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Submissions from 2013

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Two Homologous EF-G Proteins From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Exhibit Distinct Functions, Stephanie O. Palmer, Edna Y. Rangel, Yanmei Hu, Alexis T. Tran, and James M. Bullard

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Cloning and Characterization of EF-Tu and EF-Ts From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Stephanie O. Palmer, Edna Y. Rangel, Alberto E. Montalvo, Alexis T. Tran, Kate C. Ferguson, and James M. Bullard

Submissions from 2012

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Bismuth nitrate-induced microwave-assisted expeditious synthesis of vanillin from curcumin, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik

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An Expeditious Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of 3-Pyrrole-Substituted 2-Azetidinones, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jessica Cruz, Ram N. Yadav, and Bimal K. Banik

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A Microwave-Assisted Bismuth Nitrate-Catalyzed Unique Route Toward 1,4-Dihydropyridines, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie Maldonado, and Bimal K. Banik

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Ultrasound-assisted aza-Michael reaction in water: a green procedure, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Luis C. Turrubiartes, and Bimal K. Banik

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Polystyrenesulfonate-catalyzed synthesis of novel pyrroles through Paal-Knorr reaction, Mandira Banik, Bianca Ramirez, Ashwini Reddy, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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Derivative Couplings with Built-In Electron-Translation Factors: Application to Benzene, Shervin Fatehi and Joseph E. Subotnik

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Sorption kinetic study of selenite and selenate onto a high and low pressure aged iron oxide nanomaterial, Christina M. Gonzalez, Jeffrey Hernandez, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, Cristian E. Botez, Jason Parsons, and Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey

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Communication: Adjusting charge transfer state energies for configuration interaction singles: Without any parameterization and with minimal cost, Xinle Liu, Shervin Fatehi, Yihan Shao, Brad S. Veldkamp, and Joseph Subotnik

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Electrospun Polystyrene-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Imaging, Thermal and Spectroscopic Characterization, Javier Macossay-Torres, Ana V.R. Ybarra, Faheem A. Arjamend, Travis Cantu, Thomas Eubanks, Mircea Chipara, Enrique López-Cuéllar, and Nasser Mohamed-Noriega

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Facile Molten-Salt Synthesis of Double Perovskite La2BMnO 6 Nanoparticles, Yuanbing Mao

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Hydrolysis of Dimethyl Meta-Isopropenylbenzyl Isocyanate (TMI) and Colloidal Stability of Latexes During Storage: Effect of pH, Jorge C. Ramirez, María E. Treviño, Jorge Herrera-Ordonez, and Javier Macossay-Torres

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COP1 Mediates the Coordination of Root and Shoot Growth by Light Through Modulation of PIN1- and Pin2-Dependent Auxin Transport in ArabidoPsis, Massimiliano Sassi, Yanfen Lu, Yonghong Zhang, Juan Wang, Pankaj Dhonukshe, Ikram Blilou, Minqiu Dai, Juan Li, Ximing Gong, Yvon Jaillais, Xuhong Yu, Jan Traas, Ida Ruberti, Haiyang Wang, Ben Scheres, Teva Vernoux, and Jian Xu

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A simple approach for synthesis, characterization and bioactivity of bovine bones to fabricate the polyurethane nanofiber containing hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, Faheem A. Sheikh, M. A. Kanjwal, Javier Macossay-Torres, N. A. M. Barakat, and H. Y. Kim

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Titanium Dioxide Nanofibers and Microparticles Containing Nickel Nanoparticles, Faheem A. Sheikh, Javier Macossay-Torres, M. A. Kanjwal, Abdalla Abdal-hay, Mudasir A. Tantry, and Hern Kim

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Identifying risk factors for disparities in breast cancer mortality among African-American and Hispanic women, Nancy Tian, Pierre Goovaerts, T. Benjamin Zhan, T. Edwin Chow, and J. Gaines Wilson

