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| 1 |  | Jorgensen, Erik | Nano-fEM: Protein localization using photo-activated localization microscopy and electron microscopy | Mapping the distribution of proteins is essential for understanding the function of proteins in a cell. Fluorescence microscopy is extensively used for protein localization, but subcellular context is often absent in fluorescence images. Immuno-electron microscopy, on the other hand, can localize pr... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 2 |  | Bohs, Lynn A. | Two new species from the brevantherum clade of solanum (solanaceae) from eastern Brazil | Two new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from eastern Brazil are described. Solanum anisocladum Giacomin & Stehmann is similar to S. megalochiton Mart., but differs by the indument of the adaxial leaf surface, which is composed of long porrect-stellate and unbranched trichomes. It also has a more rob... | | 2013-01-01 |
| 3 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M. | Poly (ADP-ribosylation) in Vitro: reaction parameters and enzyme mechanism | The reaction catalyzed by poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase from bovine thymus was investigated using the purified enzyme, calf thymus DNA, and histone H1. The rate and extent of poly(ADP-ribosylation), as well as the spectrum of acceptor proteins, changed as reaction conditions were varied. The ionic co... | ADP-ribosylation; Poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase; Histone H1 | 1982 |
| 4 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M. | Poly(ADP-ribosylation) of a DNA topoisomerase | A DNA topoisomerase activity, copurifying with poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase from calf thymus, >95% inhibited if extensive poly(ADP-ribosylation) is allowed to occur. The inhibited DNA topoisomerase, which has drastically different elution properties on hydroxylapatite, can be reactivated by mild alka... | Nicotinic acid; ADP-ribosylation; Turnover cycle; Synthetases | 1983 |
| 5 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M. | Poly(ADP-ribosylation) of DNA topoisomerase I from calf thymus | We demonstrate that the activity of the major DNA topoisomerase I from calf thymus is severely inhibited after modification by purified poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase. Polymeric chains of poly(ADP-ribose) are covalently attached to DNA topoisomerase I. These observations with highly purified enzymes ... | ADP-ribosylation; Poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase | 1984 |
| 6 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M. | Poly(ADP-ribosylation) of DNA topoisomerase I: a nuclear response to DNA-strand interruptions | DNA in eukaryotic chromosomes is organized differently from prokaryotic DNA. It seems highly probable that mechanistic adjustments have been made in macromolecular DNA metabolism as a consequence of the chromatin structure of the eukaryotic chromosome (Igo-Kemenes et al. 1982)). This paper deals ... | Poly(ADP-ribosylation); Poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase; DNA strand interruption | 1984 |
| 7 |  | Ehleringer, James R. | Population- and family-level variation of brittlebush (Encelia farinosa, Asteraceae) pubescence: its relation to drought and implications for selection in variable environments | Because leaf pubescence of the desert shrub Encelia farinosa increases in response to drought and influences photosynthesis and transpiration, we hypothesized that differences in water availability across the range of this species may result in genetic differentiation for pubescence and associated p... | Encelia farinose; Absorptance; Adaptation; Asteraceae; Desert; Drought acclimation; Leaf pubescence; maternal family variance; spatiotemporal heterogeneity | 2003 |
| 8 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M.; Yoshikami, Doju; Bulaj, Grzegorz | Post-translational amino acid isomerization: a functionally important D-amino acid in an excitatory peptide | The post-translational modification of an L- to a D-amino acid has been documented in relatively few gene products, mostly in small peptides under 10 amino acids in length. In this report, we demonstrate that a 46-amino acid polypeptide toxin has one D-phenylalanine at position 44, and that the ... | D-amino acid; Excitatory peptides; Conotoxins | 2005 |
| 9 |  | Ehleringer, James R. | Potential adaptability and constraints of response to changing climates for Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta from southern Baja California, Mexico | To examine the physiological adaptability of Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta from southern Baja California, plants from Todos Santos, BCS were raised in central Arizona where winter-spring precipitation is greater than typically experienced by this variety. Plants were capable of high photosynthe... | Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta; Ecophysiology | 1996 |
| 10 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M. | Preliminary study of Conus venom protein | ALTHOUGH THE TOXICITY of venoms of the genus Conus has been known since a report by RUMPHIUS in 1705 (VAN BENTHEM-JUTTINO, 1959), these venoms have been studied only intermittently since. Biochemical studies have not been carried out to any great extent; the last major study on the biochemistry of... | Conotoxins; Conus venom | 1976 |
| 11 |  | Davidson, Diane W. | Preliminary study of seed predation in desert and montane habitats | Multifactorial experiments in which domestic seeds in shallow glass containers were distributed in desert and montane habitats provided data on identity of seed predators (whether rodents or ants), spatial and temporal pattern of their foraging activities, and their preferences for sizes and species... | Ant; Competition; Granivory; Predators, Seed; Rodent; Seed selection | 1975 |
