Towards Inhibition of Vif-APOBEC3G Interaction: Which Protein to Target? by Iris Cadima-Couto, Joao Goncalves

“…Since the discovery of APOBEC3G (A3G) as an antiviral factor, many advances have been made to understand its mechanism of action in the cell and how Vif acts in order to counteract its activity. …”
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Characterization and analysis of Ca-Zn ferrite nanoparticles based flexible metamaterial for sensing applications by Md.Zikrul Bari Chowdhury, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Iskandar Yahya, Abdulmajeed M. Alenezi, Mohamed S. Soliman, Md. Samsuzzaman

“…The design incorporates a split-ring resonator (SRR) unit cell fabricated on a flexible substrate synthesized through a sol–gel process, integrating PVA glue with Ca-Zn ferrite nanoparticles. …”
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PPARG Epigenetic Deregulation and Its Role in Colorectal Tumorigenesis by Lina Sabatino, Alessandra Fucci, Massimo Pancione, Vittorio Colantuoni

“…Its function in colon carcinogenesis has largely been debated; accumulating evidence, however, supports a role as tumor suppressor through modulation of crucial pathways in cell differentiation, apoptosis, and metastatic dissemination. …”
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Design of Wideband Absorber Based on Dual-Resistor-Loaded Metallic Strips by Mingxi Zhang, Binchao Zhang, Xiaochun Liu, Shining Sun, Cheng Jin

“…A method for designing a dual-polarized wideband absorber with low profile by using dual-resistor-loaded metallic strips is proposed in this paper. Each unit cell consists of a resistive sheet with dual-resistor-loaded metallic strips and an underlying conducting plate. …”
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A Robust Hybrid Approach Based on Estimation of Distribution Algorithm and Support Vector Machine for Hunting Candidate Disease Genes by Li Li, Hongmei Chen, Chang Liu, Fang Wang, Fangfang Zhang, Lihua Bai, Yihan Chen, Luying Peng

“…We have benchmarked the method using the microarray data of both diffuse B cell lymphoma and colon cancer to demonstrate its performance for identifying key features from the profile data of high-dimension gene expression. …”
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Immobilisation of Higher Activity Wastes from Nuclear Reactor Production of 99Mo by Martin W. A. Stewart, Eric R. Vance, Sam A. Moricca, Daniel R. Brew, Catherine Cheung, Tina Eddowes, Walter Bermudez

“…We also address the concerns over adapting our chosen process for use in a hot-cell environment.…”
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Free Vibration of Rectangular Plates with Porosity Distributions under Complex Boundary Constraints by Yuan Du, Siyu Wang, Liping Sun, Yanhe Shan

“…The distribution of porous varies along the thickness of the plate, in which the mechanical properties are defined by open-cell metal foam. Regardless of boundary conditions, displacement admissible functions are represented by combination of standard cosine Fourier series and auxiliary sine series. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Carbonyl Iron Powder/Epoxy Composite-Based Ultra-Wideband Multi-Pyramidal Magnetic Absorber Using an Equivalent Circuit Model by Aparna Parameswaran, Nohgyeom Ha, Soo Hyun Kim, Sukjin Kwon, Byeongjin Park, Sangkil Kim

“…Four asymmetrical truncated pyramids supported by a grounded base constitute the absorber unit cell. The absorption bandwidth of the design ranges from 3.21 GHz to 40 GHz (FBW of 170.3%, S - band to V - band) and stable absorption characteristics under oblique incidences is observed up to 35°. …”
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Endometrioid Paraovarian Borderline Cystic Tumor in an Infant with Proteus Syndrome by Liliana Vasquez, Mariela Tello, Ivan Maza, Monica Oscanoa, Milagros Dueñas, Haydee Castro, Alan Latorre

“…Ovarian and paraovarian neoplasms are uncommon in children, mainly originating from germ cell tumors and, least frequently, epithelial tumors. …”
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Application of the New Classification on Patients with a Disorder of Sex Development in Indonesia by A. Zulfa Juniarto, Yvonne G. van der Zwan, Ardy Santosa, Remko Hersmus, Frank H. de Jong, Renske Olmer, Hennie T. Bruggenwirth, Axel P. N. Themmen, Katja P. Wolffenbuttel, Leendert H. J. Looijenga, Sultana M. H. Faradz, Stenvert L. S. Drop

