We report the identification of a functional nuclear localization signal (NLS) in the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) large tegument protein pUL48 that is required for nuclear localization in transfected cells and is essential for viral growth. The NLS was mapped to pUL48 amino acid residues 284 to 302. This sequence contains a bipartite NLS comprising two clusters of basic residues (bC1 and bC2) ...

The potential of different bacterial-feeding Rhabditida to consume isolates of Burkholderia cepacia with known agricultural biocontrol ability was examined. Caenorhabditis elegans, Diploscapter sp., Oscheius myriophila, Pelodera strongyloides, Pristionchus pacificus, Zeldia punctata, Panagrellus redivivus, and Distolabrellus veechi were tested for growth on and preference for Escherichia coli O...

We report thermal expansion measurements on a single crystal of the superconducting ferromagnet UCoGe for magnetic fields applied along the main orthorhombic axes. The thermal expansion cell was mounted on a piezoelectric rotator in order to fine-tune the magnetic field angle. The superconducting and magnetic phase diagram has been determined. With our bulk technique we confirm the S shape of t...

In this paper, we introduce a trajectory planning algorithm (TPA) in aerial/unmanned aerial vehicle- (UAV-) aided communications using practical budget-constrained multiarmed bandit (BC-MAB) disaster regions. Hence, propose two cost-efficient TPAs based on variants of the upper confidence bound (UCB) algorithms, namely, UCB-BC1 and UCB-BC2, via orthogonal multiple access (OMA) transmission. The...

In this paper we consider the problem of finding upperbounds on the minimum norm of representatives in residue classes in quotient O/I, where I is an integral ideal in the maximal order O of a number field K. In particular, we answer affirmatively a question of Konyagin and Shparlinski, stating that an upperbound o(N(I)) holds for most ideals I, denoting N(I) the norm of I. More precise stateme...

We report muon-spin-relaxation studies in weak transverse fields of the superconductivity in the metal cluster compound, Ga84[N(SiMe3)2]20-Li6Br2(thf)20.2 toluene. The temperature and field dependence of the muon-spin-relaxation rate and Knight shift clearly evidence type II bulk superconductivity below Tc approximately 7.8 K, with Bc1 approximately 0.06 T, Bc2 approximately 0.26 T, kappa appro...

In this study, three types of sludge-derived biochars (BC1, BC2 and BC3) were prepared by 1) original sludge, 2) sludge after K2FeO4 conditioning, 3) acidification + conditioning. The results show that the biochar from conditioned has additional functional groups, its Pb2+ removal effect is greatly enhanced. concentration in effluent can be reduced to <0.06 μg/L. only remove at most 58.02% Pb2+...

The teleost Fundulus heteroclitus (L.) possesses two loci, Gpi-A and Gpi-B, for the glycolytic enzyme, glucose-phosphate isomerase (GPI; D-glucose-6-phosphate ketol-isomerase; E.C. 5.3.1.9). The Gpi-B locus is polymorphic in Fundulus, with two common alleles, Gpi-Bb and Gpi-Bc, distributed in a clinal manner in populations along the east coast of North America. Since this clinal distribution is...