Well-defined reactive polymer scaffolds are useful building blocks for a variety of biomedicine and nanotechnology applications. In this study, we have converted a RAFT-synthesized thiol-functional homopolymer scaffold ...

Duration of the pelagic phase of benthic marine fishes has been related to dispersal distance, with longer pelagic larval duration (PLD) expected to result in greater dispersal potential. Here, we examine PLDs of 2 species ...

The warming of coastal oceans due to climate change is increasing the overwinter survival of tropical fishes transported to temperate latitudes by ocean currents. However, the processes governing early post-arrival mortality ...

Peroxiredoxins (Prx) are a family of anti-oxidants that protect cells from metabolically produced reactive oxygen species (ROS). The presence of these enzymes in the secretomes of many parasitic helminths suggests they ...

Four-year-old, seed-grown trees of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) were exposed in open-top chambers to charcoal-filtered air (8 h daily mean 54 ?g O3 m-3) over three consecutive summers (1986¿1988). In mid-May ...

A 69-kDa protein has been identified on the surface of the Gram-negative pathrogen Bordetella pertussis that can elicit a protective immune response in animal models. This protein is associated with virulent strains of ...

The computational approach for identifying promoters on increasingly large genomic sequences has led to many false positives. The biological significance of promoter identification lies in the ability to locate true promoters ...

All photosynthetic organisms endeavor to balance energy supply with demand. For sea-ice diatoms, as with all marine photoautotrophs, light is the most important factor for determining growth and carbonfixation rates. Light ...