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| Agricultural
Sciences |
ETHYLENE
MEDIATE INSECT-INDUCED VOLATILE EMISSION; METHYL JASMONATE INDUCES TRAUMATIC
RESIN DUCTS; ELICIT HERBIVORY-RELATED VOLATILE EMISSION; METHYL JASMONATE
INDUCE TRAUMATIC RESINOSIS; NINE NORWAY SPRUCE TPS GENES

by: Junji Takabayashi |
Several
plant species emit volatiles that attract natural predators of attacking
herbivores. |
| Biology
& Biochemistry |
NOD/SCID
REPOPULATING HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD PROGENITOR CELLS OCCURS PREFERENTIALLY;
MLV INTEGRATION; TRANSCRIPTION START REGIONS; RETROVIRAL DNA INTEGRATION;
DISTINCT GENOMIC INTEGRATION |
Retrovirus
vector insertion can trigger deregulated premalignant cell proliferation
with unexpected frequency. |
| Chemistry |
BIS(INDOLYL)METHANES
CATALYZED; EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; HIGHLY RAPID SYNTHESIS; HIGHLY EFFICIENT
CHEMOSELECTIVE DEPROTECTION; MOLECULAR IODINE-CATALYZED EFFICIENT |
Lithium
perchlorate is found to catalyze efficiently the electrophilic substitution
reactions of indoles with aldehydes and ketones in diethyl ether. |
| Clinical
Medicine |
DIRECT
TISSUE ANALYSIS USING MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION MASS
SPECTROMETRY; DISEASE USING IMAGING MASS SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN TUMORS USING
MASS SPECTROMETRY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ASSESSING PROTEIN
PATTERNS

by Richard M.
Caprioli [Mar.
2005] |
The
mass spectrometry brings a new dimension to molecular analysis of tissues,
allowing large molecules such as proteins to be imaged on tissue surfaces. |
| Computer
Science |
MICROFLUIDIC
CELL TRAP DEVICE; INTEGRATED MICROFABRICATED CELL SORTER; LONG-TERM CELL
CULTURE STUDIES; MICROFABRICATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT FLUORESCENT-ACTIVATED CELL
SORTER; PATTERNED CELL CULTURE |
The
development of an integrated microfabricated cell sorter using multilayer
soft lithography. |
| Economics
& Business |
ADAR1
RNA DEAMINASE LIMITS SHORT INTERFERING RNA EFFICACY; WIDESPREAD A-TO-I RNA
EDITING; RNA EDITING IDENTIFIED; ABUNDANT A-TO-I EDITING SITES; HUMAN
TRANSCRIPTOME |
Altruistic
punishment of defectors is a key motive for the explanation of cooperation. |
| Engineering |
JET
DIVERTOR TILES USING SIMS; JET MKIIGB DIVERTOR; JET FAR SOL; JET SOL; OUTER
DIVERTOR TARGET DEPOSITED LAYERS |
Deposition
and H-isotope retention in JET. |
| Environment/Ecology |
GROUNDWATER
ARSENIC ENRICHMENT; BANGLADESH GROUNDWATER; ARSENIC RELEASE; ARSENIC
MOBILIZATION; ARSENIC MOBILITY |
An
examination of the age, source and cause of groundwater arsenic poisoning in
Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. |
| Geosciences |
GREAT
SUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE; 26 DECEMBER 2004 SUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE;
2004 SUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE IMAGED; RUPTURE PROCESS; COMPLETE RUPTURE |
Rupture
process of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. |
Immunology
featured
front
| T
CELL LINEAGE COMMITMENT; DISTINCT CD4 T HELPER CELL FATES; T CELL
DEVELOPMENT; PERIPHERAL T CELL RESPONSES; GENERATE T CELL

