Oxidative stress has been implicated in aging and many human diseases, notably
neurodegenerative disorders and various cancers. The reactive oxygen species that are generated …

Objective Serum uric acid (SUA) levels have been used to predict cardiovascular and all-cause
mortality event, but the data have yielded conflicting results. We investigated whether …

Protein-protein interactions are fundamental to the formation of intricate interaction networks
and the assembly of multisubunit protein complexes that represent the functional …

Abstract Analysis of the total base composition of DNA from seven different normal human
tissues and eight different types of homogeneous human cell populations revealed …

Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, infects host macrophages, which
triggers production of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and IL-18. We …

The E6AP ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3) mediates the human papillomavirus-induced degradation
of the p53 tumor suppressor in cervical cancer and is mutated in Angelman syndrome, …

The spatial scan statistic is commonly used for geographical disease cluster detection,
cluster evaluation and disease surveillance. The most commonly used shape of the scanning …

This paper proposes a new application of particle swarm optimization for traveling salesman
problem. We have developed some special methods for solving TSP using PSO. We have …

Prions are composed of an isoform of a normal sialoglycoprotein called PrP c, whose
physiological role has been under investigation, with focus on the screening for ligands. Our group …

Tolerance of anoxia in maize root tips is greatly improved when seedlings are pretreated
with 2 to 4 h of hypoxia. We describe the patterns of protein synthesis during hypoxic …