C. Chang

Publication List Details

Period

1952 - 2009

Number

133

Co-Authors

MODULAR SENSOR “BRICKS ” AND UNMANNED SYSTEMS FOR PERSISTENT LARGE AREA SURVEILLANCE (2009)

A. F. Koschan, M. Jackson, C. Chang, M. A. Abidi

Monitoring of large outdoor areas requires significant manpower, equipment, planning, and the constant vigilance of security personnel. Ideally, we would like to replace the individual human...

A Multi-Chamber System for Analyzing the Outgassing, Deposition, and Associated Optical Degradation Properties of Materials in a Vacuum (2009)

Singal, J., Schindler, R., Chang, C., Czodrowski, P., Kim, P.

We report on the Camera Materials Test Chamber, a multi-vessel apparatus which analyzes the outgassing consequences of candidate materials for use in the vacuum cryostat of a new telescope camera....

Low Temperature Thermal Transport in Partially Perforated Silicon Nitride Membranes (2009)

Yefremenko, V., Wang, G., Novosad, V., Datesman, A., Pearson, J., Divan, R., ...

The thermal transport in partially trenched silicon nitride membranes has been studied in the temperature range from 0.3 to 0.6 K, with the transition edge sensor (TES), the sole source of membrane...

WIMP EXCLUSION RESULTS FROM THE CDMS EXPERIMENT (2009)

P. L. Brink, L. Baudis, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, C. Chang, T. Saab, ...

In early 2000 CDMS set the most competitive exclusion limit for scalarinteraction WIMPs at the Stanford Underground Facility (SUF). A new search (CDMS II) is now commencing at the Deep-site Soudan...

Information from Relationship Lending: Evidence from China (2009)

Chang, C., Liao, G., Yu, X., Ni, Z.

We study the economic role of banks’ soft information, which evolved from repeated lending relationships, in the context of loan default. Using a proprietary database from one of the largest...

Information from Relationship Lending: Evidence from China (2009)

Chang, C., Liao, G., Yu, X., Ni, Z.

We study the economic role of banks’ soft information, which evolved from repeated lending relationships, in the context of loan default. Using a proprietary database from one of the largest...

Reptile scale paradigm: Evo-Devo, pattern formation and regeneration (2009)

Chang, C., Wu, P., Baker, Ruth E., Maini, P. K., Alibardi, L., Chuong, C. M.

The purpose of this perspective is to highlight the merit of the reptile integument as an experimental model. Reptiles represent the first amniotes. From stem reptiles, extant reptiles, birds and...

The market's perception of deferred tax accruals (2009)

Chang, C., Herbohn, K., Tutticci, I.

This study investigates the value relevance and incremental information content of deferred tax accruals reported under the 'income statement method' (AASB 1020 Accounting for Income Taxes) over the...

A Testing Strategy for the Mass Production of CDMS II Detectors (2008)

D. Driscoll, D. S. Akerib, D. Abrams, D. Bauer, P. L. Brink, B. Cabrera, ...

Abstract. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs detectors which are capable of simultaneously measuring the ionization and phonon energies deposited by a particle collision. These detectors...

PERFORMANCE AND BACKGROUND MEASUREMENTS OF THE CDMS II TOWER I DETECTORS AT THE STANFORD UNDERGROUND FACILITY (2008)

T. Saab, P. L. Brink, L. Baudis, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, C. Chang, ...

The CDMS II experiment deployed a set of 6 ZIP (Z-dependent Ionization and Phonon) detectors at the Stanford Underground Facility (SUF) shallow depth site in the fall of 2001. With a payload...

Search for pulsar wind nebula associations with unidentified TeV gamma-ray sources (2008)

Chang, C., Konopelko, A., Cui, W.

Many of the recently discovered TeV gamma-ray sources are associated with pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). In fact, they represent the most populous class of Galactic sources at TeV energies. In addition,...

The State of the Art in Video Understanding (2007)

C. Chang

The detection of moving objects is an important problem in image sequence analysis. Previous

conditioning (2007)

P. Gaudiano, C. Chang

obstacle avoidance with a neural network for operant

Present Results and Future Goals of the (2007)

Cryogenic Dark Matter, T. A. Perera, D. Abrams, D. S. Akerib, D. A. Bauer, A. Bolozdynya, ...

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) uses Ge and Si detectors to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interaction with atomic nuclei. The present...

