Nanoscale actuation of electrokinetic flows on thermoreversible surfaces.
We report on a novel approach for controlling nanohydrodynamic properties at the solid-liquid interfaces through the use of stimuli-responding polymer coatings. The end-tethered polymers undergo a phase separation upon external activation. The reversible change in the thickness and polarity of the grafted polymers yields in a dynamic […]
Call for Papers: Electrophoresis 6/2008.
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Meetings Diary: Electrophoresis 6/2008.
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Research in the Spotlight.
ELECTROPHORESIS and the Journal of Separation Science (JSS) are two complementary separation science journals published by Wiley-VCH. For the reader to realize the full benefits from both journals, a compilation of key research articles from JSS is reported here in this spotlight section. Similarly, JSS has created a spotlight […]
An improved pixel-based approach for analyzing images in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.
An improved pixel-based approach for analyzing 2-DE images is presented. The key feature of the method is to create a mask based on all gels in the experiment using image morphology, followed by multivariate analysis on the pixel level. The method reduces […]
A new method for assigning common spot boundaries for multiple gels in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.
The benefits of defining common spot boundaries when several gels from 2-DE are compared and analyzed have lately been stressed by both commercial software producers and users of this software. Though the importance of common spot boundaries is […]
A multivariate spot filtering model for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.
Image segmentation plays an important role in the automatic analysis of protein spots in 2-DE. Using image segments representing protein spots, the amount of protein in each segment can be quantified, and corresponding segments can be matched and compared for multiple gels. However, the […]
Two homologous parasitism-specific proteins encoded in Cotesia plutellae bracovirus and their expression profiles in parasitized Plutella xylostella.
A wasp, Cotesia plutellae, parasitizes the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, and interrupts host physiology for wasp survival and development. Identification of parasitism-specific factors would be helpful to understand the host-parasitoid interaction. This study focused on identification […]
Bracovirus gene products are highly divergent from insect proteins.
Recently, several polydnavirus (PDV) genomes have been completely sequenced. The dsDNA circles enclosed in virus particles and injected by wasps into caterpillars appear to mainly encode virulence factors potentially involved in altering host immunity and/or development, thereby allowing the survival of the parasitoid larvae […]
Comparison of three methods of parasitoid polydnavirus genomic DNA isolation to facilitate polydnavirus genomic sequencing.
A major long-term goal of polydnavirus (PDV) genome research is to identify novel virally encoded molecules that may serve as biopesticides to target insect pests that threaten agriculture and human health. As PDV viral replication in cell culture […]
