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Patterns of cigarette smoking and alcohol use among lesbians and bisexual women enrolled in a large health maintenance organization by Gruskin, EP, Hart, S, Gordon, N, Ackerson, L

“…This study compared the prevalence of cigarette smoking and alcohol use among lesbians and bisexual women with that among heterosexual women. Logistic…”
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Cost of Care for Patients in Cancer Clinical Trials by Fireman, Bruce H., Fehrenbacher, Louis, Gruskin, Elisabeth P., Ray, G. Thomas

“…BACKGROUND: Information on the costs of medical care for patients enrolled in clinical trials is needed by policymakers evaluating ways to facilitate clinical…”
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Co-translational incorporation of trans-4-hydroxyproline into recombinant proteins in bacteria by Buechter, Douglas D, Paolella, David N, Leslie, Bridget S, Brown, Melissa S, Mehos, Karen A, Gruskin, Elliott A

“…Trans-4-hydroxyproline (Hyp) in eukaryotic proteins arises from post-translational modification of proline residues. Because the modification enzyme is not…”
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Health Disparities in the Latino Population by Vega, William A., Rodriguez, Michael A., Gruskin, Elisabeth

“…In this review, the authors provide an approach to the study of health disparities in the US Latino population and evaluate the evidence, using mortality rates…”
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Initial biocompatibility studies of a novel degradable polymeric bone substitute that hardens in situ by Bennett, Steven, Connolly, Kevin, Lee, Daniel R., Jiang, Ying, Buck, Dave, Hollinger, Jeffrey O., Gruskin, Elliott A.

“…Clinical management of osseous defects often requires bone grafts. The standard for treatment is autogenous bone harvested from sites such as either the iliac…”
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Molecular analysis of plasmid DNA repair within ultraviolet-irradiated Escherichia coli. I. T4 endonuclease V-initiated excision repair by Gruskin, E A, Lloyd, R S

“…The process by which DNA-interactive proteins locate specific sequences or target sites on cellular DNA within Escherichia coli is a poorly understood…”
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The DNA scanning mechanism of T4 endonuclease V. Effect of NaCl concentration on processive nicking activity by Gruskin, E A, Lloyd, R S

“…T4 endonuclease V is a pyrimidine dimer-specific endonuclease which generates incisions in DNA at the sites of pyrimidine dimers by a processive reaction…”
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Effects of Electrically Charged Particles in Enhancement of Rat Wound Healing by Wu, Liancun, Mockros, Nancy E., Casperson, Margaret E., Gruskin, Elliott A., Ladin, Danial A., Roth, Sanford I., Mustoe, Thomas A.

“…Background. Many studies have show that various growth factors enhance wound healing in animal models. However, growth factors are expensive and complex and…”
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B-DNA to Z-DNA structural transitions in the SV40 enhancer: Stabilization of Z-DNA in negatively supercoiled DNA minicircles by Gruskin, Elliott A, Rich, Alexander

“…During replication and transcription, the SV40 control region is subjected to significant levels of DNA unwinding. There are three, alternating…”
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Molecular analysis of plasmid DNA repair within ultraviolet-irradiated Escherichia coli. II. UvrABC-initiated excision repair and photolyase-catalyzed dimer monomerization by Gruskin, E A, Lloyd, R S

“…In this study, a novel approach to the analysis of DNA repair in Escherichia coli was employed which allowed the first direct determination of the mechanisms…”
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Stimulation of wound healing by positively charged dextran beads depends upon clustering of beads and cells in close proximity to the wound by Tawil, Nabil J, Connors, David, Gies, David, Bennett, Steven, Gruskin, Elliott, Mustoe, Thomas

“…We have previously shown that positively charged dextran (DEAE A25) increases wound breaking strength in linear incisions in rats and nonhuman primates at days…”
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Selective metal binding to Cys-78 within endonuclease V causes an inhibition of catalytic activities without altering nontarget and target DNA binding by M A Prince, B Friedman, E A Gruskin, R D Schrock, 3rd, R S Lloyd

“…T4 endonuclease V is a pyrimidine dimer-specific DNA repair enzyme which has been previously shown not to require metal ions for either of its two catalytic…”
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Role of bone substitutes by Hollinger, J O, Brekke, J, Gruskin, E, Lee, D

“…Approximately 500 million years ago, the Paleozoic era heralded an evolutionary marvel: the skeleton. Unique to this evolutionary development was the capacity…”
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Transforming growth factor-β1 fails to stimulate wound healing and impairs its signal transduction in an aged ischemic ulcer model importance of oxygen and age by LIANCUN WU, XIA, Y.-P, ROTH, S. I, GRUSKIN, E, MUSTOE, T. A

“…Clinical trials of exogenous growth factors in treating chronic wounds have been less successful than expected. One possible explanation is that most studies…”
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Biodegradable positively charged ion exchange beads: A novel biomaterial for enhancing soft tissue repair by Christoforou, Chris, Lin, Xuanhan, Bennett, Steve, Connors, Dave, Skalla, Walt, Mustoe, Thomas A., Linehan, Jackie, Arnold, Frank, Gruskin, Elliott A.

“…Previous work in the area of vulnerary agents is extensive. One material of focus has been positively charged ion exchange beads, which have been shown to…”
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T4 endonuclease V promotes the formation of multimeric DNA structures by Lloyd, R S, Dodson, M L, Gruskin, E A, Robberson, D L

“…Electron microscopy of UV-irradiated circular DNA molecules which had been treated with T4 endonuclease V revealed the formation of multimeric DNA structures…”
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Chondroitinase ABCI improves locomotion and bladder function following contusion injury of the rat spinal cord by Caggiano, Anthony O, Zimber, Michael P, Ganguly, Anindita, Blight, Andrew R, Gruskin, Elliott A

“…Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans are synthesized and deposited in the spinal cord following injury. These proteoglycans may restrict regeneration and…”
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B-DNA to Z-DNA structural transitions in the SV40 enhancer: Stabilization of Z-DNA in negatively supercoiled DNA minicircles by Gruskin, E A, Rich, A

“…During replication and transcription, the SV40 control region is subjected to significant levels of DNA unwinding. There are three, alternating…”
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Transforming growth factor-beta1 fails to stimulate wound healing and impairs its signal transduction in an aged ischemic ulcer model: importance of oxygen and age by Wu, L, Xia, Y P, Roth, S I, Gruskin, E, Mustoe, T A

“…Clinical trials of exogenous growth factors in treating chronic wounds have been less successful than expected. One possible explanation is that most studies…”
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Increase in wound breaking strength in rats in the presence of positively charged dextran beads correlates with an increase in endogenous transforming growth factor-beta1 and its receptor TGF-betaRI in close proximity to the wound by Connors, D, Gies, D, Lin, H, Gruskin, E, Mustoe, T A, Tawil, N J

“…We have previously shown that positively charged beads (DEAE A25) increase wound breaking strength in linear incisions in rats and nonhuman primates at days…”
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