Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to D Bruss.
We study optimal eavesdropping in quantum cryptography with three-dimensional systems, and show that this scheme is more secure against symmetric attacks than protocols using two-dimensional states. We generalize the according eavesdropping transformation to arbitrary dimensions, and discuss the connection with optimal quantum cloning.
We introduce a classification of mixed three-qubit states, in which we define the classes of separable, biseparable, W, and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states. These classes are successively embedded into each other. We show that contrary to pure W-type states, the mixed W class is not of measure zero. We construct witness operators that detect the class of a mixed state. We discuss the conjecture that all entangled states with positive partial transpose (PPTES) belong to the W class. Finally, we present a new family of PPTES "edge" states with maximal ranks.
RGD peptides are known as important ligands for integrin receptors in the cell adhesion process. The selectivity of RGD peptides for a certain integrin receptor is partly dependent on the RGD conformation and the residues surrounding the RGD sequence. This paper investigates the effect of the addition of a phenylalanine residue on the RGD conformation in cyclo(1,6)Ac-Cys-Arg-Gly-Asp-Phe-Pen-NH2 (1) as compared to the previously studied cyclo(1,5)Ac-Pen-Arg-Gly-Asp-Cys-NH2 (2). The conformational study of peptide 1 was done in aqueous solution using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. This work will increase the understanding of the flanking residue's effect in RGD peptides.