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Microwave-assisted polystyrene sulfonatecatalyzed synthesis of novel pyrroles, Rosario Astrid Vargas Cardenas, Blanca Olinda Quintanilla Leal, Ashwini Reddy, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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Structural Basis for Ca 2+-Induced Activation and Dimerization of Estrogen Receptor Alpha by Calmodulin, Yonghong Zhang, Zhigang Li, David B. Sacks, and James B. Ames

Submissions from 2011

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MICROWAVE-INDUCED INDIUM-CATALYZED SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLE FUSED WITH INDOLINE IN WATER, Dina Abrego, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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MICROWAVE-INDUCED N-BROMOSUCCINIMIDE-MEDIATED NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLES VIA PAAL-KNORR REACTION, Rosemarie Andoh-Baidoo, Roberto Danso, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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Asimafoetidnol: A New Sesquiterpenoid Coumarin From the Gum Resin of Ferula Assa-Foetida, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Manas Banerjee, Subrata Laskar, and Bidyut Basak

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MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-CATALYZED EXPEDITIOUS ENAMINATION OF β-DICARBONYL COMPOUNDS UNDER SOLVENT-FREE CONDITIONS, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik

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Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds As Anticancer Agents: Evaluation of Synthesis and in Vitro Cytotoxicity, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jose C. Granados, John D. Short, and Bimal K. Banik

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PHOSPHORIC ACID CATALYZED AZA-MICHAEL REACTION IN WATER: AN ECOFRIENDLY PROCEDURE, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie Maldonado, and Bimal K. Banik

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AN EASY AND STRAIGHTFORWARD ROUTE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF DISUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOLES, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Yvette Mora, Jesus A. Trevino-Cantu, and Bimal K. Banik

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MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-MEDIATED SELECTIVE HYDROLYSIS OF AMIDE, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Rene Solano Fonseca, and Bimal K. Banik

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A truly green synthesis of a-aminonitriles via Strecker reaction, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Juliana M. Velazquez, and Bimal K. Banik

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MICROWAVE-INDUCED STEREOSELECTIVITY OF β-LACTAM FORMATION: EFFECTS OF SOLVENTS, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Marco Yanez, and Bimal K. Banik

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Bismuth nitrate pentahydrate-induced novel nitration of eugenol, Luis Canales, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF EUGENOL DERIVATIVES, George Eyambe, Luis Canales, and Bimal K. Banik

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Analytic derivative couplings between configuration-interaction-singles states with built-in electron-translation factors for translational invariance, Shervin Fatehi, Ethan Alguire, Yihan Shao, and Joseph Subotnik

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Parasporins from a Caribbean Island: Evidence for a Globally Dispersed Bacillus thuringiensis Strain, Eric Gonzalez, Jose C. Granados, John D. Short, David Ammons, and Joanne Rampersad-Ammons

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Fabrication of poly(caprolactone) nanofibers containing hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and their mineralization in a simulated body fluid, Muzafar A. Kanjwal, Faheem A. Sheikh, R. Nirmala, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Hak Yong Kim

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SYTHESIS OF GLUCOSE PERACETATE VIA BISMUTH NITRATE-INDUCED REACTION, Jose Lerma and Bimal K. Banik

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MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-CATALYZED ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION OF 7-AZA INDOLE WITH ACTIVATED CARBONYL COMPOUND UNDER SOLVENT-FREE CONDITIONS, Sonya Rivera, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-CATALYZED ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION OF INDOLE WITH KETO ESTER UNDER SLOVENT-FREE CONDITIONS, Sonya Rivera, Laura Iglesias, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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Fabrication of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) Nanofibers Containing Nickel Nanoparticles as Future Energy Server Materials, Faheem A. Sheikh, Travis Cantu, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Hern Kim

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Fabrication of Mineralized Collagen from Bovine Waste Materials by Hydrothermal Method as Promised Biomaterials, Faheem A. Sheikh, M. A. Kanjwal, Javier Macossay-Torres, Muneeb A. Muhammad, Travis Cantu, Ioannis S. Chronakis, N. A. M. Barakat, and Hak Yong Kim

