Oceanic depth profiles of plankton respiration are described by a power function, RCO2 = (RCO2 )0(z/z0) , similar to the vertical carbon flux profile. Furthermore, because both ocean processes are closely related, conceptually and mathematically, each can be calculated from the other. The exponent b, always negative, defines the maximum curvature of the respiration–depth profile and controls th...

Oceanic depth profiles of plankton respiration are described by a power function, RCO2 = (RCO2 )0 (z/z0) b similar to the vertical carbon flux profile. Furthermore, because both ocean processes are closely related, conceptually and mathematically, each can be calculated from the other. The exponent, b, always negative, defines the maximum curvature of the respiration depth-profile and controls ...

Ligand binding specificities of two cloned murine Fc gamma Rs (Fc gamma R-alpha, Fc gamma R-beta [9]) were determined by gene transfer into Fc gamma R negative cell lines. Both receptors were expressed as full-length molecules capable of IgG immune complex binding that was inhibitable by the mAb 2.4G2. The ligand binding profiles of these receptors were indistinguishable whereby both bound immu...

High fearfulness could disrupt learning and likely affects judgment in animals, especially when it is part of an animals' personality, i.e., trait anxiety. Here, we tested whether high fearfulness affects discrimination learning and judgment bias (JB) in laying hens. Based on the response to an open field at 5 weeks of age, birds were categorized as fearful (FC) by showing no walking or vocaliz...

PURPOSE The half-life of the antiangiogenic molecule endostatin that has been used in clinical trial is short ( approximately 2 h). In addition, approximately 50% of the clinical grade endostatin molecules lack four amino acids at their NH(2) termini. Lack of these amino acids gives rise to a molecule that is devoid of zinc, resulting in no antitumor activity. Our goal was to develop a new vers...