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Buckling of a ferromagnetic thin plate in a transverse static magnetic field
An energy theory is proposed on the buckling of a ferromagnetic thin plate in a transverse static magnetic field. The analytic solution of critical field for plates is obtained by using variational method. It ...
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The localization of type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene loci in northern Chinese Han families
We conducted a genome-wide scan, in which 358 well distributed fluorescent dye-labeled microsatellite marker sets were applied in 32 Chinese Han type 2 diabetes families from Northern China to search for the s...
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cis-acting element located in the bovine foamy virus internal promoter possesses the properties of a transcriptional enhancer
Bovine foamy virus encodes a transcriptional transactivitor, Tas or Borf-1, which governs the level of viral transcripts initiated by both the promoter in the long terminal repeat (LTR) and the internal promot...
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A novel peptide that inhibits HIV-1 entry
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BICP0 and its RING finger domain act as ubiquitin E3 ligases in vitro
Bovine infected-cell protein 0 (BICP0) encoded by bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1) immediate early gene is necessary for efficient productive infection, in a large part, because it activates all 3 classes of BHV-...
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Functional characterization of cadmium-responsive garlic gene AsMT2b: A new member of metallothionein family
A new gene of metallothionein (MT) family was cloned from garlic (Allium sativum) seedlings using RACE method and designated AsMT2b. The full length of AsMT2b cDNA was 520 bp encoding 80 amino acids. The deduced ...
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Fine map** of locus S-b for F1 pollen sterility in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Hybrid sterility is the main barrier in utilizing the heterosis of subspecies in rice. A knowledge of the underlying molecular mechanism of the hybrid sterility will be useful for overcoming the barrier. In th...
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Detection of quantitative trait loci and heterotic loci for plant height using an immortalized F2 population in maize
A set of recombinant inbred lines (RIL) derived from Yuyu22, an elite hybrid widespread in China, was used to construct an immortalized F2 (IF2) population comprising 441 different crosses. Genetic linkage maps w...
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Complicated phenomena of the Beichuan-Yingxiu surface fracture zone during Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China
After Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake, the surface fractures have been investigated in Beichuan City and Yingxiu Town. It was found that the Beichuan-Yingxiu earthquake fracture zone trends northeastward, dip** to no...
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Promotion of catalytic activity for methanol electro-oxidation on CoPc-Pt/C co-catalysts
The catalytic activity for methanol electro-oxidation on CoPc-Pt/C co-catalysts, prepared by impregnation method, was studied in details through electrochemical methods. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) result demonstr...
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Astronomically modulated late Pliocene equatorial Pacific climate transition and Northern Hemisphere ice sheet expansion
The equatorial Pacific underwent a significant climate transition during the late Pliocene, which is characterized by cooling of global sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and formation of a marked SST gradient be...
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Catalytic removal of tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBS) and tetrahydropyranyl (THP) groups from protected alcohols by NO+BF4 − in methanol
An effective, catalytic method has been developed to remove TBS and THP groups from protected alcohols. TBS and THP ethers were selectively cleaved using a catalytic amount of NO+BF4 − (5 ...
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Open AccessCopper nanoclusters: Synthesis, characterization and properties
Metal nanoclusters with a core size smaller than 2 nm have attracted much attention because of their unique physical and chemical properties. Among the studied metal nanoclusters, gold and silver have been stu...