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Monitor Newsletter August 16, 2004, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Esophageal Muscle Physiology And Morphogenesis Require Assembly Of A Collagen Xix-Rich Basement Membrane Zone., Hideaki Sumiyoshi, Niv Mor, Sui Y Lee, Stephen Doty, Scott Henderson, Shizuko Tanaka, Hidekatsu Yoshioka, Satish Rattan, Francesco Ramirez

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Collagen XIX is an extremely rare extracellular matrix component that localizes to basement membrane zones and is transiently expressed by differentiating muscle cells. Characterization of mice harboring null and structural mutations of the collagen XIX (Col19a1) gene has revealed the critical contribution of this matrix protein to muscle physiology and differentiation. The phenotype includes smooth muscle motor dysfunction and hypertensive sphincter resulting from impaired swallowing-induced, nitric oxide-dependent relaxation of the sphincteric muscle. Muscle dysfunction was correlated with a disorganized matrix and a normal complement of enteric neurons and interstitial cells of Cajal. Mice without collagen XIX exhibit an additional defect, …

August 16, 2004 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 029, Number 04, August 16, 2004, Grand Valley State University

2004-2005, Volume 29

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Similar Promotion Of Abeta1-42 Fibrillogenesis By Native Apolipoprotein E Epsilon3 And Epsilon4 Isoforms., David Sweeney, Ralph Martins, Harry Levine, Jonathan D Smith, Sam Gandy

Farber Institute for Neuroscience Faculty Papers

The apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele contributes to the genetic susceptibility underlying a large proportion (~40-60%) of typical, sporadic Alzheimer disease. Apolipoprotein E deficient mice made transgenic for human apolipoprotein E epsilon4 accumulate excess cerebral amyloid when compared to similarly prepared mice expressing human apolipoprotein E epsilon3. Therefore, it is important to search for relevant interactions(s) between apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and Abeta in order to clarify the biological role for apolipoprotein E epsilon4 in Alzheimer disease. Using a thioflavine T (ThT)-based assay, we have investigated the effects of native human apolipoprotein E isoforms on the kinetics of Abeta fibrillogenesis. No obvious …

Similar Promotion Of Abeta1-42 Fibrillogenesis By Native Apolipoprotein E Epsilon3 And Epsilon4 Isoforms, David Sweeney, Ralph Martins, Harry Levine, Jonathan D. Smith, Sam Gandy

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

The apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele contributes to the genetic susceptibility underlying a large proportion (~40-60%) of typical, sporadic Alzheimer disease. Apolipoprotein E deficient mice made transgenic for human apolipoprotein E epsilon4 accumulate excess cerebral amyloid when compared to similarly prepared mice expressing human apolipoprotein E epsilon3. Therefore, it is important to search for relevant interactions(s) between apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and Abeta in order to clarify the biological role for apolipoprotein E epsilon4 in Alzheimer disease. Using a thioflavine T (ThT)-based assay, we have investigated the effects of native human apolipoprotein E isoforms on the kinetics of Abeta fibrillogenesis. No obvious …

2004-2005, Collin College

Course Catalogs

Contains information on courses and class descriptions as well as campus resources at Collin College.

Wst 2309-003: Women, Men, And Culture, Carol Stevens

Fall 2004

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Eng 2009g-002: Literature And Human Values: Race, Age, And Gender, Chris Wixson

Fall 2004

No abstract provided.

The Fishing Ground Formation Of Sergestid Shrimp (Sergia Lucens) In The Coastal Waters Of Southwestern Taiwan, Kuo-Tien Lee, Cheng-Hsin Liao, Wei-Cheng Su, Sheng-Hsiung Hsieh, Hsueh-Jung Lu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The aggregation mechanism of sergestid shrimp (Sergia lucens) in the coastal waters of southwestern Taiwan was studies based on the eleven monthly cruises data including temperature, salinity, nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton, collected by research vessel Hai-Fu from August 1999 to June 2000. Mean while, the CPUE (kg/hour) of the shrimp were also estimated from 16 selected sampling vessels. The results indicated that the shrimp aggregates near two major fishing grounds Kaoping River estuary and Fangliao canyon in the coastal waters of southwestern Taiwan at the depth stratum from 100 to 200m, water temperature in the range of 15-22°C and salinity …

Copepods From Shore And Offshore Waters Of Pakistan, Quddusi B. Kazmi

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This report is a history of copepodology based on the review of previously recorded species of copepods from Pakistan (Arabian Sea) by Pakistani workers and other contemporary surveys. The plankton samples studied are the epipelagic copepods collected during the Northern Arabian Sea Ecological and Environmental Research (NASEER) Cruise I (January 7-22, 1992) and Cruise IV (May 10-21, 1994). Some planktonic and phytal species obtained from a U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) project (1993-1995) on living resources in nearshore waters, and interstitial species obtained during a preliminary survey ONR (1998-2000) of the interstitial copepods carried out for the first time …

Eng 3702-001: American Realism, John Allison

Fall 2004

No abstract provided.

