To explore the feasibility of developing inhibitors of signaling by opioid receptors and other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that use the same G protein pool, we investigated the capacity of a minigene encoding the third intracellular loop of the -opioid receptor ( -i3L) to act as competitive antagonist of the receptor-G protein interface interaction. In -i3L-expressing cells, the peptide...

The selection of superior adapted cultivars has contributed to the doubling of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yields in the USA since 1930. Genetic variation was required for this selection to be effective. The objective of this study was to evaluate the importance of homologous chromosome meiotic recombination in the creation of soybean cultivars. A set of 10 adapted high-yielding cultivars ...

Base Class pointers Concrete Field virtual functions Field Archetype Linbox field archetype Figure 1: Black box design. The LinBox black box matrix archetype is simpler than the field archetype because the design constraints are less stringent. As with the field type, we need a common object interface to describe how algorithms are to access black box matrices, but it only requires functions to...

The purpose of dimensional inspection is to verify the geometry of a manufactured part. A machined part is either accepted or rejected based upon the sensed errors between the object and its specified geometry as defined in a CAD (Computer Aided Design) model or other model database. Various sensors can be used for inspection tasks. The use of multiple sensors is relatively new in this applicat...

OF THE DISSERTATION Jacobi Forms over Number Fields by Howard Skogman Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics University of California San Diego, 1999 Professor Harold Stark, Chair We de ne Jacobi Forms over an algebraic number eld K and construct examples by rst embedding the group and the space into the symplectic group and the symplectic upper half space respectively. We then create symplectic m...