The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) are the two dominant lowfrequency modes in the North Pacific. This study focused on the simulation capability of the two leading lowfrequency modes in current-coupled models, based on 24 coupled model outputs from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). Results showed that most of these models cap...

Lamellarin D (Lam-D) is a hexacyclic pyrole alkaloid isolated from marine invertebrates, whose biologic properties have been attributed to mitochondrial targeting. Mitochondria contain their own DNA (mtDNA), and the only specific mitochondrial topoisomerase in vertebrates is mitochondrial topoisomerase I (Top1mt). Here, we show that Top1mt is a direct mitochondrial target of Lam-D. In vitro Lam...

Genomic components of the begomovirus causing yellow mosaic disease (YMD) in soybean in Delhi were cloned, sequenced and infectivity proved. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the virus isolate revealed more than 89% identity with Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV) and therefore it is designated as soybean isolate of MYMIV (MYMIV-[Sb]). Total nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequence an...

Primary liver cancer (PLC) is an important public health problem in Viet Nam. That is, the incidence of PLC was estimated to be the second highest in males and the fifth in females in 1990 nationwide, (GLOBOCAN, 1999). PLC had the highestcancer incidence in males (ASR 25.3 per 100,000) and the fifth most common in females (ASR 5.9 per 100,000) in Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) in south Viet Nam from 19...

We show a homeomorphic equivalent relation among the compact subspaces (Cantor middle-third sets, two-sided shift map of Cantor sets and ternary sets etc.) of the real line. Using such result, we show that there exists a chaotic homeomorphism of a compact subspace of the real line onto itself if and only if it is homeomorphic to the Cantor set.

—The disulfide bonds in γ-46 gliadin were identified: Cys 173 –Cys 192 , Cys 212 –Cys 291 , Cys 165 –Cys 199 (or Cys 200 ), Cys 283 –Cys 200 (or Cys 199 ). The disulfide-containing peptides were obtained by limited hydrolysis of the intact protein with chymotrypsin at an enzyme/substrate ratio of 1:1000 at 20°C for 22 h with subsequent digestion of disulfide-containing fragments with trypsin an...

INTRODUCTION ............................................................. 198 CELLULAR LIPIDS ......................................................... 198 Extraction .................................................................. 198 Subcellular Distribution .................................................... 198 Cytoplasmic (plasma) membrane .......................................... 198...

Systemic and local inflammatory processes have a key, mainly detrimental role in the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke. Currently, little is known about endogenous counterregulatory immune mechanisms. We examined the role of the key immunomodulators CD4+CD25+ forkhead box P3 (Foxp3)+ regulatory T lymphocytes (Treg cells), after experimental brain ischemia. Depletion of Treg cells profoundly in...

The aim of this study was to determine the total phenolic (TP) content and antioxidant activity (AA) in yellow (cvs. Impala, Karin, Dita, Saturna) and purple-fleshed (cvs. Valfi, Violette) potatoes grown in the Czech Republic in 2004 in four locations in precise field trials. TP content was determined by Folin-Ciocalteau assay and AA by DPPH assay both in freeze-dried tuber matter. Results show...