| 12 |  | Capecchi, Mario R. | Production of selenoprotein P (Sepp1) by hepatocytes is central to selenium homeostasis | Background: Sepp1 transports selenium, but its complete role in selenium homeostasis is not known. Results: Deletion of Sepp1 in hepatocytes increases liver selenium at the expense of other tissues and decreases whole-bodyselenium by increasing excretion. Conclusion: Sepp1 production by hepatocytes ... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 13 |  | Sekercioglu, Cagan | Promoting community-based bird monitoring in the tropics: conservation, research, environmental education, capacity-building, and local incomes | Long-term, locally-based biodiversity monitoring programs are essential for understanding and mitigating the effects of global change on tropical biodiversity while providing capacity-building, environmental education, and public outreach. However, these programs are lacking in most tropical countri... | | 2011-01-01 |
| 14 |  | Goller, Franz | Prosthetic Avian vocal organ controlled by a freely behaving bird based on a low dimensional model of the biomechanical periphery | Because of the parallels found with human language production and acquisition, birdsong is an ideal animal model to study general mechanisms underlying complex, learned motor behavior. The rich and diverse vocalizations of songbirds emerge as a result of the interaction between a pattern generator i... | | 2012-01-01 |
| 15 |  | Jorgensen, Erik | Protein localization in electron micrographs using fluorescence nanoscopy | A complete portrait of a cell requires a detailed description of its molecular topography: proteins must be linked to particular organelles. Immuno-electron microscopy can reveal locations of proteins with nanometer resolution but is limited by the quality of fixation, the paucity of antibodies, and... | | 2010-01-01 |
| 16 |  | Farmer, Colleen G. | The provenance of alveolar and parabronchial lungs: insights from paleoecology and the discovery of cardiogenic, unidirectional airflow in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) | Birds and mammals evolved greater aerobic abilities than their common ancestor had. This required expansion of the cardiopulmonary system's capacity for gas exchange, but while directional selection for his expanded capacity resulted in extremely similar avian and mammalian hearts, strikingly differ... | | 2010-07 |
| 17 |  | Davidson, Diane W. | Pruning of host plant neighbors by ants: an experimental approach | Some ants of myrmecophytic plants either obligately or facultatively prune vegetation surrounding their host trees. Pruning behavior occurs at higher frequency in ants with sting defenses than in those with chemical defenses, which may generally convey an advantage in aggressive encounters between a... | Allelopathy; Allomerus demararae; Ant-plant interactions; Ants; Cordia nodosa; Crematogaster; Mutualism; Peru; Plant-animal interaction; Pseudomyrmex; Triplaris americana | 1988 |
| 18 |  | Bohs, Lynn A. | Three-gene phylogeny of the genus Solanum (Solanaceae) | Solanum, with approximately 1,500 species, is the largest genus in the Solanaceae and includes economically important species such as the tomato, potato, and eggplant. In part due to its large size and tropical center of diversity, resolving evolutionary relationships across Solanum as a whole has ... | ndhF; trnT-F; Waxy; Solanum; Cyphomandra | 2007 |
| 19 |  | Baehr, Wolfgang | Tissue-specific expression in transgenic mice directed by the 5'-flanking sequences of the human gene encoding interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein | Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) is an extracellular protein that has been suggested to participate in the visual process as a carrier for visual retinoids. A chimeric gene composed of the human IRBP promoter fused to the bacterial reporter gene chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (C... | Restriction Mapping; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Mice; Gene Expression | 1990-05-25 |
| 20 |  | Ehleringer, James R. | Tracing changes in ecosystem function under elevated carbon dioxide conditions | Responses of ecosystems to elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) remain a critical uncertainty in global change research. Two key unknown factors are the fate of carbon newly incorporated by photosynthesis into various pools within the ecosystem and the extent to which elevated CO2 is... | Elevated carbon dioxide; Stable isotopes; Radiocarbon; Global change; Terrestrial ecosystems | 2003 |
| 21 |  | Bohs, Lynn A. | Transfer of Cyphomandra (Solanaceae) and its species to Solanum | Data from recent molecular studies demonstrate that the genus Cyphomandra is nested within Solanum. Recognition of Cyphomandra as a separate genus therefore is not tenable unless Solanum is broken up into smaller monophyletic units. All Cyphomandra species are transferred to Solanum, necessitating t... | Cyphomandra; Solanum | 1995 |
| 22 |  | Hultine, Kevin; Sperry, John S. | Transpiration and hydraulic strategies in a piñon-juniper woodland | Anthropogenic climate change is likely to alter the patterns of moisture availability globally. The consequences of these changes on species distributions and ecosystem function are largely unknown, but possibly predictable based on key ecophysiological differences among currently coexisting species... | Drought; Hydraulic transport model; Juniperus osteosperma; Plant water use; Sap flux; Species distributions | 2008 |
| 23 |  | Seger, Jon | 1998 Sewall Wright Award: William Donald Hamilton | The Sewall Wright Award was established in 1991 to honor active investigators who have contributed in especially significant ways to the conceptual unification of the biological sciences. This year's recipient is William D. Hamilton of Oxford University. Beginning in the 1960s with his papers on the... | Evolution; Biological; Research | 1999 |
| 24 |  | Sekercioglu, Cagan | A birders quide to Turkey | As I write, it is early December and the woods outside my window lay dusted with snow like a holiday card by Currier and Ives. A minute ago, I looked up and caught a glimpse of an adult Cooper's Hawk dashing swiftly through the trees. It swooped up, landed on a branch, then briefly shook its tail an... | | 2006-01-01 |
| 25 |  | Goller, Franz | White-crowned sparrows tutored with syllable pairs can produce full songs | During their 'sensitive period', young songbirds develop an 'acquired template', representing a memory of the song(s) that it hears. Later, during the sensorimotor phase, birds use this template to evaluate, via auditory feedback, their vocalizations. | Acquired template; Sensorimotor period; Temporal isolation | 2003 |