Demonstration of the CDMS II ZIP technology (2007)

At Shallow Underground, T. Saab, D. Abrams, D. A. Bauer, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, ...

The most recent CDMS data run (Run 20) was the first run in which multiple ZIP detectors were deployed. Three Si (0.100 kg each) and 3 Ge (0.250 kg each) ZIPs were run with the goals of fully testing...

Bartonella spp. Isolated from Wild and Domestic Ruminants in North America. (2007)

Chang, C., Chomel, B. B, Kasten, R. W, Heller, R., Kocan, K. M, Ueno, H., ...

Bartonella species were isolated from 49% of 128 cattle from California and Oklahoma, 90% of 42 mule deer from California, and 15% of 100 elk from California and Oregon. Isolates from all 63 cattle,...

Constraints on the nucleon strange form factors at $Q^2 \sim 0.1 GeV^2$ (2007)

Aniol, K., Armstrong, D., Averett, T., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Burtin, E., ...

We report the most precise measurement to date of a parity-violating asymmetry in elastic electron-proton scattering. The measurement was carried out with a beam energy of 3.03 GeV and a scattering...

Parity-violating electron scattering from $^4$He and the strange electric form factor of the nucleon (2007)

Aniol, K., Armstrong, D., Averett, T., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Burtin, E., ...

We have measured the parity-violating electroweak asymmetry in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from ^4He at an average scattering angle = 5.7 degrees and a four-momentum transfer Q^2 =...

Parity-violating electron scattering from $^4$He and the strange electric form factor of the nucleon (2007)

Aniol, K., Armstrong, D., Averett, T., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Burtin, E., ...

We have measured the parity-violating electroweak asymmetry in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from ^4He at an average scattering angle = 5.7 degrees and a four-momentum transfer Q^2 =...

Constraints on the nucleon strange form factors at $Q^2 \sim 0.1 GeV^2$ (2007)

Aniol, K., Armstrong, D., Averett, T., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Burtin, E., ...

We report the most precise measurement to date of a parity-violating asymmetry in elastic electron-proton scattering. The measurement was carried out with a beam energy of 3.03 GeV and a scattering...

Parity-violating electron scattering from $^4$He and the strange electric form factor of the nucleon (2007)

Aniol, K., Armstrong, D., Averett, T., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Burtin, E., ...

We have measured the parity-violating electroweak asymmetry in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from ^4He at an average scattering angle = 5.7 degrees and a four-momentum transfer Q^2 =...

Constraints on the nucleon strange form factors at $Q^2 \sim 0.1 GeV^2$ (2007)

Aniol, K., Armstrong, D., Averett, T., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Burtin, E., ...

We report the most precise measurement to date of a parity-violating asymmetry in elastic electron-proton scattering. The measurement was carried out with a beam energy of 3.03 GeV and a scattering...

Inclusive Production of Charged Hadrons in Photon-Photon Collisions (2006)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K, ...

The inclusive production of charged hadrons in the collisions of quasi-real photons e+e- -> e+e- +X has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The data were taken at e+e- centre-of-mass...

Human Acyl-CoA : Cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and its potential as a target for pharmaceutical intervention against atherosclerosis (2006)

Chang, C, Dong, RH, Miyazaki, A, Sadashita, N, Zhang, Y, Liu, J, ...

Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) catalyzes the formation of cholesteryl esters from cholesterol and long-chain fatty-acyl-coenzyme A. At the single-cell level, ACAT serves as a regulator...

Order Statistic Correlation Coefficient and Its Application to Association Measurement of Biosignals (2006)

Xu, W, Chang, C, Hung, YS, Kwan, SK, Fung, PCW

In this paper we propose a novel and fast nonlinear association measure based on order statistics and rearrangement inequality. We employ one episode of heart signal, one episode of EEG signal and...

Roles for plant 14-3-3 proteins in signalling and development. (2005)

Lancien, M., McCabe, T. C., Chang, C., Roberts, Michael R.

14-3-3 Proteins are a class of regulatory protein that affect the activity of a wide range of targets by direct protein–protein interaction. In plants such as Arabidopsis and tomato, 14-3-3s are...

Fourier and spectral envelope analysis of medically important bacterial and fungal sequences (2004)

Chan, KH, Chang, C, Chan, FHY

In this paper, we introduce the Fourier and spectral envelope analysis methods to analyze some biomolecular sequences, particularly medically important bacteria and fungi DNA sequences, to get their...

