New Hot Papers - MARCH 2003

MARCH 2003

Field: Agricultural Sciences

by Gudmundsen, O
Article Title: Conjugated linoleic acid reduces body fat mass in overweight and obese humans
Authors: Blankson, H;Stakkestad, JA;Fagertun, H;Thom, E;Wadstein, J;Gudmundsen, O
Journal: J NUTR
Volume: 130
Page: 2943-2948
Year: DEC 2000
* Scandinavian Clin Res AS, N-2027 Kjeller, Norway.
* Scandinavian Clin Res AS, N-2027 Kjeller, Norway.
* Parexel Medstat AS, Lillestrom, Norway.
* Scandinavian Stat Serv, N-2027 Kjeller, Norway.
* Cecor AS, Haugesund, Norway.
* Nat AS, Oslo, Norway.

Field: Biology & Biochemistry
Article Title: The COG database: new developments in phylogenetic classification of proteins from complete genomes
Authors: Tatusov, RL;Natale, DA;Garkavtsev, IV;Tatusova, TA;Shankavaram, UT;Rao, BS;Kiryutin, B;Galperin, MY;Fedorova, ND;Koonin, EV
Journal: NUCL ACID RES
Volume: 29
Page: 22-28
Year: JAN 1 2001
* Natl Lib Med, Natl Ctr Biotechnol Informat, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894 USA.
* Natl Lib Med, Natl Ctr Biotechnol Informat, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894 USA.

Field: Chemistry

by Zewail, AH
Article Title: Femtosecond direct observation of charge transfer between bases in DNA
Authors: Wan, CZ;Fiebig, T;Schiemann, O;Barton, JK;Zewail, AH
Journal: PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA
Volume: 97
Page: 14052-14055
Year: DEC 19 2000
* CALTECH, Arthur Amos Noyes Lab Chem Phys, Lab Mol Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA.
* CALTECH, Arthur Amos Noyes Lab Chem Phys, Lab Mol Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA.

Field: Clinical Medicine

by Hollopeter, G
Article Title: Identification of the platelet ADP receptor targeted by antithrombotic drugs
Authors: Hollopeter, G;Jantzen, HM;Vincent, D;Li, G;England, L;Ramakrishnan, V;Yang, RB;Nurden, P;Nurden, A;Julius, D;Conley, PB
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 409
Page: 202-207
Year: JAN 11 2001
* COR Therapeut Inc, S San Francisco, CA 94080 USA.
* COR Therapeut Inc, S San Francisco, CA 94080 USA.
* Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Mol & Cellular Pharmacol, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.
* Univ Calif San Francisco, Program Neurosci, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.
* Hop Cardiol, CNRS, UMR 5533, F-33605 Pessac, France.

Field: Computer Science
Article Title: High-energy-physics event generation with PYTHIA 6.1
Authors: Sjostrand, T;Eden, P;Friberg, C;Lonnblad, L;Miu, G;Mrenna, S;Norrbin, E
Journal: COMPUT PHYS COMMUN
Volume: 135
Page: 238-259
Year: APR 1 2001
* Univ Lund, Dept Theoret Phys, Solvegatan 14A, S-22362 Lund, Sweden.
* Univ Lund, Dept Theoret Phys, S-22362 Lund, Sweden.
* NORDITA, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
* Univ Calif Davis, Dept Phys, Davis, CA 95616 USA.

Field: Economics & Business
Article Title: From state to market: A survey of empirical studies on privatization
Authors: Megginson, WL;Netter, JR
Journal: J ECON LIT
Volume: 39
Page: 321-389
Year: JUN 2001
* Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA.
* Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA.
* Univ Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA.

Field: Engineering
Article Title: Very-high power density AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
Authors: Wu, YF;Kapolnek, D;Ibbetson, JP;Parikh, P;Keller, BP;Mishra, UK
Journal: IEEE TRANS ELECTRON DEVICES
Volume: 48
Page: 586-590
Year: MAR 2001
* Cree Lighting Co, Goleta, CA 93117 USA.
* Cree Lighting Co, Goleta, CA 93117 USA.
* Ericsson Datacom Inc, Goleta, CA 93117 USA.
* Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.

Field: Environment/Ecology

by Kingsolver, JG
Article Title: The strength of phenotypic selection in natural populations
Authors: Kingsolver, JG;Hoekstra, HE;Hoekstra, JM;Berrigan, D;Vignieri, SN;Hill, CE;Hoang, A;Gibert, P;Beerli, P
Journal: AMER NATURALIST
Volume: 157
Page: 245-261
Year: MAR 2001
* Univ N Carolina, Dept Biol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA.
* Univ Washington, Dept Zool, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
* Univ Washington, Dept Genet, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.

