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**-xi Zhang
Life Sciences
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Stimulation of cell growth ofTetrahymena pyriformis andChlamydomonas reinhardtii by trace elements
Tetrahymena pyriformis, S1 andBJ11, andChlamydomonas reinhardtii CR were employed to study the stimulation of cell proliferation induced by a number of elements. It was observed that traces of Ga, As, Se, Rb, Sr,...
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A Phase I Study of Interleukin-10 in Healthy Humans: Safety and Effects on Cytokine Production
Interleukin-l0 (IL-10) has multiple in vitro actions on different cell types including thymocytes,1 T and B lymphocytes,2–4 monocytes,5 neu-trophils,6 and mast cells.7 When cultured with T lymphocytes, IL-10 supp...
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Corrosion resistance properties and preparation of α-C3N4 thin films
Well adhered C3N4 films were prepared by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) on industrial pure iron substrates using ternary Si−N−C films as buffer layer. XRD measurement showed that the C3N4 films...
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Activation of Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin polymerization by cortactin
Cortactin, a filamentous actin (F-actin)-associated protein and prominent substrate of Src, is implicated in progression of breast tumours through gene amplification at chromosome 11q13. However, the function ...
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The preparation and characterization of amorphous SiCN thin films
Radio Frequency plasma enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (RF CVD) using N2, SiH4 and C2H4 as the reaction sources was used to prepare amorphous ternary Si x C
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Genetic diversity of threeAristichthys nobilis populations and one inbreeding stock
Genetic diversity of threeAristichthys nobilis populations and one inbreeding stock was studied using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. Materials of natural populations were collected from two count...
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Inhibitory Effects of Some Flavonoids on the Activity of Mushroom Tyrosinase
Mushroom tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) is a copper containing oxidase that catalyzes both the hydroxylation of tyrosine into o-diphenols and the oxidation of o-diphenols into o-quinones, and then forms brown or black...
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Studies on Wear and corrosion resistances of carbon nitride thin films on Ti alloy
CN x /SiCN composite films were prepared on titanium (Ti) alloy substrates by Radio Frequency Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (RF-PECVD). As a buffer layer, SiCN ensure...
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Complex influence of rice variety, fertilization timing, and insecticide on population dynamics of Sogatella furcifera (Horvath), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Homoptera: Delphacidae) and their natural enemies in rice in Hangzhou, China
The complex influence of rice variety, fertilization timing, and insecticides on the population dynamics of Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) and Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), and their natural enemies was studied in ri...
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Isolation and Identification of a New Thymic Peptide from Calf Thymus
Various thymic peptides (including thymulin, thymic humoral factor, thymopoietin, etc.) play important roles in the process of T cell maturation and development. We isolated a new peptide from calf thymus and ...
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Verifiable (t, n) threshold signature scheme based on elliptic curve
Based on the difficulty of solving the ECDLP (elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem) on the finite field, we present a (t, n) threshold signature scheme and a verifible key agreement scheme without trusted pa...
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Photonic bandgap properties of one-dimensional photonic crystal consisting of complex artificial media
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in one-dimensional (1-D) stratified chiral structures is described by the 4×4 transfer-matrix method. The photonic bandgap (PBG) properties in 1-D periodical chiral media a...
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Purification and some properties of β-N-Acetyl-D-glucosaminidase from viscera of green crab (Scylla serrata)
β-N-Acetyl-D-glucosaminidase was purified from viscera of green crab (Scylla serrata) by extraction with 0.01 M Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.5) containing 0.2 M NaCl, ammonium sulfate fractionation, and then chromatogra...
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Biological Comparison of Two Genotypes of Helicoverpa armigera Single-Nucleocapsid Nucleopolyhedrovirus
Baculovirus isolates from the same host species often show a considerable degree of variation on phenotypes. The completely sequenced genotypes C1 and G4 of Helicoverpa armigera single-nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedr...
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Evaluation of deriving fire cycle of forested landscape based on time-since-fire distribution
Estimation of fire cycle has been conducted by using the negative exponential function as an approximation of time-since-fire distribution of a landscape assumed to be homogeneous with respect to fire spread p...
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Molecular Identification, Polymorphism, and Expression Analysis of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class IIA and B Genes of Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II has a central role in the adaptive immune system by presenting foreign peptides to the T-cell receptor. The full lengths of MHC class II A and B cDNA were cloned...
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Production and characterization of asymmetric hybrids between upland cotton Coker 201 (Gossypium hirsutum) and wild cotton (G. klozschianum Anderss)
Asymmetric somatic hybrids were obtained between Gossypium hirsutum Coker 201 and wild cotton G. klozschianum Anderss. An investigation on the effect of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on donor protoplasts was carri...
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Breeding of an elite Laminaria variety 90-1 through inter-specific gametophyte crossing
Laminaria longissima and Zaohoucheng No.1 (a commercial variety selected from Laminaria japonica) differ to a certain extent in their morphological characteristics and biological habits. ...
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Open AccessThe nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene family of the silkworm, Bombyx mori
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) mediate fast synaptic cholinergic transmission in the insect central nervous system. The insect nAChR is the molecular target of a class of insecticides, neonicotinoi...
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Rig-I−/− mice develop colitis associated with downregulation of Gαi2
RIG-I (retinoid acid-inducible gene-I), a putative RNA helicase with a cytoplasmic caspase-recruitment domain (CARD), was identified as a pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) that mediates antiviral immunity by ...
