CYP2E1 PstI polymorphism G-1259C (rs3813867) genotype distributions vary significantly among different populations and are associated with both diseases, like cancer, and adverse drug effects. To date, there have been limited genotype distributions and allele frequencies of this polymorphism reported in the three major indigenous ethnic groups (KadazanDusun, Bajau, and Rungus) in Sabah, also kn...

Assembly and asymmetric localization of the photosensory eyespot in the biflagellate, unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii requires coordinated organization of photoreceptors in the plasma membrane and pigment granule/thylakoid membrane layers in the chloroplast. min1 (mini-eyed) mutant cells contain abnormally small, disorganized eyespots in which the chloroplast envelope and plasm...

A fragment of the Streptococcus pneumoniae PhtA gene product (residues 18-230) was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The purified protein was crystallized using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion technique. Crystals belong to the monoclinic space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 62.19, b = 35.9, c = 72.54 A, beta = 90.01 degrees. The crystals diffract X-rays to beyond 1.2 A re...

SAS-065 was originally mandated by NATO-RTO-SAS1 to develop a generic conceptual model for assessing the evolving “maturity” of NATO’s command and control system.2 The mandate’s context was NATO’s force transformation initiative to improve the Network Enabled Capability (NEC) of NATO’s forces with gradual improvement from the capacity for de-conflicted operations, as prevailed during the Cold W...

The electrical properties of a cell are produced by the complement of ion channels that it expresses. To understand how ion-channel gene expression is regulated, we are studying the tissue-specific regulation of the slowpoke (slo) Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel gene. This gene is expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system, in midgut and tracheal cells, and in the musculature of Drosoph...

Gene duplication and subsequent divergence can lead to the evolution of new functions and lineage-specific traits. In sticklebacks, the successive duplication of a mucin gene (MUC19) into a tandemly arrayed, multigene family has enabled the production of copious amounts of 'spiggin', a secreted adhesive protein essential for nest construction. Here, we examine divergence between spiggin genes a...

p19ARF has been implicated as a key regulator of p53 stability and activation. While numerous stresses activate the p53 growth arrest pathway, those requiring p19ARF remain to be elucidated. We used p19ARF knockout mouse embryo fibroblasts to show that DNA damage and microtubule disruption require p19ARF to induce p53 responses, whereas ribonucleotide depletion and inhibition of RNA synthesis b...

The chemical synthesis of a gene coding for a polypeptide of 77 amino acid residues (designated ceaB3) representing a fragment of the CEA-B3 domain of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was achieved. The ceaB3 fragment was cloned into the plasmid pLZPWB1 at the C-terminus of a derivative lacZMF of the lacZ gene, devoid of methionine and cysteine amino acid residues. The fusion protein lacZMF-ceaB3 ...

For the first time we search for $\eta_{c2}(1D)$ in $e^+e^-\to\gamma\eta_{c2}(1D)$ at $\sqrt{s}$ = 10.52, 10.58, and 10.867 GeV with data samples of 89.5 fb$^{-1}$, 711 121.4 respectively, accumulated Belle detector KEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. No significant signal is observed mass range between 3.8 3.88 GeV/$c^2$. The upper limit 90\% confidence level on product Born cro...