Once a biological novelty known for their role in bioluminescence, fluorescent proteins (FPs) from marine invertebrates have revolutionized the life sciences. Organisms from all kingdoms have been transformed with the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein (GFP), and biotechnology has been advanced by the use of FPs. This article reviews the current uses of FPs in whole transgenic organism...

The faecal pellets (FPs) of zooplankton can be important vehicles for the transfer of particulate organic carbon (POC) to the deep ocean, often making large contributions to carbon sequestration. However, the routes by which these FPs reach the deep ocean have yet to be fully resolved. We address this by comparing estimates of copepod FP production to measurements of copepod FP size, shape, and...

BACKGROUND There is little information on the earliest changes in motor unit (MU) physiology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and the development of the classical neurophysiological features of ALS over time. OBJECTIVE We studied the earliest abnormalities in MU physiology in ALS and changes over time. DESIGN Observational, cross-sectional and longitudinal study. POPULATION AND METH...

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS) is a key enzyme of isoprenoids biosynthesis. However, knowledge of the FPSs of euphorbiaceous species is limited. In this study, ten FPSs were identified in four euphorbiaceous plants. These FPSs exhibited similar exon/intron structure. The deduced FPS proteins showed close identities and exhibited the typical structure of plant FPS. The members of the FPS fa...

A high-performance algorithm for searching for frequent patterns (FPs) in transactional databases is presented. The search for FPs is carried out by using an iterative sieve algorithm by computing the set of enclosed cycles. In each inner cycle of level m FPs composed of m elements are generated. The assigned number of enclosed cycles (the parameter of the problem) defines the maximum length of...

هدف: هدف مطالعه حاضر طراحی و ارزیابی الگوی برنامه درسی همدلی برای دانش‌آموزان دختر دوره تحصیلی متوسطه دوم بود. به این منظور ابتدا با بررسی، تحلیل مبانی نظری دیدگاه صاحب‌نظران دو رشته‌ی مطالعات روانشناسی عناصر دست آمد، سپس میزان کاربردی بودن آن هم از متخصصان در مقام اجرا بین مورد بررسی قرار گرفت.مواد روش‌ها: طرح پژوهش نوع آمیخته اکتشافی متوالی کیفی-کمی است که روش محتوای کیفی قیاسی بخش پیشنهادی ل...

BACKGROUND The recognition and treatment of depressive- and anxiety disorders is not always in line with current standards. The results of programs to improve the quality of care, are not encouraging. Perhaps these programs do not match with the problems experienced in family practice. This study aims to systematically explore how FPs perceive recognition, diagnosis and management of depressive...

Despite great advances in practical applications of fluorescent proteins (FPs), their natural function is poorly understood. FPs display complex spatio-temporal expression patterns in living Anthozoa coral polyps. Here we applied confocal microscopy, specifically, the fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) technique to analyze intracellular localization and mobility of endogenous FPs...

BACKGROUND Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients show heightened fear responses to trauma reminders and an inability to inhibit fear in the presence of safety reminders. Brain imaging studies suggest that this is in part due to amygdala over-reactivity as well as deficient top-down cortical inhibition of the amygdala. Consistent with these findings, previous studies, using fear-potentia...

Current antidepressants are clinically effective only after several weeks of administration. We show that Fuzi polysaccharide-1 (FPS), a new water-soluble polysaccharide isolated from Fuzi, which has been used to treat mood disorders in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries, increases the number of newborn cells in the dentate gyrus in adult mice, and most of these cells subsequently diffe...