The Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's biological sciences faculty.

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Submissions from 2011

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Rhythmic Leptin Is Required for Weight Gain from Circadian Desynchronized Feeding in the Mouse, Deanna M. Arble, Martha H. Vitaterna, and Fred W. Turek

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Role of BacA in Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis, Peptide Transport, and Nodulation by Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234, Silvia Ardissone, Hajime Kobayashi, Kumiko Kambara, Coralie Rummel, K. Dale Noel, Graham C. Walker, William J. Broughton, and William J. Deakin

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Involvement of Protein Kinase C and Protein Kinase A in the Enhancement of L-type Calcium Current by GABAB Receptor Activation in Neonatal Hippocampus, Jennifer Grace Bray and Michelle Mynlieff

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Flexibility in the Patterning and Control of Axial Locomotor Networks in Lamprey, James T. Buchanan

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Spinal Locomotor Inputs to Individually Identified Reticulospinal Neurons in the Lamprey, James T. Buchanan

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Magnetic Scanometric DNA Microarray Detection of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Degrading Bacteria for Environmental Monitoring, Mei-Lin Chan, Gerardo Jaramillo, Krassimira R. Hristova, and David A. Horsley

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Unexpected Accumulation of ncm5U and ncm5s2U in a trm9 Mutant Suggests an Additional Step in the Synthesis of mcm5U and mcm5s2U, Changchun Chen, Bo Huang, James T. Anderson, and Anders S. Byström

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Anolis chrysolepis Duméril and Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Iguanidae), Revisited: Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Anolis chrysolepis Species Group, Annelise B. D'Angiolella, Tony Gamble, Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires, Guarino R. Colli, Brice P. Noonan, and Laurie J. Vitt

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Sequential Assembly of Flagellar Radial Spokes, Dennis R. Diener, Pinfen Yang, Stefan Geimer, Douglas G. Cole, Winfield S. Sale, and Joel L. Rosenbaum

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Mouse versus Rat: Profound Differences in Meiotic Regulation at the Level of the Isolated Oocyte, Stephen Downs

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New Insights on Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Regulation in Muscle Fatigue, Robert H. Fitts

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Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos, Tony Gamble, A. M. Bauer, G. R. Colli, E. Greenbaum, T. R. Jackman, Laurie J. Vitt, and Andrew M. Simons

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A New Genus of Miniaturized and Pug-Nosed Gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota), Tony Gamble, Juan D. Daza, Guarino R. Colli, Laurie J. Vitt, and Aaron M. Bauer

Glutamatergic plasticity in medial prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area following extended-access cocaine self-administration, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Preethi Vasudevan, Chad Giles, Anthony Purgianto, Chad Seubert, and John R. Mantsch

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Three Arginines in the GABAA Receptor Binding Pocket Have Distinct Roles in the Formation and Stability of Agonist- versus Antagonist-Bound Complexes, Marcel P. Goldschen-Ohm, David A. Wagner, and Mathew V. Jones

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The RNA Helicase Mtr4p Modulates Polyadenylation in the TRAMP Complex, Huijue Jia, Xuying Wang, Fei Liu, Ulf-Peter Guenther, Sukanya Srinivasan, James T. Anderson, and Eckhard Jankowsky

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Truncation of the Mrp20 Protein Reveals New Ribosome‐assembly Subcomplex in Mitochondria, Jasvinder Kaur and Rosemary A. Stuart

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A State-Dependent Salt-Bridge Interaction Exists across the β/α Intersubunit Interface of the GABAA Receptor, Kurt T. Laha and David A. Wagner

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First record of Alston's Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus alstoni) from the canal area of Central Panama, Thomas D. Lambert, Michaela K. Halsey, Jacob W. Dittel, Scott A. Mangan, Erika Delfosse, Gregory H. Adler, and Stefan A. Schnitzer

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Contributions Made by CDC25 Phosphatases to Proliferation of Intestinal Epithelial Stem and Progenitor Cells, Gwanghee Lee, Sofia Origanti, Lynn S. White, Jinwu Sun, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, and Helen Piwnica-Worms

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A Rice Plastidial Nucleotide Sugar Epimerase Is Involved in Galactolipid Biosynthesis and Improves Photosynthetic Efficiency, Chunlai Li, Yiqin Wang, Linchuan Liu, Yingchun Hu, Fengxia Zhang, Sod Mergen, Guodong Wang, Michael Schläppi, and Chengcai Chu

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Prion Formation and Polyglutamine Aggregation Are Controlled by Two Classes of Genes, Anita L. Manogaran, Joo Y. Hong, Joan Hufana, Jens Tyedmers, Susan Lindquist, and Susan W. Liebman

