J. C. Lee

Publication List Details

Period

1968 - 2009

Number

202

Co-Authors

Star-Forming or Starbursting? The Ultraviolet Conundrum (2009)

Boquien, M., Calzetti, D., Kennicutt, R., Dale, D., Engelbracht, C., Gordon, K. D., ...

Compared to starburst galaxies, normal star forming galaxies have been shown to display a much larger dispersion of the dust attenuation at fixed reddening through studies of the IRX-beta diagram...

The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy: Survey Description and Infrared Photometry (2009)

Dale, D. A., Cohen, S. A., Johnson, L. C., Schuster, M. D., Calzetti, D., Engelbracht, C. W., ...

The survey description and the near-, mid-, and far-infrared flux properties are presented for the 258 galaxies in the Local Volume Legacy (LVL). LVL is a Spitzer Space Telescope legacy program that...

On the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation Demographics of Galaxies in the Local Universe (2009)

Bothwell, M. S., Kennicutt, R. C., Lee, J. C.

We present a demographic analysis of integrated star formation and gas properties for a sample of galaxies representative of the overall population at z~0. This research was undertaken in order to...

The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy: Survey Description and Infrared Photometry (2009)

Dale, D. A., Cohen, S. A., Johnson, L. C., Schuster, M. D., Calzetti, D., Engelbracht, C. W., ...

The survey description and the near-, mid-, and far-infrared flux properties are presented for the 258 galaxies in the Local Volume Legacy (LVL). LVL is a Spitzer Space Telescope legacy program that...

HEAT REMOVAL TEST USING A HALF SCALE STORAGE CASK (2008)

Bang, K.S., Lee, J.C., Seo, K.S., Cho, C.H., Lee, S.J., Kim, J.M.

Spent nuclear fuel generated at nuclear power plants must be safely stored during interim storage periods. A dry storage cask to safely store the spent nuclear fuel should be able to adequately emit...

XMM-Newton Observations of the Nuclei of the Radio Galaxies 3C 305, DA 240, and 4C 73.08. (2008)

Evans, D.A., Hardcastle, M.J., Lee, J.C., Kraft, R.P., Worrall, D.M., Birkinshaw, M., ...

Original article can be found at: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/loi/ApJ/ Copyright American Astronomical Society DOI: 10.1086/592266 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]

XMM-Newton Observations of the Nuclei of the Radio Galaxies 3C 305, DA 240, and 4C 73.08. (2008)

Evans, A., Hardcastle, M.J., Lee, J.C., Kraft, R.P., Worrall, D.M., Birkinshaw, M., ...

Original article can be found at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/apj Copyright American Astronomical Society DOI: 10.1086/592266 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]

A Radio through X-Ray Study of the Jet/Companion-Galaxy Interaction in 3C 321. (2008)

Evans, D.A., Fong, W-F., Hardcastle, M.J., Kraft, R.P., Lee, J.C., Worrall, D.M., ...

Original article can be found at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/apj Copyright American Astronomical Society. DOI: 10.1086/527410 [Full text of this article is not available in UHRA]

The Local Volume Legacy survey (2008)

Lee, J. C., Kennicutt, R. C., Engelbracht, C. W., Calzetti, D., Dale, D. A., Gordon, K. D., ...

We introduce the Local Volume Legacy (LVL), a Spitzer Cycle 4 IRAC and MIPS Legacy survey of a complete sample of 258 galaxies within 11 Mpc. The broad goal of LVL is to provide critical insight into...

Suppression Of The Transverse Oscillation In The Srrc Storage Ring By Rf Knockoutmethod (2007)

Lee Wang Hsu, J. C. Lee, M. H. Wang, K. T. Hsu, R. J. Sheu, G. Lin, ...

Transverse oscillations are observed in the SRRC storage ring as the empty filling gap or the chromaticity is not big enough. The source of transverse oscillations are mostly coming from ions. From...

AND (2007)

R. Pain, I. M. Hook, S. Perlmutter, S. Deustua, S. Gabi, G. Goldhaber, ...

Abstract. We present the first measurement of the rate of Type Ia supernovae at high redshift. The result is derived using a large subset of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project as described in...

G. Goldhaber, (2007)

S. Perlmutter, D. E. Groom, I. M. Hook, A. G. Kim, M. Y. Kim, J. C. Lee, ...

R. Pain, 5 R. S. Ellis, 6 R. G. McMahon, 6 B. J. Boyle,

1 (2007)

R. Pain, I. M. Hook, S. Deustua, S. Gabi, G. Goldhaber, D. Groom, ...

, R. S. Ellis 7, R. G. McMahon 7, K. Glazebrook

Implications For The Hubble Constant from the First Seven Supernovae at (2007)

Kim Gabi, A. G. Kim, D. E. Groom, I. M. Hook, M. Y. Kim, J. C. Lee, ...

The Supernova Cosmology Project has discovered over twenty-eight supernovae (SNe) at 0:35 ! z ! 0:65 in an ongoing program that uses Type Ia SNe as high-redshift distance indicators. Here we present...

