In this paper, recently conceived polarimetric array signal processing techniques are applied for producing 3D images over forested scenes from multibaseline POL-InSAR observations. Subsequently, the optimal scattering mechanisms are investigated using polarimetric decomposition algorithms. The derived structural forest parameters serve as a basis for determining the biomass. This three-dimensi...

the hoard of kalmakarra cave that includes hundreds of golden and silver objects has been unearthed in 1989 in pol-e dokhtar located at loristān province by villagers. in addition to aesthetical values, these objects bear archeological significance. their unique value, with respect to inscriptions in old aramaic, neo- assyrian and neo- elamite on some of them. deciphering these inscriptions by ...

A minimal RNA polymerase II (pol II) transcription system comprises the polymerase and five general transcription factors (GTFs) TFIIB, -D, -E, -F, and -H. The addition of Mediator enables a response to regulatory factors. The GTFs are required for promoter recognition and the initiation of transcription. Following initiation, pol II alone is capable of RNA transcript elongation and of proofrea...

Feline calicivirus (FCV) nonstructural proteins are translated as part of a large polyprotein that undergoes autocatalytic processing by the virus-encoded 3C-like proteinase. In this study, we mapped three new cleavage sites (E(46)/A(47), E(331)/D(332), and E(685)/N(686)) recognized by the virus proteinase in the N-terminal part of the open reading frame 1 (ORF1) polyprotein to complete the pro...

In addition to RNA polymerases I, II, and III, the essential RNA polymerases present in all eukaryotes, plants have two additional nuclear RNA polymerases, abbreviated as Pol IV and Pol V, that play nonredundant roles in siRNA-directed DNA methylation and gene silencing. We show that Arabidopsis Pol IV and Pol V are composed of subunits that are paralogous or identical to the 12 subunits of Pol...

Mammalian DNA polymerase (pol) is a member of the X-family of DNA polymerases and has striking enzymatic and structural similarities to mammalian DNA pol . Because pol provides two important enzymatic activities for base excision repair (BER), we examined whether pol might also contribute to BER. We used extracts from mouse embryonic fibroblasts representing wild-type and null genotypes for pol...

Mutants lacking the ψ (HolD) subunit of the Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III holoenzyme (Pol III HE) have poor viability, but a residual growth allows the isolation of spontaneous suppressor mutations that restore ΔholD mutant viability. Here we describe the isolation and characterization of two suppressor mutations in the trkA and trkE genes, involved in the main E. coli potassium import sy...