Frequent RASSF1A gene promoter hypermethylation in breast cancer (2008)
RASSF1A identified at 3p21.3 was suggested as the major target tumor suppressor on the basis of its frequent epigenetic silencing in human cancers, including breast cancer. We performed a...
Liu, Jinfeng, Zhang, Yan, Lei, Xingye, Zhang, Zemin
Abstract Background The rates of molecular evolution for protein-coding genes depend on the stringency of functional or structural constraints. The Ka/Ks ratio has been commonly used as an indicator...
Molybdoproteomes and evolution of molybdenum utilization (2008)
Zhang, Yan, Gladyshev, Vadim N.
The trace element molybdenum (Mo) is utilized in many life forms, where it is a key component of several enzymes involved in nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon metabolism. With the exception of...
Mian, MA Rouf, Zhang, Yan, Wang, Zeng-Yu, Zhang, Ji-Yi, Cheng, Xiaofei, Chen, Lei, ...
Abstract Background Tall fescue ( Festuca arundinacea Schreb) is a major cool season forage and turf grass species grown in the temperate regions of the world. In this paper we report the generation...
An Algebraic Characterization of Security of Cryptographic Protocols (2008)
Several of the basic cryptographic constructs have associated algebraic structures. Formal models proposed by Dolev and Yao to study the (unconditional) security of public key protocols form a group....
Combined Hepatocellular Cholangiocarcinomas; Analysis of a Large Database (2008)
Mitchell S. Wachtel, Yan Zhang, Tom Xu, Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, Eldo E Frezza
Aim: Combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma (combined tumor) has been described as either a variant of hepatoma or a variant of cholangiocarcinoma. Prior studies evaluated fewer than 50 patients...
Diacetonitrile[N,N′-bis(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzylidene)ethylenediamine]copper(I) perchlorate (2008)
Aliakbar Dehno Khalaji, Korbanjhon Brad, Yan Zhang
In the title compound, [Cu(C2H3N)2(C22H28N2O6)]ClO4, the Cu atom is coordinated by two N atoms from one bidentate Schiff base ligand and two N atoms from two acetonitrile groups. The Cu atom adopts a...
1,1′-Biphenyl-2,3,3′,4′-tetracarboxylic acid monohydrate (2008)
Yan Jiang, Jian Men, Chong-Yi Liu, Yan Zhang, Guo-Wei Gao
In the organic molecule of the title compound, C16H10O8·H2O, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 42.30 (11)°. Extensive O—H...O hydrogen bonding helps to...
Pancreas Cancer Survival in the Gemcitabine Era (2008)
Mitchell S. Wachtel, K. Tom Xu, Yan Zhang, Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, Eldo E. Frezza
After multiple positive studies, gemcitabine, approved for the treatment of pancreas cancer by the FDA in 1977, became standard of care. Whether this therapeutic advance has translated into longer...
Dogan, Soner, Hu, Xin, Zhang, Yan, Maihle, Nita J, Grande, Joseph P, Cleary, Margot P
Abstract Introduction Obesity is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer and is associated with shortened mammary tumor (MT) latency in MMTV-TGF-α mice with dietary-induced obesity. One link...
Lobanov, Alexey V., Fomenko, Dmitri E., Zhang, Yan, Sengupta, Aniruddha, Hatfield, Dolph L., Gladyshev, Vadim N.
Background: Selenocysteine (Sec) is a selenium-containing amino acid that is co-translationally inserted into nascent polypeptides by recoding UGA codons. Selenoproteins occur in both eukaryotes and...
Quantum dot imaging for embryonic stem cells (2007)
Lin, Shuan, Xie, Xiaoyan, Patel, Manishkumar R, Yang, Yao-Hung, Li, Zongjin, Cao, Feng, ...
Abstract Background Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) hold increasing potential for cellular imaging both in vitro and in vivo . In this report, we aimed to evaluate in vivo multiplex imaging of mouse...
Xu, Xue-Ming, Carlson, Bradley A., Zhang, Yan, Mix, Heiko, Kryukov, Gregory V., Glass, Richard S., ...
We used comparative genomics and experimental analyses to show that (1) eukaryotes and archaea, which possess the selenocysteine (Sec) protein insertion machinery contain an enzyme,...
