... sex-specific recombination differences observed in salmonids [18] Marker grouping and initial marker ordering was done with Joinmap 3.0 [19] A Joinmap input file was made for each mapping parent (in double ... containing information on alleles inherited from that parent only Marker grouping was performed at a minimum LOD score of 4.0 Following marker grouping, homologous linkage groups from each sire and ... dam were integrated into single sex-specific maps The data was examined for unlikely double recombinants and for inconsistencies in marker order between parents using a custom VBA program in Excel...
... have delineated the potential beneficial activities of HGF in current clinical use, including studies exploring dosing and scheduling parameters that inform the clinical use of these agents in the ... cytokines in vivo in murine models of leukemia and myeloproliferative disease based on BCR-ABL and several leukemogenic TEL-tyrosine kinase fusion oncoproteins (84,85); in all models, combined ... was observed during L monocytogenes infection (45) GM-CSF deficiency attenuated in ammation in a murine model of arthritis induced by BSA and IL-1 injection (56) and also in murine models of immune-mediated...
... to abolish sulfation on proteins and carbohydrate residues in intact cells without inhibiting cell growth or protein synthesis [35±37], and proteoglycan sulfation in cultured Sertoli cells from ... age The bFGF binding requires speci®c motifs on highly sulfated HS chains Sodium chlorate, in inducing structural alteration of HS chains, prevents the bFGF binding Our results indicate that ... transcription factors that bind to AP-1 or FIN-1 or that inactive binding or transactivation capacity of, for example, FIN-1 and USF-1, could explain activation or inhibition of FiRE From our...
... (develomental countries), ETS and maternal smoking during pregnancy www.milieu-en-gezondheid.be Methods (1) • SPE data on 345,081 singleton newborns • Interpolation method and population weighted on ... Gynecol Scand 2010;89:423-41 Maternal smoking: Jaddoe et al Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2008;22:162-71 • We plotted decreases in birth weight against estimated average daily dose of fine particulate ... fetal growth restrictions and particulate air pollution • Especially in preterm born infants • Effects not explained by preterm delivery • Assuming causality; lowering PM10 exposure by 10 µg/m³...
... Next TV Viewing and Purchase Intent Declining As consumers can consume entertainment via more devices, apps and cloud services, their television use and purchase intent are declining In countries ... purchase intentions for computers are slowly declining At the same time, smartphone and tablet PC ownership are rising steeply In fact, in the past 12 months, the percentagepoint increase in smartphone ... renting or buying DVDs, and 16 percent said they had terminated or were considering terminating TV subscription services This is consistent with our finding that younger generations are using...
... 7.3.5 Interactions between FGF and Retinoid Signaling 199 Krox20 and Kreisler Regulate Paralogous Groups andin the Vertebrate Hindbrain 201 Establishing the Hox Code in the Vertebrate Hindbrain: ... Kirsi Sainio Institute of Biomedicine University of Helsinki P.O Box 63 00014 Helsinki Finland Hannu Sariola Institute of Biomedicine University of Helsinki P.O Box 63 00014 Helsinki Finland Wei ... GSK3b, several proteins are instrumental in tightly regulating b-catenin levels in the cell, including adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and Axin/Conductin In addition to its function in the above-de-...
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... given in Table This study reveals that the number of traps, including some electron emitting deep levels, increases with increasing Be-doping for the samples grown on (100) plane On the other hand, ... Figure are obtained using a rate window of 50 Hz, quiescent reverse bias Vr = -3 V, filling pulse Vp = -0.5 V and filling pulse duration = ms Three and four hole traps are observed in the samples grown ... 360°C in H2/Ar mixture The deep level defects present in the samples were characterised electrically using DLTS and LDLTS techniques Results and discussion DLTS spectra shown in Figure are obtained...
... pyridoxine intoxication in dogs In high doses, pyridoxine causes a selective degeneration of large and small myelinated sensory axons in the central and peripheral nerves, resulting in numbness and ... of pyridoxine injection On the fourth day of pyridoxine injection, all dogs held their hindlimb stiffly when standing These conditions were maintained until the end of the pyridoxine injection ... determine the effect of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) vector-mediated gene transfer of the pdβ-NGF in vitro and gene therapy using recombinant pdβ-NGF plasmid in the dog model, having pyridoxine-induced...