The distant Type Ia supernova rate (2007)

Pain, R., Fabbro, S., Sullivan, M., Ellis, R. S., Aldering, G., Astier, P., ...

We present a measurement of the rate of distant Type Ia supernovae derived using 4 large subsets of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Within this fiducial sample, which surveyed about 12...

Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae (2007)

Perlmutter, S., Aldering, G., Goldhaber, G., Knop, R. A., Nugent, P., Castro, P. G., ...

We report measurements of the mass density, Omega_M, and cosmological-constant energy density, Omega_Lambda, of the universe based on the analysis of 42 Type Ia supernovae discovered by the Supernova...

Measurements of the Cosmological Parameters $\Omega$ and $\Lambda$ from the First 7 Supernovae at $z \geq$ 0.35 (2007)

Perlmutter, S., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, D. E., Hook, I. M., Kim, A. G., ...

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...

Implications For The Hubble Constant from the First Seven Supernovae at $z \geq$ 0.35 (2007)

Kim, A.G., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, D. E., Hook, I. M., Kim, M. Y., ...

The Supernova Cosmology Project has discovered over twenty-eight supernovae (SNe) at 0.35

The Type Ia Supernova Rate at z$\sim 0.4 $ (2007)

Pain, R., Hook, I. M., Deustua, S., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., ...

We present the first measurement of the rate of Type Ia supernovae at high redshift. The result is derived using a large subset of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Three supernovae were...

Hymenopteran parasitoids synthesize ‘honeydew-specific’ oligosaccharides (2006)

Wackers, Felix L., Lee, J. C., Heimpel, G. E., Winkler, K., Wagenaar, R.

1. Many arthropods depend on carbohydrate-rich food sources such as nectar or honeydew. Nevertheless, we often know little about the extent to which various sugar sources contribute to the diet of...

The Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies: I. Description and Initial Results (2006)

Meurer, Gerhardt R., Hanish, D. J., Ferguson, H. C., Knezek, P. M., Kilborn, V. A., Putman, M. E., ...

We introduce the Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies (SINGG), a census of star formation in HI-selected galaxies. The survey consists of H-alpha and R-band imaging of a sample of 468...

A Simple EHF Hemispheric Coverage Antenna (2006)

Lee, J. C.

A circulary polarized, axially symmetric, wide-beam radiator is required in many applications, including TT&C for UAVs and satellites. This report discusses some existing wide-beam antenna designs...

Hymenopteran parasitoids synthesize 'honeydew-specific' oligosaccharides (2006)

Wäckers, F.L., Lee, J.C., Heimpel, G.E., Winkler, K., Wagenaar, R.

1. Many arthropods depend on carbohydrate-rich food sources such as nectar or honeydew. Nevertheless, we often know little about the extent to which various sugar sources contribute to the diet of...

The survey for ionization in neutral gas galaxies. I. Description and initial results (2006)

Meurer, Gerhardt R., Hanish, D. J., Ferguson, H. C., Knezek, P. M., Kilborn, V. A., Putman, M. E., ...

We introduce the Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies (SINGG), a census of star formation in H I selected galaxies. The survey consists of H alpha and R-band imaging of a sample of 468...

Multi-Photon, Multi-Level Dynamics in a Superconducting Persistent-Current Qubit (2005)

Yu, Y., Oliver, W. D., Lee, J. C., Berggren, K. K., Levitov, L. S., Orlando, T. P.

Single-, two-, and three-photon transitions were driven amongst five quantum states of a niobium persistent-current qubit. A multi-level energy-band diagram was extracted using microwave...

A Chandra HETGS Spectral Study of the Iron K Bandpass in MCG-6-30-15: A Narrow View of the Broad Iron Line (2005)

Young, A. J., Lee, J. C., Fabian, A. C., Reynolds, C. S., Gibson, R. R., Canizares, C. R.

We present a high resolution X-ray spectrum of the iron K bandpass in MCG-6-30-15 based on a 522 ksec observation with Chandra's High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer. The Chandra spectrum is...

METABOLIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES IN THE HEART DURING PROLONGED HYPOTHERMIA, (2005)

RUSS,C., Lee,J. C.

The effect of hypothermia of 25C for 24 hours on myocardial metabolism and efficiency was determined on dogs fasted for approximately 15 hours and anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital. Coronary...

The soft X-ray absorption lines of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15 (2004)

Turner, A. K., Fabian, A. C., Lee, J. C., Vaughan, S.

The absorption lines in the soft X-ray spectrum of MCG--6-30-15 are studied using the Reflection Grating Spectrometer data from the 2001 XMM-Newton 320 ks observation. A line search of the full...

Automatic Projector Calibration with Embedded Light Sensors (2004)

J.C. Lee, P.H. Dietz, D. Maynes-Aminzade, R. Raskar, S. Hudson, Johnny C. Lee, ...

Projection technology typically places several constraints on the geometric relationship between the projector and the projection surface to obtain an undistorted, properly sized image. In this paper...

The hard X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert galaxy IRAS 18325-5926: cool corona, reflection from an ionized disk and variable iron K emission (2003)

Iwasawa, K., Lee, J. C., Young, A. J., Reynolds, C. S., Fabian, A. C.

