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    • SPT5 affects the rate of mRNA degradation and physically interacts with CCR4 but does not control mRNA deadenylation 

      Cui, Yajun; Chiang, Yueh-Chin; Viswanathan, Palaniswamy; Lee, Darren J.; Denis, Clyde L. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      The CCR4-NOT complex has been shown to have multiple roles in mRNA metabolism, including that of transcriptional elongation, mRNA transport, and nuclear exosome function, but the primary function of CCR4 and CAF1 is in the ...

    • DOF transcription factors in developing peanut (Arachis hypogaea) seeds 

      Yan, Haiyan; Huang, Jiaquan; Liao, Boshou; Lan, Xianqing; Luo, Qiuting; Tang, Junlong (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      DNA binding with one finger (DOF) transcription factors play important roles in storage material accumulation and morphogenesis of developing seeds. Oil and protein contents varied in different cultivars in important oil ...

    • Microstrip Ultra-Wideband Filter with Flexible Notch Characteristics 

      Mokhtaari, Marjan; Bornemann, Jens (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      A microstrip ultra-wideband (UWB) filter with unique shape, compactness, simplicity of operation and flexible notch characteristics is introduced. It is based on the fundamental and harmonic characteristics of a 50 Ohm ...

    • Intergenic subset organization within a set of geographically-defined viral sequences from the 2009 H1N1 influenza A pandemic 

      Thompson, William A.; Weltman, Joel K. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      We report a bioinformatic analysis of the datasets of sequences of all ten genes from the 2009 H1N1 influenza A pandemic in the state of Wisconsin. The gene with the greatest summed information entropy was found to be the ...

    • Interaction of haptoglobin with hemoglobin octamers based on the mutation αAsn78Cys or βGly83Cys 

      Brillet, Thomas; Marden, Michael C.; Yeh, Joanne I.; Shen, Tong-Jian; Ho, Nancy T.; Kettering, Regina; Du, Shoucheng; Vasseur, Corinne; Domingues-Hamdi, Elisa; Ho, Chien; Baudin-Creuza, Véronique (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      Octameric hemoglobins have been developed by the introduction of surface cysteines in either the alpha or beta chain. Originally designed as a blood substitute, we report here the structure and ligand binding function; in ...

    • A Comprehensive Parametric Study of Planar Inverted-F Antenna 

      Chattha, Hassan T.; Huang, Yi; Ishfaq, Muhammad K.; Boyes, Stephen J. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      This paper presents a comprehensive numerical and experimental study of Planar Inverted-F Antennas (PIFA) involving all the parameters which may affect the characteristics of PIFA. It is found that PIFA characteristics are ...

    • Generalized PIC Detector for Distributed STBC under Quasi-Synchronization 

      Astal, Mohammed T.; Abu-Hudrouss, Ammar M. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      In this paper, we propose a Generalized Parallel Interference Cancelation (G-PIC) approach for the detection of D-STBC under Quasi-Synchronization in the case of any number of relay nodes with just statistical information ...

    • Molecular surveillance of dengue virus in Bahia State, Brazil 

      Melo, Paulo R.; Domingo, Cistina; Santos, Stênio C.; Cerqueira, Bruno A.; Andrade, Luis J.; Nunes, Juliana B.; Ciuffo, Isolina A.; Tenório, Antônio; Blanton, Ronald E.; Reis, Mitermayer G. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      Dengue is an important emerging viruses, posing a threat to one-third of the global human population. In 2002, the introduction of DENV-3 in the state of Bahia produced massive epidemic (about 35,000 cases detected) and ...

    • Design of a Low Loss RF Mixer in Ku-Band (12 - 18 GHz) 

      Shah, Sanjeev K.; Chauhan, Rudra P.; Singh, Sanjay; Pandey, Lalit; Singh, Sandeep (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      The goal of this paper is to design and develop low conversion loss mixers at Ku Band (12 - 18 GHz) in microstrip line configuration. The Ku-band (Kurtz-under band) is primarily used for satellite Communications, particularly ...

    • Improving Bandwidth of Yagi-Uda Arrays 

      Formato, Richard A. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      A novel approach for improving antenna bandwidth is described using a 6-element Yagi-Uda array as an example. The new approach applies Central Force Optimization, a deterministic metaheuristic, and Variable Z0 technology, ...

