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T cell receptor excision circles and HIV-1 2-LTR episomal DNA to predict AIDS in patients not receiving effective therapy
(2001)Objective: To determine whether improved prediction of AIDS-free survival following HIV-1 seroconversion is achieved by measuring HIV-1 2-LTR episomal DNA (2-LTR) circles and T cell receptor rearrangement excision circles ...
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Tail autotomy affects bipedalism but not sprint performance in a cursorial Mediterranean lizard
(2016)Running is essential in all terrestrial animals mainly for finding food and mates and escaping from predators. Lizards employ running in all their everyday functions, among which defense stands out. Besides flight, tail ...
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Tandem repeats lead to sequence assembly errors and impose multi-level challenges for genome and protein databases
(2019)Abstract. The widespread occurrence of repetitive stretches of DNA in genomes of organisms across the tree of life imposes fundamental challenges for sequencin
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Targeted capture enrichment assay for non-invasive prenatal testing of large and small size sub-chromosomal deletions and duplications
(2017)Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using whole genome and targeted sequencing has become increasingly accepted for clinical detection of Trisomy 21 and sex chromosome aneuploidies. Few studies have shown that sub-chromosomal ...
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Targeting colon cancer cells with genistein-17.1A immunoconjugate.
(2003)We have shown that genistein, a major component of soy, has anti-colon cancer effects in vitro. These effects are attainable at high concentrations that are difficult to achieve in the serum. The purpose of this study was ...
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Targeting IL13Ralpha2 activates STAT6-TP63 pathway to suppress breast cancer lung metastasis
(2015)Introduction: Basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) is an aggressive subtype often characterized by distant metastasis, poor patient prognosis, and limited treatment options. Therefore, the discovery of alternative targets to ...
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Targeting pattern recognition receptors (PRR) for vaccine adjuvantation: From synthetic PRR agonists to the potential of defective interfering particles of viruses
(2017)Modern vaccinology has increasingly focused on non-living vaccines, which are more stable than live-attenuated vaccines but often show limited immunogenicity. Immunostimulatory substances, known as adjuvants, are traditionally ...
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Telomeres Acquire Embryonic Stem Cell Characteristics in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
(2009)Telomere shortening is associated with organismal aging. iPS cells have been recently derived from old patients
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Book Chapter
Tenebrionid Beetles of the Aegean Archipelago: Historical Review, Current Knowledge and Future Directions
(Broken Hill Publishers, 2018)
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Terc is dispensable for most of the short-term HPV16 oncogene-mediated phenotypes in mice
(2018)High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been shown in vitro to impinge on telomere homeostasis in a number of ways. However, the in vivo interaction of viruses with the telomere homeostasis apparatus has not been ...
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Book Chapter
Terrestrial Environments
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
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Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) from the remote Greek island Antikithira and its surrounding islets
(Biodiversity Heritage Library, 1993-09)Terrestrial isopods from the southewestern Aegean islan group of Antikithira are recorded here for the first time. Collecting was done on three islands. Antikithira, Prassonisi and Lagouvardhos, and a total of 20 species ...
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The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands
(ResearchGate, 2004)The investigation of recently collected material of terrestrial isopods from Crete yielded 7 species new to science (Graeconiscus guanophilus n. sp., Graeconiscus kournasensis n. sp., Tra- chelipus cavaticus n. sp., ...
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The terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) of Greece. 15th contribution: genera Echinarmadillidium and Paxodillidium (Armadillidiidae)
(Biodiversity Heritage Library, 1995-10-27)
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Terrestrial isopods as bioindicators for environmental monitoring in olive groves and natural ecosystems
(2019)Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) are an important component of biodiversity as they constitute useful bioindicators for monitoring environmental quality in a variety of natural and agricultural ecosystems. ...
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Territorial dynamics of Mexican Ant-thrushes Formicarius moniliger revealed by individual recognition of their songs
(2011)The ability to monitor interactions between individuals over time can provide us with information on life histories, mating systems, behavioural interactions between individuals and ecological interactions with the ...
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Testing alternative hypotheses for evolutionary diversification in an african songbird: Rainforest refugia versus ecological gradients
(2011)Geographic isolation in rainforest refugia and local adaptation to ecological gradients may both be important drivers of evolutionary diversification. However, their relative importance and the underlying mechanisms of ...
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Testing for nestedness in the terrestrial isopods and snails of Kyklades islands (Aegean archipelago, Greece)
(1999)Most insular communities exhibit nestedness, with the species assemblages of the more depauperate islands constituting subsets of those of the richer. Several methods for the estimation and evaluation of nestedness have ...
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Therapeutic monitoring of continuous infusion etoposide in small-cell lung cancer
(1996)Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of therapeutic monitoring of etoposide at different plasma concentrations of the drug, and the resulting pharmacodynamic effects of such an approach. Patients and Methods: Forty- ...
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Thin basement membrane nephropathy: Is there genetic predisposition to more severe disease?
(2009)