Correspondence to: Dr Li-Qing Fan, Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China. Fax: + 86-731-8480-5302 E-mail: [email protected] Received: 20 April 2010 Revised: 20 May 2010 Accepted: 26 May 2010 Published online: 21 June 2010 Perspectives Asian Journal o...

Young Hwan Lee a, Chae Hun Chung b and Sung Ho Cho c a Protocol Engineering Center, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, 161 Kajong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Taejon 305-350, Korea b Telecommunication Systems Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd, Ichon, Kyunggi-Do 467-701, Korea c School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Kyunggi-Do 425-791, K...

In this paper the performance of an automatic transcription tool is evaluated. The transcription tool is a Continuous Speech Recognizer (CSR) running in forced recognition mode. For evaluation the performance of the CSR was compared to that of nine expert listeners. Both man and the machine carried out exactly the same task: deciding whether a segment was present or not in 467 cases. It turned ...

PepV, a dipeptidase found in culture fluids of Streptococcus gordonii FSS2, was purified and characterized, and its gene was cloned. PepV is a monomeric metalloenzyme of approximately 55 kDa that preferentially degrades hydrophobic dipeptides. The gene encodes a polypeptide of 467 amino acids, with a theoretical molecular mass of 51,114 Da and a calculated pI of 4.8. The S. gordonii PepV gene i...

The nucleotide sequence of the dnaA gene and the first 10% of the dnaN gene was determined. From the nucleotide sequence the amino acid sequence of the dnaA gene product was derived. It is a basic protein of 467 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 52.5 kD. The expression of the dnaA gene is in the counterclockwise direction like the one of the dnaN gene, for which potential startsite...

The Ca receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor that enables parathyroid cells and certain other cells in the body to respond to changes in the concentration of extracellular Ca. In this study, two novel phenylalkylamine compounds, NPS 467 and NPS 568, were examined for effects on Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing the bovine or human parathyroid Ca receptors. Increases in chloride current (ICl)...

T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (Tim-3) is an immune checkpoint target under investigation in immuno-oncology (IO) trials. Blockade of T-cell-Tim-3 enhances antitumor immunity. Here, we identify additional role for Tim-3 as a growth-suppressive receptor intrinsic to melanoma cells. Inhibition melanoma-Tim-3 by RNA interference promotes, while melanoma-specific overexpression attenuates...