Vibration-Assisted Electron Tunneling in C140 Transistors (2004)

A. N. Pasupathy, J. Park, C. Chang, A. V. Soldatov, S. Lebedkin, R. C. Bialczak, ...

We measure electron tunneling in transistors made from C140, a molecule with a mass−spring−mass geometry chosen as a model system to study electron-vibration coupling. We observe...

Vibration-assisted electron tunneling in C_{140} single-molecule transistors (2003)

Pasupathy, A. N., Park, J., Chang, C., Soldatov, A. V., Lebedkin, S., Bialczak, R. C., ...

We measure electron tunneling in single-molecule transistors made from C_{140}, a molecule with a mass-spring-mass geometry chosen as a model system to study electron-vibration coupling. We observe...

Measurement of Heavy Quark Forward-Backward Asymmetries and Average B Mixing Using Leptons in Hadronic Z Decays (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Carter, A, De Wolf, E, McPherson, R A, Neal, H, Thomson, M, ...

Hadronic Z0 decays with identified electrons or muons have been used to measure the forward-backward asymmetries of e^+e^- --> Z0 --> bbbar and e^+e^- --> Z0 --> ccbar events. The asymmetries at...

Blind Separation of convolutive mixtures based on second order and third order statistics (2003)

Ye, Z, Chang, C, Wang, C, Zhao, J, Chan, FHY

This paper addresses the problem of blind separation of linear convolutive mixtures. We first reformulate the problem into a blind separation of linear instantaneous mixtures, and then a statistical...

Second order statistics based blind source separation for artifact correction of short ERP epochs (2003)

Ting, KH, Chang, C, Leung, AWS, Chan, CCH, Fung, PCW, Chan, FHY

ERP is commonly obtained by averaging over segmented EEC epochs. In case artifacts are present in the raw EEC measurement, pre-processing is required to prevent the averaged ERP waveform being...

Acknowledgements At the Salk Institute: At Caltech: At Stanford: (2003)

C. Chang, Grace C. Chang, Thomas Albright, Gene Stoner, Jennifer Costanza, Dinh-dinh Diep, ...

Above all, I am grateful for the friendships which have nurtured me during my extended graduate career. This thesis would not have come to fruition without the kind, thoughtful, and generous...

A matrix-pencil approach to blind separation of colored nonstationary signals (2000)

Chang, C, Ding, Z, Yau, SF, Chan, FHY

For many signal sources such as speech with distinct, nonwhite power spectral densities, second-order statistics of the received signal mixture can be exploited for signal separation. Without...

A matrix-pencil approach to blind separation of multi-channel bio-signals (1999)

Xu, W, Chang, C, Chan, FHY

Many biological and physiological processes can be modeled as a linear Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) system. Blind deconvolution is ideal for retrieving the input signals and/or system parameters,...

Blind separation and localization of Dipole sources of MEG (1999)

Chan, FHY, Chang, C, Xu, W, Lam, FK, Kwok, PCK

We present a new approach to MEG inverse problem by modeling it into a standard blind source separation problem. In our approach, dipole sources and gain matrix are estimated without any knowledge...

Isolation of Ku70-binding proteins (KUBs). (1999)

Yang, C R, Yeh, S, Leskov, K, Odegaard, E, Hsu, H L, Chang, C, ...

DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) plays a critical role in resealing DNA double-stand breaks by non-homologous end joining. Aside from DNA-PK, XRCC4 and DNA ligase IV, other proteins which play a...

A matrix-pencil approach to blind separation of non-white sourcesin white noise (1998)

Chang, C, Ding, Z, Yau, SF, Chan, FHY

The problem of blind source separation in additive white noise is an important problem in speech, array and acoustic signal processing. In general this problem requires the use of higher order...

Payout policy, capital structure, and compensation contracts when managers value control (1993)

Chang, C

The optimal contract between managers and investors is endogenously derived when managers have preferences for both monetary compensation and corporate resources under their control. When the optimal...

CASTABILITY OF Al-Li-Mg AND Al-Li-Cu-Mg ALLOYS (1987)

Tong, C., Yao, L., Nieh, C., Chang, C., Hsu, S.

The objective of the present work is to study the casting characteristics of various Al-Li alloys, which include fluidity and strengths of the alloys and their interaction with cast molds. Materials...

