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Dennis P. McDaniel, Gordon A. Shaw, John T. Elliott, Kiran Bhadriraju, Curtis W. Meuse, Koo-Hyun Chung, Anne L. Plant
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Neil A. Anderson, Lee J. Richter, John C. Stephenson, Kimberly A. Briggman
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Understanding mitochondrial biology is a fundamental research goal in human genetics and medicine. The use of mitochondria to serve as a biomarker is rapidly expanding in disciplines ranging from cancer, rare metabolic diseases, aging, the tracing of human
Kevin Ridge, John Marino, T Ngo, Eva Ramon, D M. Brabazon, N G. Abdulaev
Heterotrimeric G-protein activation by an agonist-stimulated G-protein coupled receptor (R*) requires the propagation of structural signals from the receptor interacting surfaces to the guanine nucleotide-binding pocket. Employing high-resolution NMR
Brenna M. McGruder, Donald H. Atha, Wendy Wang, Konrad Huppi, Wen-Qiang Wei, Christian C. Abnet, You-Lin Qiao, Sanford M. Dawsey, Philip R. Taylor, J P. Jakupciak
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Neil A. Anderson, Lee J. Richter, John C. Stephenson, Kimberly A. Briggman
The main gel to liquid crystal (LC) phase transition temperature, Tm, of the lipid monolayers in hybrid bilayer membranes (HBMs) was investigated using vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS). The unique sensitivity of VSFS to probe order/disorder
M. D'Errico, E. Parlanti, M. Teson, B. M. Bernardes de Jesus, P. Degan, A. Calcagnile, Pawel Jaruga, M. Bjoras, M. Crescenzi, A. M. Pedrini, J.-M. Egly, G. Zambruno, M. Stefanini, M Miral Dizdar, E. Dogliotti
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) has been working on a healthcare mobility system capable of mobilizing wheelchair dependents, providing patient lift and even rehabilitation. Targeted at the aging
An biofilm reactor was constructed that allows for real-time monitoring of the growth and removal of biofilms by monitoring the response of a quartz crystal mircrobalance (QCM) and a novel method of measuring the reflectance of light off the surface of the
Alexander Roth, Ronny Jopp, R Schaefer, Gary W. Kramer
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