Annual Report, 2003-2004, Jouni Uitto

Annual Reports and Administrative Documents

No abstract provided.

Excess Stroke In Mexican Americans Compared With Non-Hispanic Whites: The Brain Attack Surveillance In Corpus Christi Project, Lewis B Morgenstern, Melinda A Smith, Lynda D Lisabeth, Jan M H Risser, Ken Uchino, Nelda Garcia, Paxton J Longwell, David A Mcfarling, Olubumi Akuwumi, Areej Al-Wabil, Fahmi Al-Senani, Devin L Brown, Lemuel A Moyé

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Mexican Americans are the largest subgroup of Hispanics, the largest minority population in the United States. Stroke is the leading cause of disability and third leading cause of death. The authors compared stroke incidence among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites in a population-based study. Stroke cases were ascertained in Nueces County, Texas, utilizing concomitant active and passive surveillance. Cases were validated on the basis of source documentation by board-certified neurologists masked to subjects' ethnicity. From January 2000 to December 2002, 2,350 cerebrovascular events occurred. Of the completed strokes, 53% were in Mexican Americans. The crude cumulative incidence was 168/10,000 in …

Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis In Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii: Expression And Characterization Of Ctp:Phosphoethanolamine Cytidylyltransferase, Wenyu Yang, Catherine B. Mason, Steve V. Pollock, Tracey Lavezzi, James V. Moroney, Thomas S. Moore

Faculty Publications

CTP:phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase (ECT) is considered to be the regulatory enzyme in the CDP-ethanolamine pathway of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) biosynthesis. The ECT cDNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encodes a protein of 443 amino acid residues, which is longer than the same protein in yeast, rat or human. The translated product of cloned cDNA was expressed as a fusion protein in Escherichia coli, and was shown to have ECT activity. The deduced amino acid sequence has 41% identity with that of human or rat, and 30% with yeast. The ECT protein has a repetitive internal sequence in its N-and C-terminal halves and a signature …

Development Of A Safe Neutralization Assay For Sars-Cov And Characterization Of S-Glycoprotein, Dong P. Han, Hyung G. Kim, Young B. Kim, Michael W. Cho

Faculty Scholarship

The etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been identified as a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV. Similar to other coronaviruses, spike (S)-glycoprotein of the virus interacts with a cellular receptor and mediates membrane fusion to allow viral entry into susceptible target cells. Accordingly, S-protein plays an important role in virus infection cycle and is the primary target of neutralizing antibodies. To begin to understand its biochemical and immunological properties, we expressed both full-length and ectodomain of the protein in various primate cells. Our results show that the protein has an electrophoretic mobility of about 160–170 kDa. The protein is …

The Holarctic Winter Stonefly Genus Isocapnia, With An Emphasis On The North American Fauna (Plecoptera: Capniidae), J. T. Zenger, R. W. Baumann

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

This paper presents descriptions, diagnoses, figures, and keys for 12 western North American species of the Holoarctic genus Isocapnia Banks. Complete known distributional records and a cladistic analysis are included for the Nearctic species. Isocapnia fraseri and I. missourii are synonymized with I. integra, and 3 new species are described: I. eichlini n. sp., I. palousa n. sp., and I. rickeri n. sp. Representatives of 5 of the 7 known Palearctic species of Isocapnia were examined and are compared with the Nearctic species. Type localities and distributional data are listed for all 7 Palearctic species.

Forum Proposals For Latin American, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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From Biomedicine To Natural History Research: Est Resources For Ambystomatid Aalamanders, Srikrishna Putta, Jeramiah J. Smith, John A. Walker, Mathieu Rondet, David W. Weisrock, James Monaghan, Amy K. Samuels, D. Kevin Kump, David C. King, Nicholas J. Maness, Bianca Habermann, Elly Tanaka, Susan V. Bryant, David M. Gardiner, David M. Parichy, S. Randal Voss

Biology Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Establishing genomic resources for closely related species will provide comparative insights that are crucial for understanding diversity and variability at multiple levels of biological organization. We developed ESTs for Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) and Eastern tiger salamander (A. tigrinum tigrinum), species with deep and diverse research histories.

