Recent experimental data on the low-lying states in 190W show a change in the E(41 )/E(2 + 1 ) behavior compared to less neutron-rich neigbors. Self-consistent axially-deformed Hartree-Fock calculations, using a separable monopole interaction, of nuclei in the vicinity of 190W are performed to systematically examine the evolution of ground state quadrupole deformations. It is found that the neu...

Grain weight is a major determinant of grain yield. GS5 is a positive regulator of grain size such that grain width, filling, and weight are correlated with its expression level. Previous work suggested that polymorphisms of GS5 in the promoter region might be responsible for the variation in grain size. In this study, two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) between the wide-grain allele GS5...

A protein that constitutes a good marker for a type of cholesterol-rich domain in biological membranes is caveolin. A segment of this protein has a sequence that corresponds to a cholesterol recognition/interaction amino acid consensus (CRAC) motif; this motif has been suggested to cause the incorporation of proteins into cholesterol-rich domains. We have studied the interaction of two peptides...

The region of neutron-rich nuclei beyond 208Pb has been very difficult to explore due to its high mass and exoticity. However, recent experimental improvements allowed one to perform a quite extended isomer decay spectroscopy of these nuclei.

H. Scheit,1,2 T. Glasmacher,1,2 B. A. Brown,1,2 J. A. Brown,1 P. D. Cottle,4 P. G. Hansen,1 R. Harkewicz,1 M. Hellström,5 R. W. Ibbotson,1 J. K. Jewell,4 K. W. Kemper,4 D. J. Morrissey,1,3 M. Steiner,1 P. Thirolf,1,* and M. Thoennessen1,2 1National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State U...

We report on a study of neutron-rich nuclei around 132 Sn in terms of the shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. We present results for some Sb and Te isotopes. Comparison shows that our results are in very good agreement with the available experimental data supporting confidence in the predictions of our calculations. This ma...

the forumad ophiolite in the northwestern part of the sabzevar region has embraced the largedepleted harzburgites and dunitic bodies associated with podiform chromitites. in some deposits, chromitegrains have segregated as nodules. the stretched shape along with high cr2o3 and tio2 contents are thecharacteristics of the nodules. compared to the other tethyan nodular chromites, the forumad nodul...

XLalphas is a splice variant of the heterotrimeric G protein, Galpha(s), found on Golgi membranes in cells with regulated and constitutive secretion. We examined the role of the alternatively spliced amino terminus of XLalphas for Golgi targeting with the use of subcellular fractionation and fluorescence microscopy. XLalphas incorporated [(3)H]palmitate, and mutation of cysteines in a cysteine-...

Biodiversity of soil fungi was explored in soils of the National Park of Urmia Lake. For this purpose, 46 soil samples were collected from 5–15 cm depth and isolation was made using soil dilution plate and Warcup soil plate methods. Fungal isolates were identified based on cultural and morphological criteria. The results obtained in this study revealed that there is a rich diversity among hypho...

The DNA sequence motifs pac1 [an A-rich region flanked by poly(C) runs] and pac2 (CGCGGCG near an A-rich region) are conserved near herpesvirus genomic termini and are believed to mediate cleavage of genomes from replicative concatemers. To determine their importance in the cleavage process, we constructed a number of recombinant murine cytomegaloviruses with a second cleavage site inserted at ...