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Genomic characterization and infectivity of a novel SARS-like coronavirus in Chinese bats
SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), the causative agent of the large SARS outbreak in 2003, originated in bats. Many SARS-like coronaviruses (SL-CoVs) have been detected in bats, parti...
USER fusion: a rapid and efficient method for simultaneous fusion and cloning of multiple PCR products
We present a method that allows simultaneous fusion and cloning of multiple PCR products in a rapid and efficient manner. The procedure is based on the use of PCR primers that c...
Reduced Vitamin D in Acute Stroke
Background and Purpose— Stroke leads to a reduction in bone mineral density, altered calcium homeostasis, and an increase in hip fractures. Vitamin D deficiency is well document...
Characterization of the integrin alpha v beta 6 as a fibronectin-binding protein.
Integrins are a complex family of divalent cation-dependent cell adhesion receptors composed of one alpha and one beta subunit noncovalently bound to one another. A subset of in...
Species-Diagnostic Differences in a Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer from the Sibling Species Anopheles Freeborni and Anopheles Hermsi (Diptera:Culicidae)
Approximately 460 base pairs (bp) of DNA sequence that included the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) and some flanking 5.8S and 28S ribosomal RNA coding regions were co...
Astronomical calibration of Oligocene--Miocene time
Lithological cyclicity was observed aboard the JOIDES RESOLUTION in sediment sequences recovered from the Ceara Rise during ODP Leg 154. Shipboard work led to the conclusion tha...
The relationship of worker productivity to cognitive dissonance about wage inequities.
2 hypotheses derived from dissonance theory were tested: (a) when a person is paid by the hour his productivity will be greater when he perceives his pay as inequitably large th...
Friendsickness in the Transition to College: Precollege Predictors and College Adjustment Correlates
In this study friendsickness (preoccupation with and concern for the loss of or change in precollege friendships) is seen as a significant source of distress for college student...