by:
Juan
Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker
|
A
simple and effective way to study T cell development and to generate T-lineage
cells in the lab. |
| Materials
Science |
HYBRID
PLANAR-MIXED MOLECULAR HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL; 2% EFFICIENT
ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ASYMMETRIC TANDEM ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;
ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL EFFICIENCY; HYBRID PLANAR-MIXED MOLECULAR
HETEROJUNCTIONS |
Efficient
organic photovoltaic cells with low series resistances. |
| Mathematics |
ABSOLUTELY
GRADED FLOER HOMOLOGIES; HEEGAARD FLOER HOMOLOGY; KNOT FLOER HOMOLOGY;
HOLOMORPHIC DISKS; THREE-MANIFOLD INVARIANTS |
Three-
and four-dimensional applications of the interplay between the absolute
gradings and the surgery exact sequences. |
| Microbiology |
AFRICAN
TRYPANOSOME TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; GENOME SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;
TRYPANOSOMATID PARASITIC PROTOZOA; ETIOLOGIC AGENT

by: Najib M.
El-Sayed, Peter J. Myler, and Bjorn Andersson |
Whole-genome
sequencing of the protozoan pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi. |
| Molecular
Biology & Genetics |
COMPARATIVE
GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION USING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE MICROARRAYS; HUMAN GENOME;
LARGE-SCALE VARIATION; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURAL VARIATION; COPY-NUMBER
VARIATION |
Large-scale
copy number polymorphisms (CNPs) contribute substantially to genomic
variation between normal humans. |
| Multidisciplinary |
ALTRUISTIC
PUNISHMENT; PUBLIC GOODS EXPERIMENTS; HUMAN ALTRUISM; COOPERATION; HUMANS |
Ongoing
investigations of the adenosine deaminase enzyme family and their
substrates, focusing on biological function as well as biochemical
mechanism. |
| Neuroscience &
Behavior
|
STROKE
PATIENTS; MOTOR RECOVERY; CHRONIC STROKE; SKILLED MOTOR FUNCTION; MECHANISMS
UNDERLYING RECOVERY

by: Randolph S. Marshall |
A
longitudinal investigation of human brain plasticity after stroke. |
| Pharmacology
& Toxicology |
CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING
FACTOR (CRF) NEUROPEPTIDE FAMILY; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR (CRF)
FAMILY; TYPE 2 CRF RECEPTORS; TYPE 2 CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE
RECEPTOR; CRF PEPTIDE FAMILY |
The
cloning and initial characterization of a previously unidentified CRF-related
neuropeptide, urocortin II. |
| Physics |
DUAL
SU(N) SUPER YANG-MILLS THEORY; TINY GRAVITON MATRIX THEORY; 1/2 BPS
GEOMETRIES; BUBBLING GEOMETRIES; 1/2 BPS SOLUTIONS |
All
1/2 BPS excitations of AdS x S configurations in both type-IIB string theory
and M-theory. |
| Plant
& Animal Science |
ANCESTRAL
OOMYCETE LOCUS CONTAINS LATE BLIGHT AVIRULENCE GENE AVR3A; R3A LATE BLIGHT
RESISTANCE GENE; MELAMPSORA LINI AVRL567 AVIRULENCE GENES; CF-2-DEPENDENT
DISEASE RESISTANCE; RECOGNIZED |
Differences
in the three AvrL567 protein sequences result from diversifying selection,
which is consistent with coevolution of virulence and avirulence. |
| Psychiatry/Psychology |
WORKING
MEMORY CAPACITY RELATED; SHORT-TERM MEMORY CAPACITY; VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY
SPAN; GENERAL FLUID INTELLIGENCE; INTERFERENCE PREDICT INDIVIDUAL
DIFFERENCES |
Working
memory capacity, but not short-term memory capacity or processing speed, is
a good predictor of general fluid intelligence in young adults. |
| Social
Sciences, general |
KNOWLEDGE
DISSEMINATION; ELUSIVE CONCEPT; TACIT KNOWLEDGE; CHAOTIC CONCEPT; INDUSTRIAL
AGGLOMERATIONS |
Critique
of the cluster concept of local industrial agglomeration and specialization
and its use in policy-making. |
| Space
Science |
MERIDIANI
PLANUM; ALPHA PARTICLE X-RAY SPECTROMETER; MARS SURFACE DIVERSITY; GUSEV
CRATER; SPIRIT ROVER

by: Steven W. Squyres |
The
geologic record at Meridiani Planum suggests that conditions were suitable
for biological activity for a period of time in martian history. |
| 2000-2006-1 |