Douglas W. Smith

Body Size and Predatory Performance in Wolves: Is Bigger Better? (2009)

MacNulty, Daniel R., Smith, Douglas W., Mech, L. David, Eberly, Lynn E.

Summary 1. Large body size hinders locomotor performance in ways that may lead to trade-offs in predator foraging ability that limit the net predatory benefit of larger size. For example,...

Validation of a New Video and Telemetry System for Remotely Monitoring Wildlife (2008)

Daniel R. MacNulty, Glenn E. Plumb, Douglas W. Smith

Current techniques for remotely monitoring wildlife lack the capability to survey a wide area or to transmit data in real time. We addressed these technology gaps by developing and testing a new...

Estimation of Successful Breeding Pairs for Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA (2008)

Michael S. Mitchell, David E. Ausband, Carolyn A. Sime, Edward E. Bangs, Justin A. Gude, Michael D. Jimenez, ...

Under the Endangered Species Act, documenting recovery and federally mandated population levels of wolves (Canis lupus) in the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRM) requires monitoring wolf packs that...

The Effects of Breeder Loss on Wolves (2008)

Scott M. Brainerd, Henrik Andrén, Edward E. Bangs, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Joseph A. Fontaine, Wayne Hall, ...

Managers of recovering wolf (Canis lupus) populations require knowledge regarding the potential impacts caused by the loss of territorial, breeding wolves when devising plans that aim to balance...

WINTER PREY SELECTION AND ESTIMATION OF WOLF KILL RATES IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, 1995–2000 (2004)

DOUGLAS W. SMITH, THOMAS D. DRUMMER, KERRY M. MURPHY, DEBRA S. GUERNSEY, SHANEY B. EVANS

Wolf (Canis lupus) impacts on prey are a central post-wolf-reintroduction issue in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem (GYE) of the western United States. Further, estimates of wolf kill rates, used to...

The PlantsP and PlantsT functional genomics databases, Nucleic Acids Res. 31 (2003) 342–344. S.S. Taylor et al. / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1697 (2004)

Jason H. Tchieu, Fariba Fana, J. Lynn Fink, Jeffrey Harper, T. Murlidharan Nair, R. Hannes Niedner, ...

PlantsP and PlantsT allow users to quickly gain a global understanding of plant phosphoproteins and plant membrane transporters, respectively, from evolutionary relationships to biochemical function...

Large-Scale Integration of Human Genetic and Physical Maps (2004)

Nievergelt, Caroline M., Smith, Douglas W., Kohlenberg, J. Bradley, Schork, Nicholas J.

Genetic maps are used routinely in family-based linkage studies to identify the rough location of genes that influence human traits and diseases. Unlike physical maps, genetic maps are based on the...

Large-Scale Integration of Human Genetic and Physical Maps (2004)

Nievergelt, Caroline M., Smith, Douglas W., Kohlenberg, J. Bradley, Schork, Nicholas J.

Genetic maps are used routinely in family-based linkage studies to identify the rough location of genes that influence human traits and diseases. Unlike physical maps, genetic maps are based on the...

Yellowstone after Wolves (2003)

DOUGLAS W. SMITH, ROLF O. PETERSON, DOUGLAS B. HOUSTON

With gray wolves restored to Yellowstone National Park, this ecosystem once again supports the full native array of large ungulates and their attendant large carnivores. We consider the possible...

The PlantsP and PlantsT Functional Genomics Databases (2003)

Tchieu, Jason H., Fana, Fariba, Fink, J. Lynn, Harper, Jeffrey, Nair, T. Murlidharan, Niedner, R. Hannes, ...

PlantsP and PlantsT allow users to quickly gain a global understanding of plant phosphoproteins and plant membrane transporters, respectively, from evolutionary relationships to biochemical function...

Analysis and use of an Integer Programming Model for Optimally Allocating Files in a Multiple Computer System. (2002)

Price,Perry L., Smith,Douglas W.

An integer linear programming model which determines the optimal allocation of files in a multiple computer network has been analyzed to determine under what circumstances the model can be used. The...

Final Report, (2002)

Kardatzke, Merl L., Ellis, Samuel S., Katzenstein, Leo R., Persky, Martin E., Smith, Douglas W.

Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of this report describe technical effort directed towards the development of methods to be used in two-sided analyses. Chapter 3 describes analysis of weapon effectiveness against...

PlantsP: a functional genomics database for plant phosphorylation (2001)

Gribskov, Michael, Fana, Fariba, Harper, Jeffrey, Hope, Debra A., Harmon, Alice C., Smith, Douglas W., ...

