To build the spindle at mitosis, motors exert spatially regulated forces on microtubules. We know that dynein pulls on mammalian spindle microtubule minus-ends, and this localized activity at ends is predicted to allow dynein to cluster microtubules into poles. How dynein becomes enriched at minus-ends is not known. Here, we use quantitative imaging and laser ablation to show that NuMA targets ...

J. Entomol. Sci. 46(2): 124-134 (April2011) Abstract A commercially available chitosan product, BeyondTM, was evaluated for its effects on loblolly pine, Pinus taeda L., responses believed related to bark beetle resistance. Treatments were applied 4 times at approx. 6-wk intervals between May and November 2008. Five treatments were evaluated: ground application (soil drench), foliar application...

In large-scale supercomputers thousands of processors are connected together to their respective memory modules which controlled by several control units in parallel. Large data streams have be communicated between these and memories through interconnection networks. Multistage network (MIN) is an efficient way provide communications at a very reasonable cost. For such large systems MIN employe...

Plasma lipids have been known to be altered by the within-month variations in the female hormonal system. The female hormonal system also controls the menstrual cycle in the pre-menopausal women. This study is, therefore, aimed at finding the possible effects of menopause on plasma lipids and lipoprote ins, as shown by the lipid profile. The lipid profiles of 200 post-menopausal women and 100 p...