The objective of this project was to determine if the placental weight/ratio is affected by various maternal variables such as maternal age, BMI, gestational diabetes, and race using various mathematical approaches. A study was performed on 1229 mothers who were of different age groups, five different races, various BMI, and approximately 4% had gestational diabetes. We analyzed each of these f...

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Trafficking of the pore-forming alpha-subunits of large conductance calcium- and voltage-activated potassium (BK) channels to the cell surface represents an important regulatory step in controlling BK channel function. Here, we identify multiple trafficking signals within the intracellular RCK1-RCK2 linker of the cytosolic C terminus of the channel that are required for efficient cell surface e...

STUDY QUESTION Are DNMT3B promoter polymorphisms among maternal risk factors for the birth of a child with Down syndrome (DS)? SUMMARY ANSWER Present results suggest that combinations of functional DNMT3B promoter polymorphisms might modulate maternal risk of birth of a child with DS. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY The DNMT3B gene codes for DNA methyltransferase 3b (DNMT3b), a protein required for g...

Membrane fusion by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is promoted by the refolding of the viral envelope glycoprotein into a fusion-active conformation. The structure of the gp41 ectodomain core in its fusion-active state is a trimer of hairpins in which three antiparallel carboxyl-terminal helices pack into hydrophobic grooves on the surface of an amino-terminal trimeric coiled coil. ...

Thai name: Huun-Hai) is a shrub that grows up to 1.5 m high, distributed in Northeastern Thailand. It is used in Thai traditional medicine for anti-fever purposes, as well as an anti-inflammatory agent. In the course of our continuing studies on Thai medicinal plants, the constituents of this plant were investigated. To the best of our knowledge, no phytochemical study has been carried out on t...

In this note we give a new proof of the theorem of Kronecker-Weber based on Kummer theory and Stickelberger’s theorem.