Lobanov, Alexey V, Fomenko, Dmitri E, Zhang, Yan, Sengupta, Aniruddha, Hatfield, Dolph L, Gladyshev, Vadim N
Abstract Background Selenocysteine (Sec) is a selenium-containing amino acid that is co-translationally inserted into nascent polypeptides by recoding UGA codons. Selenoproteins occur in both...
Community Structure in Congressional Cosponsorship Networks (2007)
Zhang, Yan, Friend, A. J., Traud, Amanda L., Porter, Mason A., Fowler, James H., Mucha, Peter J.
We study the United States Congress by constructing networks between Members of Congress based on the legislation that they cosponsor. Using the concept of modularity, we identify the community...
Zhang, Yan, Pu, Xiaoyun, Shi, Ming, Chen, Liyong, Song, Yuhua, Qian, Lu, ...
Abstract Background c-Jun/AP-1 has been linked to invasive properties of aggressive breast cancer. Recently, it has been reported that overexpression of c-Jun in breast cancer cell line MCF-7...
Zhang, Yan, Gladyshev, Vadim N.
Selenocysteine (Sec) and pyrrolysine (Pyl) are rare amino acids that are cotranslationally inserted into proteins and known as the 21st and 22nd amino acids in the genetic code. Sec and Pyl are...
Biosynthesis of Selenocysteine on Its tRNA in Eukaryotes (2007)
Xu, Xue-Ming, Carlson, Bradley A., Mix, Heiko, Zhang, Yan, Saira, Kazima, Glass, Richard S., ...
Selenocysteine (Sec) is cotranslationally inserted into protein in response to UGA codons and is the 21st amino acid in the genetic code. However, the means by which Sec is synthesized in eukaryotes...
Dynamic programming speedups (2007)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007
Power-aware design in modern computing systems / (2007)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 2007.
Huang, Yongdong, Bi, Jingxiu, Zhang, Yan, Zhou, Weibin, Li, Yan, Zhao, Lan, ...
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Improving the efficiency of graph-based data mining with application to public health data (2007)
Thesis (M.S. in computer science)--Washington State University, December 2007.
Dynamic programming speedups / (2007)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007.
Zhang, Yan, Romero, Hector, Salinas, Gustavo, Gladyshev, Vadim
Background: Selenocysteine (Sec) is co-translationally inserted into protein in response to UGA codons. It occurs in oxidoreductase active sites and often is catalytically superior to cysteine (Cys)....
Mitochondrial iron is required for the biosynthesis of Fe-S clusters and heme, critical enzyme cofactors. We sought to characterize the mechanism of iron entry into mitochondria for Fe-S cluster and...
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Miniature fiber-optic multicavity Fabry-Perot interferometric biosensor (2005)
Fiber-optic Fabry-Perot interferometric (FFPI) sensors have been widely used due to their high sensitivity, ease of fabrication, miniature size, and capability for multiplexing. However, direct...
Magnetic properties in a partially oxidized nanocomposite of Cu-CuCl (2005)
Li, Qi, Zhang, Shi-Wei, Zhang, Yan, Chen, Chinping
Magnetism of a very thin antiferromagnetic (AFM) surface CuO has been investigated with the partially oxidized nanocomposites of Cu-CuCl, ~ 200 nm. The samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction,...
Evolution of selenium utilization traits (2005)
Romero, Hector, Zhang, Yan, Gladyshev, Vadim, Salinas, Gustavo
Background: The essential trace element selenium is used in a wide variety of biological processes. Selenocysteine (Sec), the 21st amino acid, is co-translationally incorporated into a restricted set...
Pyrrolysine and Selenocysteine Use Dissimilar Decoding Strategies (2005)
Zhang, Yan, Baranov, Pavel V., Atkins, John F., Gladyshev, Vadim N.
Selenocysteine (Sec) and pyrrolysine (Pyl) are known as the 21st and 22nd amino acids in protein. Both are encoded by codons that normally function as stop signals. Sec specification by UGA codons...
The microbial selenoproteome of the Sargasso Sea (2005)
Zhang, Yan, Fomenko, Dmitri E., Gladyshev, Vadim
Background: Selenocysteine (Sec) is a rare amino acid which occurs in proteins in major domains of life. It is encoded by TGA, which also serves as the signal for termination of translation,...
