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Supercolonial structure of invasive populations of the tawny crazy ant Nylanderia fulva in the US by Eyer, Pierre-André, McDowell, Bryant, Johnson, Laura N L, Calcaterra, Luis A, Fernandez, Maria Belen, Shoemaker, DeWayne, Puckett, Robert T, Vargo, Edward L

“…Social insects are among the most serious invasive pests in the world, particularly successful at monopolizing environmental resources to outcompete native…”
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Bridgehead effect and multiple introductions shape the global invasion history of a termite by Blumenfeld, Alexander J., Eyer, Pierre-André, Husseneder, Claudia, Mo, Jianchu, Johnson, Laura N. L., Wang, Changlu, Kenneth Grace, J., Chouvenc, Thomas, Wang, Shichen, Vargo, Edward L.

“…Native to eastern Asia, the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki) is recognized as one of the 100 worst invasive pests in the world,…”
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Population Genetic Structure Within and among Seasonal Site Types in the Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the Northern Long-Eared Bat (M. septentrionalis) by Johnson, Laura N L, McLeod, Brenna A, Burns, Lynne E, Arseneault, Krista, Frasier, Timothy R, Broders, Hugh G

“…During late summer and early autumn, temperate bats migrate from their summering sites to swarming sites, where mating likely occurs. However, the extent to…”
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Cryopreservation of buffy-coat-derived platelet concentrates in dimethyl sulfoxide and platelet additive solution by Johnson, L.N., Winter, K.M., Reid, S., Hartkopf-Theis, T., Marks, D.C.

“…Platelets prepared in plasma can be frozen in 6% dimethyl sulfoxide (Me 2SO) and stored for extended periods at −80 °C. The aim of this study was to reduce the…”
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MEKK1 controls matrix degradation and tumor cell dissemination during metastasis of polyoma middle-T driven mammary cancer by CUEVAS, B. D, WINTER-VANN, A. M, JOHNSON, N. L, JOHNSON, G. L

“…Mammary tumor cells are required to degrade the surrounding matrix and disseminate in order to metastasize, and both of these processes are controlled by a…”
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Glycogen phosphorylase: control by phosphorylation and allosteric effectors by Johnson, L N

“…Structural studies of muscle glycogen phosphorylase during the last two decades have provided a detailed mechanism for the molecular basis of the control by…”
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Spatio-temporal analyses reveal infectious disease-driven selection in a free-ranging ungulate by LaCava, Melanie E F, Malmberg, Jennifer L, Edwards, William H, Johnson, Laura N L, Allen, Samantha E, Ernest, Holly B

“…Infectious diseases play an important role in wildlife population dynamics by altering individual fitness, but detecting disease-driven natural selection in…”
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NASA's new breakup model of evolve 4.0 by Johnson, N.L., Krisko, P.H., Liou, J.-C., Anz-Meador, P.D.

“…Analyses of the fragmentation (due to explosions and collisions) of spacecraft and rocket bodies in low Earth orbit (LEO) have been performed this year at…”
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Development of a high-efficiency modeling technique for weld-bonded steel joints in vehicle structures, Part II: Dynamic experiments and simulations by Xia, Yong, Zhou, Qing, Wang, P.C., Johnson, N.L., Gayden, X.Q., Fickes, J.D.

“…By conducting impact tests on three different types of coupon joints, it is observed that the adhesive-bond and the spot-weld in the weld-bonded joints behave…”
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Development of high-efficiency modeling technique for weld-bonded steel joints in vehicle structures—Part I: Static experiments and simulations by Xia, Yong, Zhou, Qing, Wang, P.C., Johnson, N.L., Gayden, X.Q., Fickes, J.D.

“…To develop an effective modeling technique for weld-bonded structures, fundamental experimental studies, including adherend and adhesive tests, and static…”
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Risks in Space from Orbiting Debris by J. -C. Liou, Johnson, N. L.

“…Space junk represents a growing threat to commercialization and other activities in space. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]…”
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The role of weight loss and acetazolamide in the treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) by Johnson, L N, Krohel, G B, Madsen, R W, March, Jr, G A

“…To determine the weight loss associated with resolution of papilledema from idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). A retrospective study. Fifteen…”
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Unimolecular Rate Constants for HX or DX Elimination (X = F, Cl) from Chemically Activated CF3CH2CH2Cl, C2H5CH2Cl, and C2D5CH2Cl:  Threshold Energies for HF and HCl Elimination by Ferguson, J. D, Johnson, N. L, Kekenes-Huskey, P. M, Everett, W. C, Heard, G. L, Setser, D. W, Holmes, B. E

“…Vibrationally activated CF3CH2CH2Cl molecules were prepared with 94 kcal mol-1 of vibrational energy by the combination of CF3CH2 and CH2Cl radicals and with…”
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The allosteric transition of glycogen phosphorylase by Barford, D, Johnson, L. N

“…The crystal structure of R-state glycogen phosphorylase b has been determined at 2.9 A resolution. A comparison of T-state and R-state structures of the enzyme…”
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Identification of Novel Purine and Pyrimidine Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors with Distinct Molecular Interactions and Tumor Cell Growth Inhibition Profiles by Arris, Christine E, Boyle, F. Thomas, Calvert, A. Hilary, Curtin, Nicola J, Endicott, Jane A, Garman, Elspeth F, Gibson, Ashleigh E, Golding, Bernard T, Grant, Sharon, Griffin, Roger J, Jewsbury, Philip, Johnson, Louise N, Lawrie, Alison M, Newell, David R, Noble, Martin E. M, Sausville, Edward A, Schultz, Robert, Yu, Wyatt

“…Substituted guanines and pyrimidines were tested as inhibitors of cyclin B1/CDK1 and cyclin A3/CDK2 and soaked into crystals of monomeric CDK2. O…”
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The crystal structure of triacylglycerol lipase from Pseudomonas glumae reveals a partially redundant catalytic aspartate by Noble, M.E.M., Cleasby, A., Johnson, L.N., Egmond, M.R., Frenken, L.G.J.

“…The family of lipases (triacylglycerol-acyl-hydrolases, EC 3.1.1.3) constitutes an interesting class of enzymes because of their ability to interact with…”
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Instability of the present LEO satellite populations by Liou, J.-C., Johnson, N.L.

“…Several studies conducted during 1991–2001 demonstrated, with some assumed launch rates, the future unintended growth potential of the Earth satellite…”
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Structural Studies on Phospho-CDK2/Cyclin A Bound to Nitrate, a Transition State Analogue:  Implications for the Protein Kinase Mechanism by Cook, A, Lowe, E. D, Chrysina, E. D, Skamnaki, V. T, Oikonomakos, N. G, Johnson, L. N

“…Eukaryotic protein kinases catalyze the phosphoryl transfer of the γ-phosphate of ATP to the serine, threonine, or tyrosine residue of protein substrates. The…”
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Planetary science. Risks in space from orbiting debris by Liou, J C, Johnson, N L

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Catalytic Mechanism of Phosphorylase Kinase Probed by Mutational Studies by Skamnaki, V. T, Owen, D. J, Noble, M. E. M, Lowe, E. D, Lowe, G, Oikonomakos, N. G, Johnson, L. N

“…The contributions to catalysis of the conserved catalytic aspartate (Asp149) in the phosphorylase kinase catalytic subunit (PhK; residues 1−298) have been…”
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