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Gaschen B Taylor J Yusim K Foley B Gao F Lang D Novitsky V Haynes B Hahn BH Bhattacharya T Korber B 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2002,296(5577):2354-2360
Globally, human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) is extraordinarily variable, and this diversity poses a major obstacle to AIDS vaccine development. Currently, candidate vaccines are derived from isolates, with the hope that they will be sufficiently cross-reactive to protect against circulating viruses. This may be overly optimistic, however, given that HIV-1 envelope proteins can differ in more than 30% of their amino acids. To contend with the diversity, country-specific vaccines are being considered, but evolutionary relationships may be more useful than regional considerations. Consensus or ancestor sequences could be used in vaccine design to minimize the genetic differences between vaccine strains and contemporary isolates, effectively reducing the extent of diversity by half. 相似文献
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Ellsworth WL Campbell RH Hill DP Page RA Alewine RW Hanks TC Heaton TH Hileman JA Kanamori H Minster B Whitcomb JH 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1973,182(4117):1127-1129
Seismological investigations show that the Point Mugu earthquake involved north-south crustal shortening deep within the complex fault zone that marks the southern front of the Transverse Ranges province. This earthquake sequence results from the same stress system responsible for the deformation in this province in the Pliocene through Holocene and draws attention to the significant earthquake hazard that the southern frontal fault system poses to the Los Angeles metropolitan area. 相似文献
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The bush dog (Speothos venaticus), listed as CITES Appendix 1 - vulnerable, is a small (5-6 kg), rarely seen canid from Central and South America. The World Conservation Union Canid Specialist Group (IUCN CSG) recommended that research with this species focus on their basic ecology so that a data-driven conservation strategy can be formulated. Information on the bush dog, however, has been lacking since standard field techniques have had little or no success with this species. The S. venaticus Status and Distribution Survey was developed in an attempt to use indirect methodologies to determine the bush dog’s conservation status in the wild, its current distribution, and identify ecological needs by correlating habitat types to bush dog sightings. Survey responses and literature generated a database with 399 historic bush dog locations recorded between 1834 and 2004. These locational records were used to update the species’ range extent map, an important conservation planning tool. With year and precision of data accounted for, we analyzed land use coverage at known locations where bush dogs have historically been reported to evaluate the likelihood that the species persists in the area today. In addition, these locations provided training data for generation of potential distribution maps (i.e., areas of occupancy) using ecological niche modeling (i.e., Maximum Entropy) and bioclimatic data. These analyses revealed that 20% of the historic bush dog locations are associated with fragmented or altered habitat. These results allowed the status of bush dog habitat to be re-evaluated and areas that require more intensive research and protection to be identified. 相似文献
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Age at puberty is a major determinant of lifetime reproductive efficiency of beef cows. Research conducted during the past 20 yr has documented the major endocrine events leading to first ovulation in heifers. The critical event seems to be a prepubertal increase in pulsatile LH secretion. Environment influences timing of puberty onset in beef heifers. Nutrition and season are two of the better-defined variables that have been studied. Age at puberty is related inversely to plane of nutrition. The effect of nutrition on sexual maturation involves effects on timing of the prepubertal increase in LH secretion and seems to involve the LH pulse generating system located in the hypothalamus. The precise mechanism by which nutrition influences pulsatile LH secretion has not been elucidated, but signals reflecting metabolic status seem to be involved. Seasonal conditions of the early (birth to 6 mo of age) and late (6 to 12 mo of age) postnatal periods also influence timing of puberty onset in the heifer. Autumn-born heifers attain puberty at younger ages than do spring-born heifers, and exposure to spring-summer temperatures and photoperiods during the second 6 mo of life reduces age at puberty regardless of season of birth. Photoperiod may be the major seasonal cue that influences puberty onset in cattle. Limited evidence suggests that melatonin, a pineal hormone, is involved with transducing photic stimuli into neuroendocrine signals that influence LH secretion. If the physiological mechanisms mediating the effects of nutrition and season on timing of puberty onset are determined, then management strategies for reducing age at puberty can be enhanced. 相似文献
