The contribution of the N-terminal region of gastrin-17 (G17) to the binding and activation of the putative gastrin processing intermediate receptor(s) on human colorectal cancer cells is investigated. The C-terminal ...

Text messaging is the newest form of communication used in education, business and personal relationships that has taken the world by storm. From corporations to grade schoolers, it appears that texting is the most convenient ...

Prestin, an integral membrane motor protein in the outer hair cells of the inner ear, is proposed to be crucial for cochlear amplification. In support of this, in prestin knock out mice, there is a 40-60 dB loss of hearing ...

The Mixed alkali effect (MAE) is an often studied phenomenon, 0ccurring in material containing more than one type of alkali, in which a marked deviation from linear compositional dependence is observed. Previous studies ...

The pox-virus zinc finger protein (POZ-ZF), also termed leukemia/lymphoma related factor (LRF) belongs to the POK family of transcriptional repressors, which is also known as POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor (Pokemon), ...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PC) are critical health problems in elderly population with PC being the most common non-dermatologic malignancy in men. Although epidermal growth factor (EGF) plays ...

MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that are processed through an endogenous biological pathway and function to post-transcriptionally regulate target gene expression. MicroRNAs affect cellular proliferation, differentiation, ...

In an ultra peripheral collision with two gold ions, two virtual photons are exchanged, which excites the nuclei into a mutual giant dipole resonance (GDR) state. This excited state decays most often via neutron emission. ...

Activation of Rac by guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) at the leading edge of the cell plays an important role in directional cell migration, a critical step of tumor metastasis cascades. We investigated the role ...

Since the invention of the optical stretcher in 2001, no direct method has been found for measuring the optical stress that produces the observed trapping and stretching of biological cells and other dielectrics. Hence, ...