DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPECTRAL LIBRARY FOR TYPICAL PIGMENTS USED IN CHINESE PAINTINGS [PDF]
Suffered from the environmental changes and human’s influence, Chinese paintings are facing a worrying situation in documentation, which leads urgent into establishing digital archives to realize the permanent preservation of its surface information ...
S. Lyu +11 more
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The ocular albinism type 1 protein, an intracellular G protein-coupled receptor, regulates melanosome transport in pigment cells [PDF]
The protein product of the ocular albinism type 1 gene, named OA1, is a pigment cell-specific G protein-coupled receptor exclusively localized to intracellular organelles, namely lysosomes and melanosomes.
Bennett, DC +51 more
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The differentiation of cholesterol and pigment gallstones [PDF]
Gallbladder biles and stones were obtained at 116 cholecystectomies for symptomatic gallstone disease. All 33 patients younger than 50 years had cholesterol stones, whereas 40% of the older patients had pigment stones.
Jüngst, Dieter
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Bile bilirubin pigment analysis in disorders of bilirubin metabolism in early infancy [PDF]
BACKGROUNDEarly and accurate diagnosis of Crigler-Najjar syndrome, which causes prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia in infancy, is important, as orthotopic liver transplantation is the definitive treatment.
M A Preece +31 more
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Intramural pure pigment gallstones, a case report [PDF]
A case of intramural pure pigment gallstones, which were fortuitously found in post-mortem examination, is presented. The incidence, mechanism of formation of the stones and roentgenological diagnosis of the intramural gallstones, porcelain gall bladder,
Nishimura, Fumio, Kawanishi, Koichi
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Expression of cre recombinase in pigment cells
Conditional gene targeting using the Cre/loxP system enables specific deletion of a gene in a tissue of interest. For application of Cre-mediated recombination in pigment cells, Cre expression has to be targeted to pigment cells in transgenic mice.
Hummler, E. +4 more
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Phase Shifts of the Circadian Locomotor Rhythm Induced by Pigment-Dispersing Factor in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus [PDF]
Pigment-dispersing factors (PDFs) are octadeca-peptides widely distributed in insect optic lobes and brain. In this study, we have purified PDF and determined its amino acid sequence in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.
Fujisawa, Yuko +4 more
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Molecular biological studies on neuropeptides of the adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family and the neuroparsin family in the arthropod sister groups of insects and crustaceans [PDF]
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.This study describes the identification of three novel precursor transcripts which includes the adipokinetic hormone (AKH) / red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH) and the neuroparsin (NP) from the ...
Anders, Lance
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Fruit-Surface Flavonoid Accumulation in Tomato Is Controlled by a SlMYB12-Regulated Transcriptional Network [PDF]
The cuticle covering plants' aerial surfaces is a unique structure that plays a key role in organ development and protection against diverse stress conditions.
Domínguez, Eva +57 more
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Biological effects of cigarette smoke in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells. [PDF]
The goal of the present study was to determine whether treatment with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) induces cell loss, cellular senescence, and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis in primary human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Primary cultured
Johannes Burger +8 more
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