The high-resolution solution structure of Yersinia modulating protein YmoA is presented. The protein is all helical with the first three of four helices forming the central core. Structures calculated with only NOE and dihedral restraints exhibit a backbone root-mean-square deviation (rmsd) of 0.77 A. Upon refinement against Halpha-Calpha, HN-N, and Calpha-C' J-modulated residual dipolar coupli...

Scene understanding for autonomous vehicles is a challenging computer vision task, with recent advances in convolutional neural networks (CNNs) achieving results that notably surpass prior traditional feature driven approaches. However, limited work investigates the application of such methods either within the highly unstructured off-road environment or to RGBD input data. In this work, we tak...

In DNA of the dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii, 38% of the thymine is replaced by the modified base 5-hydroxymethyluracil, and approximately 3% of the cytosine is replaced by 5-methylcytosine. Both of the modified bases are non-randomly distributed in the DNA. Determinations of 3' nearest neighbors show that HOMeU is preferentially located in the dinucleotides HOMeUpA and HOMeUpC. Pyrimidi...

The interaction between the GGCC-specific Bsp RI DNA methyltransferase (M. Bsp RI) and substrate DNA was studied with footprinting techniques using a DNA fragment that was unmodified on both strands. Footprinting with DNase I revealed an approximately 14 bp protected region. Footprinting with dimethylsulfate detected major groove interactions with the guanine bases of the recognition sequence. ...

Pseudomonas putida PP3 utilizes halogenated alkanoic acids (HAA) such as 2,2-DCPA as its sole carbon and energy sources. Spontaneous HHA- mutants, isolated by selection for resistance to the toxic analogs monochloroacetic acid and dichloroacetic acid, arose at frequencies several orders of magnitude higher than expected for spontaneous mutations. Analysis of the five classes of mutants isolated...

In this study, three paddy harvesting systems, manual of (MHP), reaper (RHP), and combine (CHP), were evaluated considering field capacities, efficiencies, time fuel consumption, mechanization indices, greenhouse gas emissions, straw availability, direct indirect costs. Field experiments conducted in the North Central Province Sri Lanka. The effective capacity, efficiency consumption harvester ...

Hepatic artery aneurysm (HAA) is a rare disease (0.002%– 0.4%) but clinically important phenomenon [1]. HAAs are traditionally the second most common visceral aneurysms with an incidence of 20% and have highest (44%) reported rate rupture [2]. The clinical manifestations depending on size include epigastric pain, obstruction biliary tract, death [3]. Imaging modalities like computed tomograph...