    • Effect of hypoxia and glutamine or glucose deprivation on the expression of retinoblastoma and retinoblastoma-related genes in ERN1 knockdown glioma U87 cell line 

      Minchenko, Dmytro O.; Karbovskyi, Leonid L.; Danilovskyi, Serhii V.; Moenner, Michel; Minchenko, Oleksandr H. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      The expression of retinoblastoma and several retinoblastoma-related genes was studied in glioma cell line U87 and its subline with knockdown of ERN1 (endoplasmic reticulum—nuclei-1), the main endoplasmic reticulum stress ...

    • Intellectual CAD for Three-Tier Wide Band WDR Filters 

      Yushchenko, Alexander G.; Mamedov, Dovlet S.; Zaytsev, Denis M. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      The paper presents an original physical points of an intellectual CAD system designing for three-tier wide band waveguide-dielectric filters with LM modes. On the basis of formalized physical knowledge about the behavior ...

    • Molecular docking investigation for Indonesian H274Y mutant neuraminidase type 1 with neuraminidase inhibitors 

      Herlambang, Sigit J.; Saleh, Rosari (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)
      The aim of this study is to get insight the interaction between Indonesian H274Y mutant neuraminidase with four inhibitors. Not only to seek preferable inhibitor to be used, but also to investigate the interaction occurred, ...

    • Numerical Investigation of Flow Structure Interaction Coupling Effects in Hard Disk Drives 

      Yin-Kwee, Eddie; Teo, Qing R.; Liu, Ning Y. (2012-02)
      This paper studies the flow structural interaction (FSI) within a hard disk drive (HDD) through the use of a novel coupling method. The interaction studied was the fluid induced vibration in the HDD. A two step coupling ...

    • The Mesoscopic Constitutive Equations for Polymeric Fluids and Some Examples of Viscometric Flows 

      Pyshnograi, Gregory; Joda, Hyder N. A.; Pyshnograi, Ivan (2012-02)
      Constitutive equations for melts and concentrated solutions of linear polymers are derived as consequences of dynamics of a separate macromolecule. The model is investigated for viscometric flows. It was shown that the ...

    • A Fatigue Analysis of a Hydraulic Francis Turbine Runner 

      Flores, Miriam; Urquiza, Gustavo; Rodríguez, José María (2012-02)
      In this work, the estimation of crack initiation life of a hydraulic Francis turbine runner is presented. The life prediction is based on the local strain approach to predict the initiation life. First, the analysis is ...

    • The Extent of Students’ Initiation of Ideas in The Classroom 

      Dr Oranu Chika, Philomena (University Of Port Harcourt, 2012-02-01)
      This study sought to identify the extent of students’ initiation of ideas in the classroom using three classroom interaction techniques. All senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Local Government Area, ...

    • The ATPase activity of molecular chaperone HSP60 is inhibited by immunosuppressant mizoribine 

      Tanabe, Masako; Ishida, Ryuichi; Izuhara, Fumiko; Komatsuda, Atsushi; Wakui, Hideki; Sawada, Kenichi; Otaka, Michiro; Nakamura, Nobuhiro; Itoh, Hideaki (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-04)
      The molecular chaperone HSP60 is a chaperonin homolog of GroEL. We had previously shown that the immunosuppressant mizoribine is bound directly to HSP60 and inhibited its chaperone activity. However, the inhibitory mechanisms ...

    • Oxidized phospholipids modify plasminogen and apolipoprotein(a): Implications for vascular disease 

      Scanu, Angelo M.; Stafforini, Diana M.; Edelstein, Celina (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-04)
      Whereas the close structural homology between human plasminogen and apolipoprotein(a) has been known for a number of years only recent studies have revealed that both proteins carry linked oxidized phospholipids that may ...

    • Interference Mitigation MAC Protocol for Cognitive Radio Networks 

      Faruk, Nasir; Ali, Maaruf; Gumel, Mohammed I. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-04)
      The growing demand for wireless services coupled with the limited availability of suitable electromagnetic spectrum is increasing the need for more efficient RF spectrum utilization. Spectrum allocated to TV operators can ...