CASTABILITY OF Al-Li-Mg AND Al-Li-Cu-Mg ALLOYS (1987)

Tong, C., Yao, L., Nieh, C., Chang, C., Hsu, S.

The objective of the present work is to study the casting characteristics of various Al-Li alloys, which include fluidity and strengths of the alloys and their interaction with cast molds. Materials...

CASTABILITY OF Al-Li-Mg AND Al-Li-Cu-Mg ALLOYS (1987)

Tong, C., Yao, L., Nieh, C., Chang, C., Hsu, S.

The objective of the present work is to study the casting characteristics of various Al-Li alloys, which include fluidity and strengths of the alloys and their interaction with cast molds. Materials...

(6Li, 6He) AT INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES (1986)

Winfield, J., Anantaraman, N., Austin, S., Chang, C., Chen, Ziping, Ciangaru, G., ...

Angular distributions have been measured for the (6Li, 6He) reaction on targets of 7Li, 12, 14C, 26Mg and 90Zr at bombarding energies of 35, 25 and 14 MeV/A. The ratios of observed cross sections for...

(6Li, 6He) AT INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES (1986)

Winfield, J., Anantaraman, N., Austin, S., Chang, C., Chen, Ziping, Ciangaru, G., ...

Angular distributions have been measured for the (6Li, 6He) reaction on targets of 7Li, 12, 14C, 26Mg and 90Zr at bombarding energies of 35, 25 and 14 MeV/A. The ratios of observed cross sections for...

(6Li, 6He) AT INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES (1986)

Winfield, J., Anantaraman, N., Austin, S., Chang, C., Chen, Ziping, Ciangaru, G., ...

Angular distributions have been measured for the (6Li, 6He) reaction on targets of 7Li, 12, 14C, 26Mg and 90Zr at bombarding energies of 35, 25 and 14 MeV/A. The ratios of observed cross sections for...

ABLATION OF A DEUTERIUM PELLET IN A FUSION PLASMA VIEWED AS A STOPPING POWER PROBLEM (1983)

Chang, C.

At present, the most exploited technology to refuel a future fusion reactor is the high speed injection of macroscopic size pellet of solid hydrogen isotopes. The basic idea is that the ablation of a...

ABLATION OF A DEUTERIUM PELLET IN A FUSION PLASMA VIEWED AS A STOPPING POWER PROBLEM (1983)

Chang, C.

At present, the most exploited technology to refuel a future fusion reactor is the high speed injection of macroscopic size pellet of solid hydrogen isotopes. The basic idea is that the ablation of a...

ABLATION OF A DEUTERIUM PELLET IN A FUSION PLASMA VIEWED AS A STOPPING POWER PROBLEM (1983)

Chang, C.

At present, the most exploited technology to refuel a future fusion reactor is the high speed injection of macroscopic size pellet of solid hydrogen isotopes. The basic idea is that the ablation of a...

Essai d'une application des Exercices spirituels à l'âme chinoise / (1952)

Chang, C.

"Résumé de la dissertation Les exercices spirituels de St. Ignace et l'âme chinoise".--p. 5.

Cloning and characterization of a specific coactivator, ARA70, for the androgen receptor in human prostate cells.

Yeh, S, Chang, C

The androgen receptor (AR) is a member of the steroid receptor superfamily that plays an important role in male sexual differentiation and prostate cell proliferation. Mutations or abnormal...

A methylated human 9-kb repetitive sequence on acrocentric chromosomes is homologous to a subtelomeric repeat in chimpanzees.

Thoraval, D, Asakawa, J, Kodaira, M, Chang, C, Radany, E, Kuick, R, ...

We have implemented an approach for the detection of DNA alterations in cancer by means of computerized analysis of end-labeled genomic fragments, separated in two dimensions. Analysis of...

The ethylene hormone response in Arabidopsis: a eukaryotic two-component signaling system.

Chang, C, Meyerowitz, E M

The simple gas ethylene affects numerous physiological processes in the growth and development of higher plants. With the use of molecular genetic approaches, we are beginning to learn how plants...

Human and rat TR4 orphan receptors specify a subclass of the steroid receptor superfamily.