“…Of 22 patients with 46, XX DSD, 15 had congenital adrenal hyperplasia, while in one patient, an ovarian Leydig cell tumor was found. In all 58 46, XY DSD patients, 29 were suspected of a disorder of androgen action (12 with an androgen receptor mutation), and in 9, gonadal dysgenesis was found and, in 20, severe hypospadias e.c.i. …”
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Effects of Nuclear Genomes on Anther Development in Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Chicories (Cichorium intybus L.): Morphological Analysis by Ildephonse Habarugira, Theo Hendriks, Marie-Christine Quillet, Jean-Louis Hilbert, Caroline Rambaud

“…In the male sterile plants, the tapetum intrusion after meiosis was less remarkable, the microspores started to abort at vacuolate stage, the connective tissue collapsed, and endothecium failed to expand normally and did not undergo cell wall lignification, which prevented anther opening since the septum and stomium were not disrupted. …”
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A Live Birth Subsequent to IVF following Egg Retrieval Only 12 Hours after hCG Priming by Limor Man, Joel Baron, Iris Har-Vardi, Eitan Lunenfeld, Eliahu Levitas

“…After additional 24 hours a 4-cell embryo was developed and ET was performed. Results. …”
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The Domestic Cat as a Large Animal Model for Characterization of Disease and Therapeutic Intervention in Hereditary Retinal Blindness by Kristina Narfström, Koren Holland Deckman, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond

“…Therapeutic trials have been performed mainly in the former type including stem cell therapy, retinal transplantation, and development of ocular prosthetics. …”
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Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Antimicrobial and Antitumor Studies of Two Zinc(II) Complexes with Pyridine Thiazole Derivatives by Zou Xun-Zhong, Feng An-Sheng, Zeng Fu-Ran, Lai Min-Cheng, Liao Yan-Zhi, Mei Meng, Li Yu

“…The biological activity studies of the compounds showed that the metal complexes were more active than the free ligands, and some compounds had absolute specificity for certain bacteria or cancer cell lines.…”
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Immunization against Lamb Haemonchosis with a Recombinant Somatic Antigen of Haemonchus contortus (rHcp26/23) by Leticia García-Coiradas, Francisco Angulo-Cubillán, Basilio Valladares, Enrique Martínez, Concepción de la Fuente, José María Alunda, Montserrat Cuquerella

“…Immunization did not induce any significant protection after challenge with 16000 infective larvae of H. contortus, and comparable values for parasite faecal egg output, packed cell volume, and abomasal parasite burdens were found in vaccinated and control animals.…”
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Iron Limitation Drives the Globally Extreme Fluorescence/Chlorophyll Ratios of the Southern Ocean by Christina Schallenberg, Robert F. Strzepek, Sophie Bestley, Bozena Wojtasiewicz, Thomas W. Trull

“…While species composition and Chl packaging per cell are strong drivers for the observed variability, additional factors, including iron limitation, have to this date not specifically been evaluated. …”
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Severe Hyperphosphatemia in a Patient with Mild Acute Kidney Injury by Phuong Chi Pham, Raghu Konanur Ventakaram, Jimmy Pham, Harpreet Sidhu, Nada Bader, Phuong Mai Pham, Phuong Thu Pham

“…Hyperphosphatemia may arise from various conditions including exogenous ingestion, extracellular shifts due to cell death or alterations in acid-base status, increased bone resorption, hormonal dysregulations leading to reduced renal excretion, reduced kidney function, or faulty measurement techniques. …”
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Principles and medical applications of gene editing by CRISPR / Cas by Rolando Sánchez Artigas, María Teresa Díaz Armas, Raisa Rodríguez Duque, Pedro Enrique Miguel Soca

“…The introduction of the system into the cell interior occurs with plasmids, RNA or ribonucleoproteins. …”
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Chemical- and photo-activation of protein-protein thiol-ene coupling for protein profiling by André Campaniҫo, Marcin Baran, Andrew G. Bowie, Daniel B. Longley, Timothy Harrison, Joanna F. McGouran

“…When thiol-ene activation was performed in protein and cell lysate models, all three initiation methods were successful. …”
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Pathologic complete response following low-dose radiation for advanced oral cavity cancer in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus by Amy B. Leming, Andrea L. Johnston, Greg A. Krempl, Evan J. Fowle, Daniel J. Morton, Christina E. Henson

“…Abstract Background Advanced squamous cell carcinoma (SCCa) of the oral cavity is often not amenable to curative-intent therapy due to tumor location, tumor size, or comorbidities. …”
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