RESULTS: Approximately 40,000 quality cDNA sequences were isolated for these species from various tissues, including regenerating limb and tail. These sequences and an existing set of 16,030 cDNA sequences for A. mexicanum were processed to yield 35,413 and 20,599 high quality ESTs for A. mexicanum and A. t. tigrinum, respectively. Because the …

University Of Nebraska At Omaha, August Commencement 2004, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Commencement Programs

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Washington University Record, August 13, 2004

Washington University Record

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End Matter, Vol. 2

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Anacroneuria From Mexico And Upper Mesoamerica (Plecoptera: Perlidae), Bill P. Stark, Boris C. Kondratieff

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

This paper reviews the status of 39 Anacroneuria species reported for Mexico, the adjacent areas of Mesoamerica (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), and the United States. Sixteen species are described as new (A. baumanni, A. brailovskyi, A. buenoi, A. contrerasi, A. izapa, A. mixteca, A. olmec, A. pareja, A. quetzalcoatl, A. ratcliffei, A. senahu, A. shepardi, A. sonora, A. wellsi, A. zaculeu, and A. zaga). Anacroneuria sulana Needham and Broughton is removed from synonymy with A. annulicauda (Pictet) and classified as a synonym of A. lineata (Navas). Anacroneuria proxima Klapálek, A. crenulata Jewett, and A. comanche Stark and Baumann …

Front Matter, Vol. 2

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

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Intermountain Freshwater Mollusks, Usa (Margaritifera, Anodonta, Gonidea, Valvata, Ferrissia): Geography, Conservation, And Fish Management Implications, Peter Hovingh

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Field collections at more than 2900 sites and the examination of many museum collections and literature allowed me to map the historical and current distribution of several freshwater molluscan faunal groups in the Intermountain region of the United States (Great Basin, Colorado River drainage basin, and upper Snake River subbasin). Historical and current records show that Margaritifera falcata, Anodonta californiensis, and Ferrissia rivularis have drainage-specific distributions, while Valvata utahensis has a specific drainage pattern, and V. californica (new combination) has a dispersed pattern. Shell morphometric data of Valvata and Ferrissia show extensive shell variation between and within populations. Current surveys …

The Winter Stonefly Genus Paracapnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae), B. P. Stark, R. W. Baumann

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

This article reviews the capniid genus Paracapnia Hanson and describes a new species, P. boris, from males and females collected in northern California, provisionally assigned to the genus. Paracapnia oswegaptera (Jewett) is placed in synonymy with P. ensicala (Jewett), and the first description is provided for the male of P. disala (Jewett). Keys are presented for recognized Palearctic and Nearctic members of the genus. Distribution data are given for specimens examined and for those in the published literature.

The Geo Quick Ride (Gqr) Program – Providing Inexpensive And Frequent Access To Space , Robert Caffrey, John Baniszewski

Small Satellite Conference

This paper examines the feasibility of piggybacking NASA, university, and industry payloads on commercial geosynchronous satellites. In 1998, NASA’s RSDO Office awarded Geo Quick Ride (GQR) study contracts to spacecraft manufacturers to examine the issues concerning the flying of secondary payloads. The study results were very promising. Commercial communications satellites have frequent flights and significant unused resources that could be used to fly secondary payloads. However, manifesting secondary payloads on a commercial revenue generating satellite is a complex problem to solve. The solution requires multiple simultaneous approaches in order to be successful. There are business, economic, technical, schedule, and organizational …

Pinyon Jays Use Transitive Inference To Predict Social Dominance, Guillermo Paz-Y-Miño C, Alan B. Bond, Alan Kamil, Russell P. Balda

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Living in large, stable social groups is often considered to favor the evolution of enhanced cognitive abilities, such as recognizing group members, tracking their social status and inferring relationships among them. An individual’s place in the social order can be learned through direct interactions with others, but conflicts can be time-consuming and even injurious. Because the number of possible pairwise interactions increases rapidly with group size, members of large social groups will benefit if they can make judgments about relationships on the basis of indirect evidence. Transitive reasoning should therefore be particularly important for social individuals, allowing assessment of relationships …

Disabling Surveillance: Bacterial Type Iii Secretion System Effectors That Suppress Innate Immunity, Avelina Espinosa, James R. Alfano

Center for Plant Science Innovation: Faculty Publications

Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens of plants and animals are dependent on a type III protein secretion system (TTSS). TTSSs translocate effector proteins into host cells and are capable of modifying signal transduction pathways. The innate immune system of eukaryotes detects the presence of pathogens using specific pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs). Plant PRRs include the FLS2 receptor kinase and resistance proteins. Animal PRRs include Tolllike receptors and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain proteins. PRRs initiate signal transduction pathways that include mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades that activate defencerelated transcription factors. This results in induction of proinflammatory cytokines in animals, and hallmarks of defence …

R.I.T. News & Events - August 12, 2004, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

Main features of this issue: Strategic Plan lays groundwork for RITs future; RIT astronomer sheds light on distant stars; RIT Fulbright winner to work in Africa; CIMS receives $4 million in final defense appropriations bill; Photo students win award; High school students show their artistic talent at RIT; Engineering student proves successful in building a better roadster; NTID/RSD students collaborate; A guiding light for women in engineering; NTID wins grant for math research; Grant to enhance CAST program