Two new truxene-based organic sensitizers (M15 and M16) featuring high extinction coefficients were synthesized for dye-sensitized solar cells employing cobalt electrolyte. The M16-sensitized device displays a 7.6% efficiency at an irradiation of AM1.5 full sunlight.

Drosophila double park encodes a homolog of Cdt1 that functions in initiation of DNA replication in fission yeast and Xenopus. dup mutants complete the first 15 embryonic cell cycles, presumably via maternal dup products, and show defects in the 16(th) S phase (S16). Cells carrying dup(a1) allele forgo S16 altogether but enter mitosis 16 (M16). We find that the timing of entry into M16 is simil...

We study the effects of SO(10) D-terms on the allowed parameter space (APS) in models with t − b − τ and b − τ Yukawa unifiction. The former is allowed only for moderate values of the D-term, if very precise (≤ 5%) unification is required. Next we constrain the parameter space by looking for different dangerous directions where the scalar potential may be unbounded from below (UFB1 and UFB3). T...

The subunit structure of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) membrane sector is not entirely known. The proteolipid is the only subunit that has been implicated in the mechanism of energy transfer in the enzyme. We have identified a protein (M16) that co-purifies with the V-ATPase complex from bovine chromaffin granules. Information obtained from the amino acid sequence of a proteolytic fragmen...

Culture of preimplantation mammalian embryos and cells can influence their subsequent growth and differentiation. Previously, we reported that culture of mouse embryonic stem cells is associated with deregulation of genomic imprinting and affects the potential for these cells to develop into normal fetuses. The purpose of our current study was to determine whether culture of preimplantation mou...

BACKGROUND Caffeine increases the CAMP production that stimulates spermatozoa movement. Caffeine is also used for induction of in vitro acrosome reaction in mammalian spermatozoa, an important step in achieving fertilization. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the effect of caffeine on sperm's motility, vitality and laboratory fertilization rates in mouse in two T6 and M16 media. ...

Crossfostering was performed using lines selected for increased 6-week body weight (H6) and increased 3-to 6-week postweaning gain (M16) and their reciprocal F1 crosses as nurse dams in the selected crossfostering group, and base population controls (C2, ICR) and their reciprocal F1 crosses in the control group. The offspring suckled were H6, M16 and F2 crosses in the selected group, and C2, IC...

Correlated responses to selection for rapid 3 to 6-wk postweaning gain in male mice were estimated for five fat depots weighed at specific degrees of maturity in body weight (37.5, 50.0, 62.5, 75, 87.5 and 100%). Fat pads measured were from regions of the subcutaneous hindlimb, subcutaneous forelimb, epididymides, mesentery and kidneys. At the same degree of maturity, selected mice (M16) were o...

Data on body weights at 3 weeks (WK3) and 6 weeks (WK6) and postweaning gain from 3 to 6 weeks (GAIN) were analyzed in eight populations of mice to estimate the differences between populat ions in average direct genetic effects (ADG), average maternal genetic effects (AMG) and direct heterotic effects (DH). The effects of population, sex, group size and interactions were examined. Females were ...

In Neurospora crassa, the enzyme quinate (shikimate) dehydrogenase catalyzes the first reaction in the inducible quinic acid catabolic pathway and is encoded in the qa-3 gene of the qa cluster. In this cluster, the order of genes has been established as qa-1 qa-3 qa-4 qa-2. Amino-terminal sequences have been determined for purified quinate dehydrogenase from wild type and from UV-induced revert...