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The functional design of the rotary enzyme ATP synthase is consistent with maximum entropy production by Dewar, R.C., Juretić, D., Županović, P.

“…We show that the molecular motor ATP synthase has evolved in accordance with the statistical selection principle of Maximum Shannon Entropy and one of its…”
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Glutathione S-transferases and malondialdehyde in the liver of NOD mice on short-term treatment with plant mixture extract P-9801091 by Petlevski, R., Hadžija, M., Slijepčević, M., Juretić, D., Petrik, J.

“…Changes in the concentration of glutathione S‐transferases (GSTs) and malondialdehyde (MDA) were assessed in the liver of normal and diabetic NOD mice with and…”
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Magainins and the Disruption of Membrane-Linked Free-Energy Transduction by Westerhoff, Hans V., Juretić, Davor, Hendler, Richard W., Zasloff, Michael

“…Magainins, a family of positively charged peptides, are partly if not wholly responsible for antimicrobial activity in skin extracts of Xenopus laevis. We…”
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Glycine Substitution Reduces Antimicrobial Activity and Helical Stretch of diPGLa‑H in Lipid Micelles by Sani, M.-A, Saenger, C, Juretic, D, Separovic, F

“…With the rise in antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) show promise for therapeutic development, but higher specificity is required. PGLa-H is a…”
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Influence of oxidative stress and metabolic adaptation on PON1 activity and MDA level in transition dairy cows by Turk, R., Juretić, D., Gereš, D., Svetina, A., Turk, N., Flegar-Meštrić, Z.

“…Serum PON1 is a HDL-associated enzyme that protects lipoproteins, both LDL and HDL, against oxidation and it is considered as an…”
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Educational letter by Juretić, D

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Altered distribution of urinary glycosaminoglycans in diabetic subjects by JURETI, D, KRAJNOVIC, V, LUKAC-BAJALO, J

“…We studied the influence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus with similar duration on the urinary excretion of total glycosaminoglycans and alteration of…”
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Short-term effect of acarbose on specific intestinal disaccharidase activities and hyperglycaemia in CBA diabetic mice by Juretić, D., Bernik, Š., Čop, L., Hadžija, M., Petlevski, R., Lukač-Bajalo, J.

“…Summary The purpose of this study was to examine the short‐term effects of 75, 100 and 150 mg of acarbose mixed in 100 g standard laboratory chow on specific…”
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Lipid status, paraoxonase-1 activity and metabolic parameters in serum of heifers and lactating cows related to oxidative stress by Antončić-Svetina, M., Turk, R., Svetina, A., Gereš, D., Rekić, B., Juretić, D.

“…The objective of this study was to investigate serum lipids, metabolic parameters and activity of the anti-oxidative enzyme paraoxonase-1 (PON1). The study was…”
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Effect of ‘antidiabetis’ herbal preparation on serum glucose and fructosamine in NOD mice by Petlevski, R., Hadžija, M., Slijepčević, M., Juretić, D.

“…The antihyperglycemic effect of the Antidiabetis herbal preparation (( Myrtilli folium ( Vaccinium myrtillus L.), Taraxaci radix ( Taraxacum officinale Web.),…”
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Current system of undergraduate and postgraduate education in clinical chemistry in Croatia by Juretić, D, Zanić-Grubisić, T

“…We present here a specific model of education and practice in clinical chemistry that is almost exclusively based on the medical biochemists academically…”
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Serum paraoxonase activity in dairy cows during pregnancy by Turk, R., Juretić, D., Gereš, D., Turk, N., Rekić, B., Simeon-Rudolf, V., Robić, M., Svetina, A.

“…Preparturient dairy cows are at high risk of metabolic and reproductive disorders and oxidative stress is considered to be involved in these events. We…”
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External quality assessment in clinical chemistry: review of the situation in Croatia with particular reference to equipment by Juretić, D, Cepelak, I, Flegar-Mestrić, Z

“…The effect of the use of new flame photometers (Ciba Corning 480, Chiron, Salzburg, Austria) and multichannel analyzers (BM Hitachi 904 or BM Hitachi 911, both…”
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Serum paraoxonase activity and lipid parameters in the early postpartum period of dairy cows by Turk, R., Juretic, D., Geres, D., Turk, N., Rekic, B., Simeon-Rudolf, V., Svetina, A.

“…The effect of early lactation on serum paraoxonase activity was studied on 21 postpartum dairy cows and 19 non-pregnant late lactating dairy cows. A…”
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Functional synergism of the magainins PGLa and magainin-2 in Escherichia coli, tumor cells and liposomes by Westerhoff, H V, Zasloff, M, Rosner, J L, Hendler, R W, De Waal, A, Vaz Gomes, A, Jongsma, P M, Riethorst, A, Juretić, D

“…Xenopus laevis skin secretion contains a mixture of magainins, which are small positively charged oligopeptides with antimicrobial activity. In this study, we…”
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Interactions between a new class of eukaryotic antimicrobial agents and isolated rat liver mitochondria by Westerhoff, H V, Hendler, R W, Zasloff, M, Juretić, D

“…Members of a newly discovered class of eukaryotic antimicrobial peptides are shown to release respiratory control in isolated rat-liver mitochondria. They also…”
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Rapid and simple method for the determination of copper, manganese and zinc in rat liver by direct flame atomic absorption spectrometry by Luterotti, S, Zanić-Grubisić, T, Juretić, D

“…An acidic homogenate method, which includes simple homogenization pre-treatment of tissue material and direct nebulization flame atomic absorption spectrometry…”
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Magainin 2 amide and analogues Antimicrobial activity, membrane depolarization and susceptibility to proteolysis by Juretić, Davor, Chen, Hao-Chia, Brown, Judith H., Morell, John L., Hendler, Richard W., Westerhoff, Hans V.

“…We compared the abilities of synthetic magainin 2 amide and its analogues to inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli and to cause membrane depolarization in E…”
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Serum paraoxonase activities in hemodialyzed uremic patients: cohort study by Juretić, D, Tadijanović, M, Rekić, B, Simeon-Rudolf, V, Reiner, E, Baricić, M

“…To determine whether paraoxonase activity, paraoxonase phenotypes, and lipid status are altered in uremic patients on long-term hemodialysis treatment as…”
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Secondary structure predictions and medium range interactions by Williams, R W, Chang, A, Juretić, D, Loughran, S

“…Several authors have proposed that predictions of protein secondary structure derived from statistical information about the known structures can be improved…”
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