Gang Fang

Comparative analysis of processed ribosomal protein pseudogenes in four mammalian genomes (2009)

Balasubramanian, Suganthi, Zheng, Deyou, Liu, Yuen-Jong, Fang, Gang, Frankish, Adam, Carriero, Nicholas, ...

Abstract Background The availability of genome sequences of numerous organisms allows comparative study of pseudogenes in syntenic regions. Conservation of pseudogenes suggests that they might have a...

Pseudofam: the pseudogene families database (2009)

Lam, Hugo Y. K., Khurana, Ekta, Fang, Gang, Cayting, Philip, Carriero, Nicholas, Cheung, Kei-Hoi, ...

Pseudofam (http://pseudofam.pseudogene.org) is a database of pseudogene families based on the protein families from the Pfam database. It provides resources for analyzing the family structure of...

H.: Generative models for fingerprint individuality using ridge types (2008)

Gang Fang, Sargur N. Srihari, Harish Srinivasan

Generative models of pattern individuality attempt to represent the distribution of observed quantitative features, e.g., by learning parameters from a database, and then use such distributions to...

Genomic variation in myeloma: design, content, and initial application of the Bank On A Cure SNP Panel to detect associations with progression-free survival (2008)

Van Ness, Brian, Ramos, Christine, Haznadar, Majda, Hoering, Antje, Haessler, Jeff, Crowley, John, ...

Abstract Background We have engaged in an international program designated the Bank On A Cure , which has established DNA banks from multiple cooperative and institutional clinical trials, and a...

Persistence drives gene clustering in bacterial genomes (2008)

Fang, Gang, Rocha, Eduardo PC, Danchin, Antoine

Abstract Background Gene clustering plays an important role in the organization of the bacterial chromosome and several mechanisms have been proposed to explain its extent. However, the controversies...

YtqI from Bacillus subtilis has both oligoribonuclease and pAp-phosphatase activity (2007)

Mechold, Undine, Fang, Gang, Ngo, Saravuth, Ogryzko, Vasily, Danchin, Antoine

Oligoribonuclease is the only RNase in Escherichia coli that is able to degrade RNA oligonucleotides five residues and shorter in length. Firmicutes including Bacillus subtilis do not have an...

P.: Use of ridge points in partial fingerprint matching (2007)

Gang Fang, Sargur N. Srihari, Harish Srinivasan, Prasad Phatak

Matching of partial fingerprints has important applications in both biometrics and forensics. It is well-known that the accuracy of minutiae-based matching algorithms dramatically decrease as the...

P.: Use of ridge points in partial fingerprint matching (2007)

Gang Fang, Sargur N. Srihari, Harish Srinivasan, Prasad Phatak

Automatic fingerprint identification systems utilize algorithms which extract minutiae information from the input fingerprint – which are ridge endings and ridge bifurcations – and match them...

The two authentic methionine aminopeptidase genes are differentially expressed in Bacillus subtilis (2005)

You, CongHui, Lu, HongYan, Sekowska, Agnieszka, Fang, Gang, Wang, YiPing, Gilles, Anne-Marie, ...

Abstract Background Two putative methionine aminopeptidase genes, map (essential) and yflG (non-essential), were identified in the genome sequence of Bacillus subtilis . We investigated whether they...

Specialized microbial databases for inductive exploration of microbial genome sequences (2005)

Fang, Gang, Ho, Christine, Qiu, Yaowu, Cubas, Virginie, Yu, Zhou, Cabau, Cédric, ...

Abstract Background The enormous amount of genome sequence data asks for user-oriented databases to manage sequences and annotations. Queries must include search tools permitting function...

How Essential are Non-essential Genes? (2005)

Fang, Gang, Rocha, Eduardo, Danchin, Antoine

Gene essentiality in bacteria has been identified in silico, focusing on gene persistence, or experimentally, focusing on the growth of knock-outs in rich media. Comparing 55 genomes of Firmicutes...

How Essential Are Nonessential Genes? (2005)

Fang, Gang, Rocha, Eduardo, Danchin, Antoine

Gene essentiality in bacteria has been identified in silico, focusing on gene persistence, or experimentally, focusing on the growth of knockouts in rich media. Comparing 55 genomes of Firmicutes and...

