Abstracts: Flexing DNA: HMG-box proteins and their partners. Ataxia-telangiectasia: identification and detection of founder-effect mutations in the ATM gene in ethnic populations
Abstracts: Flight distances of Black-billed Magpies in different regimes of human density and persecution. Egg recognition in Yellow-billed and Black-billed Magpies in the absence of interspecific parasitism: implications for parasite-host coevolution
Abstracts: Floor plate and motor neuron induction by different concentrations of the amino-terminal cleavage product of sonic hedgehog autoproteolysis
Abstracts: Flow cytometric analysis of the in situ accessibility of Escherichia coli 16S rRNA for fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes
Abstracts: Flow cytometry and cell sorting of heterogeneous microbial populations: the importance of single-cell analyses
Abstracts: Flow cytometry detection of infectious rotaviruses in environmental and clinical samples. Development and evaluation of a broadly reactive TaqMan assay for rapid detection of hepatitis A virus
Abstracts: Flow sorting of microorganisms for molecular analysis. Improved sensitivity of whole-cell hybridization by the combination of horseradish peroxidase-labeled oligonucleotides and tyramide signal amplification
Abstracts: Fluctuating populations of house wrens and Bewick's wrens in foothills of the Western Sierra Nevada of California
Abstracts: Fluoranthene metabolism in Mycobacterium sp. strain KR20: identity of pathway intermediates during degradation and growth
Abstracts: Fluorescence in situ hybridization-flow cytometry-cell sorting-based method for separation and enrichment of type I and type II metanotroph populations
Abstracts: Fluorescence in situ hybridization using 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides reveals localization of methanogens and selected uncultured bacteria in mesophilic and thermophilic sludge granules
Abstracts: Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis isolates
Abstracts: Fluorescent in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes to identify small phytoplankton by flow cytometry
Abstracts: Flux distributions in anaerobic, glucose-limited continuous cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Physiological effects of nitrogen starvation in an anaerobic batch culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Abstracts: Flux limitations in the ortho pathway of benzoate degradation of Alcaligenes eutrophus: metabolite overflow and induction of the meta pathway at high substrate concentrations
Abstracts: FNDC3A is required for adhesion between spermatids and Sertoli cells. The 5? UTR and 3? UTR of the sperm mitochondria-associated cysteine-rich protein mRNA regulate translation in spermatids by multiple mechanisms in transgenic mice
Abstracts: Focal adhesions: what's new inside. Developmental expression and hormonal regulation of different isoforms of the transcription factor E75 in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta
Abstracts: FOG-2, a cofactor for GATA transcription factors, is essential for heart morphogenesis and development of coronary vessels from epicardium
Abstracts: Folate cross-feeding supports symbiotic homoacetogenic spirochetes. Physiology and nutrition of Treponema primitia, an H2/CO2- acetogenic spirochete from termite hindguts
Abstracts: Folate receptor-alpha is a cofactor for cellular entry by Marburg and Ebola viruses. Sorting and signaling at the Golgi complex
Abstracts: Foliar chlorosis in symbiotic host and nonhost plants induced by Rhizobium tropici type B strains. Characterization of two inducible phosphate transport systems in Rhizobium tropici
Abstracts: Follow-up of participants in the Trois-Rivieres Growth and Development Study: examining their health-related fitness and risk factors as adults
Abstracts: Forensic application of microbiological culture analysis to identify mail intentionally contaminated with bacillus anthracis spores
Abstracts: Forkhead transcription factors, foxc1 and foxc2, are required for the morphogenesis of the cardiac outflow tract
Abstracts: Formaldehyde fixation contributes to detoxification for growth of a nonmethylotroph, Burkholderia cepacia TM1, on vanillic acid
Abstracts: Formation and specification of ventral neuroblasts is controlled by vnd in Drosophila neurogenesis. Cell cycle-dependent and cell cycle-independent control of transcription by the Drosophila E2F/RB pathway
Abstracts: Formation of bound residues during microbial degradation of (14C)anthracene in soil. Naphtalene degradation and incorporation of naphthalene-derived carbon into biomass by the thermopile Bacillus thermoleovorans