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Minimizing Bias in Biomass Allometry: Model Selection and Log‐Transformation of Data, Joseph Mascaro, Creighton M. Litton, R. Flint Hughes, Amanda Uowolo, and Stefan A. Schnitzer

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Dominance by the Introduced Tree Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) May Limit Aboveground Carbon Storage in Southern Wisconsin Forests, Joseph Mascaro and Stefan A. Schnitzer

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Identifying Polyglutamine Protein Species in situ that Best Predict Neurodegeneration, Jason Miller, Montserrat Arrasate, Elizabeth Brooks, Clare Peter Libeu, Justin Legleiter, Danny Hatters, Jessica Curtis, Kenneth Cheung, Preethi Krishnan, Siddhartha Mitra, Kartika Widjaja, Benjamin A. Shaby, Gregor P. Lotz, Yvonne Newhouse, Emily M. Sontag, Alex Osmand, Michelle Gray, Vanitha Thulasiramin, Frederic Saudou, Mark Segal, X William Yang, Eliezer Masliah, Leslie M. Thompson, Paul J. Muchowski, Karl H. Weisgraber, and Steven Finkbeiner

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Neuronal Control of Swimming Behavior: Comparison of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Model Systems, Olivia Mullins, John Hackett, James T. Buchanan, and W. Otto Friesen

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Self-Assembly of Escherichia coli MutL and Its Complexes with DNA, Anita Niedziela-Majka, Nasib K. Maluf, Edwin Antony, and Timothy M. Lohman

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Posttranscriptional Regulation of Ornithine Decarboxylase, Shannon L. Nowotarski, Sofia Origanti, and Lisa M. Shantz

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Effect of Nitrate, Acetate and Hydrogen on Native Perchlorate-reducing Microbial Communities and Their Activity in Vadose Soil, Mamie Nozawa-Inoue, Mercy Jien, Kun Yang, Dennis E. Rolston, Krassimira R. Hristova, and Kate M. Scow

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Genetic and physiological analysis of biennialism in Hyoscyamus niger, Michael Schläppi

The HyPRP gene EARLI1 has an auxiliary role for germinability and early seedling development under low temperature and salt stress conditions (presentation), Michael Schläppi, Dan Xu, Xuan Huang, and Zi-Qin Xu

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Increasing liana abundance and biomass in tropical forests: emerging patterns and putative mechanisms, Stefan A. Schnitzer and Frans Bongers

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Community and ecosystem ramifications of increasing lianas in neotropical forests, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Frans Bongers, and S. Joseph Wright

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Soil microbes regulate ecosystem productivity and maintain species diversity, Stefan A. Schnitzer and John Klironomos

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Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern, Stefan A. Schnitzer, John Klironomos, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Linda L. Kinkel, Peter B. Reich, Kun Xiao, Matthias C. Rillig, Benjamin A. Sikes, Ragan M. Callaway, Scott A. Mangan, Egbert H. van Nes, and Marten Scheffer

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To Duckweeds (Landoltia punctata), Nanoparticulate Copper Oxide is More Inhibitory than the Soluble Copper in the Bulk Solution, Jiyan Shi, Aamir D. Abid, Ian M. Kennedy, Krassimira R. Hristova, and Wendy K. Silk

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Influence of EARLI1‐like Genes on Flowering Time and Lignin Synthesis of Arabidopsis thaliana, Y. Shi, X. Zhang, Z.-Y. Xu, C. Zhang, Michael Schläppi, and Z.-Q. Xu

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A tight coupling between β2Y97 and β2F200 of the GABAA receptor mediates GABA binding, Phu N. Tran, Kurt T. Laha, and David A. Wagner

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Dragon's Blood extract has antithrombotic properties, affecting platelet aggregation functions and anticoagulation activities, Nian Xin, Yu-Juan Li, Rong-Ji Dai, Wei-Wei Meng, Yan Chen, Michael Schläppi, and Yu-Lin Deng

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The HyPRP gene EARLI1 has an auxiliary role for germinability and early seedling development under low temperature and salt stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana, Dan Xu, Xuan Huang, Zi-Qin Xu, and Michael Schläppi

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Cold-inducible Expression of AZI1 and its Function in Improvement of Freezing Tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zhi-Yan Xu, Xin Zhang, Michael Schläppi, and Zi-Qin Xu

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Mathematical Model of Chlorella minutissima UTEX2341 Growth and Lipid Production Under Photoheterotrophic Fermentation Conditions, Jinshui Yang, Ehsan Rasa, Prapakorn Tantayotai, Kate M. Scow, Hong Li Yuan, and Krassimira R. Hristova