Field: Geosciences

by: Wilde, SA
Article Title: Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago
Authors: Wilde, SA;Valley, JW;Peck, WH;Graham, CM
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 409
Page: 175-178
Year: JAN 11 2001
* Curtin Univ Technol, Sch Appl Geol, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, Australia.
* Curtin Univ Technol, Sch Appl Geol, Perth, WA, Australia.
* Univ Wisconsin, Dept Geol & Geophys, Madison, WI 53706 USA.
* Univ Edinburgh, Dept Geol & Geophys, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, Midlothian, Scotland.

Field: Immunology

by: Moser, B and Loetscher, P
Article Title: Lymphocyte traffic control by chemokines
Authors: Moser, B;Loetscher, P
Journal: NAT IMMUNOL
Volume: 2
Page: 123-128
Year: FEB 2001
* Univ Bern, Theodor Kocher Inst, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland.
* Univ Bern, Theodor Kocher Inst, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland.

Field: Materials Science
Article Title: Status of large diameter SiC crystal growth for electronic and optical applications
Authors: Hobgood, D;Brady, M;Brixius, W;Fechko, G;Glass, R;Henshall, D;Jenny, J;Leonard, R;Malta, D;Muller, S;Tsvetkov, V;Carter, C
Journal: MATER SCI FORUM
Volume: 338-3:
Page: 3-8
Year: 2000
* Cree Res Inc, 4600 Silicon Dr, Durham, NC 27703 USA.
* Cree Res Inc, Durham, NC 27703 USA.

Field: Mathematics

by Johansson, K
Article Title: Discrete orthogonal polynomial ensembles and the Plancherel measure
Authors: Johansson, K
Journal: ANN MATH
Volume: 153
Page: 259-296
Year: JAN 2001
* Royal Inst Technol, Stockholm, Sweden.
* Royal Inst Technol, Stockholm, Sweden.

Field: Microbiology
Article Title: The composite genome of the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti
Authors: Galibert, F;Finan, TM;Long, SR;Puhler, A;Abola, P;Ampe, F;Barloy-Hubler, F;Barnett, MJ;Becker, A;Boistard, P;Bothe, G;Boutry, M;Bowser, L;Buhrmester, J;Cadieu, E;Capela, D;Chain, P;Cowie, A;Davis, RW;Dreano, S;Federspiel, NA;Fisher, RF;Gloux, S;Godrie, T;Goffeau, A;Golding, B;Gouzy, J;Gurjal, M;Hernandez-Lucas, I;Hong, A;Huizar, L;Hyman, RW;Jones, T;Kahn, D;Kahn, ML;Kalman, S;Keating, DH;Kiss, E;Komp, C;Lalaure, V;Masuy, D;Palm, C;Peck, MC;Pohl, TM;Portetelle, D;Purnelle, B;Ramsperger, U;Surzycki, R;Thebault, P;Vandenbol, M;Vorholter, FJ;Weidner, S;Wells, DH;Wong, K;Yeh, KC;Batut, J
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 293
Page: 668-672
Year: JUL 27 2001
* Stanford Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
* Stanford Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
* Stanford Univ, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
* Fac Med, Lab Genet & Dev, CNRS, UMR 6061, F-35043 Rennes, France.
* McMaster Univ, Dept Biol, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
* Univ Bielefeld, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
* Stanford Ctr DNA Sequencing & Technol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
* INRA, Lab Biol Mol Relat Plantes Microorganisms, CNRS, UMR 215, F-31326 Castanet Tolosan, France.
* GATC Biotech AG, D-78467 Constance, Germany.
* Univ Catholique Louvain, Unite Biochim Physiol, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium.
* Fac Sci Agron Gembloux, Unite Biol Anim & Microbienne, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
* Washington State Univ, Inst Biol Chem, Pullman, WA 99164 USA.

Field: Molecular Biology & Genetics

by Hannon, GJ
Article Title: Role for a bidentate ribonuclease in the initiation step of RNA interference
Authors: Bernstein, E;Caudy, AA;Hammond, SM;Hannon, GJ
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 409
Page: 363-366
Year: JAN 18 2001
* Cold Spring Harbor Lab, 1 Bungtown Rd, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA.
* Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA.
* Watson Sch Biol Sci, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA.
* SUNY Stony Brook, Grad Program Genet, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA.
* Genetica, Cambridge, MA 01239 USA.