Coping with cold: The genome of the versatile marine Antarctica bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 (2005)

Médigue, Claudine, Krin, Evelyne, Pascal, Géraldine, Barbe, Valérie, Bernsel, Andreas, Bertin, Philippe N., ...

A considerable fraction of life develops in the sea at temperatures lower than 15°C. Little is known about the adaptive features selected under those conditions. We present the analysis of the...

Coping with cold: The genome of the versatile marine Antarctica bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 (2005)

Médigue, Claudine, Krin, Evelyne, Pascal, Géraldine, Barbe, Valérie, Bernsel, Andreas, Bertin, Philippe N., ...

A considerable fraction of life develops in the sea at temperatures lower than 15°C. Little is known about the adaptive features selected under those conditions. We present the analysis of the...

How Essential are Non-essential Genes? (2005)

Fang, Gang, Rocha, Eduardo, Danchin, Antoine

Gene essentiality in bacteria has been identified in silico, focusing on gene persistence, or experimentally, focusing on the growth of knock-outs in rich media. Comparing 55 genomes of Firmicutes...

Kinetics and Substrate Specificity of Membrane-Reconstituted Peptide Transporter DtpT of Lactococcus lactis (2000)

Poolman, Bert, Konings, Wil N., Fang, Gang

The peptide transport protein DtpT of Lactococcus lactis was purified and reconstituted into detergent-destabilized liposomes. The kinetics and substrate specificity of the transporter in the...

Thrombocidins, Microbicidal Proteins from Human Blood Platelets, Are C-terminal Deletion Products of CXC Chemokines (2000)

Kuijpers, Alma J., Ehlert, Jan E., Brandt, Ernst, Poolman, Bert, Fang, Gang, Veelen, Peter A. Van, ...

Antibacterial proteins are components of the innate immune system found in many organisms and produced by a variety of cell types. Human blood platelets contain a number of antibacterial proteins in...

Kinetics and Substrate Specificity of Membrane-Reconstituted Peptide Transporter DtpT of Lactococcus lactis (2000)

Poolman, Bert, Konings, Wil N., Fang, Gang

The peptide transport protein DtpT of Lactococcus lactis was purified and reconstituted into detergent-destabilized liposomes. The kinetics and substrate specificity of the transporter in the...

Thrombocidins, Microbicidal Proteins from Human Blood Platelets, Are C-terminal Deletion Products of CXC Chemokines (2000)

Krijgsveld, Jeroen, Zaat, Sebastian A.J., Meeldijk, Jan, Veelen, Peter A. Van, Fang, Gang, Poolman, Bert, ...

Antibacterial proteins are components of the innate immune system found in many organisms and produced by a variety of cell types. Human blood platelets contain a number of antibacterial proteins in...

Manipulation of activity and orientation of membrane-reconstituted di-tripeptide transport protein DtpT of Lactococcus lactis (1999)

Poolman, Bert, Hagting, Anja, Lanfermeijer, Frank, Friesen, Robert, Fang, Gang, Konings, Wil N.

The di-tripeptide transport system (DtpT) of Lactococcus lactis was purified to apparent homogeneity by pre-extraction of crude membrane vesicles with octaethylene glycol monodecyl ether (C10E8),...

Manipulation of activity and orientation of membrane-reconstituted di-tripeptide transport protein DtpT of Lactococcus lactis (1999)

Lanfermeijer, Frank, Friesen, Robert, Fang, Gang, Hagting, Anja, Poolman, Bert, Konings, Wil N.

The di-tripeptide transport system (DtpT) of Lactococcus lactis was purified to apparent homogeneity by pre-extraction of crude membrane vesicles with octaethylene glycol monodecyl ether (C10E8),...

Reconstruction of the proteolytic pathway for use of β-casein by Lactococcus lactis (1998)

Bruins, Andries P., Jeronimus-Stratingh, C. Margot, Fang, Gang, Kunji, Edmund R.S., Poolman, Bert, Konings, Wil N.

Amino acid auxotrophous bacteria such as Lactococcus lactis use proteins as a source of amino acids. For this process, they possess a complex proteolytic system to degrade the protein(s) and to...

Reconstruction of the proteolytic pathway for use of β-casein by Lactococcus lactis (1998)

Bruins, Andries P., Jeronimus-Stratingh, C. Margot, Fang, Gang, Kunji, Edmund R.S., Poolman, Bert, Konings, Wil N.