The PlantsP database is a curated database that combines information derived from sequences with experimental functional genomics information. PlantsP focuses on plant protein kinases and protein...

Effects of Alloy Chemistry Changes on Sacrificial Aluminum Anode Performance, Tri-Service Committee on Corrosion Proceedings (1997)

Murray, John N., Hays, Richard A., Smith, Douglas W.

The set of aluminum alloy sacrificial anodes taken from the upper starboard stern array from a Navy submarine was evaluated at CDNSWC to determine the cause of non-uniform utilization during the...

Beaver survey. Yellowstone National Park 1996 [by] Douglas W. Smith, Sue Consolo Murphy, Michael K. Phillips and Robert Crabtree (1997)

Smith, Douglas W.

Report on an aerial survey in October-November 1996 to determine the number of active beaver in the park

Kinetic analysis for optimization of DNA ligation reactions (1988)

Revie, Dennis, Smith, Douglas W., Yee, Thomas W.

Kinetic equations describing ligation of DNA to circular recombinant forms were developed and solved for tour types of reactions: (a) a homogeneous population of singly restricted DNA fragments, (b)...

PlantsP: a functional genomics database for plant phosphorylation

Gribskov, Michael, Fana, Fariba, Harper, Jeffrey, Hope, Debra A., Harmon, Alice C., Smith, Douglas W., ...

The PlantsP database is a curated database that combines information derived from sequences with experimental functional genomics information. PlantsP focuses on plant protein kinases and protein...

The Complement of Protein Phosphatase Catalytic Subunits Encoded in the Genome of Arabidopsis1

Kerk, David, Bulgrien, Joshua, Smith, Douglas W., Barsam, Brooke, Veretnik, Stella, Gribskov, Michael

Reversible protein phosphorylation is critically important in the modulation of a wide variety of cellular functions. Several families of protein phosphatases remove phosphate groups placed on key...

The PlantsP and PlantsT Functional Genomics Databases

Tchieu, Jason H., Fana, Fariba, Fink, J. Lynn, Harper, Jeffrey, Nair, T. Murlidharan, Niedner, R. Hannes, ...

PlantsP and PlantsT allow users to quickly gain a global understanding of plant phosphoproteins and plant membrane transporters, respectively, from evolutionary relationships to biochemical function...

Arabidopsis Proteins Containing Similarity to the Universal Stress Protein Domain of Bacteria1

Kerk, David, Bulgrien, Joshua, Smith, Douglas W., Gribskov, Michael

We have collected a set of 44 Arabidopsis proteins with similarity to the USPA (universal stress protein A of Escherichia coli) domain of bacteria. The USPA domain is found either in small proteins,...

Isolation of Membrane-Associated Folded Chromosomes from Escherichia coli: Effect of Protein Synthesis Inhibition

Ryder, Oliver A., Smith, Douglas W.

The sedimentation properties of membrane-associated folded chromosomes prepared from Escherichia coli TAU-bar at 0 to 4 C were studied. Utilizing a modification of the procedure of Stonington and...

Macromolecular Synthesis and Thymineless Death in Mycoplasma laidlawii B1

Smith, Douglas W., Hanawalt, Philip C.

The relationships between macromolecular synthesis and viability have been studied in the pleuropneumonia-like organism Mycoplasma laidlawii B adapted to a semidefined grwoth medium. This organism...

DNA Repair in Escherichia coli Mutants Deficient in DNA Polymerases I, II, and/or III

Tait, Robert C., Harris, Andrew L., Smith, Douglas W.

E. coli mutants deficient in DNA polymerase I, in DNA polymerases I and II, or in DNA polymerase III, can efficiently and completely execute excision repair and post-replication repair of UV-damaged...

Large-Scale Integration of Human Genetic and Physical Maps

Nievergelt, Caroline M., Smith, Douglas W., Kohlenberg, J. Bradley, Schork, Nicholas J.

Genetic maps are used routinely in family-based linkage studies to identify the rough location of genes that influence human traits and diseases. Unlike physical maps, genetic maps are based on the...

The Synchrony Phenotype Persists after Elimination of Multiple GATC Sites from the dnaA Promoter of Escherichia coli

Wilkinson, Terry G., Kedar, G. C., Lee, Chi, Guzmán, Elena C., Smith, Douglas W., Zyskind, Judith W.

To examine whether methylation of the GATC sites present in the dnaA promoter region is responsible for the strict temporal coordination of initiation events at oriC as measured by the synchrony of...

