Search Results - "MCCONKEY, B. J"

Multisubstrate isotope labeling and metagenomic analysis of active soil bacterial communities by Verastegui, Y, Cheng, J, Engel, K, Kolczynski, D, Mortimer, S, Lavigne, J, Montalibet, J, Romantsov, T, Hall, M, McConkey, B J, Rose, D R, Tomashek, J J, Scott, B R, Charles, T C, Neufeld, J D

“…Soil microbial diversity represents the largest global reservoir of novel microorganisms and enzymes. In this study, we coupled functional metagenomics and DNA…”
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Quantification of protein surfaces, volumes and atom-atom contacts using a constrained Voronoi procedure by MCCONKEY, B. J, SOBOLEV, V, EDELMAN, M

“…Geometric representations of proteins and ligands, including atom volumes, atom-atom contacts and solvent accessible surfaces, can be used to characterize…”
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Natural sunlight induced photooxidation of naphthalene in aqueous solution by MCCONKEY, B. J, HEWITT, L. M, DIXON, D. G, GREENBERG, B. M

“…There is surprisingly little data on the photooxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) under environmentally relevant lighting conditions. The…”
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Toxicity of a pah photooxidation product to the bacteria Photobacterium phosphoreum and the duckweed Lemna gibba: Effects of phenanthrene and its primary photoproduct, phenanthrenequinone by McConkey, Brendan J., Duxbury, Cheryl L., Dixon, D. George, Greenberg, Bruce M.

“…Phenanthrene (PHE) undergoes a significant increase in toxicity after exposure to simulated or natural sunlight in aqueous media, coincident with the…”
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Mechanisms of photoinduced toxicity of photomodified anthracene to plants: Inhibition of photosynthesis in the aquatic higher plant Lemna gibba (duckweed) by Huang, Xiao-Dong, McConkey, Brendan J., Babu, T. Sudhakar, Greenberg, Bruce M.

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) toxicity is enhanced by light, especially ultraviolet (UV) radiation. To examine a potential mechanism(s) of photoinduced…”
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Impacts of Structural Photomodification on the Toxicity of Environmental Contaminants: Anthracene Photooxidation Products by Mallakin, Ali, McConkey, Brendan J., Miao, Goubin, McKibben, Brian, Snieckus, Victor, Dixon, D.George, Greenberg, Bruce M.

“…The toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAs) is known to be enhanced by light via photosensitization reactions (production of active oxygen) and…”
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Functional Divergence in the Arabidopsis  -1,3-Glucanase Gene Family Inferred by Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Expression States by Doxey, A. C., Yaish, M. W. F., Moffatt, B. A., Griffith, M., McConkey, B. J.

“…Plant beta-1,3-glucanases (beta-1,3-Gs) (E.C. 3.2.1.39 [EC]) comprise large, highly complex gene families involved in pathogen defense as well as a wide range…”
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Measurement of Short- and Long-Term Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Luminescent Bacteria by El-Alawi, Yousef S., McConkey, Brendan J., George Dixon, D., Greenberg, Bruce M.

“…Growing concern over environmental contamination has stimulated rigorous efforts to establish reliable biological monitoring assays. Methodology was developed…”
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Systems level modeling of the cell cycle using budding yeast by Ingalls, B P, Duncker, B P, Kim, D R, McConkey, B J

“…Proteins involved in the regulation of the cell cycle are highly conserved across all eukaryotes, and so a relatively simple eukaryote such as yeast can…”
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Photoinduced toxicity of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (fluoranthene, pyrene, and naphthalene) to the duckweed Lemna gibba L. G-3 by Ren, L, Huang, X D, McConkey, B J, Dixon, D G, Greenberg, B M

“…The authors recently demonstrated that light dramatically enhances the hazards of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), anthracene, phenanthrene, and…”
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Effects of Bacterial ACC Deaminase on Brassica napus Gene Expression by STEARNS, Jennifer C, WOODY, Owen Z, MCCONKEY, Brendan J, GLICK, Bernard R

“…Plants in association with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria can benefit from lower plant ethylene levels through the action of the bacterial enzyme…”
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Systems Level Modeling of the Cell Cycle Using Budding Yeast by Ingalls, B.P., Duncker, B.P., Kim, D.R., McConkey, B.J.

“…Proteins involved in the regulation of the cell cycle are highly conserved across all eukaryotes, and so a relatively simple eukaryote such as yeast can…”
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Cable condition monitoring for nuclear power plants by Shumaker, B. D., Campbell, C. J., Sexton, C. D., Morton, G. W., McConkey, J. B., Hashemian, H. M.

“…Analysis and Measurement Services (AMS) Corporation has been conducting two research projects focused on understanding cable aging and developing cable…”
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Fractional Simplex Designs for Interaction Screening in Complex Mixtures by McConkey, Brendan J., Mezey, Paul G., Dixon, D. George, Greenberg, Bruce M.

“…In mixture experiments, one may be interested in estimating not only main effects but also some interactions. Main effects and significant interactions in a…”
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Mechanistic quantitative structure-activity relationship model for the photoinduced toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: II. An empirical model for the toxicity of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to the duckweed Lemna gibba L. G-3 by Huang, Xiao-Dong, Krylov, Sergey N., Ren, Lisha, McConkey, Brendan J., Dixon, D. George, Greenberg, Bruce M.

“…Photoinduced toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occurs via photosensitization reactions (e.g., generation of singlet‐state oxygen) and by…”
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The performance of current methods in ligand–protein docking by McConkey, Brendan J., Sobolev, Vladimir, Edelman, Marvin

“…Computer-based methods for predicting the structure of ligand–protein complexes or docking algorithms have application in both drug design and the elucidation…”
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Importance of solvent accessibility and contact surfaces in modeling side-chain conformations in proteins by Eyal, Eran, Najmanovich, Rafael, Mcconkey, Brendan J., Edelman, Marvin, Sobolev, Vladimir

“…Contact surface area and chemical properties of atoms are used to concurrently predict conformations of multiple amino acid side chains on a fixed protein…”
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Discrimination of Native Protein Structures Using Atom-Atom Contact Scoring by McConkey, Brendan J., Sobolev, Vladimir, Edelman, Marvin

“…We introduce a method for discriminating correctly folded proteins from well designed decoy structures using atom-atom and atom-solvent contact surfaces. The…”
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Discrimination of Insoluble-Carbohydrate Binding Proteins and Their Binding Sites Using a 3D Motif Detection Method by Doxey, A.C., Zhenyu Cheng, McConkey, B.J.

“…We apply a 3D motif detection approach to insoluble-carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs), a class of proteins that share a common binding activity but lack a…”
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