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Electron Tomography of Mitochondria from Brown Adipocytes Reveals Crista Junctions
Electron microscope tomography was used to examine the membrane topology of brown adipose tissue (BAT) mitochondria prepared by cryofixation or chemical fixation techniques. These mitochondria contain an uncou...
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Production of lithospermic acid B and rosmarinic acid in hairy root cultures of Salvia miltiorrhiza
Hairy root cultures of Salvia miltiorrhiza were established by infecting sterile plantlets with Agrobacterium rhizogenes ATCC 15834, and the transformation was proved by direct detection of the inserted T-DNA by ...
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Impedance spectroscopic study for the initiation of passive film on carbon electrodes in lithium ion batteries
The formation of passive film at the interface between the mesocarbon microbeads (MCMB) electrode and the organic electrolyte in a lithium-ion battery during the initial period of intercalation was investigate...
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High-level expression of canine parvovirus VP2 using Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus vector
For the potential use as recombinant vaccine, canine parvovirus (CPV) major capsid protein VP2 was expressed using Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) vector. CPV VP2 gene was introduced into polyhedrin-bas...
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Analyses of the practical adhesion strengths of the metal/polymer interfaces in electronic packaging
There is a plethora of techniques to measure the adhesion strength of metal/polymer interfaces. However, the practical adhesion strength, which is the work done in separating the film from the substrate (or on...
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Analysis of Phase Transformation Kinetics by Intrinsic Stress Evolutions During the Isothermal Aging of Amorphous Ni(P) and Sn/Ni(P) Films
The kinetics for the crystallization of amorphous Ni(P) films and the formation of intermetallic compounds in Sn/Ni(P) films during isothermal aging treatment were studied with in situ intrinsic stress measure...
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N-acetylphytosphingosine-induced apoptosis of Jurkat cells is mediated by the conformational change in Bak
N-acetylphytosphingosine (NAPS), a sphingolipid derivative, is one of the well-known signal molecules that mediates various cellular functions, including cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. In this st...
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Effect of phosphorous content on phase transformation induced stress in Sn/Ni(P) thin films
The film stress evolutions induced by the phase transformation of Sn/Ni(P) films during thermal treatment were investigated using an in situ measurement of wafer curvature by laser scanning. Apparently, tensil...
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Genetic characterization of the Korean porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses based on the nucleocapsid protein gene (ORF7) sequences
To investigate the genetic characteristics of the Korean porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), we determined the complete sequence of the nucleocapsid protein gene (ORF7) from 105 PRRSV ...
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Effects of high magnetic field strength and direction on pearlite formation in Fe–0.12%C steel
The effect of a magnetic field on the formation of pearlite in a Fe–0.12%C steel was investigated. The results show that pearlite colonies elongate and align along the field direction, and that this tendency i...
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Development of AFLP and STS markers linked to a waterlogging tolerance in Korean soybean landraces
Among the 400 soybean (Glycine max) landraces, we selected 3 tolerant (KAS150-9, KAS160-15, and KAS170-9) and 3 susceptible lines (KAS160-14, KAS160-20, and KAS201-6-1) by the survival percentage and injury score...
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Identification of Kunitz trypsin inhibitor mutations using SNAP markers in soybean mutant lines
The Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (KTi) in soybean has several polymorphic types that are controlled by multiple alleles, which behave in a co-dominant fashion. Of these, Tia and Tib, which differ by nine amino aci...
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Estimation of the Interfacial Fracture Energy of Metal/Polymer System in Microelectronic Packaging
The interfacial fracture energies of flexible Cu/Cr/Polyimide system were deduced from the T peel test. The T peel strength and peel angle were strongly affected by the metal thickness and the biased rf plasma...
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The Relative Phase Asynchronization between Sunspot Numbers and Polar Faculae
The monthly sunspot numbers compiled by Temmer et al. and the monthly polar faculae from observations of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, for the interval of March 1954 to March 1996, are used to i...
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Development of thermal deformation compensation device and CNC based real-time compensation for advanced manufacturing
The biggest factors, which lower the machining accuracy of machine tools for advanced manufacturing, are thermal deformation and chatter vibration. In this article, we introduce the development case of a devic...
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Open AccessWip1 suppresses apoptotic cell death through direct dephosphorylation of BAX in response to γ-radiation
Wild-type p53-induced phosphatase 1 (Wip1) is a p53-inducible serine/threonine phosphatase that switches off DNA damage checkpoint responses by the dephosphorylation of certain proteins (i.e. p38 mitogen-activ...
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Open AccessModulation of dendritic cell function by the radiation-mediated secretory protein γ-synuclein
Recently, γ-synuclein (SNCG), which is also known as breast cancer-specific gene-1, has been demonstrated to be an adverse and aggressive marker in breast cancer. In our previous study, SNCG was significantly upr...
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Open AccessRadiation-induced gamma-synuclein in regards to DC function
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PPARγ neddylation essential for adipogenesis is a potential target for treating obesity
The preadipocyte-to-adipocyte differentiation (adipogenesis) is a key process in fat mass increase and thus it is regarded as a compelling target for preventing or treating obesity. Of adipogenic hormone recep...
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ABC transporters Mdr1a/1b, Bcrp1, Mrp2 and Mrp3 determine the sensitivity to PhIP/DSS-induced colon carcinogenesis and inflammation
2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) is an abundant dietary carcinogen, formed during high-temperature cooking of meat. In this study, we investigated whether clinically relevant ATP-binding ...