Chang, C, Da Silva, S L, Ideta, R, Lee, Y, Yeh, S, Burbach, J P

We have identified a member of the steroid receptor superfamily and cloned it from human and rat hypothalamus, prostate, and testis cDNA libraries. The open reading frame between first ATG and...

A point mutation in the MyoD basic domain imparts c-Myc-like properties.

Van Antwerp, M E, Chen, D G, Chang, C, Prochownik, E V

MyoD and c-Myc, members of the large "basic-helix-loop-helix" family of proteins, regulate diverse aspects of both normal and neoplastic growth and specific gene regulation. These two proteins differ...

A branched DNA signal amplification assay for quantification of nucleic acid targets below 100 molecules/ml.

Collins, M L, Irvine, B, Tyner, D, Fine, E, Zayati, C, Chang, C, ...

The branched DNA hybridization assay has been improved by the inclusion of the novel nucleotides, isoC and isoG, in the amplification sequences to prevent non-specific hybridization. The novel isoC,...

Isolation of Ku70-binding proteins (KUBs).

Yang, C R, Yeh, S, Leskov, K, Odegaard, E, Hsu, H L, Chang, C, ...

DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) plays a critical role in resealing DNA double-stand breaks by non-homologous end joining. Aside from DNA-PK, XRCC4 and DNA ligase IV, other proteins which play a...

Identification of genes expressed in the tobacco shoot apex during the floral transition.

Kelly, A J, Zagotta, M T, White, R A, Chang, C, Meeks-Wagner, D R

The shoot apex of higher plants contains undifferentiated meristematic cells that serve as the origin of post-embryonic organs. The transition from vegetative to reproductive growth results in the...

The TMK1 gene from Arabidopsis codes for a protein with structural and biochemical characteristics of a receptor protein kinase.

Chang, C, Schaller, G E, Patterson, S E, Kwok, S F, Meyerowitz, E M, Bleecker, A B

Genomic and cDNA clones that code for a protein with structural and biochemical properties similar to the receptor protein kinases from animals were obtained from Arabidopsis. Structural features of...

Properties of a 72-kilodalton mosquitocidal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni PG-14 expressed in B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki by using the shuttle vector pHT3101.

Chang, C, Dai, S M, Frutos, R, Federici, B A, Gill, S S

The mosquitocidal properties of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and B. thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni PG-14 are attributable to protein inclusions grouped together within a parasporal body....

High-level cryIVD and cytA gene expression in Bacillus thuringiensis does not require the 20-kilodalton protein, and the coexpressed gene products are synergistic in their toxicity to mosquitoes.

Chang, C, Yu, Y M, Dai, S M, Law, S K, Gill, S S

Interactions among the 20-kDa protein gene and the cytA and cryIVD genes located in a 9.4-kb HindIII fragment were studied. A series of plasmids containing a combination of these different genes was...

Phenotypic mixing between different hepadnavirus nucleocapsid proteins reveals C protein dimerization to be cis preferential.

Chang, C, Zhou, S, Ganem, D, Standring, D N

Hepadnaviruses encode a single core (C) protein which assembles into a nucleocapsid containing the polymerase (P) protein and pregenomic RNA during viral replication in hepatocytes. We examined the...

Expression of the precore region of an avian hepatitis B virus is not required for viral replication.

Chang, C, Enders, G, Sprengel, R, Peters, N, Varmus, H E, Ganem, D

The core-antigen-coding region of all hepadnaviruses is preceded by a short, in-phase open reading frame termed precore whose expression can give rise to core-antigen-related polypeptides. To explore...

Restriction fragment length polymorphism linkage map for Arabidopsis thaliana.

Chang, C, Bowman, J L, DeJohn, A W, Lander, E S, Meyerowitz, E M

We have constructed a restriction fragment length polymorphism linkage map for the nuclear genome of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The map, containing 90 randomly distributed molecular...

Molecular cloning and DNA sequence of the Arabidopsis thaliana alcohol dehydrogenase gene.

Chang, C, Meyerowitz, E M

Arabidopsis thaliana provides an excellent experimental plant system for molecular genetics because of its remarkably small genome size, near absence of dispersed middle repetitive DNA, and short...

The enhancer sequence of human hepatitis B virus can enhance the activity of its surface gene promoter.

Chang, H K, Chou, C K, Chang, C, Su, T S, Hu, C, Yoshida, M, ...