... heights in a standing tree stem and 10-15 measuring positions were made around the periphery of each station Two strain gages of mm in length were glued perpendicularly on the measuring position in ... may exist controling the level of longitudinal growth stresses serving to straighten their leaning stem Figure shows the relationship between growth stresses in the longitudinal and tangential ... smaller the Klason lignin content This indicates that transverse swelling during lignin deposition is unlikely to be the origin of longitudinal tensile stress in tension wood and thus supports the...
... penicillin G, 100 μg/ml streptomycin and 0.25 μg/ml amphotericin B After reaching 80% confluence, the cells were rinsed twice with HANK's solution and placed in serum-free medium, containing 0.05% ... Firestein GS: Starving the synovium: angiogenesis and inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis J Clin Invest 1999, 103:3-4 Robinson CJ, Stringer SE: The splice variants of vascular endothelial growth ... acetate; SIN-1, 3-morpholino-sydnonimine hydrochloride Discussion Our findings show that the level of VEGF in synovial joint fluids from patients suffering from OA is 60-fold higher than healthy joints...
... patterns in certain tissues and pathological stages of the disease Genes involved in immunoinflammatory responses were differentially expressed in the blood cells in RA patients [18] Chemokines and ... Baz1b 134.1 Bromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain, 1B NC/PI Lfng 139.5 Lunatic fringe gene NC/PI/OA 8.8/4.6/2.5 CA -7.7 Gna12 139.7 Guanine nucleotide binding protein, alpha 12 NC/PI/OA ... protein kinase (MAPK) alpha, regulates the production of arthritisessential cytokines, such as tumour necrosis factor and interleukin-1 [32] Moreover, inhibitors of p38 MAPK could attenuate CIA in...
... various stages of growthand by continuous gene expression profiling of leaves at weekly intervals from transplanting until harvesting Our gene expression profiling provides baseline information for ... after transplanting_24:00 90 days after transplanting_12:00 3 18 ST4 Stem 90 days after transplanting_24:00 19 IN1 Inflorescence Inflorescence length 0.6-1.0 mm 20 IN2 Inflorescence Inflorescence ... flowering, when the embryo sac cavities are fully filled with endosperm cells and starch accumulation has been initiated, suggesting that most seed-specific genes are involved in grain filling and...
... observed within LRR domains, suggesting that NBS-LRRs in ryegrass are diverse in function [64,67] Phylogenetics of Lolium NBS domain-containing sequences and relationship to genomic location and evolution ... CC domains, and five sequences contained the NBS-NBS domain (Additional File 4) A further three receptor kinase and NBS-LRR genes contained trans-membrane domains Consensuses were determined for ... total of 102 distinct putative R gene sequences (corresponding to 99 NBS-containing genes and receptor kinase genes) were annotated (Additional File 2) and subjected to further characterisation...
... Rubin JS, Smith LJ: Intratracheal instillation of keratinocyte growth factor decreases hyperoxia-induced mortality in rats J Clin Invest 1995, 96: 2026-2033 Trifilieff A, El-Hashim A, Bertrand ... instillation of FGF7 in rats ameliorates radiation-induced and bleomycin-induced lung injury, reduces alveolar damage by hydrochloric acid instillation, and decreases hyperoxia-induced mortality ... Longmuir K, Yin S, Biltz R, Morris CF, Housley RM, Pierce GF: Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for type II pneumocytes in vivo J Clin Invest 1994, 93:12981306 Weinstein M, Xu X, Ohyama...
... (training and testing) were constructed The testing set included offspring from sires with records in the training set Sires included in the testing set were required to have sires in the training ... sibs) in the training set ranged between and 284, with the mean and median being 32 and 17, respectively Sixty-one sires (15.5% of the total) were included in the testing set, whereas the remaining ... different alleles in substring k In the example, sires i and j differ in one allele at each SNP (AA vs Aa, Bb vs bb, and CC vs Cc) in substring In substring 2, sires i and j differ in alleles for...
... findings points to the need for a more fine-grained investigation of the real options perspective in relation to foreign direct investments In uncovering the reason for these divergent findings, ... counteracting effects in determining the optimal timing of learning Martzoukous and Trigeorgis (2001) attempt to find the appropriate timing of learning In the presence of costly learning, there ... 1981) In making the point that real options logic does not hold for endogenous uncertainty, Cuypers and Martin (2006) noted since only investing will reveal the relevant information under uncertainty...
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