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Novel Insights into the Biotin Carboxylase Domain Reactions of Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Ann L. Menefee, Abdussalam Adina-Zada, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, Kathy H. Surinya, John C. Wallace, Paul V. Attwood, Martin St. Maurice, and W Wallace Cleland

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Activation and Inhibition of Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Ann L. Menefee, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, John C. Wallace, Paul V. Attwood, Martin St. Maurice, and W Wallace Cleland

Submissions from 2010

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Introduction to Gene Regulation by Small RNAs, Allison L. Abbott

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Circadian Disruption and Metabolic Disease: Findings from Animal Models, Deanna M. Arble, Kathryn Moynihan Ramsey, Joseph Bass, and Fred W. Turek

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Post‐Glacial Expansion into the Paleozoic Plateau: Evidence of an Ozarkian Refugium for the Ozark Minnow Notropis Nubilus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes), Peter B. Berendzen, J.F. Dugan, and Tony Gamble

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Effect of Recombinant Growth Hormone Replacement in a Growth Hormone Deficient Subject Recovering from Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report, Vinita Bhagia, Charles Gilkison, Robert H. Fitts, Dennis J. Zgaljardic, Walter M. High, Brent E. Masel, Randall J. Urban, and Kurt A. Mossberg

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Loss of Individual MicroRNAs Causes Mutant Phenotypes in Sensitized Genetic Backgrounds in C. elegans, John L. Brenner, Kristen L. Jasiewicz, Alisha F. Fahley, Benedict J. Kemp, and Allison L. Abbott

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Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan‐tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area, Saara J. DeWalt, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Jérôme Chave, Frans Bongers, Robyn J. Burnham, Zhiquan Cai, George B. Chuyong, David B. Clark, Corneille E.N. Ewango, Jeffrey J. Gerwing, Esteban Gortaire, Terese Hart, Guillermo Ibarra-Manriquez, Kalan Ickes, David Kenfack, Manuel J. Macía, Jean-Remy Makana, Miguel Martinez-Ramos, Joseph Mascaro, Sainge Moses, Helene C. Muller-Laudau, Marc P.E. Parren, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, Francis E. Putz, Hugo Romero-Saltos, and Duncan W. Thomas

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Regulation of the G2/M Transition in Rodent Oocytes, Stephen Downs

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Role of AMPK Throughout Meiotic Maturation in the Mouse Oocyte: Evidence for Promotion of Polar Body Formation and Suppression of Premature Activation, Stephen Downs, Ru Ya, and Christopher C. Davis

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Probing the Catalytic Roles of Arg548 and Gln552 in the Carboxyl Transferase Domain of the Rhizobium etli Pyruvate Carboxylase by Site-directed Mutagenesis, Saowapa Duangpan, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, Abdussalam Adina-Zada, Lindsay Byrne, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Martin St. Maurice, W. Wallace Cleland, John C. Wallace, and Paul V. Attwood

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Prolonged Space Flight-Induced Alterations in the Structure and Function of Human Skeletal Muscle Fibres, Robert Fitts, S. W. Trappe, David Costill, Philip M. Gallagher, Andrew C. Creer, Patricia Colloton, Jim R. Peters, Janell Romatowski, J. L. Bain, and Danny A. Riley

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A Review of Sex Determining Mechanisms in Geckos (Gekkota: Squamata), Tony Gamble

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An Epilepsy-Related Region in the GABAA Receptor Mediates Long-Distance Effects on GABA and Benzodiazepine Binding Sites, Marcel P. Goldschen-Ohm, David A. Wagner, Steven Petrou, and Mathew V. Jones

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The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Laura L. Ingwell, S. Joseph Wright, Kristen K. Becklund, Stephen P. Hubbell, and Stefan A. Schnitzer

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Mutant Huntingtin Fragments Form Oligomers in a Polyglutamine Length-Dependent Manner in Vitro and in Vivo, Justin Legleiter, Emily M. Sontag, Gregor P. Lotz, Ellen Sapp, Cheping Ng, Marian DiFiglia, Leslie M. Thompson, and Paul J. Muchowski

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Interaction between the Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Domain and the Biotin Carboxylase Domain in Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli, Adam D. Lietzan, Ann L. Menefee, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Sudhanshu Kumar, Paul V. Attwood, John C. Wallace, W. Wallace Cleland, and Martin St. Maurice

