Tyrosinase plays an important role in the formation of the shell matrix and melanin synthesis in mollusks shells. A cDNA clone encoding a 47 kDa protein was isolated from the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata. The cDNA was 1,957 base pairs long and encodes a 417 residue protein that has extensive sequence identity with tyrosinase (polyphenol oxidase: EC 1.14.18.1). This tyrosinase-like protein, term...

The answer must be that the radiation is canceled by destructive interference between the radiation fields of the large number N of electrons that make up the steady current. A single electron in uniform circular motion emits electric dipole radiation, whose power is proportional to the square of the acceleration a = v/r, and hence to (v/c). But, the electric dipole moment vanishes for two elec...

Pearl oysters are a fishery commodity with high economic value because all parts of its body have sale value. However, many problems pearl oyster hatcheries low survival rates and growth is not uniform. The research objective to determine the effect interval time immersion in natural feed tank concentrate Chaetoceros simplex determiinterval best duced grey rate (Pinctada maxima). method this ex...

Linear chains of metal nanoparticles coupled with dielectric surfaces support a variety of optical phenomena including traveling and leaky waves of several types. We investigate the chain-surface interactions and show that traveling waves can remain bound to the chain, radiate into surface wave beams, or radiate into space and surface wave beams. Radiation into surface waves may be exploited to...

Cultured pearls can be produced both with and without a nucleus. Marine pearl oysters that produce Akoya, South Sea and Tahitian cultured pearls typically use nuclei for their pearl products. The nucleus material used for these beaded cultured pearls is traditionally from freshwater Mississippi mussels. In recent years, there have been a number of attempts to use alternative pearl and shell mat...

We examine the evaporation of a small black hole on a brane in a world with large extra dimensions. Since the masses of many Kaluza-Klein modes are much smaller than the Hawking temperature of the black hole, it has been claimed that most of the energy is radiated into these modes. We show that this is incorrect. Most of the energy goes into the modes on the brane. This raises the possibility o...