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Transfer RNAs for chemically related amino acids show sequence similarities
(Molecular Biology and Evolution, 1987-04-17)Multidimensional scaling analysis of transfer RNA sequences from procaryotic and eucaryotic cell types reveals a clustering of transfer RNA for chemically similar amino acids. Two-way contingency table analysis of these ... -
FOREST-BGC, A general model of forest ecosystem processes for regional applications. II. Dynamic carbon allocation and nitrogen budgets
(Heron Publishing, 1991)A new version of the ecosystem process model FOREST-BGC is presented that uses stand water and nitrogen limitations to alter the leaf/root/stem carbon allocation fraction dynamically at each annual iteration. Water deficit ... -
Patterns and Mechanisms of the Forest Carbon Cycle
(Annual Reviews Energy and Environment, 2003)Forests are an important source for ?ber and fuel for humans and contain the majority of the total terrestrial carbon (C). The amount of C stored in the vegetation and soil are strongly in?uenced by environmental constraints ... -
Scaling Gross Primary Production (GPP) over boreal and deciduous forest landscapes in support of MODIS GPP product validation
(Elsevier, 2003-06-18)The Moderate Resolution Imaging Radiometer (MODIS) is the primary instrument in the NASA Earth Observing System for monitoring the seasonality of global terrestrial vegetation. Estimates of 8-day mean daily gross primary ... -
Effects of white yolk concentration on maturation, fertilization, and blastocyst development of bovine embryos produced in vitro
(2004)Most in vitro embryo production (IVP) systems use some form of bovine sera in media. The most commonly used sera in maturation of bovine oocytes is fetal calf serum. A potential problem arising from this practice is ... -
Reimplementation of the BIOME-BGC model to simulate successional change
(Heron Publishing, 2005)Biogeochemical process models are increasingly employed to simulate current and future forest dynamics, but most simulate only a single canopy type. This limitation means that mixed stands, canopy succession and understory ... -
Life cycle inventories of roundwood production in northern Wisconsin: Inputs into an industrial forest carbon budget
(Elsevier, 2005)Carbon budgets are developed to understand ecosystem dynamics and are increasingly being used to develop global change policy. Traditionally, forest carbon budgets have focused on the biological carbon cycle; however, it ... -
Activation and suppression of macrophages: implications for cancer immunotherapy
(2006)It is widely known that macrophages can be activated to kill tumor cells. It is also known that tumor-infiltrating macrophages can be immunosuppressed. The mechanisms of both tumor killing by activated macrophages and ... -
Simulation of boreal black spruce chronosequences: Comparison to field measurements and model evaluation
(Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006-06-08)This study used the Biome Biogeochemical Cycles (Biome-BGC) process model to simulate boreal forest dynamics, compared the results with a variety of measured carbon content and flux data from two boreal chronosequences in ... -
The effect of neuropeptides on growth and function of bovine articular chondrocytes
(2007)Cartilage injury is a central issue in orthopedics to which there is no known physiological treatment. Neuropeptides playa role in the proliferative and reparative processes of many tissue types, but little is known about ... -
Stable expression and purification of Juvenile Hormone Binding Protein from Drosophila melanogaster Schneider line-2 cells
(2007)Studies on the hemolymph Juvenile Hormone Binding Protein (hJHBP) and Juvenile Hormone (JH) interaction have been considerably limited by the availability of pure hJHBP. An expression vector was created by cloning the ... -
Identification of two binding partners for the bacterial actin homolog MreB
(2007)A distinguishing characteristic of prokaryotes was long thought to be the lack of a cytoskeleton similar to eukaryotes consisting of actin filaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments. However, recent work has shown ... -
Submerged macrophytes in Big Spring Creek, WI: Distribution and influence on phosphorus dynamics
(2007)Submerged macrophytes affect many aspects of lotic ecosystems, including nutrient dynamics. We performed longitudinal vegetation surveys to describe the distribution of macrophytes in Big Spring Creek, Wisconsin. We also ... -
Identification of the Functional Domains of Arabidopsis FLS2
(2007)Arabidopsis FLS2 is a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) transmernbrane receptor-kinase that recognizes bacterial flagellin and induces plant innate immune responses. Flg22 is a 22 amino acid peptide based on a sequence of flagellin ... -
Isolation and characterization of Drosophila melanogaster central processing mutants
(2007)The aim of this study is to isolate and characterize mutant fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) which are defective in central processing, with the ultimate goals of! finding the genes necessary for this process to ... -
Determining the impacts of residential lakeshore development and various physical factors on largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) growth rates
(2007)Development of residential lakeshore properties can have several effects on aquatic ecosystems including the thinning of littoral coarse woody habitat. Previous studies have shown that reduction of littoral coarse woody ... -
The effects of 1,25 D3 on the mouse osteopontin promoter
(2007)Vitamin D (1,25 D3) is an important transcriptional regulator of many genes including our gene of interest, osteopontin. Osteopontin is a known regulator of bone calcification and mineralization and is involved in signaling ... -
Reduction of androgen induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production as a method of preventing prostate cancer
(2007)Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths among men and development of a preventative agent is urgently needed. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are carcinogens and are linked to prostate tumor development. ROS ...