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L.S. Lubbers S.M. Hileman D.E. Kuehl S.A. Ferreira G.L. Jackson 《Domestic animal endocrinology》1998,15(6):511-524
We tested the hypothesis that rapidly expressed inhibitory effects of estradiol (E) on luteinizing hormone (LH) release in the male are attributable, in part, to suppression of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) release. Hypophyseal-portal cannulated, castrated male sheep were infused with E (15 ng/kg/hr) or vehicle. Portal and jugular blood samples were collected at 10-min intervals for 4 hr before, and for either 12 hr (E, n = 4; vehicle, n = 4) or 24 hr (E, n = 8; vehicle, n = 3) after the start of infusion. In animals sampled for 16 hr, temporal changes in both LHRH and LH were assessed. In animals sampled for 28 hr, only LH data were analyzed. Before either the 12-hr or 24-hr infusion, LHRH and/or LH mean concentrations, pulse amplitude and interpulse interval (IPI) did not differ between E- and vehicle-infused animals. In animals sampled for 16 hr, no effects of time or steroid × time interactions were detected for mean LHRH and LHRH pulse amplitude; however, both were greater (P < 0.01) in vehicle-infused than in E-infused males. LHRH IPI was unaffected by infusion. In contrast, both mean LH and LH pulse amplitude declined (P < 0.01) within 4–8 hr after the start of E infusion, whereas mean LH IPI was unaffected. In animals sampled for 28 hr, an effect of time (P < 0.01) and a steroid × time interaction (P < 0.01) was detected for mean LH, and there was an effect of time (P < 0.01) on LH pulse amplitude. Mean LH IPI was not affected. Our results show that in male sheep E rapidly reduces LH release in the absence of a detectable change in LHRH release. 相似文献
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Ahuja SK Aiuti F Berkhout B Biberfeld P Burton DR Colizzi V Deeks SG Desrosiers RC Dierich MP Doms RW Emerman M Gallo RC Girard M Greene WC Hoxie JA Hunter E Klein G Korber B Kuritzkes DR Lederman MM Malim MH Marx PA McCune JM McMichael A Miller C Miller V Montagnier L Montefiori DC Moore JP Nixon DF Overbaugh J Pauza CD Richman DD Saag MS Sattentau Q Schooley RT Shattock R Shaw GM Stevenson M Trkola A Wainberg MA Weiss RA Wolinsky S Zack JA 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2006,314(5801):924-925
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G. Huluka D.R. Hileman P.K. Biswas K.F. Lewin J. Nagy G.R. Hendrey 《Agricultural and Forest Meteorology》1994,70(1-4)
Projected increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations may alter mineral and protein levels in plant tissues, systematically affecting growth, nutrient cycling and utilization, residue decomposition, and insect-plant interactions in the future. The free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) system provided an opportunity to monitor seasonal trends in nutrient status and crude protein content of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Deltapine 77) grown in a natural field setting without the limitations often imposed by growth chambers or reduced rooting volumes. In 1990, plants were exposed to two levels of atmospheric CO2 (FACE, ≈ 550 μmol mol−1 and CONTROL, ≈ 370 μmol mol−1) and two irrigation regimes (100% and 75% replacement of evapotranspiration) beginning in early July. Cotton leaves, stem, and roots were sampled at different times during the season and analyzed for C, N, Ca, K, Mg, P, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, B, Mo, Si and protein. The N and protein concentrations of leaves, stems and roots were significantly lower in FACE plants than in CONTROL plants, but C:N ratios were higher for the FACE plants than the CONTROL plants. Some other elements were significantly affected by CO2 enrichment, but not for all dates and all plant tissues. There were no significant effects in any of the data because of the irrigation treatment or the irrigation—CO2 interaction. Reductions in tissue N and protein concentrations and the increases in the C:N with CO2 enrichment have important implications for agricultural and natural systems and demand additional research. 相似文献
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Huang CC Tang M Zhang MY Majeed S Montabana E Stanfield RL Dimitrov DS Korber B Sodroski J Wilson IA Wyatt R Kwong PD 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,310(5750):1025-1028
The third variable region (V3) of the HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein is immunodominant and contains features essential for coreceptor binding. We determined the structure of V3 in the context of an HIV-1 gp120 core complexed to the CD4 receptor and to the X5 antibody at 3.5 angstrom resolution. Binding of gp120 to cell-surface CD4 would position V3 so that its coreceptor-binding tip protrudes 30 angstroms from the core toward the target cell membrane. The extended nature and antibody accessibility of V3 explain its immunodominance. Together, the results provide a structural rationale for the role of V3 in HIV entry and neutralization. 相似文献