A 150-kb DNA fragment, which contains the gene of the chicken complement regulatory protein CREM (formerly named Cremp), was isolated from a microchromosome by screening bacterial artificial chromosome library. Within 100 kb of the cloned region, three complete genes encoding short consensus repeats (SCRs, motifs with tandemly arranged 60 aa) were identified by exon-trap method and 3'- or 5'-RA...

BACKGROUND In patients with advanced non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NIC), right-sided cardiac disturbances has prognostic implications. Right coronary artery (RCA) flow pattern and flow reserve (CFR) are not well known in this setting. The purpose of this study was to assess, in human advanced NIC, the RCA phasic flow pattern and CFR, also under right-sided cardiac disturbances, and compare with ...

abstract:we define as south asian countries those countries that start with iran and end with bangladesh in asia. wethen use export statistics in terms of revealed comparative advantage (rca) for 14 industrial sectors tomeasure distances of export capabilities for these countries in relation to the “western” developed and eastasian countries. statistical methods such as multidimensional sca...

The main purpose of the study is to explore the change in export competitive advantage of Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan in the US market and to study whether the structure of export industry is changing in each country, by using the two-digit industries as the basis for analysis, and the every three-year average variation of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) to understand the enhancem...

Context: Root cause analysis (RCA) is a useful practice for software project retrospectives, and is typically carried out in synchronous collocated face-to-face meetings. Conducting RCA with distributed teams is challenging, as face-to-face meetings are infeasible. Lack of adequate real-time tool support exacerbates this problem. Furthermore, there are no empirical studies on using RCA in synch...

A 63-year-old man was admitted with a complaint of dyspnea. Echocardiography showed severe aortic regurgitation (AR), and moderate mitral regurgitation (MR). Coronary angiography revealed that the right coronary artery (RCA) arose from the ascending aorta with a high takeoff and a significant stenosis at the distal segment of the RCA. Scintigraphy with Thallium showed a transient perfusion defe...

How AAA+ chaperones conformationally remodel specific target proteins in an ATP-dependent manner is not well understood. Here, we investigated the mechanism of the AAA+ protein Rubisco activase (Rca) in metabolic repair of the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco, a complex of eight large (RbcL) and eight small (RbcS) subunits containing eight catalytic sites. Rubisco is prone to inhibition by tight-b...

We herein report the design of a dumbbell-shaped DNA probe that integrates target-binding, amplification and signaling within one multifunctional design. The dumbbell probe can initiate rolling circle amplification (D-RCA) in the presence of specific microRNA (miRNA) targets. This D-RCA-based miRNA strategy allows quantification of miRNA with very low quantity of RNA samples. The femtomolar sen...

The Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) in the Asia Pacific region is one of the cooperative agreements under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency and currently consists of 17 Member States. Since the region covered by the RCA is undergoing a rapid expansion in nuclear power development, many activities have been carried out under the RCA. The Electronic Networking and Outreach ...