... gene -speci c primer, designed according tothe cDNA sequence obtained from the internal amplification (5¢-TCGCCTGCCGTCGTAGCAC TCCTG -3¢) The 50-lL amplification mix was prepared according tothe ... characteristics, the molecular cloning ofthe corresponding cDNA to get the total amino-acid sequence ofthe protein, and theexpression pattern ofthe corresponding mRNA as a first step to clarify the ... then cycles of 30 s at 94 C, 30 s at 70 C and at 72 C, then 25 cycles of 30 s at 94 C, 30 s at 68 C and at 72 C, then at 72 C Cloning and sequencing The amplified cDNAs were ligated into...
... Prediction of plant microRNA targets Cell 2002, 110(4):513-520 Llave C, Xie Z, Kasschau KD, Carrington JC: Cleavage of Scarecrow-like mRNA targets directed by a class of Arabidopsis miRNA Science ... Loss -of- function ofthe miR-17-92 cluster resulted in smaller embryos and immediate postnatal death of animals [67], which could due tothe deficiency of their roles in the development ofthe ... related to chromatin structure were identified in this cluster, which included histone modification, covalent chromatin modification, establishment and or maintenance of chromatin architecture, chromosome...
... residual The first IMF ofthe panchromatic image replaces the first IMF ofthe MS image Finally, the fused image is obtained by reconstructing the mixed IMFs ofthe MS image The reconstruction process ... decomposition, which can also reduce the computation time of IMFs extraction In addition, the advantage of an openness operator is the ability to accurately extract the extreme points of scales with ... image fusion EMD-based image fusion is similar tothe traditional wavelet approach The process uses a high-frequency panchromatic IMF to replace the high-frequency IMF of MS images Then the IMFs...
... observabilities into account This time, the location ofthe speakers can be clearly determined Each ofthe three peaks correspond tothe correct location of their corresponding speakers For the experiments ... points and the velocity of sound in air can be used to estimate the difference in the distances ofthe observation points tothe sound source location The difference in the distances constrains the sound ... Assistant Professor in the Edward S Rogers Sr Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, and the Founder and Director ofthe Artificial Perception Laboratory Professor...
... by nuclear hormone receptors including the glucocorticoid receptor α (GRα) [10-15] HDACs function by deacetylating of key components ofthe transcriptional machinery including the core histone ... seen in the lungs of sham exposed controls This may be part of a positive feedback mechanism by which glucocorticoids increase the availability of co-repressor complexes to further enhance the GR-mediated ... bringing functional co-repressors such as HDAC1/2 to sequence specific transcription factors and thereby allowing functional repression of gene transcription and a reduction in their expression...
... by nuclear hormone receptors including the glucocorticoid receptor α (GRα) [10-15] HDACs function by deacetylating of key components ofthe transcriptional machinery including the core histone ... seen in the lungs of sham exposed controls This may be part of a positive feedback mechanism by which glucocorticoids increase the availability of co-repressor complexes to further enhance the GR-mediated ... bringing functional co-repressors such as HDAC1/2 to sequence specific transcription factors and thereby allowing functional repression of gene transcription and a reduction in their expression...
... Thermo cycle conditions were: (1) cycle for at 50 C, (2) cycle for 15 at 95 C, and (3) 40 cycles for 15 sec at 95 C and at 60 C and fluorescence was measured during the 60 C step for each cycle ... average correlation For each metric, we computed the distribution ofthe metric across the samples within each study Although no hard cutoffs were applied for each ofthe QC metrics, we examined the ... atypical AP vs control, and typical AP vs atypical AP Comparison Category Term Typical vs Ctrl Typical vs Ctrl Typical vs Ctrl Typical vs Ctrl Typical vs Ctrl Atypical vs Ctrl Atypical vs Ctrl...
... inflorescence Characterization ofthe S pimpinellifolium accession LA1589 Characterization ofthe S pimpinellifolium accession LA1589 inflorescence (A) Series of consecutive floral buds (right) to ... response to other hormone cues such as cytokinin In Arabidopsis, CYCD3;1 responds to cytokinin to activate cell division at the G1-S cell cycle phase [83] After establishing the morphological landmarks ... initiation, the generative cell displayed the characteristic crescent shaped nucleus (Fig 3L and 3M) The second mitosis ofthe generative cell did not occur until after pollination Female reproductive...
... Carlsbad, CA, USA) according tothe manufacturer's protocol The sequences of primers specific for CD36 (sense: 5'-GAAGCACTGAAGAATCTGAAGAG-3'; antisense: 5'-TCCAACACCAAGTAAGACCATC-3'), and βActin ... TSP-1 The TSP-1/L-TGF-β1 complex associates with CD36 on cell surface via the specific interaction between the YRVRFLAKENVTQDAEDNC (93–110) sequence of CD36 and the sequence CSVTCG (447–452) of ... collagen I ofthe silica+LvshCD36 group were significantly lower than those ofthe silica and the silica+Lv-shCD36-NC groups (B) The IOD averages of collagen III ofthe silica, the silica+Lv-shCD36...