Abstracts: Formation of catechols via removal of acid side chains from ibuprofen and related aromatic acids. Bioaerosol mass spectrometry for rapid detection of individual airborne mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra particles
Abstracts: Formation of fatty acid-degrading, anaerobic granules by defined species. Performance of anaerobic granules for degradation of pentachlorophenol
Abstracts: Formation of higher-order secondary and tertiary chromatin structures by genomic mouse mammary tumor virus promotes
Abstracts: Formation of hydride-Meisenheimer complexes of picric acid (2,4,6-trinitrophenol) and 2,4-dinitrophenol during mineralization of picric acid by Nocardioides sp. strain CB 22-2
Abstracts: Formation of novel polysaccharides by Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteroids insoybean nodules. The soybean Rj4 allele restricts nodulation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum serogroup 123 strains
Abstracts: Formation of pluripotent stem cells in the mammalian embryo depends on the POU transcription factor Oct4. Functional expression cloning of nanog, a pluripotency sustaining factor in embryonic stem cells
Abstracts: Formation of unilamellar liposomes from total polar lipid extracts of methanogens. Metabolic pathways in Methanococcus jannaschii and other methanogenic bacteria
Abstracts: Fortified sera and their use in environmental virology. Influence of salts on virus adsorption to microporous filters
Abstracts: Founder BRCA1 (ital) and BRCA2 (ital) mutations in French Canadian breast and ovarian cancer families. RAD51 135G C modifies breast cancer risk among BRCA2 mutation carriers: results from a combined analysis of 19 studies
Abstracts: Four genes encoding different type I signal peptidases are organized in a cluster in Streptomyces lividans TK21
Abstracts: Four genes from Pseudomonas fluorescens that encode the biosynthesis of pyrrolnitrin. Biocatalytic conversion of avermectin to 4"-oxo-avermectin characterization of biocatalytically active bacterial strains and of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase enzymes and their genes
Abstracts: Four glucosyltransferases, GtfJ, GtfK, GtfL and GtfM, from Streptococcus salivarius ATCC 25975. Environmental regulation of glycosidase and peptidase production by Streptococcus gordonii FSS2
Abstracts: Four independent mutations in the feline Fibroblast Growth Factor 5 gene determine the long-haired phenotype in domestic cats
Abstracts: Four unnamed species of nonsymbiotic rhizobia isolated from the rhizosphere of Lotus corniculatus. Diversity among rhizobia effective with Robinia pseudoacacia L
Abstracts: FOXP3 and NFAT: Partners in tolerance. FOXP3 controls regulatory T cell function through cooperation with NFAT
Abstracts: Fraction of electrons consumed in electron acceptor reduction and hydrogen thresholds as indicators of halorespiratory physiology
Abstracts: Frameshifting in the expression of the E. coli trpR gene occurs by the bypassing of a segment of its coding sequence
Abstracts: Frankia sequences exhibiting RNA polymerase promoter activity. Molecular characterization of Bordetella bronchiseptica filamentous haemagglutinin and its secretion machinery
Abstracts: Frequency and distribution of tetracycline resistance genes in genetically diverse, nonselected, and nonclinical Escherichia coli strains isolated from diverse human and animal sources
Abstracts: Frequency and fitness cost of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in Chrysomela tremulae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Abstracts: Frequency and origin of triploidy in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Sex ratio and Wolbachia infection in the ant Formica exsecta
Abstracts: Frequency and spatial distribution of environmental Campylobacter spp. Sources of variation in the ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli concentration in the feces of organic broiler chickens
Abstracts: Frequency of somatic and germ-line mosaicism in retinoblastoma: implications for genetic counseling. Absence of linkage of phonological coding dyslexia to chromosome 6p23-p21.3 in a large family data set
Abstracts: From 2R to 3R: Evidence for a fish-specific genome duplication (FSGD). Deciphering the swordtail's tale: a molecular and evolutionary quest
Abstracts: From form to function: signaling by protein tyrosine phosphatases. Redox Redux: Revisiting PTPs and the control of cell signaling
Abstracts: From grad school to Grade school. Evolution, over easy. Do chimps have culture?
