 and BmorABPx all bind to the B. mori sex pheromone component (10E,12Z)-hexadecadien-1-ol (bombykol). BmorPBP1, BmorPBP2 and BmorABPx also bind the pheromone component (10E,12Z)-hexadecadienal (bombykal) equally well, whereas BmorGOBP2 can discriminate between bombykol and bombykal. X-ray structures show that when bombykol is bound to BmorGOBP2 it adopts a different conformation from that found when it binds to BmorPBP1. Binding to BmorGOBP2 involves hydrogen bonding to Arg110 rather than to Ser56 as found for BmorPBP1
La libertà umana. Storia di una controversia filosofica
No full textSaggi di M. De Caro, L. Fonnesu, G. Lettieri, M. Mori, C. Natali, P. Porro, E. Spinelli, F. Trabatton
Redevelopment after the Abruzzo event
Full text linkNatural disasters raise quite a number of interdisciplinary issues concerning regional economic growth and local development, as well as public finance and sustainability, to mention only a few of them. These issues deserve special attention in our globalized world, given the expectation of a growing impact of climate-related disasters: no surprise that disaster management stands as a new discipline aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice, so as to prevent natural disasters in the first place; afterwards, considerable efforts are required to accelerate business recovery, quickly restore vital energies, and hopefully carry out specific improvement projects as a sort of compensation for the (both personal and economic) losses suffered. Interesting lessons can be learned from natural disasters and can be shared as a payback to those who helped upon their occurrence. Actually, cooperation calls for cross-cultural activities that are likely to benefit from direct experience made by impacted scholars and practitioners: a case in point has to do with the earthquake that devastated L’Aquila and its environs on April 6, 2009 causing more than 300 deaths, apart from extensive damage in the Abruzzo region, in Central Italy; the Abruzzo event – as this natural disaster is currently referred to – fuels the debate on redevelopment problems to be faced under similar circumstances, that may obliterate the economic environment and attractiveness of an area in a few moments. Due to the huge amount of money needed to undertake appropriate strategies, finance plays a key role and useful insights can be gained by exploring the process of financial innovation. A supporting argument deals with the recourse to micro-finance in order to make the business and economic scenario revive after a natural disaster: micro-credit might be resorted to even within the framework of new financial engineering instruments, such as Urban Development Funds, recently promoted by the European Investment Bank; they include JESSICA (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas) and JEREMIE (Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises), to be properly considered as strategic tools in sight of redeveloping L’Aquila and its surrounding boroughs.
Conclusion
Full text linkThis pdf is non-edited author's draft. Its published version is the following paper: Akihisa Mori, Conclusion 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.161-167. Kyoto University Press (March 2012).このPDFファイルの論文を草稿として、その後改稿されたものは、次のように書籍掲載論文として出版されています: Akihisa Mori, Conclusion 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.161-167. 京都大学学術出版会 (2012年3月)
Democratization, Decentralization and Environmental Governance in East Asia: An Introduction
Full text linkThis pdf is non-edited author's draft. Its published version is the following paper: Akihisa Mori, Introduction 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.1-25. Kyoto University Press (March 2012).このPDFファイルの論文を草稿として、その後改稿されたものは、次のように書籍掲載論文として出版されています: Akihisa Mori, Introduction 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.1-25. 京都大学学術出版会 (2012年3月)
<Chapter 1> Development and Environmental Policy under Neo-Corporatism: Slow Progress toward Pluralistic Decision-Making in Japan
Full text linkThis pdf is non-edited author's draft. Its published version is the following paper: Akihisa Mori, Development and environmental policy under neo-corporatism: Slow progress toward pluralistic decision-making in Japan 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.26-51. Kyoto University Press (March 2012).このPDFファイルの論文を草稿として、その後改稿されたものは、次のように書籍掲載論文として出版されています: Akihisa Mori, Development and environmental policy under neo-corporatism: Slow progress toward pluralistic decision-making in Japan 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.26-51. 京都大学学術出版会 (2012年3月)
Conclusion
No full textThis pdf is non-edited author's draft. Its published version is the following paper: Akihisa Mori, Conclusion 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.161-167. Kyoto University Press (March 2012).このPDFファイルの論文を草稿として、その後改稿されたものは、次のように書籍掲載論文として出版されています: Akihisa Mori, Conclusion 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.161-167. 京都大学学術出版会 (2012年3月)
Democratization, Decentralization and Environmental Governance in East Asia: An Introduction
No full textThis pdf is non-edited author's draft. Its published version is the following paper: Akihisa Mori, Introduction 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.1-25. Kyoto University Press (March 2012).このPDFファイルの論文を草稿として、その後改稿されたものは、次のように書籍掲載論文として出版されています: Akihisa Mori, Introduction 'Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Governance in Asia' pp.1-25. 京都大学学術出版会 (2012年3月)
Novel works
No full textCatalogue of an exhibition held at Mori Gallery, Sydney, November 1986 ; co-ordinator, Ewen McDonald.Artists: Deborah Russell, Pauline Thompson, Caroline Williams
Introduction by Ewen McDonald
Includes bibliographic note
Carta de Carlos Mori y Juana de Valencia y Mori para Domingo Arroyo
No full textCarta de Carlos Mori y Juana de Valencia y Mori [descendientes de Francisco de Valencia, conde de Casa Valencia] para Domingo Pérez de Valencia [Domingo Arroyo], sobre la testamentaria del conde de Casa Valencia. Fechada en Madrid
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