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**yang Zhou
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A genomic sequence analysis of the mouse and human microtubule-associated protein tau
Microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT) encodes the microtubule associated protein tau, the primary component of neurofibrillary tangles found in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. M...
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Analysis of cytochrome P450 genes in silkworm genome (Bombyx mori)
We have searched the Bombyx mori genome for members of the major enzyme family, the Cytochrome P450s, which carry out multiple reactions to enable organisms to rid themselves of foreign compounds. As a result, 86...
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Distribution of the Rht-B1b, Rht-D1b and Rht8 reduced height genes in autumn-sown Chinese wheats detected by molecular markers
Reduction of plant height has played a significant role in improving wheat production and knowledge of dwarfing genes in Chinese wheat will be very important for develo** high yielding cultivars. Molecular m...
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Open AccessComparison of Francisella tularensis genomes reveals evolutionary events associated with the emergence of human pathogenic strains
Francisella tularensis subspecies tularensis and holarctica are pathogenic to humans, whereas the two other subspecies, novicida and mediasiatica, rarely cause disease. To uncover the factors that allow subspecie...
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Bayesian Estimates of the Evolutionary Rate and Age of Hepatitis B Virus
Accurately estimating the evolutionary rate and age of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has proven to be one of the most difficult problems in studies of viral evolution. To help resolve these issues we employed a rece...
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The Abiotic Formation of Hydrocarbons from Dissolved CO2 Under Hydrothermal Conditions with Cobalt-Bearing Magnetite
Conversion of CO2 to organic compounds in hydrothermal systems is important in understanding prebiotic chemical evolution leading to the origin of life. However, organic compounds with carbon number of more than ...
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Open AccessChloroplast genome sequencing analysis of Heterosigma akashiwo CCMP452 (West Atlantic) and NIES293 (West Pacific) strains
Heterokont algae form a monophyletic group within the stramenopile branch of the tree of life. These organisms display wide morphological diversity, ranging from minute unicells to massive, bladed forms. Surpr...
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Sequence structure and expression pattern of a novel anionic defensin-like gene from silkworm (Bombyx mori)
A defensin-like gene, BmdefA, was rediscovered in the silkworm genome and expressed sequence tags databases. The open reading frame of BmdefA encodes a prepropeptide consisting of a 22-residue signal peptide, a 3...
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NGF-dependent retrograde signaling: survival versus death
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Microbial diversity of a sulfide black smoker in main endeavour hydrothermal vent field, Juan de Fuca Ridge
Submarine hydrothermal vents are among the least-understood habitats on Earth but have been the intense focus of research in the past 30 years. An active hydrothermal sulfide chimney collected from the Dudley ...
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Characterization of the Bm61 of the Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus
orf61 (bm61) of Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a highly conserved baculovirus gene, suggesting that it performs an important role in the virus life cycle whose function is un...
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Diversity of Both the Cultivable Protease-Producing Bacteria and Their Extracellular Proteases in the Sediments of the South China Sea
Protease-producing bacteria are known to play an important role in degrading sedimentary particular organic nitrogen, and yet, their diversity and extracellular proteases remain largely unknown. In this paper,...
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Ultrastructural evidence for iron accumulation within the tube of Vestimentiferan Ridgeia piscesae
This study reports on the accumulation of iron within the tube wall of the deep sea vent macro invertebrate Vestimentiferan Ridgeia piscesae collected from Juan de Fuca ridge. Combining an array of approaches inc...
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New and highly efficient expression systems for expressing selectively foreign protein in the silk glands of transgenic silkworm
We constructed three different fibroin H-chain expression systems to estimate the efficacy of producing recombinant proteins in the cocoon of transgenic silkworms. The results showed that the three different E...
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Salt-induced expression of genes related to Na+/K+ and ROS homeostasis in leaves of salt-resistant and salt-sensitive poplar species
Using the Affymetrix poplar genome array, we explored the leaf transcriptome of salt-tolerant Populus euphratica Oliv. and salt-sensitive P. popularis 35-44 (P. popularis) under control and saline conditions. Our...
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Cloning and characterization of novel low molecular weight glutenin subunit genes from two Aegilops species with the C and D genomes
Four novel low molecular weight glutenin subunit genes (designated as AmLMWm1, AcLMWm1, AcLMWm2 and AcLMWm3) were isolated and characterized from the genomic DNA of two Aegilops accessions, AmLMWm1 from Aegilops ...
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Open AccessEffect of NaCl on leaf H+-ATPase and the relevance to salt tolerance in two contrasting poplar species
During a 30-day period of increasing salinity, we examined the effects of NaCl on leaf H+-ATPase and salinity tolerance in 1-year-old plants of Populus euphratica Oliv. (salt resistant) and P. popularis 35–44 (P....
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Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus ORF94, A Novel Late Protein Is Identified to be a Component of ODV Structural Protein
Orf94 (Bm94) of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) potentially encodes 424-amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 49.4 kDa, but its function remains unknown. Blast search results revealed that Bm9...
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Characterization of human embryonic stem cell-derived hematopoietic progenitor phenotype
Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into hematopoietic lineages using various methods has been reported. However, the phenotype that precisely defines the hematopoietic progenitor compartment...
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Quantitative analysis of lentiviral transgene expression in mice over seven generations
Lentiviral transgenesis is now recognized as an extremely efficient and cost-effective method to produce transgenic animals. Transgenes delivered by lentiviral vectors exhibited inheritable expression in many ...
