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Construction of a psb C deletion strain in Synechocystis 6803 by Goldfarb, N, Knoepfle, N, Putnam-Evans, C

“…Synechocystis 6803 is a cyanobacterium that carries out-oxygenic photosynthesis. We are interested in the introduction of mutations in the large extrinsic loop…”
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Telluromethionine in structural biochemistry by Boles, J O, Lebioda, L, Dunlap, R B, Odom, J D

“…One of the fundamental problems in macromolecular crystallography is the availability of the suitable heavy-atom derivatives necessary to solve the phase…”
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Bombyxin: an insect neurohormone targets the ovaries in Lepidoptera by Fullbright, G, Lacy, E R, Büllesbach, E E

“…Bombyxin, an insect hormone structurally related to insulin, was chemically synthesized and defined radioactively labeled probes were generated in order to…”
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Analysis of a mycotoxin gene cluster in Aspergillus nidulans by Keller, N P, Adams, T H

“…Aspergillus nidulans has functioned as a model system for the study of fungal genetics since the 1950s. Application of methodologies ranging from Mendelian…”
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Molecular approaches to identify novel genes expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana by Nuccio, M L, Li, Z, Hsieh, T F, Kim, S Y, Thomas, T

“…Our laboratory is engaged in an effort to identify genes expressed primarily during plant embryogenesis. Genes which exhibit unique expression profiles in the…”
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The biosynthetic incorporation of selenomethionine and telluromethionine into pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase (PYRase) from S. aureus by Boles, J O, Yu, H N, Patti, J M

“…Heavy-atom derivatives of PYRase proteins prepared in the past have been unsuitable for x-ray diffraction analysis. Thus, we propose utilizing unnatural…”
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Genetic manipulation of anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria by Anderson, K L

“…Transposon Tn1545 was introduced into the chromosome of the ruminal cellulolytic bacterium Eubacterium cellulosolvens. This was achieved by conjugal transfer…”
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Regulation of the cellulolytic activity of Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5494: a review by Anderson, K L, Blair, B G

“…Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5494 is a cellulolytic gram positive bacterium isolated from the rumen. Substrate specific regulation has not been previously…”
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Plasticity of cardiovascular nucleoside transporters following chronic dipyridamole treatment by Williams, E F

“…Dipyridamole (37.5 mg/kg, s.c., b.i.d.), a potent inhibitor of nucleoside transport, was administered to guinea pigs for 14 days in order to investigate the…”
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The yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a model system for the study of human genetic disease by Wells, L, Fridovich-Keil, J L

“…Many human genes associated with disease have close homologs in yeast. Based on this homology, many human proteins have been studied using yeast expression…”
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Geranylgeraniol restores cell proliferation to lovastatin treated C6 glial cells by Crick, D C, Waechter, C J, Andres, D A

“…Since we have previously shown that farnesol (F-OH) and geranylgeraniol (GG-OH) can be utilized for protein isoprenylation, the ability of the free allylic…”
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Structure of the Haemophilus influenzae uvr-1+ gene: homology with other uvrC-like genes and characterization of the Haemophilus influenzae uvr-1 and uvr-2 mutations by Gottschalk, V A, Stuy, J H

“…A 3.9 kb Haemophilus influenzae genomic DNA fragment was cloned in plasmid pUC9 that partially complemented the ultraviolet light sensitivity (UVs) of…”
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Radioreceptor characterization of cardiovascular nucleoside transporters by Williams, E F

“…The nucleoside transport system (NTS), an integral part of the adenosine inactivation mechanism, is physiologically significant in adenosine-mediated…”
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Genetic approaches to biochemical questions: insights into the functional requirements of proline 185 in the active site of human galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase by Quimby, B B, Fridovich-Keil, J L

“…Saturating random mutagenesis at a given position within a polypeptide sequence can provide powerful insights into the functional requirements of the position…”
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A comparative analysis of plant mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences by Glendening, C L, Tuerk, C

“…The small subunit of the ribosomal RNA has long been used as a tool in determining phylogenetic relationships. This project explored a region of the…”
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Are flavonoids synthesized by a multi-enzyme complex? by Burbulis, I E, Pelletier, M K, Cain, C C, Shirley, B W

“…An enormous variety of metabolic processes are characterized by enzyme complexes, which are likely to play important roles in directing the efficient operation…”
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Acid phosphatase and proteinase activities of selected crotalid venoms by Sifford, C A, Sifford, D H, Johnson, B D

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Regulation of protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor and chain initiation factor 2 by Singh, L P, Wahba, A J

“…In eukaryotes, the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (eIF-2B) is a key protein in the control of polypeptide chain initiation. It catalyzes the exchange of…”
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Genetic engineering of Minnesota superfish by Hackett, P B

“…There is a chronic need to develop growth-enhanced fish for aquaculture. To meet this need we have developed techniques for genetically engineering fish to…”
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Biomass degrading enzymes from anaerobic rumen fungi by Chen, H, Li, X L, Ljungdahl, L G

“…Obligately anaerobic fungi are part of the natural microflora of the alimentary tract of many herbivorous mammals. They produce a complete set of…”
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