Search Results - "HICKEY, D. A"

A nighttime temperature maximum in the thermosphere above Saint Santin in winter by Oliver, W. L., Martinis, C. R., Hickey, D. A., Wright, A. D., Amory-Mazaudier, C.

“…The Saint Santin (45°N) incoherent scatter radar data base shows a local enhancement in nighttime ion temperature that occurs in winter only. Its amplitude can…”
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Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in the spruce budworm species complex (Choristoneura: Lepidoptera) by SPERLING, F. A. H, HICKEY, D. A

“…A combination of polymerase-chain-reaction amplification and automated DNA sequencing was used to survey variation in a species complex of pest insects, the…”
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The efficacy and safety of oral anticoagulation in patients with cancer by Bona, R D, Sivjee, K Y, Hickey, A D, Wallace, D M, Wajcs, S B

“…To compare the complication rate (bleeding and thrombosis) of oral anticoagulation in a cohort of patients with cancer to a cohort without cancer. Prospective…”
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Nucleotide bias causes a genomewide bias in the amino acid composition of proteins by Singer, G A, Hickey, D A

“…We analyzed the nucleotide contents of several completely sequenced genomes, and we show that nucleotide bias can have a dramatic effect on the amino acid…”
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Warfarin is safe as secondary prophylaxis in patients with cancer and a previous episode of venous thrombosis by BONA, R. D, HICKEY, A. D, WALLACE, D. M

“…The purpose of this study was to establish the safety and efficacy of sodium warfarin in the secondary prophylaxis of venous thrombosis in patients with…”
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Efficacy and safety of oral anticoagulation in patients with cancer by Bona, R D, Hickey, A D, Wallace, D M

“…The treatment of venous thrombosis in patients with cancer is a common clinical problem. It appears that long term oral anticoagulant therapy with coumadin…”
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Molecular symbionts and the evolution of sex by Hickey, D A

“…The main focus of this article is on the evolutionary origin of sex rather than its maintenance in extant organisms. Sexual outbreeding involves a complex set…”
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SELFISH DNA: A SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED NUCLEAR PARASITE by Hickey, Donal A

“…A quantitative population genetics model for the evolution of transposable genetic elements is developed. This model shows that "selfish" DNA sequences do not…”
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Compositional bias may affect both DNA-based and protein-based phylogenetic reconstructions by Foster, P G, Hickey, D A

“…It is now well-established that compositional bias in DNA sequences can adversely affect phylogenetic analysis based on those sequences. Phylogenetic analyses…”
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Concerted Evolution of Duplicated Protein-Coding Genes in Drosophila by Hickey, Donal A., Bally-Cuif, Laure, Abukashawa, Sumaia, Payant, Veronique, Benkel, Bernhard F.

“…Very rapid rates of gene conversion were observed between duplicated α-amylase-coding sequences in Drosophila melanogaster. This gene conversion process was…”
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The alpha-amylase gene in Drosophila melanogaster: nucleotide sequence, gene structure and expression motifs by BOER, P. H, HICKEY, D. A

“…We present the complete nucleotide sequence of a Drosophila alpha-amylase gene and its flanking regions, as determined by cDNA and genomic sequence analysis…”
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Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in prokaryotes and eukaryotes by Hickey, D A

“…This paper summarizes some recent theories about the evolution of transposable genetic elements in outbreeding, sexual eukaryotic organisms. The evolutionary…”
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Rapid spread of transposable P elements in experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster by Good, A.G. (National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada), Meister, G.A, Brock, H.W, Grigliatti, T.A, Hickey, D.A

“…The invasion of P elements in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster was modeled by establishing laboratory populations with 1%, 5% and 10% P genomes…”
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Isolation and characterization of a full-length trypsin-encoding cDNA clone from the Lepidopteran insect, Choristoneura fumiferana by Wang, S, Magoulas, C, Hickey, D A

“…The protease-encoding genes of Lepidopteran insects are of interest because they are adapted to functioning at very high pH optima, in the range of pH 10-12…”
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GLUCOSE REPRESSION OF AMYLASE GENE EXPRESSION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER by Benkel, Bernhard F, Hickey, Donal A

“…We have previously shown that dietary glucose can reduce amylase activity in both adults and larvae of Drosophila; this reduction in enzyme activity reflects a…”
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The bovine AMP‐activated protein kinase subunit gamma 1 gene (PRKAG1) maps to 5q21‐q22 by Sazanov, A, Benkel, B F, Hickey, D A, Kollers, S, Fries, R

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Drosophila gene promoter is subject to glucose repression in yeast cells by Hickey, D.A, Benkel, K.I, Fong, Y, Benkel, B.F

“…Previous work has shown that the alpha-amylase gene of Drosophila melanogaster is subject to repression by dietary glucose. Moreover, glucose repression of…”
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A Drosophila gene is subject to glucose repression by Benkel, B.F, Hickey, D.A

“…Amylase-specific cDNA probes were used to assay amylase mRNA levels in third-instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster. It is shown that there is a difference,…”
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Maintenance of the 2μm circle plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by sexual transmission: an example of a selfish DNA by FUTCHER, B, REID, E, HICKEY, D. A

“…Many eukaryotic mobile elements have been identified, but few have any obvious function. This has led to the proposal that many such elements may be parasitic…”
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Nucleotide composition bias affects amino acid content in proteins coded by animal mitochondria by Foster, P G, Jermiin, L S, Hickey, D A

“…We show that in animal mitochondria homologous genes that differ in guanine plus cytosine (G + C) content code for proteins differing in amino acid content in…”
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