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Hsp70 and Hsp40 Functionally Interact with Soluble Mutant Huntingtin Oligomers in a Classic ATP-Dependent Reaction Cycle, Gregor P. Lotz, Justin Legleiter, Rebecca Aron, Emily M. Sontag, Shao-Yi Huang, Cheping Ng, Charles G. Glabe, Leslie M. Thompson, and Paul J. Muchowski

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Negative Plant–Soil Feedback Predicts Tree-species Relative Abundance in a Tropical Forest, Scott A. Mangan, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Edward A. Herre, Keenan M.L. Mack, Mariana C. Valencia, Evelyn I. Sanchez, and James D. Bever

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Most, but not All, Yeast Strains in the Deletion Library Contain the [PIN+] Prion, Anita L. Manogaran, Viviana M. Fajardo, Robert J. D. Reid, Rodney Rothstein, and Susan W. Liebman

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A New Species of Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tà Kóu Nature Reserve, Binh Thuan Province, Southern Vietnam, Van Tri Ngo and Tony Gamble

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Genetic Basis for Rhizobium etli CE3 O-Antigen O-Methylated Residues That Vary According to Growth Conditions, Kristylea J. Ojeda, Jodie M. Box, and K. Dale Noel

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Structure and Expression of Two Nuclear Receptor Genes in Marsupials: Insights into the Evolution of the Antisense Overlap between the α-Thyroid Hormone Receptor and Rev-erbα, Brandon C. Rindfleisch, M. Scott Brown, John L. VandeBerg, and Stephen Munroe

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An Exonic Splicing Enhancer within a Bidirectional Coding Sequence Regulates Alternative Splicing of an Antisense mRNA, Valerie K. Salato, Nathaniel W. Rediske, Chao Zhang, Michelle Laura Hastings, and Stephen Munroe

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Bioaugmentation for Improved Recovery of Anaerobic Digesters After Toxicant Exposure, Anne Schauer-Gimenez, Daniel Zitomer, James Maki, and Craig Struble

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Lianas suppress tree regeneration and diversity in treefall gaps, Stefan A. Schnitzer and Walter P. Carson

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Chlamydomonas mutants display reversible deficiencies in flagellar beating and axonemal assembly, Mei Wei, Priyanka Sivadas, Heather A. Owen, David R. Mitchell, and Pinfen Yang

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Drosophila Vitelline Membrane Assembly: A Critical Role for an Evolutionarily Conserved Cysteine in the “VM domain” of sV23, T. Wu, Anita L. Manogaran, J. M. Beauchamp, and Gail L. Waring

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A Developmentally Regulated Gene, ASI2, Is Required for Endocycling in the Macronuclear Anlagen of Tetrahymena, Lihui Yin, Susan T. Gater, and Kathleen M. Karrer

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Inhibitors of Pyruvate Carboxylase, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Martin St. Maurice, and Paul V. Attwood

Submissions from 2009

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Srs2 Disassembles Rad51 Filaments by a Protein-Protein Interaction Triggering ATP Turnover and Dissociation of Rad51 from DNA, Edwin Antony, Eric J. Tomko, Qi Xiao, Lumir Krejci, Timothy M. Lohman, and Tom Ellenberger

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Circadian Timing of Food Intake Contributes to Weight Gain, Deanna M. Arble, Joseph Bass, Aaron D. Laposky, Martha H. Vitaterna, and Fred W. Turek

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Isoform- and Cell-Specific Function of Tyrosine Decarboxylase in the Drosophila Malpighian Tubule, Edward M. Blumenthal

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Influx of Calcium through L-type Calcium Channels in Early Postnatal Regulation of Chloride Transporters in the Rat Hippocampus, Jennifer Grace Bray and Michelle Mynlieff

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Seasonal differences in leaf-level physiology give lianas a competitive advantage over trees in a tropical seasonal forest, Zhi-Quan Cai, Stefan A. Schnitzer, and Frans Bongers

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Liana Communities in Three Tropical Forest Types in Xishuangbanna, South-West China, Zhi-Quan Cai, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Yu-long Zheng, and Frans Bongers

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cAMP Pulsing of Denuded Mouse Oocytes Increases Meiotic Resumption Via Activation of AMP-activated Protein Kinase, Jing Chen, Maggie M. Chi, Kelle H. Moley, and Stephen Downs

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Changes of Gentiopicroside Synthesis during Somatic Embryogenesis in Gentiana macrophylla, Li-Yu Chen, Qian-Liang Chen, Dan Xu, Jian-Gao Hao, Michael Schläppi, and Zi-Qin Xu

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Fatty Acid Oxidation and Meiotic Resumption in Mouse Oocytes, Stephen Downs, Jessica Odette, and John Klinger

