Nucleic acid polymerases catalyze nucleotidyl transfer reactions with two proton-transfer
events, deprotonation of the 3′-hydroxyl nucleophile and protonation of the pyrophosphate …

A water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein (WSCP) is the single known instance of a putative
chlorophyll (Chl) carrier in green plants. Recently the photoprotective function of WSCP …

Two kinds of water-soluble chlorophyll (Chl) proteins (WSCPs) have been found, eg, a WSCP
from Chenopodium, Atriplex, Polygonum, and Amaranthus species (class I) and that from …

The atmosphere is vastly underexplored as a habitable ecosystem for microbial organisms.
In this study, we investigated 795 time-resolved metagenomes from tropical air, generating …

Introduction Allergic sensitisation to fungi such as Aspergillus are associated to poor clinical
outcomes in asthma, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis; however, clinical relevance in COPD …

Cell-based studies support the existence of two promoters on the heavy strand of mtDNA:
heavy-strand promoter 1 (HSP1) and HSP2. However, transcription from HSP2 has been …

The troposphere constitutes the final frontier of global ecosystem research due to technical
challenges arising from its size, low biomass, and gaseous state. Using a vertical testing …

A new Encryption-then-Compression (ETC) system for the JPEG 2000 standard is proposed
in this paper. An ETC system is known as a system that makes image communication …

It is well known that maternal diabetes causes various congenital malformations. Although
there are many reports that folic acid (FA) administration in pregnancy reduces the risk of birth …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of the chorionicity of the placenta on infant outcome at 1
year of age in twin pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study and retrospective review of …