Abstracts: From TCR engagement to T cell activation: a kinetic view of T cell behavior. Regulation of T cell immunity by dendritic cells
Abstracts: From transcript to protein. A novel receptor-mediated nuclear protein import pathway. A nuclear export signal in hnRNP A1: a signal-mediated, temperature-dependent nuclear protein export pathway
Abstracts: FSH directly regulates bone mass. TSH, the bone suppressing hormone. TSH is a negative regulator of skeletal remodeling
Abstracts: Functional analysis of a subset of canine olfactory receptor genes. Olfactory Receptor Sequence Polymorphism Within and Between Breeds of Dogs
Abstracts: Functional analysis of fructosyl-amino acid oxidases of Aspergillus oryzae. A novel NAD-dependent dehydrogenase, highly specific for 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol, from Trichoderma longibrachiatum strain 11-3
Abstracts: Functional analysis of resiniabactin transport genes of Tersinia enterocolitica. Xenorhabdus bovienii T228 phase variation and virulence are independent of RecA function
Abstracts: Functional analysis of the flagellar genes in the fliD operon of Salmonella typhimurium. The Salmonella FigA protein, a putative periplasmic chaperone essential for flagellar P ring formation
Abstracts: Functional analysis of the Lactococcus lactis galU and galE genes and their impact on sugar mucleotide and exopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Abstracts: Functional analysis of the O antigen glucosylation gene cluster of Shigella flexneri bacteriophage SfX. Type IV O antigen modification genes in the genome of shigella flexneri NCTC 8296
Abstracts: Functional analysis of upstream regulating regions for the Yarrowia lipolytica XPR2 promoter. Autocloning and amplification of LIP2 in Yarrowia lipolytica
Abstracts: Functional antagonism of the Polycomb-Group genes eed and Bmi1 in hemopoietic cell proliferation. A Brg1 mutation that uncouples ATPase activity from chromatin remodeling reveals an essential role for SWI/SNF-related complexes in beta-globin expression and erythroid development
Abstracts: Functional characterization of pediocin PA-1 binding to liposomes in the absence of a protein receptor and its relationship to a predicted tertiary structure
Abstracts: Functional characterization of the proteolytic system of Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis DSM 20451 during growth in sourdough
Abstracts: Functional characterization of two cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes, P450-1 and P450-4, of the gibberellic acid gene cluster in Fusarium proliferatum (Gibberella fujikuroi MP-D)
Abstracts: Functional definition of regions necessary for replication and incompatibility in the Mycobacterium fortuitum plasmid pAL5000
Abstracts: Functional exoenzymes as indicators of metabolically active bacteria in 124,000-year-old sapropel layers of the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Abstracts: Functional identification of the mouse circadian Clock gene by transgenic BAC rescue. Mop3 is an essential component of the master circadian pacemaker in mammals
Abstracts: Functional interaction of the retinoblastoma protein with mammalian D-type cyclins. Mammalian G1 cyclins
Abstracts: Functionally distinct, sequence-specific replicator and origin elements are required for Drosophila chorion gene amplification
Abstracts: Functionally related motor neuron pool and muscle sensory afferent subtypes defined by coordinate ETS gene expression
Abstracts: Functional overlap between Sgs1-Top3 and the Mms4-Mus81 endonuclease. Slx1-Slx4 is a second structure-specific endonuclease functionally redundant with Sgs1-Top3
Abstracts: Functional proteomics reveals the biochemical niche of C.elegans DCR-1 in multiple small-RNA-medicated pathways
Abstracts: Functional requirement of p23 and Hsp90 in telomerase complexes. Putative telomere-independent mechanisms of replicative aging reflect inadequate growth conditions
Abstracts: Functional uncoupling of MCM helicase and DNA polymerase activities activates the ATR-dependent checkpoint. Cdc7-Drf1 is a developmentally regulated protein kinase required for the initiation of vertebrate DNA replication
