简介：Anewmethodwasdescribedforusingarecurrentneuralnetworkwithbiasunitstopredictcontactmapsinproteins.Themaininputstotheneuralnetworkincluderesiduespairwise,residueclassificationaccordingtohydrophobicity,polar,acidic,basicandsecondarystructureinformationandresidueseparationbetweentworesidues.Inourwork,adatasetwasusedwhichwascomposedof53globulinproteinsofknown3Dstructure.Anaveragepredictiveaccuracyof0.29wasobtained.Ourresultsdemonstratetheviabilityoftheapproachforpredictingcontactmaps.

简介：Thethree-dimensional(3D)structurepredictionofproteinsisanimportanttaskinbioinformatics.Findingenergyfunctionsthatcanbetterrepresentresidue-residueandresidue-solventinteractionsisacrucialwaytoimprovethepredictionaccuracy.Thewidelyusedcontactenergyfunctionsmostlyonlyconsiderthecontactfrequencybetweendifferenttypesofresidues;however,wefindthatthecontactfrequencyalsorelatestotheresiduehydrophobicenvironment.Accordingly,wepresentanimprovedcontactenergyfunctiontointegratethetwofactors,whichcanreflecttheinfluenceofhydrophobicinteractiononthestabilizationofprotein3Dstructuremoreeffectively.Furthermore,afoldrecognition(threading)approachbasedonthisenergyfunctionisdeveloped.Thetestingresultsobtainedwith20randomlyselectedproteinsdemonstratethat,comparedwithcommoncontactenergyfunctions,theproposedenergyfunctioncanimprovetheaccuracyofthefoldtemplatepredictionfrom20%to50%,andcanalsoimprovetheaccuracyofthesequence-templatealignmentfrom35%to65%.

简介：China'sFreeARTProgramwasinitiatedin2002asanemergencyresponsetosaveandimprovethelivesofAIDSpatientslivingmainlyinimpoverishedruralregionsofcentralChina.WithlittleexperienceinHIV/AIDStreatmentandcareandresourcelimitations,China'seffortstoprovidewidespreadaccesstofreeantiretroviraltherapyhasbeenaprocessfraughtwithdifficulty.However,theFreeARTProgramisprogressingfromanemergencyresponsetoastandardizedtreatmentandcaresystem.Thedevelopmentofnationalguidelines,trainingprograms,alaboratorysupportnetwork,anationalpatientdatabase,programsforspecialpopulationssuchaschildrenandpatientslivingwithcoinfections,andoperationalresearchhasimprovedthescopeandqualityofthefreetreatmentprogram.AsofJune30,2005,atotalof19,456patientsin28provinces,autonomousregions,andspecialmunicipalitieshadreceivedfreeART.ChallengesstemmingfromthenatureofChina'shealthsystemandpatientpopulationpersist,butwithstronggovernmentsupportandadiversesetofresources,Chinahasthecapacitytoovercomethesechallengesandtoprovidenationwideaccesstohighqualitytreatmentandcare.

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简介：IncubationofdinoflagellateCrythecodiniumcohniichromosomesincytoplasmicextractsofunfertilizedXenopuslaeviseggsresultedinchromosomesdecondensationandrecondensation,nuclearenvelopeassembly,andnuclearreconstitution.DinoflagellateCrythecodiniumcohniiisakindofprimitiveeukaryotewhichpossessesnumerouspermanentlycondensedchromosomesanddiscontinuousdouble-layerednuclearmembranethroughoutthecellcycle.Theassemblednuclei,beingsurroundedbyacontinuousdoublemembranecontainingnuclearporesandtheuniformlydispersedchromatinfibersaremorphologicallydistinguishablefromthatofDinoflagellateCrythecodiniumcohnii.However,incubationofdinoflagellateCyrthecodiniumcohniichromosomesintheextractsfromdinoflagellateCrythecodiniumcohniicellsdoesnotinducenuclearreconstitution.

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