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Characterization of a Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Phenotype Possessing Multiple Appendages Attached to a Parasporal Body, Antonio Ventura-Suárez, Ramón Cruz-Camarillo, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, David Ammons, Edgar O. López-Villegas, Jorge E. Ibarra, and Luz I. Rojas-Avelizapa

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Structural Basis for Sequence Specific DNA Binding and Protein Dimerization of HOXA13, Yonghong Zhang, Christine A. Larsen, H. Scott Stadler, and James B. Ames

Submissions from 2010

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MicroTracker: a Data Management Tool for Facilitating the Education of Undergraduate Students in Laboratory Research Environments, David Ammons and Joanne Rampersad-Ammons

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An Exploratory Study of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and SCCmec Elements Obtained from a Community Setting Along the Texas Border with Mexico, David R. Ammons, Raghuveer Puttagunta, Jose C. Granados, Georgina De La Garza, George Eyambe, and Joanne Rampersad-Ammons

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Microwave-Induced Stereocontrol of β-Lactam Formation with an N-Benzylidene-9,10-dihydrophenanthren-3-amine via Staudinger Cycloaddition, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik

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An Expeditious Synthesis of N-Substituted Pyrroles via Microwave-Induced Iodine-Catalyzed Reactions Under Solventless Conditions, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, and Bimal K. Banik

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An Effective Microwave-Induced Iodine-Catalyzed Method for the Synthesis of Quinoxalines via Condensation of 12-Diamines With 12-Dicarbonyl Compounds, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Robert R. Rodriguez, and Bimal K. Banik

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Remarkable Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Novel Pyrrole- Bearing N-Polyaromatic B-Lactams, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Gildardo Rivera, Isabel Salinas, Hector Aguilar, and Bimal K. Banik

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A Highly Efficient Bismuth Salts-Catalyzed Route for the Synthesis of Alpha-Aminophosphonates, Antara Banik, Sahil Batta, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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Nuclear quantum effects in the structure and lineshapes of the N2 near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectrum, Shervin Fatehi, Craig P. Schwartz, Richard J. Saykally, and David Prendergast

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A New Bismuth Nitrate–Catalyzed Electrophilic Substitution of Indoles with Carbonyl Compounds Under Solvent-Free Conditions, Laura Iglesias, Calista Aguilar, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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Microwave-Induced Aza-Michael Reaction in Water: A Remarkably Simple Procedure, Andrea Kall, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik

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Microscopic and Spectroscopic Studies of Thermally Enhanced Electrospun PMMA Micro- and Nanofibers, Sean Pelfrey, Travis Cantu, Michael R. Papantonakis, Duane L. Simonson, R. Andrew McGill, and Javier Macossay-Torres

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Importance of Electronic Relaxation for Inter-Coulombic Decay in Aqueous Systems, Craig P. Schwartz, Shervin Fatehi, Richard J. Saykally, and David Prendergast

Submissions from 2009

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An investigation of bacillus thuringiensis in rectal-collected fecal samples of cows, David R. Ammons, Antonio Reyna, Jose C. Granados, and Michael S. Samlal

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Microwave-Assisted Ruthenium Trichloride-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrrole Fused With Indole System in Water, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Antara Banik, Sahil Bhatta, and Bimal K. Banik

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Highly Stereoselective B-Lactam Synthesis via the Staudinger Reaction Using Poly Aromatic Imines, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Monica Xavier, and Bimal K. Banik

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GEC1-kappa Opioid Receptor Binding Involves Hydrophobic Interactions GEC1 has Chaperone-Like Effect, Yong Chen, Chongguang Chen, Evangelia Kotsikorou, Diane L. Lynch, Patricia H. Reggio, and Lee Yuan Liu-Chen

