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Characterization of a human regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 3 gene (PPP3RL) expressed specifically in testis
Protein phosphatase 3 (PPP3, formerly PP2B, Calcineurin), a serine/ threonine protein phosphatase, is a heterodimer composed of one catalytic subunit (PPP3C, Calcineurin A) and one regulatory subunit (PPP3R, C...
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Independent Components Analysis for Representation Interest Point Descriptors
This paper presents a new interest point descriptors representation method based on independent components analysis (ICA). The aim of this algorithm is to find a meaningful image subspace and more compact desc...
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Endogenously generated amyloid β increases membrane fluidity in neural 2a cells
The effect of endogenously generated amyloid β on membrane fluidity was investigated in Neural 2a cells stably expressing Swedish mutant amyloid precursor protein (APPswe). Membrane fluidity was studied by flu...
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Soybean hull functionalized by phosphoric acid for sorption of copper from aqueous solution
One kind of potentially biodegradable cationic sorbent, which bears hydroxyl groups of phosphoric acid as its functional groups, with high sorption capacity of copper was prepared by thermochemically esterifyi...
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Reconstruction and expression of the MRI-contrast protein, ferritin, with recombinant rabies vectors
Attenuated recombinant rabies vector could be an ideal system for delivery of contrast agent gene for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) because of its neurotropic nature. In this study, the gene of a biomolecul...
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Open AccessCarnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A): a transcriptional target of PAX3-FKHR and mediates PAX3-FKHR–dependent motility in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma cells
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) has a high propensity to metastasize, leading to its aggressiveness and a poor survival rate among those with the disease. More than 80% of aggressive ARMSs harbor a PAX3-FKHR ...
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Design and Experiment of NIR Wheat Quality Quick Detection System
In this paper, NIR wheat quality quick detection system (NIR-WQDS) was developed on the base of grating technology with a scanning range of 900-1700nm.46 wheat samples were analyzed to compare performance of N...
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Urinary Metabonomics Study of Heart Failure Patients with HILIC and RPLC Separation Coupled to TOF–MS
In this study, urinary metabolic profiles of patients with heart failure (HF) and healthy individuals were analyzed by LC-TOF–MS. Both reversed-phase chromatography and hydrophilic interaction chromatography w...
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Influence of characteristics of alumina-silicate raw materials on the formation process of clinker
The traditional alumina-silicate raw materials, for example, clays, in the precalcining technique of cement production, have been replaced by low grade and high silica content sandstones, shales, and industria...
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Local adaptive segmentation algorithm for 3-D medical image based on robust feature statistics
Medical image segmentation is of pivotal importance in computer-aided clinical diagnosis. Many factors, including noises, bias field effect, local volume effect, as well as tissue movement may affect the medic...
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Effects of elevation on spring phenological sensitivity to temperature in Tibetan Plateau grasslands
Vegetation phenology is an important indicator of climate change impacts on the seasonal dynamics of the biosphere. However, little is known about the influence of elevation on spring phenological sensitivity ...
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Exponent Model for Mechanical Behaviors in a Cylindrical Superconducting Composite with Transport Current
The mechanical properties of a superconducting composite cylinder with transport current are investigated. By adopting the exponent model, the nonlinear differential equations for flux distributions are derive...
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Trophic level responses differ as climate warms in Ireland
Effective ecosystem functioning relies on successful species interaction. However, this delicate balance may be disrupted if species do not respond to environmental change at a similar rate. Here we examine tr...
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Open AccessEffects of the interaction between TiO2 with different percentages of exposed {001} facets and Cu2+ on biotoxicity in Daphnia magna
Anatase TiO2 nanosheets (NSs) with exposed {001} facets have been widely used because of their high activity and particular surface atomic configuration. However, investigations on their biotoxicity are rare. In ...
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Increased osteogenesis in osteoporotic bone marrow stromal cells by overexpression of leptin
Osteoporosis leads to increased bone fractures and net bone loss, in part because of the dysfunction of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). Leptin is an adipokine that plays important roles in many biological p...
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H2Treatment Attenuated Pain Behavior and Cytokine Release Through the HO-1/CO Pathway in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain
Neuropathic pain (NP) is characterized by persistent pain, tactile allodynia, or hyperalgesia. Peripheral nerve injury contributes to rapid progress of inflammatory response and simultaneously generates neurop...
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Open AccessSize-selective separation of DNA fragments by using lysine-functionalized silica particles
In this work, a facile and efficient approach has been demonstrated for size-selective separation of DNA fragments by using lysine-functionalized silica particles. At a given pH, the environmental ionic streng...
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Open AccessUnraveling the formation mechanism of graphitic nitrogen-do** in thermally treated graphene with ammonia
Nitrogen-doped graphene (N-graphene) has attractive properties that has been widely studied over the years. However, its possible formation process still remains unclear. Here, we propose a highly feasible for...
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Interannual variations in spring phenology and their response to climate change across the Tibetan Plateau from 1982 to 2013
Land surface phenology has been widely used to evaluate the effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems in recent decades. Climate warming on the Tibetan Plateau (1960–2010, 0.2 °C/decade) has been fou...
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Determination of Mineral Oil-Saturated Hydrocarbons (MOSH) in Vegetable Oils by Large Scale Off-Line SPE Combined with GC-FID
A method based on an off-line large-scale solid phase extraction (SPE) approach combined with conventional gas chromatographic-flame ionization detection (GC-FID) was developed to determine the mineral oil-sat...
