SMART is a simple modular architecture research tool and database that provides domain identification and annotation on the WWW (http://coot.embl-heidelberg.de/SMART). The tool compares query sequences with its databases of domain sequences and multiple alignments whilst concurrently identifying compositionally biased regions such as signal peptide, transmembrane and coiled coil segments. Annot...

BACKGROUND Human myxovirus resistant protein A (MxA), encoded by the myxovirus resistance 1 (Mx1) gene, is an interferon (IFN)-triggered dynamin-like multi-domain GTPase involved in innate immune responses against viral infections. Recent studies suggest that MxA is associated with several human cancers and may be a tumor suppressor and a promising biomarker for IFN therapy. Mx1 gene mutations ...

For underwater vehicles to be self-suucient in an a priori unknown environment, feedback from the environment through altitude sensors is essential. This paper presents how this feedback can be eeciently achieved for fully actuated holonomic autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in which diierent simultaneous primary tasks have to concur to the achievement of a mission. These vehicles are submi...

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 241 March April 2008 London: Churchill Livingstone; 1975. Rath CC, Dash SK, Mishra RK. In vitro susceptibility of Japaneese 2. mint leaf oil against five human fungal pathogens. Indian Perfumer 2001;45:57-61. Baswa M, Rath CC, Dash SK, Mishra RK. Antibacterial activity of 3. Karanj (Pongamia pinnata) and Neem (Azadirachta indica) seed oil: A preliminary...

In the rst part of this paper, we deene approximate polynomial gcds (greatest common divisors) and extended gcds provided that approximations to the zeros of the input polynomials are available. We relate our novel deenition to the older and weaker ones, based on perturbation of the coeecients of the input polynomials, we demonstrate some deeciency of the latter deenitions (which our deenition ...

The purpose of the research is morphological and molecular identification trematodes found in intestines migratory waterfowl with subsequent taxonomic evaluation. Materials methods . Mature specimens were collected from ( Fulica atra Aythya ferina ) shot during ecological-faunistic monitoring southern part Primorsky krai. Preliminary analyze revealed that belong to Echinostomatidae family. whol...

Feddes, J.1.R., Ouellette, C.A. and Leonard, J.1. 2000. A system for providing protein for pigs in intermediately sized grower/finisher barns. Can. Agric. Eng 42:209-213. Blend feeding attempts to eliminate excesses and deficiencies in dietary protein associated with conventional phase feeding ofgrowing pigs (20 to 110 kg) by meeting their protein requirements on a daily or weekly basis. An inc...

Lectins are proteins widely diffuse in nature that interact non-covalently with carbohydrates [1]. Of all the mushroom proteins, lectins are probably the most extensively investigated because it has been observed that they can exhibit antitumour activity on human cancer cells [2]. Among them, a lectin from the fruiting bodies of the edible oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus was isolated since ...

—The faucet snail Bithynia tentaculata, a nonindigenous aquatic snail from Eurasia, was introduced into Lake Michigan in 1871 and has spread to the mid-Atlantic states, the Great Lakes region, Montana, and most recently, the Mississippi River. The faucet snail serves as intermediate host for several trematodes that have caused large-scale mortality among water birds, primarily in the Great Lake...