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Field
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Research Front Name
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Description
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Agricultural
Sciences
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WINE FLAVOUR; YEAST INTERACTIONS; YEAST SPECIES; WINE
AROMA; BACTERIAL MODULATION
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Wine is the product of complex interactions between fungi,
yeasts and bacteria.
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Biology &
Biochemistry
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ARABIDOPSIS GENOME REVEALS DNA
METHYLATION PATTERNING; DIFFERENTIAL DNA METHYLATION;
DNA METHYLATION PROFILING
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Cytosine methylation is required for mammalian development
and is often perturbed in human cancer.
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Chemistry
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MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED PROTEOMICS; GENOMICS
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The role of mass spectrometry-based proteomics as a tool
for molecular and cellular biology.
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Clinical
Medicine
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PI3K/AKT SIGNALLING PATHWAY; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION;
RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK PATHWAY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY
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The Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinases pathway is involved in
many of the mechanisms targeted by new drugs.
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Computer
Science
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AUTOMATED PROTEIN HOMOLOGY-MODELING SERVER; PROTEIN
STRUCTURE HOMOLOGY MODELLING; WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENT
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swissmodel.expasy.org is a server
for automated comparative modeling of three-dimensional
protein structures.
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Economics &
Business
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ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION; COMPETITIVE TRANSMISSION
INVESTMENT; SETTING TRANSMISSION TOLLS; TRANSMISSION
PRICING
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Argentina's 1992 electricity reform made major expansions
of the transmission system the responsibility of users.
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Engineering
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  HIGH STABILITY GEMINAL DICATIONIC
IONIC LIQUIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL
FUNCTIONALIZED DICATIONIC IONIC LIQUIDS; IONIC LIQUID
MOLECULES
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Geminal dicationic ionic liquids were synthesized and
characterized, and are similar to those of their
monocationic analogues.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Daniel W. Armstrong
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Environment/
Ecology
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METABOLICALLY VERSATILE PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA KT2440;
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCE; AROMATIC
CATABOLIC PATHWAYS
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Pseudomonas putida, a saprophytic soil bacterium, has been
certified as a biosafety host for the cloning of foreign
genes.
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Geosciences
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 JRA-25 REANALYSIS; ERA-40 REANALYSIS
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A re-analysis of meteorological observations from September
1957 to August 2002 produced by the European Centre for
Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Sakari
Uppala
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Immunology
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INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; GENETIC BASIS
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Clinical experience has led to the generally accepted
notion that Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are
distinct entities.
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Materials
Science
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WIDE BAND GAP FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS-OXIDES; WIDE
BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR SPINTRONICS MATERIALS ADVANCES
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Advances in ferromagnetic semiconductors have potential for
a new generation of microelectronic devices.
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Mathematics
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EQUIVARIANT FORMALITY THEOREMS; DEFORMATION QUANTIZATION;
POISSON MANIFOLDS; COVARIANT
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Every finite-dimensional Poisson manifold admits a
canonical deformation quantization.
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Microbiology
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ECHINOCOCCOSIS; CLINICAL ASPECTS; INCREASING CONCERN;
BIOLOGICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
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Echinococcosis in humans is a zoonotic infection caused by
larval stages of cestode species of the genus Echinococcus.
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
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EPIGENETIC REGULATION; EPIGENETIC REPROGRAMMING; GENE
EXPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS
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Epigenetic mechanisms may allow an organism to respond to
the environment through changes in gene expression.
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Multidisciplinary
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 GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN
FERTILIZATION; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EARTH-SYSTEM
PERSPECTIVE
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The cycles of the key nutrient elements nitrogen and
phosphorus have been massively altered by anthropogenic
activities.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Jim Elser
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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 LRP/AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDE INTERACTION
MEDIATES DIFFERENTIAL BRAIN EFFLUX; RAGE MEDIATES
AMYLOID-BETA PEPTIDE TRANSPORT; NEUROVASCULAR
MECHANISMS
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Amyloid-beta peptide interacts with the vasculature to
influence Abeta levels in the brain and cerebral blood
flow.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Berislav V. Zlokovic
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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 SMALL MOLECULES ENHANCE AUTOPHAGY; NOVEL
MTOR-INDEPENDENT AUTOPHAGY ENHANCER; SMALL MOLECULE
REGULATORS; POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS
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Many late-onset neurodegenerative diseases such as
Parkinson's and Huntington's are associated with the
formation of intracellular aggregates by toxic proteins.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
David C. Rubinsztein
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Physics
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 MULTIPLE M2
BRANES; MULTIPLE MEMBRANES;
BAGGER-LAMBERT THEORY; GENERAL LIE ALGEBRAS
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A new type of maximally supersymmetric gauge theory in
three dimensions.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Jonathan Bagger & Neil Lambert
 Research Front Map titled:
"BAGGER-LAMBERT THEORY"
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Plant &
Animal Science
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PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE PROTEINS; GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS;
NBS-LRR-ENCODING GENES; FUNCTIONS
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Understanding the genetic architecture of resistance genes
in plants.
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New Hot Paper Comment (11/2004) by:
Richard W. Michelmore
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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 TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION DEEP BRAIN
STIMULATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION DETERMINED USING PROTON
MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REWARD CIRCUITRY
ALLEVIATES ANHEDONIA
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The use of continuous deep brain stimulation to modulate
subcallosal cingulate activity as a treatment for
depression.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Helen S. Mayberg & Andres M. Lozano
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Social Sciences,
general
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 TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAMS;
TRANSDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE; TRANSDISCIPLINARY
COLLABORATION; MULTILEVEL HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH
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The influence of contextual factors on the effectiveness of
transdisciplinary scientific collaboration.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Daniel
Stokols, Shalini Misra, Richard Moser, Kara Hall, &
Brandie Taylor
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Space
Science
FEATURED FRONT with Research Front
Map
: "LAYERED SUPER-
CONDUCTORS"
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 IRON-BASED LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTORS;
IRON-BASED F-DOPED LAYERED QUATERNARY COMPOUND;
FE-BASED LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTOR
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A new high-Tc superconductor was discovered in a layered
iron oxyarsenide compound.
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Emerging Research Comment
by:
Hideo
Hosono
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