PlantsP: a functional genomics database for plant phosphorylation

Gribskov, Michael, Fana, Fariba, Harper, Jeffrey, Hope, Debra A., Harmon, Alice C., Smith, Douglas W., ...

The PlantsP database is a curated database that combines information derived from sequences with experimental functional genomics information. PlantsP focuses on plant protein kinases and protein...

The Complement of Protein Phosphatase Catalytic Subunits Encoded in the Genome of Arabidopsis1

Kerk, David, Bulgrien, Joshua, Smith, Douglas W., Barsam, Brooke, Veretnik, Stella, Gribskov, Michael

Reversible protein phosphorylation is critically important in the modulation of a wide variety of cellular functions. Several families of protein phosphatases remove phosphate groups placed on key...

The PlantsP and PlantsT Functional Genomics Databases

Tchieu, Jason H., Fana, Fariba, Fink, J. Lynn, Harper, Jeffrey, Nair, T. Murlidharan, Niedner, R. Hannes, ...

PlantsP and PlantsT allow users to quickly gain a global understanding of plant phosphoproteins and plant membrane transporters, respectively, from evolutionary relationships to biochemical function...

Arabidopsis Proteins Containing Similarity to the Universal Stress Protein Domain of Bacteria1

Kerk, David, Bulgrien, Joshua, Smith, Douglas W., Gribskov, Michael

We have collected a set of 44 Arabidopsis proteins with similarity to the USPA (universal stress protein A of Escherichia coli) domain of bacteria. The USPA domain is found either in small proteins,...

Isolation of Membrane-Associated Folded Chromosomes from Escherichia coli: Effect of Protein Synthesis Inhibition

Ryder, Oliver A., Smith, Douglas W.

The sedimentation properties of membrane-associated folded chromosomes prepared from Escherichia coli TAU-bar at 0 to 4 C were studied. Utilizing a modification of the procedure of Stonington and...

Macromolecular Synthesis and Thymineless Death in Mycoplasma laidlawii B1

Smith, Douglas W., Hanawalt, Philip C.

The relationships between macromolecular synthesis and viability have been studied in the pleuropneumonia-like organism Mycoplasma laidlawii B adapted to a semidefined grwoth medium. This organism...

DNA Repair in Escherichia coli Mutants Deficient in DNA Polymerases I, II, and/or III

Tait, Robert C., Harris, Andrew L., Smith, Douglas W.

E. coli mutants deficient in DNA polymerase I, in DNA polymerases I and II, or in DNA polymerase III, can efficiently and completely execute excision repair and post-replication repair of UV-damaged...

Large-Scale Integration of Human Genetic and Physical Maps

Nievergelt, Caroline M., Smith, Douglas W., Kohlenberg, J. Bradley, Schork, Nicholas J.

Genetic maps are used routinely in family-based linkage studies to identify the rough location of genes that influence human traits and diseases. Unlike physical maps, genetic maps are based on the...

Both Rare and Common Polymorphisms Contribute Functional Variation at CHGA, a Regulator of Catecholamine Physiology

Wen, Gen, Mahata, Sushil K., Cadman, Peter, Mahata, Manjula, Ghosh, Sajalendu, Mahapatra, Nitish R., ...

The chromogranin/secretogranin proteins are costored and coreleased with catecholamines from secretory vesicles in chromaffin cells and noradrenergic neurons. Chromogranin A (CHGA) regulates...

The Synchrony Phenotype Persists after Elimination of Multiple GATC Sites from the dnaA Promoter of Escherichia coli

Wilkinson, Terry G., Kedar, G. C., Lee, Chi, Guzmán, Elena C., Smith, Douglas W., Zyskind, Judith W.

To examine whether methylation of the GATC sites present in the dnaA promoter region is responsible for the strict temporal coordination of initiation events at oriC as measured by the synchrony of...

Discovery of common human genetic variants of GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (GCH1) governing nitric oxide, autonomic activity, and cardiovascular risk

Zhang, Lian, Rao, Fangwen, Zhang, Kuixing, Khandrika, Srikrishna, Das, Madhusudan, Vaingankar, Sucheta M., ...

GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (GCH1) is rate limiting in the provision of the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin for biosynthesis of catecholamines and NO. We asked whether common genetic variation at GCH1 alters...

Chromogranin A Polymorphisms Are Associated With Hypertensive Renal Disease

Salem, Rany M., Cadman, Peter E., Chen, Yuqing, Rao, Fangwen, Wen, Gen, Hamilton, Bruce A., ...

Chromogranin A is released together with epinephrine and norepinephrine from catecholaminergic cells. Specific endopeptidases cleave chromogranin A into biologically active peptide fragments,...