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1984; Hildreth et. al., 1982).Umbre virus (UMB) [strain G-1424] was first isolatedfrom Culex bitaeniorhynchus mosquitoes, collected in 1955at Umbre, Kolaba district, Maharashtra State, India. Thevirus has been registered in the International ArbovirusCatalogue No. 43 (Dandwate et. al., 1969). During[r]

Microbiol. 10, 172–1720.2. Klenk, H.P., Clayton, R.A., Tomb, J.F., White, O., Nelson, K.E.,Ketchum, K.A., Dodson, R.J., Gwinn, M., Hickey, E.K.,Peterson, J.D., Richardson, D.L., Kerlavage, A.R., Graham,D.E., Kyrpides, N.C., Fleischmann, R.D., Quackenbush, J., Lee,N.H., Sutton, G.G., Gill, S., Kirkne[r]

(http://www.expasy.org/spdbv/) (SPDBV) software wasused for homology modeling and structure visualization.The models were stereochemically evaluated by the pro-gram procheck [29]. Modeling and molecular mechanicsoptimization were performed using hyperchem profes-sional 7.52 for Windows mol[r]

from females, or development is interrupted and embryosare discharged as encysted gastrulae (cysts), a sequence ofevents termed oviparous development [1]. Cysts enterdiapause which is characterized by profoundly reducedmetabolic activity [2,3]. Encysted embryos, either indiapause or after the condit[r]

ization. The sequence variation in the ESAT-6 ⁄ CFP-10family not only determines the stability of the complex,but also provides an antigenic pool in which a change ina single amino acid can change the host immuneresponse. The efficacy of peptides and proteins incorpo-rating these antigens must be eva[r]

seeds, we performed RT-PCR experiments using RNAextracted from hazelnut immature seeds. Primers weresynthesized on the basis of the sequence of the isolatedgenomic clone. Attempts to amplify a complete LOXcDNA in a one-step PCR amplification were unsuccessful,so we used two pairs of oligonucleotides[r]

is recruited to DSB sites along with the other factors in the initial wave of protein accumulation at IRIF (Mailand et al., 2007). Here, RNF8 initiates a complex and tightly regulated ubiquitylation cascade of histones H2A and H2AX at the DSB-flanking chromatin, which causes chromatin restructuring[r]

hormone.(Received 24 March 2004, revised 30 April 2004, accepted 13 May2004)Eur. J. Biochem. 271, 2821–2830 (2004) Ó FEBS 2004 doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04216.xdemonstrated that alternative splicing of CRFR1 is modu-lated by external factors such as ultraviolet radiation orexposure to forskolin o[r]

teins involved in soybean protein biogenesis. FEBS J274, 687–703.27 Wadahama H, Kamauchi S, Nakamoto Y, NishizawaK, Ishimoto M, Kawada T & Urade R (2008) A novelplant protein disulfide isomerase family homologous toanimal P5: molecular cloning and characterization as afunctional[r]

machines based on chemical stimuli (Khramov et al., 2008). Perhaps the simplest stimulus to activate a machine is temperature. For example, the activity of an enzyme can be seriously affected by a temperature increase causing small conformational changes (Min et al., 2005). However, using heat as th[r]

committee feels that if we provide a Handbook that can be easily used by the target audience to help them interact effectively with the appropriate materials specialists, the Handbook will be widely used and we will have performed a worthwhile service." The tireless efforts by Dr. Whan and her commi[r]

• electrical and electronics (electrical components and printed circuit boards)• food packaging (containers and wrapping films)According Silberglitt (2004), there are two possible paths or trends—a high-growth path underwhich nanocomposites materials are pervasively applied throughout society and a[r]

Introduction to Materials Characterization R.E. Whan, Materials Characterization Department, Sandia National Laboratories Scope Materials Characterization has been developed with the goal of providing the engineer or scientist who has little background in materials analysis wit[r]

contractions (Foresman et al., 1992). The dynamics of excited states is now traceable as long as the CIS approximation is qualitatively correct enough. The influence of hydration on the excited state induced proton-transfer (ESIPT) has been attracting considerable interest, and we have started relat[r]

Natl Acad Sci USA 95, 3615–3620.13 Mahdi F, Shariat-Madar Z, Kuo A, Carinato M, CinesDB & Schmaier AH (2004) Mapping the interactionbetween high molecular weight kininogen and the uroki-nase plasminogen activator receptor. J Biol Chem 279,16621–16628.14 Sun D & McCrae KR (2006[r]