Amino acid auxotrophous bacteria such as Lactococcus lactis use proteins as a source of amino acids. For this process, they possess a complex proteolytic system to degrade the protein(s) and to...

Simulation of Bistable Laser Diodes with lnhomogeneous Excitation (1998)

Gang Fang, Ting-Wei Tang

A comprehensive time-dependent 1-D computer model is developed for the simulation of multi-section bistable laser diodes. Analysis of a Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity laser diode indicates that the height...

Amplified expression, purification and functional reconstitution of the dipeptide and tripeptide transport protein of Lactococcus lactis (1997)

Fang, Gang, Streutker, Marion R., Hasemeier, Britta, Knol, Jan, Hagting, Anja, Poolman, Bert, ...

Transport of hydrophilic dipeptides and tripeptides into Lactococcus lactis is mediated by a proton-motive-force-driven peptide-transport protein (DtpT) that shares similarity to eukaryotic peptide...

Amplified expression, purification and functional reconstitution of the dipeptide and tripeptide transport protein of Lactococcus lactis (1997)

Hasemeier, Britta, Knol, Jan, Hagting, Anja, Streutker, Marion R., Fang, Gang, Poolman, Bert, ...

Transport of hydrophilic dipeptides and tripeptides into Lactococcus lactis is mediated by a proton-motive-force-driven peptide-transport protein (DtpT) that shares similarity to eukaryotic peptide...

Binary block codes for correcting asymmetric or unidirectional errors / (1993)

Fang, Gang.

Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 1993.

Kinetics and Substrate Specificity of Membrane-Reconstituted Peptide Transporter DtpT of Lactococcus lactis

Fang, Gang, Konings, Wil N., Poolman, Bert

The peptide transport protein DtpT of Lactococcus lactis was purified and reconstituted into detergent-destabilized liposomes. The kinetics and substrate specificity of the transporter in the...

Coping with cold: The genome of the versatile marine Antarctica bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125

Médigue, Claudine, Krin, Evelyne, Pascal, Géraldine, Barbe, Valérie, Bernsel, Andreas, Bertin, Philippe N., ...

A considerable fraction of life develops in the sea at temperatures lower than 15°C. Little is known about the adaptive features selected under those conditions. We present the analysis of the...

Kinetics and Substrate Specificity of Membrane-Reconstituted Peptide Transporter DtpT of Lactococcus lactis

Fang, Gang, Konings, Wil N., Poolman, Bert

The peptide transport protein DtpT of Lactococcus lactis was purified and reconstituted into detergent-destabilized liposomes. The kinetics and substrate specificity of the transporter in the...

Coping with cold: The genome of the versatile marine Antarctica bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125

Médigue, Claudine, Krin, Evelyne, Pascal, Géraldine, Barbe, Valérie, Bernsel, Andreas, Bertin, Philippe N., ...

A considerable fraction of life develops in the sea at temperatures lower than 15°C. Little is known about the adaptive features selected under those conditions. We present the analysis of the...

YtqI from Bacillus subtilis has both oligoribonuclease and pAp-phosphatase activity

Mechold, Undine, Fang, Gang, Ngo, Saravuth, Ogryzko, Vasily, Danchin, Antoine

Oligoribonuclease is the only RNase in Escherichia coli that is able to degrade RNA oligonucleotides five residues and shorter in length. Firmicutes including Bacillus subtilis do not have an...

Comparative analysis of processed ribosomal protein pseudogenes in four mammalian genomes

Balasubramanian, Suganthi, Zheng, Deyou, Liu, Yuen-Jong, Fang, Gang, Frankish, Adam, Carriero, Nicholas, ...

An analysis of ribosomal protein pseudogenes in the four mammalian genomes reveals no correlation between number of pseudogenes and mRNA abundance.

Pseudofam: the pseudogene families database

Lam, Hugo Y. K., Khurana, Ekta, Fang, Gang, Cayting, Philip, Carriero, Nicholas, Cheung, Kei-Hoi, ...

Pseudofam (http://pseudofam.pseudogene.org) is a database of pseudogene families based on the protein families from the Pfam database. It provides resources for analyzing the family structure of...