Solving logic program conflicts through strong and weak forgettings (2005)
Zhang, Yan, Foo, Norman, Wang, Kewen, L. Kaelbling, A. Saffiotti, L. Kaelbling, A. Saffiotti
We consider how to forget a set of atoms in a logic program. Intuitively, when a set of atoms is forgotten from a logic program, all atoms in the set should be eliminated from this program in some...
Nested epistemic logic programs (2005)
Nested logic programs and epistemic logic programs are two important extensions of answer set programming. However, the relationship between these two formalisms is rarely explored. In this paper we...
Solving logic program conflicts through strong and weak forgettings (2005)
Zhang, Yan, Foo, Norman, Wang, Kewen
We consider how to forget a set of atoms in a logic program. Intuitively, when a set of atoms is forgotten from a logic program, all atoms in the set should be eliminated from this program in some...
Nested epistemic logic programs (2005)
Nested logic programs and epistemic logic programs are two important extensions of answer set programming. However, the relationship between these two formalisms is rarely explored. In this paper we...
Solving logic program conflicts through strong and weak forgettings (2005)
Zhang, Yan, Foo, Norman, Wang, Kewen
We consider how to forget a set of atoms in a logic program. Intuitively, when a set of atoms is forgotten from a logic program, all atoms in the set should be eliminated from this program in some...
Nested epistemic logic programs (2005)
Nested logic programs and epistemic logic programs are two important extensions of answer set programming. However, the relationship between these two formalisms is rarely explored. In this paper we...
Link adaptation schemes for MIMO wireless systems (2005)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005.
A method to predict reverberation time in concert hall preliminary design stage (2005)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006.
The effects of monochronicity and polychronicity on multitasking strategy and performance / (2005)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2006.
Design and characterization of micro-scale refrigerators and heaters / (2005)
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of California, Santa Cruz, 2005.
Influence of biomass burning aerosol on land-atmosphere interactions over Amazonia (2005)
Thesis (M. S.)--Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006.
Monopulse radar based on spatiotemporal correlation of stochastic signals (2004)
Random noise radar has been applied successfully to range measurement, velocity estimation, and terrain/target imaging. Based on the previous work, this dissertation develops a new approach towards...
Reasoning about Knowledge by Variable Forgetting (2004)
Su, Kaile, Lv, Guanfen, Zhang, Yan
In this paper, we investigate knowledge reasoning within a simple framework called {\it knowledge structure}. We use {\it variable forgetting} as a basic operation for one agent to reason about its...
Reasoning about Knowledge by Variable Forgetting (2004)
Su, Kaile, Lv, Guanfen, Zhang, Yan
In this paper, we investigate knowledge reasoning within a simple framework called {\it knowledge structure}. We use {\it variable forgetting} as a basic operation for one agent to reason about its...
Regulated tissue plasminogen activator secretion during neurite outgrowth / (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stony Brook University, 2004.
Do speculative short sellers detect earnings management? [electronic resource] / (2004)
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Reasoning about Knowledge by Variable Forgetting (2004)
Su, Kaile, Lv, Guanfen, Zhang, Yan
In this paper, we investigate knowledge reasoning within a simple framework called {\it knowledge structure}. We use {\it variable forgetting} as a basic operation for one agent to reason about its...
Do speculative short sellers detect earnings management? (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 2004.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004.
Using neural networks and feature extraction algorithms to recognize e. coli promoters / (2003)
Supervisor : Dr Vasile Palade.
Handling Defeasibilities in Action Domains (2002)
Representing defeasibility is an important issue in common sense reasoning. In reasoning about action and change, this issue becomes more difficult because domain and action related defeasible...
Two results for proiritized logic programming (2002)
Prioritized default reasoning has illustrated its rich expressiveness and flexibility in knowledge representation and reasoning. However, many important aspects of prioritized default reasoning have...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2002.
Cell proliferation and pattern formation in Drosophila oogenesis (2001)
The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway plays important roles in cell proliferation and pattern formation in many organisms including Drosophila and humans. Our studies showed that in Drosophila...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001.
Parameter identification using a global optimization approach-simulated annealing algorithm / (1999)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Alabama, 1999.