Abstracts: Functional variants in the promoter region of chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) and susceptibility to schizophrenia
Abstracts: Function of the MAPK scaffold protein, Ste5, requires a cryptic domain. Bem1p, a scaffold signaling protein, mediates cyclin-dependent control of vacuolar homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Abstracts: Function of trigger factor and DnaK in multidomain protein folding: Increase in yield at the expense of folding speed
Abstracts: Functions of the ecdysone receptor isoform-A in the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica revealed by systemic RNAi in vivo
Abstracts: Functions of the segment polarity genes midline and H15 in Drosophila melanogaster neurogenesis. Single-cell mapping of neural and glial gene expression in the developing Drosophila CNS midline cells
Abstracts: Fungal biotransformation of the antihistamine azatadine by Cunninghamella elegans. Transformation of amoxapine by Cunninghamella elegans
Abstracts: Fungal degradation of lipophilic extractives in Eucalyptus globulus wood. Lignin-derived compounds as efficient laccase mediators for decolorization of different types of recalcitrant dyes
Abstracts: Fungal metabolism and detoxification of fluoranthene. Enantiomeric composition of the trans-dihydrodiols produced from phenanthrene by fungi
Abstracts: Fungal metabolism of acenaphthene by Cunninghamella elegans. Identification of metabolites from the degradation of fluoranthene by Mycobacterium sp. strain PYR-1
Abstracts: Fungi from geothermal soils in Yellowstone National Park. Legionella species diversity in an acidic biofilm community in Yellowstone National Park
Abstracts: Fur is not the global regulator of iron uptake genes in Rhizobium leguminosarum. A method for direct cloning of Fur-regulated genes: identification of seven new Fur-regulated loci in Escherichia coli
Abstracts: Further evidence for the increased power of LOD scores compared with nonparametric methods. A log-linear approach to case-parent-triad data: assessing effects of disease genes that act either directly or through maternal effects and that may be subject to parental imprinting
Abstracts: Further evidence that the N2-fixing endophytic bacterium from the intercellular spaces of sugarcane stems is Acetobacter diazotrophicus
Abstracts: Further identification of homologous genes in Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and T. freemani hinton (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) through hybridization
Abstracts: Fusarium species from Nepalese rice and production of mycotoxins and gibberellic acid by selected species. Heritability of fumonisin B1 production in Gibberella fujikuroi mating population A
Abstracts: Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini represents a distinct mating population in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex
Abstracts: GABAergic specification in the basal forebrain is controlled by the LIM-hd factor Lhx7. Distinct roles of HF-1b/Sp4 in ventricular and neural crest cells lineages affect cardiac conduction system development
Abstracts: GABAergic specification in the basal forebrain is controlled by the LIM-hd factor Lhx7. part 2 Nucleosome regulator Xhmgb3 is required for cell proliferation of the eye and brain as a downstream target of Xenopus rax/Rx1
Abstracts: GABA itself promotes the developmental switch of neuronal GABAergic responses from excitation to inhibition. New animal models for Parkinson's disease
Abstracts: GAGA mediates the enhancer blocking activity of the "eve" promoter in the Drosophila embryo. The protein encoded by the proto-oncogene DEK changes the topology of chromatin and reduces the efficiency of DNA replication in a chromatin-specific manner
Abstracts: Galactose metabolism by Streptococcus mutans. Characterization of the arginine deiminase operon of Streptococcus rattus FA-1
Abstracts: GalR mutants defective in repressosome formation. DNA trajectory in the Gal repressosome. Recruitment of HU by piggyback: a special role of GalR in repressosome assembly
Abstracts: Gametophytic self-incompatibility in Lycium parishii (solanaceae): Allelic diversity, genealogical structure, and patterns of molecular evolution at the S-RNase locus