The transcriptional enhancer sequence has recently been demonstrated in the hepatitis B viral genome. This enhancer sequence has also been shown to increase the activity of HBcAg gene promoter. Using...

Relationship between T-antigen and tumor-specific transplantation antigen in simian virus 40-transformed cells.

Chang, C, Martin, R G, Livingston, D M, Luborsky, S W, Hu, C P, Mora, P T

The simian virus 40 (sv40) tumor antigen (T-antigen) and tumor-specific transplantation antigen (TSTA) have been partially purified and studied to clarify their relationship. The T-antigen and the...

Multiple forms of polyoma virus tumor antigens from infected and transformed cells.

Simmons, D T, Chang, C, Martin, M A

At least three distinct forms of polyoma virus tumor antigens were isolated from productively infected and transformed hamster cells by immunoprecipitation with anti-T serum. These proteins had...

Identification and partial characterization of new antigens from simian virus 40-transformed mouse cells.

Chang, C, Simmons, D T, Martin, M A, Mora, P T

Two new species of antigens were detected in simian virus 40-transformed mouse cells, in addition to the large (94,000 daltons) and small (20,000 daltons) tumor antigens. These antigens were...

Expression and thermal stability of simian virus 40 tumor-specific transplantation antigen and tumor antigen in wild type- and tsA mutant-transformed cells.

Anderson, J L, Chang, C, Mora, P T, Martin, R G

We have explored aspects of a suggested relationship between the expression of simian virus 40 tumor-specific transplantation antigen (TSTA) and tumor antigen (TA). A unique rat embryo cell line...

A critical role for chromatin in mounting a synergistic transcriptional response to GAL4-VP16.

Chang, C, Gralla, J D

The role of chromatin in mounting a synergistic transcriptional response to GAL4-VP16 was investigated. Strong synergy was observed when chromatin templates were used in vitro. The synergy was...

Target frequency and integration pattern for insertion and replacement vectors in embryonic stem cells.

Hasty, P, Rivera-Pérez, J, Chang, C, Bradley, A

Gene targeting has been used to direct mutations into specific chromosomal loci in murine embryonic stem (ES) cells. The altered locus can be studied in vivo with chimeras and, if the mutated cells...

Induction of the TRPM-2 gene in cells undergoing programmed death.

Buttyan, R, Olsson, C A, Pintar, J, Chang, C, Bandyk, M, Ng, P Y, ...

RNA and protein products encoded by the testosterone-repressed prostate message-2 gene (TRPM-2) are induced to high levels, coordinate with the onset of cell death, in numerous rodent models of...

Properties of initiator-associated transcription mediated by GAL4-VP16.

Chang, C, Gralla, J D

Transcription associated with a terminal deoxynucleotide transferase gene initiator element is shown to respond to the transcription factor GAL4-VP16 both in vivo and in vitro. High-level...

Induction of plasma protein secretion in a newly established human hepatoma cell line.

Chang, C, Lin, Y, O-Lee, T W, Chou, C K, Lee, T S, Liu, T J, ...

To study the expression and the regulation of hepatocyte markers, we have undertaken to establish human hepatoma cell lines of various phenotypes. We now report the establishment of a new human...

Cloning and mapping of Saccharomyces cerevisiae photoreactivation gene PHR1.

Schild, D, Johnston, J, Chang, C, Mortimer, R K

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, like most organisms, is able to directly repair pyrimidine dimers by using a photoreactivating enzyme and visible light. Cells carrying the phr1 mutation were...

Mutations that impair a posttranscriptional step in expression of HLA-A and -B antigens.

DeMars, R, Rudersdorf, R, Chang, C, Petersen, J, Strandtmann, J, Korn, N, ...

Mutations can interfere with posttranscriptional expression of the HLA-A and -B genes. B-lymphoblastoid cells that contain one copy of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) were subjected to...

Tumor-specific transplantation antigen: use of the Ad2+ND1 hybrid virus to identify the protein responsible for simian virus 40 tumor rejection and its genetic origin.

Jay, G, Jay, F T, Chang, C, Friedman, R M, Levine, A S

Cells transformed by simian virus 40 (SV40) possess a tumor-specific transplantation antigen (TSTA) that has the property of immunizing animals against syngeneic tumor challenge. We find that the...

Characterization of human androgen receptor overexpressed in the baculovirus system.