... given the wide range of regulatory mechanisms acting on gene expression, we are able to detect the effect of miRNAs on their diverse collection of target genes The effectiveness of three analytical ... shown to increase site efficacy [2] In a preliminary attempt to characterize the distinguishing properties ofthe potential classes of miRNAs described above, we analyzed the lengths of contiguous ... chose to initially use TargetScan [27] because its requirement for a perfect match tothe seed region and cross-species conservation reduce the falsepositive rate [3-5] The resulting higher specificity...
... peculiarity of our model: the homozygosity ofthe M spretus segments, which obliges trans-regulators of one species to act on cis-elements of another species In the hybrid, by contrast, the co-existence ... function When the different classes of genes were compared with respect to their testis-specific gene content, only classes and (encompassing only 4% of testis-specific genes) were significantly ... years ago, accumulating an interspecific divergence estimated at 1% [16,25] The process to obtain the IRCSs involved an interspecific cross followed by two backcrosses on a M musculus background...
... Ovarian cancer dataset Predictive accuracy of gene feature-based classifier compared to bagging Predictive accuracy of gene-feature-based classifier compared to PFSNet and ESSNet classifier ... net contain values that agree with the actual data GGEA compares these values to compute a consistency score The consistency score of a pathway is the sum of individual genes’ consistency in the ... and ESSNet to achieve high cross-batch prediction accuracy 1.3 Thesis organization Chapter provides technical background on microarray analysis methods, which try to identify the cause of a disease...
... ability of working, of researching, etc With this HD2 project, we also get more chances to work in-group, but in this topic, we get a new way to this assignment It brings us a chance to communicate ... to discover by themselves, although they have much money to buy package tours The tendency of travelling alone becomes popular in Vietnam However, as you know, they are not the potential customer ... American tourists with 42% There are smaller percentages of European and Oceanian tourists They occupy 33% and 25% It is not difficult to explain for this result As you can see, there is a vacation...
... or manage resources in ways that take account ofthe potential impacts of climate change Often, the reluctance to change reflects the political and economic costs of changing policies and (quasi-) ... related to systemic changes, such as the melting ofthe Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, the collapse ofthe Atlantic thermohaline circulation, and the die-back ofthe Amazon, all hard to ... more common, use ofthe term captures the notion that poor countries have less capacity to adapt to change, whether induced by climate change or other factors, because of their lower stage of development...
... from the chart that almost tourists evaluated the quality of accommodation facilities in Hanoi are good, it occupies 67% in total The percentage of excellent facilities holds 17% And the percentage ... traditional cultures 15 Appreciations of quality of tourist services There are some small differences in this chart We did not divide the tourist services too clearly, but we generally gathered the tourist ... shown in the chart, the percentage of reason for beauty and others reason are equal, occupy 42% in total And the number of tourist choose Vietnam for cheap and strange have the same pecentage:...
... chevron plots act as an indicator for the occurrence ofthe intermediate in the unfolding Calcium ions are the main contributory factor to enzyme stability The binding of calcium ions seems to ... Unfolding of pWT and G 8C ⁄ N6 0C at the standard calcium concentration of mm was monitored by farUV CD spectroscopy, showing conformational changes ofthe secondary structure, and by fluorescence spectroscopy, ... one ofthe four calcium ions is bound very efficiently In the presence of less than mm CaCl2, pWT and G 8C ⁄ N6 0C unfold with the same rate constant at 7.25 m GdnHCl Only when the calcium ion concentration...
... thought to correct the market outcome back to efficiency 19 THE ECONOMICS OF MOVING TO HIGHER WELFARE FARMING VII CONCLUSIONS The additional farm level costs of producing food to higher standards of ... internalise the externalities ofthe production of meat and dairy products – i.e including them in the price ofthe product This would involve the introduction of a Pigouvian Tax equal tothe cost ofthe ... eggs cost 94.31 pence to produce while the cost of producing a dozen cage eggs is 69.34 pence.2 Turning tothe cost of producing one egg, one free-range egg costs 7.86 pence to produce and one cage...
... study The lectin is unique from that of other sialic acidspeci c lectins O-Acetyl sialic acid -speci c lectin was Ó FEBS 2003 A sialic acid specic lectin from P jacquemontii (Eur J Biochem 270) ... erythrocytes was marked by a 9-O-acetyl sialic acid -speci c lectin purified from the hemolymph ofthe snail Achatina fulica [64,66] Lectins are used for verification ofthe sugar speci city ofthe auto-antibodies ... binding speci city of crab lectin Inhibition studies with various sugars was helpful in deducing the binding speci city ofthe lectin Fucose and lactose inhibited HA activity of purified lectin Sucrose,...