Field: Multidisciplinary

by #Lieber, CM
Article Title: Functional nanoscale electronic devices assembled using silicon nanowire building blocks
Authors: Cui, Y; #Lieber, CM
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 291
Page: 851-853
Year: FEB 2 2001
* Harvard Univ, Dept Chem & Biol Chem, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
* Harvard Univ, Dept Chem & Biol Chem, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
* Harvard Univ, Div Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
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Field: Neuroscience & Behavior

by Nucifora, FC
Article Title: Interference by Huntingtin and atrophin-1 with CBP-mediated transcription leading to cellular toxicity
Authors: Nucifora, FC;Sasaki, M;Peters, MF;Huang, H;Cooper, JK;Yamada, M;Takahashi, H;Tsuji, S;Troncoso, J;Dawson, VL;Dawson, TM;Ross, CA
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 291
Page: 2423-2428
Year: MAR 23 2001
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Div Neurobiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Div Neurobiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Program Cellular & Mol Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurosci, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neuropathol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Niigata Univ, Brain Res Inst, Dept Pathol & Neurol, Niigata 9518585, Japan.

Field: Pharmacology & Toxicology

by Marinissen, MJ and Gutkind, JS
Article Title: G-protein-coupled receptors and signaling networks: emerging paradigms
Authors: Marinissen, MJ;Gutkind, JS
Journal: TRENDS PHARMACOL SCI
Volume: 22
Page: 368-376
Year: JUL 2001
* NIDCR, Oral & Pharyngeal Canc Branch, NIH, 30 Convent Dr, Bldg 30, Room 211, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
* NIDCR, Oral & Pharyngeal Canc Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.

Field: Physics

with Finnemore, DK
Article Title: Thermodynamic and transport properties of superconducting (MgB2)-B-10
Authors: Finnemore, DK;Ostenson, JE;Bud'ko, SL;Lapertot, G;Canfield, PC
Journal: PHYS REV LETT
Volume: 86
Page: 2420-2422
Year: MAR 12 2001
* US Dept Energy, Ames Lab, Ames, IA 50011 USA.
* US Dept Energy, Ames Lab, Ames, IA 50011 USA.
* Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ames, IA 50011 USA.

Field: Plant & Animal Science

with Vance, VB
Article Title: HC-Pro suppression of transgene silencing eliminates the small RNAs but not transgene methylation or the mobile signal
Authors: Mallory, AC;Ely, L;Smith, TH;Marathe, R;Anandalakshmi, R;Fagard, M;Vaucheret, H;Pruss, G;Bowman, L;Vance, VB
Journal: PLANT CELL
Volume: 13
Page: 571-583
Year: MAR 2001
* Univ S Carolina, Dept Biol Sci, Columbia, SC 29208 USA.
* Univ S Carolina, Dept Biol Sci, Columbia, SC 29208 USA.
* INRA, Biol Cellulaire Lab, F-78026 Versailles, France.

Field: Psychiatry/Psychology
Article Title: Remission rates during treatment with venlafaxine or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Authors: Thase, ME;Entsuah, AR;Rudolph, RL
Journal: BRIT J PSYCHIAT
Volume: 178
Page:
Year: MAR 2001
* Univ Pittsburgh, Western Psychiat Inst & Clin, Sch Med, 3811 Ohara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.
* Univ Pittsburgh, Western Psychiat Inst & Clin, Sch Med, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.
* Wyeth Ayerst Res, Clin Res & Dev, Philadelphia, PA USA.

Field: Social Sciences, general
Article Title: Health spending growth up in 1999; Faster growth expected in the future
Authors: Heffler, S;Levit, K;Smith, S;Smith, C;Cowan, C;Lazenby, H;Freeland, M
Journal: HEALTH AFFAIR
Volume: 20
Page: 193-203
Year: MAR-APR 2001
* US Hlth Care Financing Adm, Off Actuary, Natl Hlth Stat Grp, Baltimore, MD 21207 USA.
* US Hlth Care Financing Adm, Off Actuary, Natl Hlth Stat Grp, Baltimore, MD 21207 USA.

Field: Space Science

by Bullock, JS
Article Title: Profiles of dark haloes: evolution, scatter and environment
Authors: Bullock, JS;Kolatt, TS;Sigad, Y;Somerville, RS;Kravtsov, AV;Klypin, AA;Primack, JR;Dekel, A
Journal: MON NOTIC ROY ASTRON SOC
Volume: 321
Page: 559-575
Year: MAR 2001
* Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA.
* Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA.
* Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.
* Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Racah Inst Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
* Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England.
* New Mexico State Univ, Dept Astron, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA.