Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), an interstitial collagenase, plays a major role in cellular invasion during development of gastric cancer, a leading cause of death worldwide. A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) -1607 1G/2G site of the MMP-1 gene promoter has been reported to alter transcription level. While the importance's of other SNPs in the MMP-1 promoter have not yet b...

PACE . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PROBLEM O F FACTOR VARIABILITY AND T H E CASE OF BEADED WSNGS.. 422 PRELIM~NARY CROSSES AND FORMULATION OF A WORKING HYPOTHESIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 SUBSTANTIATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS, A N D CORRELATIVE EXPERIMENTS. ( I ) Existence of two kinds of chromosomes in beaded stock ve ( 2 ) Crossover frequencies of the two chromosomes; position of beaded.. .. 440

For 422 male patients with symptoms indicative of a urinary tract infection, nitrite and leukocyte esterase activity dipstick test results were compared with results of culture of urine samples. The positive predictive value of a positive nitrite test result was 96%. Addition of results of the leukocyte esterase test did not improve the diagnostic accuracy of the nitrite test.

Most GTPases and many ATPases belong to the P-loop class of proteins with significant structural and mechanistic similarities. Here we compare and contrast the basic properties of the Ras family GTPases and myosin, and conclude that there are fundamental similarities but also distinct differences related to their specific roles. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 105: 422-430, 2016.

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A single-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC) was used to reduce 10 chemicals associated with odors by 99.76% (from 422 +/- 23 mug/ml) and three volatile organic acids (acetate, butyrate, and propionate) by >99%. The MFC produced a maximum of 228 mW/m(2) and removed 84% of the organic matter in 260 h. MFCs were therefore effective at both treatment and electricity generation.

1 Center for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University Albany, Auckland 0745, New Zealand 2Department of Mathematics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, TRNC, Mersin 10, Turkey 3 Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Agder, Serviceboks 422, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway 4Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics...

Satoshi FUJII,, Teruo TSUCHIYA,b and Hiroshi NOGUCHIc aGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 31 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 4678603, Japan, bGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1254 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 5011196, Japan, and cGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 521 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shiz...

NAOTO OKU, TOMOHIRO ASAI, KOHTA KUROHANE, KOH WATANABE, KOICHI KUROMI, YUKIHIRO NAMBA, KOICHI OGINO and TAKAO TAKI Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Yada, Shizuoka 422-8526 Japan; Nippon Fine Chemical Co. Ltd., Takasago, Hyogo 676-0074, Japan; and Molecular Medical Science Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kagasuno, Kawauchi...

1 Postgraduate, Civil Engineering, National Central University, No.300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan ; Tel: +886-9-21-074897; E-mail: [email protected] 2 Associate Professor, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, No.300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan ; Tel: + 886-3-422-7151 ext 57619; Fax: +886-3-4254908...