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Excess of Glucocorticoid Induces Cardiac Dysfunction via Activating Angiotensin II Pathway, Sreerupa Ghose Roy, Priyanka De, Debasri Mukherjee, Vivek Chander, Aditya Konar, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Arun Bandyopadhyay

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Inhibition of Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase by REP8839 and Effects of Resistance Mutations on Enzyme Activity▿, Louis S. Green, James M. Bullard, Wendy K. Ribble, Frank B. Dean, David F. Ayers, Urs A. Ochsner, Nebojsa Janjic, and Thale C. Jarvis

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Luminescent Properties of Ensemble and Individual Erbium-Doped Yttrium Oxide Nanotubes, Yuanbing Mao, Xia Guo, Thai Tran, Kang L. Wang, C. Ken Shih, and Jane P. Chang

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An Expeditious Synthesis of 3-Amino B-Lactams Derived From Polyaromatic Compounds, Gildardo Rivera, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sonam Jaggi, R. Christopher Gonzales, and Bimal K. Banik

Submissions from 2008

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Thermal and mechanical properties of electrospun PMMA, PVC, Nylon 6, and Nylon 6,6, Clarisa Carrizales, Sean Pelfrey, Roman Rincon, Thomas Eubanks, Anxiu Kuang, Michael James McClure, Gary L. Bowlin, and Javier Macossay-Torres

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Structure of PolC Reveals Unique DNA Binding and Fidelity Determinants, Ronald J. Evans, Douglas R. Davies, James M. Bullard, Jeffrey Christensen, Louis S. Green, Joseph W. Guiles, Janice D. Pata, Wendy K. Ribble, Nebojsa Janjic, and Thale C. Jarvis

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Structure and Redox Activity of Copper Sites Isolated in a Nanoporous P4VP Polymeric Matrix†, Elena Groppo, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, Silvia Bordiga, Adriano Zecchina, and Carlo Lamberti

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Correlation Between Luminescent Properties and Local Coordination Environment for Erbium Dopant in Yttrium Oxide Nanotubes, Yuanbing Mao, John Bargar, Michael Toney, and Jane P. Chang

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Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and bacterial culture for Salmonella detection in the Muscovy duck in Trinidad and Tobago, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, Jenelle Johnson, Gabriel Brown, Michael S. Samlal, and David R. Ammons

Submissions from 2007

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N-(4-Methylphenyl) Benzenepropanamide - the First Isolated Amide From the Genus Paederia, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Nayak, Bidyut Basak, Avijit Banerji, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee, Thierry Prang, and Alain Neuman

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An Overview of the Genus Nardostachys, Asima Chatterjee, Utpal Dutta, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Nayak, Bidyut Basak, Avijit Banerji, and Julie Banerji

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Effect of needle diameter on nanofiber diameter and thermal properties of electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate), Javier Macossay-Torres, Alexis Marruffo, Roman Rincon, Thomas Eubanks, and Anxiu Kuang

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Microwave Spectra and ab Initio Studies of Ar-Propane and Ne-Propane Complexes: Structure and Dynamics, Karen I. Peterson, David Pullman, Wei Lin, Andrea J. Minei, and Stewart E. Novick

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In-house polymerase chain reaction for affordable and sustainable Chlamydia trachomatis detection in Trinidad and Tobago, Joanne Rampersad, Xiaohui Wang, Helen Gayadeen, Samuel Ramsewak, and David Ammons

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Occurrence and Characterization of Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) Strains from Dairy Farms in Trinidad, R. R. Roopnarine, David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, and A. A. Adesiyun

Submissions from 2006

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Observation of Fano Asymmetry in Raman Spectra of SrTiO3 and Cax Sr1-xTiO3 Perovskite Nanocubes, Sarbajit Banerjee, Dae In Kim, Richard D. Robinson, Irving P. Herman, Yuanbing Mao, and Stanislaus S. Wong