Chang, C, Wang, C, DeLuca, H F, Ross, T K, Shih, C C

An essential step in the process of understanding the structure and function of the human androgen receptor (hAR) involves the production of large quantities of the hAR. For this purpose, the...

Expression of tumor-specific transplantation antigen in cell lines transformed by wild-type of tsA mutant simian virus 40.

Chang, C, Anderson, J L, Martin, R G, Mora, P T

The simian virus 40-induced tumor-specific surface antigen(s) (TSSA) and tumor-specific transplantation antigen(s) (TSTA)were detected in cells transformed by wild-type or temperature-sensitive...

Functional interaction of the carboxylic acid group of agonists and the arginine residue of the seventh transmembrane domain of prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype.

Chang, C, Negishi, M, Nishigaki, N, Ichikawa, A

Prostaglandin (PG) E2 binds to PGE receptor EP3 subtype and induces Gi activity. To assess the role of the interaction of the carboxylic acid group of agonists and its putative binding site, Arg-309...

Selective adhesion of functional microtubules to patterned silane surfaces.

Turner, D C, Chang, C, Fang, K, Brandow, S L, Murphy, D B

We show that microtubule polymers can be immobilized selectively on lithographically patterned silane surfaces while retaining their native properties. Silane films were chemisorbed on polished...

Prolongation of survival in metastatic melanoma after active specific immunotherapy with a new polyvalent melanoma vaccine.

Morton, D L, Foshag, L J, Hoon, D S, Nizze, J A, Famatiga, E, Wanek, L A, ...

A new polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine (MCV) was administered to 136 stage IIIA and IV (American Joint Committee on Cancer) melanoma patients. Induction of cell-mediated and humoral immune responses...

The distance to community medical care and the likelihood of hospitalization: is closer always better?

Goodman, D C, Fisher, E, Stukel, T A, Chang, C

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the influence that distance from residence to the nearest hospital had on the likelihood of hospitalization and mortality. METHODS: Hospitalizations were studied for...

Formation and reactions of negative ions relevant to chemical ionization mass spectrometry. I. Cl mass spectra of organic compounds produced by F− reactions

Tiernan, T. O., Chang, C., Cheng, C. C.

A systematic study of the negative-ion chemical ionization mass spectra produced by the reaction of F− with a wide variety of organic compounds has been accomplished. A time-of-flight mass...

The oxidative metabolism of circulating phagocytes in ankylosing spondylitis: determination by whole blood chemiluminescence

Ho, K., Chen, P., Chang, C., Lu, F.

OBJECTIVE—Superoxide anion radicals within the human body are regarded as a major cause of inflammation. However, their role in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has not been well...

Abnormal regional cerebral blood flow on 99mTc ECD brain SPECT in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and normal findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging

Chang, C, Shiau, Y, Wang, J, Ho, S, Kao, A

Objective: Technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer (99mTc ECD) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the brain was used to detect abnormal regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in...

The impact of whole genome sequence data on drug discovery--a malaria case study.

Joachimiak, M. P., Chang, C., Rosenthal, P. J., Cohen, F. E.

BACKGROUND: Identification and validation of a drug discovery target is a prominent step in drug development. In the post-genomic era it is possible to reevaluate the association of a gene with a...

Duration, frequency, recency, and type of migraine and the risk of ischaemic stroke in women of childbearing age

Donaghy, M, Chang, C, Poulter, N

Objective: To investigate further the effect of duration, frequency, recency, and type of migraine on the risk of ischaemic stroke.

The association of smoking and the cost of military training

Klesges, R., Haddock, C, Chang, C., Talcott, G, Lando, H.

OBJECTIVE—To determine if premature discharge from the US Air Force was associated with the smoking status of recruits.
DESIGN AND SETTING—A total of 29 044 US Air Force personnel recruited...

An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts of WTO Tiered Formula for Tariff Reduction on Taiwan

Hsu, S., Chang, C., Li, S., Chen, Y.

In this study we use Taiwan as a case study to provide an economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of WTO tariff reduction schemes with different combinations of thresholds and reduction rates. The...

Seroepidemiology of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii infection in California coyotes, 1994-1998.

Chang, C., Yamamoto, K., Chomel, B. B., Kasten, R. W., Simpson, D. C., Smith, C. R., ...

The prevalence of antibodies to Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in coyotes (Canis latrans) in California ranged from 51% in central to 34% in southern and 7% in northern California....