Of the six herpesvirus capsid proteins, the smallest capsid proteins (SCPs) share the least sequence homology among herpesvirus family members and have been implicated in virus specificity during infection. The herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) SCP was shown to be horn shaped and to specifically bind the upper domain of each major capsid protein in hexons but not in pentons. In Kaposi's sarcoma-as...

We study numerically and experimentally self-focusing dynamics of femtosecond light pulses. By demonstrating the potential of three dimensional imaging technique for quantitative recovery of complex (arbitrarily shaped) wave packets, we monitor space-time transformation dynamics of 150-fs light pulse, which undergoes self-focusing and filamentation in water. Peculiar spatiotemporal and spectral...

This communication describes a facile method for the synthesis of conical-shaped Au nanoparticles with a hollow cavity by combining interfacial reaction and ultrasonic cavitation. The Au nanocones showed an enhancement factor of 7.7 × 10(8) in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection.

We revisit two–point function approaches used to study vacuum fluctuation in wedge–shaped regions and conical backgrounds. Appearance of divergent integrals is discussed and circumvented. The issue is considered in the context of a massless scalar field in cosmic string spacetime. 04.70.Dy, 04.62.+v Typeset using REVTEX ∗e-mail: [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] ‡e-mail...

Gaussian beam-mode expansion with only the fundamental mode does not work properly when the angular region of interest is wide. It is necessary to use higher-order mode for the expansion. A study of the convergence of these higher order modes is presented for the case of a corrugated conical horn. Conclusions about the number of modes necessary for good accuracy are given. © 2005 Wiley Periodic...

Three new species of Mesacanthion Filipjev, 1927 were found along Patagonian coasts (Argentina). bifidum sp. nov. is characterized by short labial and cephalic setae, onchia equal size, spicule arcuate, gubernaculum with caudal apophysis, ending in two teeth. The related to M. virile (Ditlevsen, 1930) De Coninck & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933. However, the spicules both are different shape. l...

Kinematics of the molecular clouds in star forming complex M17 is studied using high-resolution CO-line mapping data at resolution ($20" \sim 0.2$ pc) with Nobeyama 45-m telescope. The northern cloud M17, which we call "lobe", shown to have an elongated shell structure around a top-covered cylindrical cavity. lobe expanding $\sim 5$ \kms minor axis direction, and $ 3/\cos \ i$ km s$^{-1}$ major...