1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell 9 University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; 2 Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, 10 Philippstraße 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany. 11 12 Correspondence to: Nikolaus Osterrieder, Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, 13 Philippstraße 13, 10015 Berlin, Phone: +49-30-2093-6564; FAX: +49-30-2093-6540;...

Oligopeptidase B (OpdB, E.C. 3.4.21.83) is a proteolytic enzyme that belongs to the prolyl oligopeptidase family (POP) of serine proteases [10, 24]. Initially discovered in E. coli, this enzyme was found in several gram-negative bacteria, spirochetes, [6, 24], and protozoa [5, 14], but not in higher eukaryotes, with the exception of some plants [6]. Although the physiological role of OpdB has n...

A new process for the production of nanostructured materials, hypersonic plasma particle deposition (HPPD), is experimentally investigated. In HPPD, vapor phase precursors are injected into a flowing plasma generated by a DC arc. The plasma undergoes a supersonic expansion into a deposition chamber, with the pressure dropping across the nozzle from &500 Torr to &2 Torr. Ultrafine particles nucl...

Yu Zhiyong a,d, E. Mielczarski b, J.A. Mielczarski b, D. Laub c, L. Kiwi-Minsker a, A. Renken a, J. Kiwi a,∗ a Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, SB-ISIC-LGRC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland b INPL/ENG, CNRS, UMR 7569, LEM, Pole de l’Eau, 15 Av du Charmois, 54501 Vandoeuvre les-Nancy, France c Institute of Electron Microscopy (CI...

a Origins Laboratory, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA b Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong d Division of Geological and Planetary...