| Agricultural
Sciences |
FUSARIUM
LANGSETHIAE SPECIES COMPLEX; FUSARIUM POAE; FUSARIUM SPOROTRICHIOIDES |
Molecular
support for the description of Fusarium langsethiae as a new species. |
| Biology
& Biochemistry |
SEVERE
ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 3C-LIKE PROTEINASE; SEVERE ACUTE
RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS MAIN PROTEASE; SARS CORONAVIRUS MAIN PROTEASE
3CL(PRO)
by Rolf
Hilgenfeld |
A novel
coronavirus identified as the causative agent of severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS). |
| Chemistry |
MOLECULAR
DOCKING ACCURACY; DOCKING PERFORMANCE; DOCKING ALGORITHMS; FLEXIBLE DOCKING
by Richard A. Friesner |
The Glide
method for docking ligands to the rigid 3D structure of a protein receptor. |
| Clinical
Medicine |
PAIN
FOLLOWING TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC TRIGEMINAL PAIN; TRIGEMINAL
NERVE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; NEUROPATHIC PAIN |
Diagnosing
and treating neuropathic pain in the orofacial region. |
| Computer
Science |
RNA
SECONDARY STRUCTURE PREDICTION USING STOCHASTIC CONTEXT-FREE GRAMMARS;
SINGLE STRUCTURED RNA SEQUENCES; MEMORY-EFFICIENT DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
ALGORITHM
by Bjarne
Knudsen |
A method
which incorporates evolutionary history into RNA secondary structure
prediction. |
| Economics
& Business |
AUTOMATED
NEGOTIATION; MULTI-ISSUE NEGOTIATION; USING SIMILARITY CRITERIA; ISSUE
TRADE-OFFS
by Nick
Jennings |
Ways in
which autonomous software agents can negotiate with one another to come to
an agreement. |
| Engineering |
2-DIMENSIONAL
GEL ELECTROPHORESIS TECHNIQUE; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA
SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; YEAST SELENIUM-CONTAINING PROTEINS |
A novel
approach to the analysis of intact yeast selenium-containing proteins
purified by a gel electrophoresis technique. |
| Environment/Ecology |
ARCTIC
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; ARCTIC SPECIES; ARCTIC SUBREGIONS; LONG-TERM
PERSPECTIVES |
Future
changes in vegetation driven by climate changes are likely to alter regional
climate. |
| Geosciences |
OZONE
ISOTOPE ENRICHMENT; UNCONVENTIONAL ISOTOPE EFFECTS; MASS-INDEPENDENT ISOTOPE
EFFECTS; OZONE FORMATION |
Mass-independent
isotope effects in planetary atmospheres and the early solar system. |
| Immunology |
TOLL-LIKE
RECEPTOR 2 SUPPRESSES IMMUNITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS INFECTIONS; INNATE
ANTIFUNGAL RESPONSES |
Candida
albicans induces immunosuppression through TLR-2-derived signals that
mediate increased IL-10 production. |
| Materials
Science |
BIODEGRADABLE
STARCH-BASED POLYMERIC SCAFFOLDS; STARCH-BASED BIODEGRADABLE HYDROGELS;
NOVEL STARCH-BASED POLYMERS; BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS CULTURED |
A new
method of producing 3D biodegradable polymer scaffolds from
corn-starch-based polymers using melt-based processing. |
| Mathematics |
PERIODIC
DELAY PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEM; MICHAELIS-MENTEN-TYPE RATIO-DEPENDENT
PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEM; PERIODIC DELAY LOTKA-VOLTERRA EQUATIONS |
Ratio-dependent
predator-prey models. |
| Microbiology |
CELL
SHAPE-DETERMINING BACTERIAL ACTIN HOMOLOGUE; BACTERIAL CYTOSKELETON;
BACTERIAL MITOSIS; CO-ORDINATES CELL WALL MORPHOGENESIS
by Christine
Jacobs-Wagner |
The role
of intermediate filaments (Ifs) of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton in cell shape
of higher organisms. |
| Molecular
Biology & Genetics |
BRAF
ONCOGENE MUTATION; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS MELANOMAS; SPORADIC PRIMARY MELANOMAS;
ONCOGENIC MUTATIONS
by David Barford and Richard Marais |
Mutations
of the B-RAF gene associated with human cancers. |
| Multidisciplinary |
MYOSIN V
WALKS HAND-OVER-HAND; KINESIN WALKS HAND-OVER-HAND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION
by Paul Selvin |
Myosin-V
as a dimeric molecular motor that moves on actin in a “hand over hand”
model of motility. |
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Front in:
Neuroscience &
Behavior
|
NOVEL
CELL LINE EXPRESSING HUMAN ALPHA(4)BETA(3)DELTA GABA(A) RECEPTORS; TRACE
FEAR CONDITIONING INVOLVES HIPPOCAMPAL ALPHA(5) GABA(A) RECEPTORS
 |
Extrasynaptic
alpha5GABAA receptors in hippocampal pyramidal cells as control elements of
threat cues in trace fear conditioning. |
| Pharmacology
& Toxicology |
ORALLY
EFFECTIVE VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1 ANTAGONIST; NEW POTENT VANILLOID RECEPTOR
ANTAGONIST; SELECTIVE VANILLOID RECEPTOR (VR1/TRPV1) ANTAGONIST |
A new
potent vanilloid receptor antagonist Iodo-resiniferatoxin (I-RTX). |
| Physics |
GRAVITATIONAL
WAVE BURSTS; FIRST UPPER LIMITS; LIGO DETECTORS; LIGO DATA |
The LIGO
and GEO interferometer gravitational wave detectors to measure the upper
limits of gravitational waves incident on the earth.. |
| Plant
& Animal Science |
SOUTHERN
BENGUELA ECOSYSTEM; SOUTHERN BENGUELA FISH COMMUNITY; NORTHERN BENGUELA
ECOSYSTEM; POTENTIAL SPATIAL INTERACTIONS |
Mass-balanced
models of trophic flows in the southern Benguela ecosystem. |
| Psychiatry/Psychology |
PROTEIN
SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR ANISOMYCIN; HIPPOCAMPAL MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY
RECONSOLIDATION; CONTEXTUAL RETRIEVAL REVERSE |
Issues
concerning the nature of the memory trace, its maturation, persistence,
retrievabilty, and modifiability. |
| Social
Sciences, general |
COMMUNITY
MARRIAGE POLICIES; COMMUNITY MARRIAGE INITIATIVES; MARRIAGE EDUCATION;
COMMUNITY-BASED PREMARITAL PREVENTION |
Community-based
premarital education within religious organizations. |
| Space
Science |
FIRST-YEAR
WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP) OBSERVATIONS; COSMOLOGICAL
PARAMETERS; PRELIMINARY MAPS
by David N. Spergel
by Licia Verde |
Cosmological
parameters from Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations. |
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