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An output power of 115 mW at 545 nm has been obtained from a diode-pumped self-frequency doubling Nd:GdCa4O(BO3)3 laser in a stable cavity. The infrared emission of the laser was found to be 1091 nm, not the 1060 nm that was expected when the highest line of the fluorescence spectrum was considered. We have demonstrated that the emission at 1091 nm was caused by the temperature increase at the ...

The 5'-flanking region of the murine dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (Dld) gene was characterized for its promoter activity. DNase I footprinting analysis of the promoter region (-545 bp to +41 bp) revealed six major protein-binding domains (termed P1 to P6) that were protected by NIH3T3 fibroblast nuclear extracts. Transient transfection assays, using a series of nested deletions of the 2.5 kb ...

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