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High-Resolution Studies of Tropolone in the S 0 and S 1 Electronic States: Isotope Driven Dynamics in the Zero-Point Energy Levels, John C. Keske, Wei Lin, Wallace C. Pringle, Stewart E. Novick, Thomas A. Blake, and David F. Plusquellic

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Electrospun fibers from poly(methyl methacrylate)/vapor grown carbon nanofibers, Javier Macossay-Torres, Juan H. Leal, Anxiu Kuang, and Robert E. Jones

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4,4′-(1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro­propane-2,2-diyl)bis­(benzoyl chloride), Cecilia Rodriguez de Barbarin, Sylvain Bernes, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Patrick E. Cassidy

Submissions from 2005

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Reconstitution of a Minimal DNA Replicase From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Stimulation by Non-Cognate Auxiliary Factors, Thale C. Jarvis, Amber A. Beaudry, James M. Bullard, Nebojsa Janjic, and Charles S. McHenry

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Discovery and Characterization of the Cryptic Psi Subunit of the Pseudomonad DNA Replicase, Thale C. Jarvis, Amber A. Beaudry, James M. Bullard, Urs Ochsner, H. Garry Dallmann, and Charles S. McHenry

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A Bacillus thuringiensis isolation method utilizing a novel stain, low selection and high throughput produced atypical results, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons and David R. Ammons

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A nested-PCR with an Internal Amplification Control for the detection and differentiation of Bartonella henselae and B. clarridgeiae: An examination of cats in Trinidad, Joanne Rampersad, John D. Watkins, Michael S. Samlal, Raymond Deonanan, Shalini Ramsubeik, and David Ammons

Submissions from 2003

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A Bacillus thuringiensis Isolate Possessing a Spore-Associated Filament, Joanne Rampersad, Ayub Khan, and David Ammons

Submissions from 2002

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A Three-Domain Structure for the delta Subunit of the DNA Polymerase III Holoenzyme delta Domain III Binds delta' and Assembles Into the DnaX Complex, James M. Bullard, Arthur E. Pritchard, Min Sun Song, Bradley P. Glover, Anna Wieczorek, Joe Chen, Nebojsa Janjic, and Charles S. McHenry

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DNA Polymerase III Holoenzyme From Thermus Thermophilus Identification Expression Purification of Components and use to Reconstitute a Processive Replicase, James M. Bullard, Jennifer C. Williams, Wendy K. Acker, Carsten Jacobi, Nebojsa Janjic, and Charles S. McHenry

Submissions from 2001

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An E. coli 5S rRNA Deletion Mutant Useful for the Study of 5S rRNA Structure/Function Relationships, David Ammons and Joanne Rampersad

Submissions from 2000

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Interaction of Mitochondrial Elongation Factor Tu With Aminoacyl-tRNA and Elongation Factor Ts, Ying Chun Cai, James M. Bullard, Nancy L. Thompson, and Linda L. Spremulli

Submissions from 1999

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Intracellular Trafficking of the Nuclear Receptor COUP-TF in Live Sea Urchin Embryos1, David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad, and Constantin N. Flytzanis

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5S rRNA gene deletions cause an unexpectedly high fitness loss in Escherichia coli., David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad, and G. E. Fox

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Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Mercapto-Methylimidazole-Induced Gastric Acid Secretion and Stress-Induced Gastric Ulceration, Uday Bandyopadhyay, Dipak Das, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Mrinalini Bhattacharjee, and Ranajit K. Banerjee

Submissions from 1998

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A Genomically Modified Marker Strain of Escherichia coli, David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad, and George E. Fox

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Complex formation by the Drosophila MSL proteins: role of the MSL2 RING finger in protein complex assembly, K. Copps, R. Richman, L. M. Lyman, K. A. Chang, Joanne Rampersad, and M I. Kuroda

Submissions from 1995

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Regions of 23 S ribosomal RNA proximal to transfer RNA bound at the P and E sites, James M. Bullard, Michael A. van Weis, Douglas J. Bucklin, and Walter E. Hill