We previously reported mRNA caging technology as a novel and simple technique for photo-mediated temporal and spatial control of gene activation in zebrafish embryos and as an alternative to the 'gene knockdown' approach using antisense morpholino oligonucleotides. The caging reagent used is 6-bromo-4-diazomethyl-7-hydroxycoumarin (Bhc-diazo), which forms a covalent bond with the phosphate moie...

Definition of biogeographic provinces, patterns of species distributions on local and regional scales, species richness, and relative abundances are all basic ecological measures, yet they are largely unknown for deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems. Without an appreciation of biogeographic and biodiversity patterns, it is difficult to understand the evolutionary and ecological processes that ...

Abstract It is well known that sediment and mussel samples are commonly used for monitoring of radioactivity levels in marine ecosystem. In the present study, radioactivity concentrations of Cs, K, Th, U and Po were measured in sediment and mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) samples. The results of the present study were compared with the similar studies.

In this paper, we propose a solution to the problem of herding by caging: given a set of mobile robots (called herders) and a group of moving agents (called sheep), we move the latter to some predefined location in such a way that they cannot escape from the robots while moving. We model the interaction between the herders and the sheep by assuming that the former exert virtual “repulsive force...

Oxidation responsive polymers with triggered degradation pathways have been prepared via attachment of self-immolative moieties onto a hydrolytically unstable polyphosphazene backbone. After controlled main-chain growth, postpolymerization functionalization allows the preparation of hydrolytically stable poly(organo)phosphazenes decorated with a phenylboronic ester caging group. In oxidative en...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: DOPA: 3,4-Dihydroxy Phenylalanine; MAPs: Mussel Adhesive Proteins; QM: Quantum Mechanics; MM: Molecular Mechanics; PEG: Polyethylene Glycol; LAMBA: Light Activated Mussel-based Bio Adhesive; DFT: Density Functional Theory; EPR: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance; DCTA: DoubleCrosslinked Tissue Adhesives; UFF: Universal Force Field; ONIOM...

The sister chromatid exchange (SCE) test is a widely used method to detect chemically induced genetic damage. This method has been applied in some aquatic species to monitor genetic pollutants in estuarine and marine environments. Dose response to 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was investigated in the mussel Mytilus gallopror~incialis Lmk. Experimental assays were carried out by incorporating 4 , 1...

The exotic zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, is established in all of the Laurentian Great Lakes and may affect benthivorous fishes by increasing the complexity of benthic substrates and changing energy flow patterns within the food web. Native yellow perch, Perca flavescens, and the nonindigenous Eurasian ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus, are benthivores that may compete for limited food resourc...

Fish predation interferes with mussel seed population dynamic and is an important limiting factor on seed supply in several areas of mussel farming production. In the present study we assessed the impact of fish predation in a mussel farm sited in the Rıa de Ares-Betanzos (Galicia, NW Spain). To assess fish impact on recruitment, we have quantified mussel recruitment densities with or without e...