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Unique Contractile and Structural Protein Expression in Dog Ileal Inner Circular Smooth Muscle, Thomas J. Eddinger

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Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species, Tony Gamble and Genome 10K Community of Scientists

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CO2, Nitrogen, and Diversity Differentially Affect Seed Production of Prairie Plants, J. HillieRisLambers, W. S. Harpole, Stefan A. Schnitzer, D. Tilman, and P. B. Reich

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Mapping of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Oxa1-Mitochondrial Ribosome Interface and Identification of MrpL40, a Ribosomal Protein in Close Proximity to Oxa1 and Critical for Oxidative Phosphorylation Complex Assembly, Lixia Jia, Jasvinder Kaur, and Rosemary A. Stuart

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Isolation and Characterization of a Spontaneously Immortalized Bovine Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cell Line, Thomas E. Liggett, T. Daniel Griffiths, and Elizabeth R. Gaillard

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Rex1p Deficiency Leads to Accumulation of Precursor Initiator tRNAMet and Polyadenylation of Substrate RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sarah G. Ozanick, Xuying Wang, Michael Costanzo, Renee L. Brost, Charles Boone, and James T. Anderson

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Defective Gut Function in Drop-Dead Mutant Drosophila, Cassandra R. Peller, Elizabeth M. Bacon, Julie A. Bucheger, and Edward M. Blumenthal

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Down And Out. The Functional Effects Of Silencing Calsequestrin 1 Or Deleting Both Calsequestrin Genes In Mammalian Muscle, Leandro Royer, Sandrine Pouvreau, Ying Wang, Gerhard Meissner, Jingsong Zhou, Pompeo Volpe, Alessandra Nori, Robert H. Fitts, James L. W. Bain, Feliciano Protasi, Paul D. Allen, Bjorn Knollmann, Danny R. Riley, and Eduardo Rios

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Tropical Dry Forest Succession and the Contribution of Lianas to Wood Area Index (WAI), Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Margaret Kalacska, Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo, G. Wilson Fernandes, and Stefan A. Schnitzer

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Differences in leaf traits, leaf internal structure, and spectral reflectance between two communities of lianas and trees: Implications for remote sensing in tropical environments, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Karen Castro, S. Joseph Wright, John Gamon, Margaret Kalacska, Benoit Rivard, Stefan A. Schnitzer, and Ji Lu Feng

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Exercise in Space: Human Skeletal Muscle After 6 Months Aboard the International Space Station, Scott Trappe, David Costill, Philip M. Gallagher, Andrew C. Creer, Jim R. Peters, Harlan Evans, Danny A. Riley, and Robert Fitts

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The Tall Fescue Turf Grass Class I Chitinase Gene FaChit1 Is Activated by Fungal Elicitors, Dehydration, Ethylene, and Mechanical Wounding, Jian Wang, Na Tian, Xuan Huang, Li Yu Chen, Michael Schläppi, and Zi Qin Xu

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Correction for IC97 Is a Novel Intermediate Chain of I1 Dynein That Interacts with Tubulin and Regulates Interdoublet Sliding, Maureen Wirschell, Chun Yang, Pinfen Yang, Laura Fox, Haru-aki Yanagisawa, Ritsu Kamiya, George B. Witman, Mary E. Porter, and Winfield S. Sale

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IC97 Is a Novel Intermediate Chain of I1 Dynein That Interacts with Tubulin and Regulates Interdoublet Sliding, Maureen Wirschell, Chun Yang, Pinfen Yang, Laura Fox, Haru-aki Yanagisawa, Ritsu Kamiya, George B. Witman, Mary E. Porter, and Winfield S. Sale

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Novel LC8 Mutations Have Disparate Effects on the Assembly and Stability of Flagellar Complexes, Pinfen Yang, Chun Yang, Maureen Wirschell, and Stephanie Davis

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Insight into the Carboxyl Transferase Domain Mechanism of Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Martin St. Maurice, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, John C. Wallace, Paul V. Attwood, and W Wallace Cleland

Submissions from 2008

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Contribution of Cystine-Glutamate Antiporters to the Psychotomimetic Effects of Phencyclidine, David A. Baker, Aric Madayag, Lars V. Kristiansen, James H. Meador-Woodruff, Vahram Haroutunian, and Ilangovan Raju

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Phylogeography of the Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amblops (Teleostei: Cypriniformes): Early Pleistocene Diversification and Post‐Glacial Range Expansion, Peter B. Berendzen, Tony Gamble, and Andrew M. Simons

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Cloning of the Neurodegeneration Gene Drop-Dead and Characterization of Additional Phenotypes of its Mutation, Edward M. Blumenthal