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The ACT3 gene and epigenetics. (1997)
The study of epigenetics is important because it provides insight into differentiation and development. The general model for position effect variegation one of the most well-characterized epigenetic...
Weakly first-order phase transitions: the epsilon expansion vs. numerical simulations (1996)
Arnold, Peter, Sharpe, Stephen R., Yaffe, Laurence G., Zhang, Yan
Some phase transitions of cosmological interest may be weakly first-order and cannot be analyzed by a simple perturbative expansion around mean field theory. We propose a simple two-scalar model--the...
We propose numerical simulations of the Ashkin-Teller model as a foil for theoretical techniques for studying very weakly first-order phase transitions in three dimensions. The Ashkin-Teller model is...
A companion article analyzed very weakly first-order phase transitions in the cubic anisotropy model using $\eps$ expansion techniques. We extend that analysis to a calculation of the relative...
Chemopreventive effects of sandalwood oil on skin tumor development in mice / (1996)
Thesis (M.S.)--Pharmaceutical Sciences Dept., South Dakota State University, 1996.
Characterization of the structure and function of the mannose 6-phosphate receptors / (1994)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Genetic studies of P element insertional mutagenesis in "Drosophila Melanogaster" / (1993)
Thesis (M.A.)--Temple University, 1993.
Characterization of the dispersion quality of filler in simulated mixtures / (1993)
Résumé additionnel en français.
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Idaho, 1991.
Dynamic properties of combined MDOF primary and MDOF secondary systems / (1988)
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1988.
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Delaware, 1988.
Fu, Xiaoli, Shih, Yu-Ling, Zhang, Yan, Rothfield, Lawrence I.
Placement of the division site at midcell in Escherichia coli requires the MinE protein. MinE acts by imparting topological specificity to the MinCD division inhibitor, preventing the inhibitor from...
Zhang, Yan, Zhou, Li, Miller, Carol A.
The mitogen-activated kinase activating death domain protein (MADD) that is differentially expressed in neoplastic vs. normal cells (DENN) was identified as a substrate for c-Jun N-terminal kinase 3,...
Pharmacological analysis of cyclooxygenase-1 in inflammation
Smith, Christopher J., Zhang, Yan, Koboldt, Carol M., Muhammad, Jerry, Zweifel, Ben S., Shaffer, Alex, ...
The enzymes cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-1 and COX-2) catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin (PG) H2, the precursor of PGs and thromboxane. These lipid mediators...
Zhang, Yan, Wang, Hua, Toratani, Shigeaki, Sato, J. Denry, Kan, Mikio, McKeehan, Wallace L., ...
We have reported that normal human salivary gland-derived epithelial cells exclusively express keratinocyte growth factor receptor (KGFR). In the process of malignant transformation of human salivary...
Influence of Outer Surface Protein A Antibody on Borrelia burgdorferi within Feeding Ticks
De Silva, Aravinda M., Zeidner, Nordin S., Zhang, Yan, Dolan, Marc C., Piesman, Joseph, Fikrig, Erol
Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal agent of Lyme disease, is transmitted by Ixodes ticks. When an infected nymphal tick feeds on a host, the bacteria increase in number within the tick, after...
Hoffman, Jill A., Badger, Julie L., Zhang, Yan, Huang, Sheng-He, Kim, Kwang Sik
Neonatal Escherichia coli meningitis remains a devastating disease, with unacceptably high morbidity and mortality despite advances in supportive care measures and bactericidal antibiotics. To...
The genes encoding several key fatty acid biosynthetic enzymes (called the fab cluster) are clustered in the order plsX-fabH-fabD-fabG-acpP-fabF at min 24 of the Escherichia coli chromosome. A...
Ijdo, Jacob W., Sun, Wei, Zhang, Yan, Magnarelli, Louis A., Fikrig, Erol
Antibodies in the sera of patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) commonly recognize a 44-kDa antigen. We cloned the gene encoding the 44-kDa protein of the agent of HGE (aoHGE) by...
Harata, Masahiko, Zhang, Yan, Stillman, David J., Matsui, Daisuke, Oma, Yukako, Nishimori, Katsuhiko, ...
Actin-related proteins (Arps), which share a basal structure with actin but have distinct functions, have been found in a wide variety of organisms. While their functions are not yet clear, some Arps...