We report our analysis of X-ray spectra of the Seyfert galaxy IRAS 18325-5926 (=Fairall 49) obtained from various X-ray observatories prior to XMM-Newton, including new results from two RXTE and one...

Spectroscopic Discovery of the Supernova 2003dh Associated with GRB 030329 (2003)

Stanek, K. Z., Matheson, T., Garnavich, P. M., Martini, P., Berlind, P., Caldwell, N., ...

We present early observations of the afterglow of the Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 030329 and the spectroscopic discovery of its associated supernova SN 2003dh. We obtained spectra of the afterglow of GRB...

A softer look at MCG--6-30-15 with XMM-Newton (2003)

Turner, A. K., Fabian, A. C., Vaughan, S., Lee, J. C.

We present analysis and results from the Reflection Grating Spectrometer during the 320 ks XMM observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15. The spectrum is marked by a sharp drop in flux at 0.7...

Testing the Seyfert Unification Theory: Chandra HETGS Observations of NGC 1068 (2002)

Ogle, P. M., Brookings, T., Canizares, C. R., Lee, J. C., Marshall, H. L.

We present spatially resolved Chandra HETGS observations of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068. X-ray imaging and high resolution spectroscopy are used to test the Seyfert unification theory. Fe K-alpha...

The Chandra HETGS and RXTE view of GRS 1915+105 (2002)

Lee, J. C., Reynolds, C. S., Remillard, R., Schulz, N. S., Blackman, E. G., Fabian, A. C.

The Chandra AO1 HETGS observation of the micro-quasar GRS 1915+105 in the low hard state reveals (1) neutral K absorption edges from Fe, Si, Mg, and S in cold gas, and (2) highly ionized (Fe XXV and...

Chandra Detection of OVIII Ly-alpha Absorption from an Overdense Region in the Intergalactic Medium (2002)

Fang, T., Marshall, H. L., Lee, J. C., Davis, D. S., Canizares, C. R.

We report the first detection of an OVIII Ly-alpha absorption line associated with an overdense region in the intergalactic medium (IGM) along the sightline towards PKS 2155-304 with the Chandra Low...

A long hard look at MCG-6-30-15 with XMM-Newton (2002)

Fabian, A. C., Vaughan, S., Nandra, K., Iwasawa, K., Ballantyne, D. R., Lee, J. C., ...

We present first results from a 325 ks observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15 with XMM-Newton and BeppoSAX. The strong, broad, skewed iron line is clearly detected and is well characterised...

The distant Type Ia supernova rate (2002)

Pain, R., Fabbro, S., Sullivan, M., Ellis, R. S., Aldering, G., Astier, P., ...

We present a measurement of the rate of distant Type Ia supernovae derived using 4 large subsets of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Within this fiducial sample, which surveyed about 12...

The shape of the relativistic iron K-alpha line from MCG6--6-30-15 measured with the Chandra HETGS and RXTE (2002)

Lee, J. C., Iwasawa, K., Houck, J. C., Fabian, A. C., Marshall, H. L., Canizares, C. R.

We confirm the detection of the relativistically broadened iron K-alpha emission at 6.4 keV with simultaneous Chandra HETGS and RXTE PCA observations. Heavily binned HETGS data show a disk line...

Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal LPNHE 02-02 The distant Type Ia supernova rate (2002)

R. Pain, S. Fabbro, M. Sullivan, R. S. Ellis, G. Aldering, P. Astier, ...

We present a measurement of the rate of distant Type Ia supernovae derived using 4 large subsets of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Within this fiducial sample, which surveyed about 12...

Tissue-engineered cartilage on biodegradable macroporous scaffolds: Cell shape and phenotypic expression (2002)

Park, T.g, Baek, C.H, Lee, J.C, Jung, Y.G, Ko, Y.J, Yoon, J.J

Objective The purpose of the study was to establish in vitro culture of chondrocytes on biodegradable, poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) [PLGA] scaffolds. Study Design Laboratory experiment using...

High resolution Chandra HETG and RXTE observations of GRS 1915+105 : A hot disk atmosphere & cold gas enriched in Iron and Silicon (2001)

Lee, J. C., Reynolds, C. S., Schulz, N. S., Remillard, R., Blackman, E. G., Fabian, A. C.

The time-averaged 30 ks Chandra HETGS observation of the micro-quasar GRS 1915+105 in the low hard state reveals for the first time in this source neutral K absorption edges from Fe, Si, Mg, & S....

The Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer probes the dusty warm absorber in the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15 (2001)

Lee, J. C., Canizares, C. R., Marshall, H. L., Fabian, A. C., Morales, R., Schulz, N. S., ...

The Chandra HETGS spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15 show numerous narrow, unresolved (FWHM < 200 km/s) absorption lines from a wide range of ionization states of N, O, Mg, Ne, Si, S, Ar,...

A Chandra HETG Observation of the Quasar H 1821+643 and Its Surrounding Cluster (2001)

Fang, T., Davis, D. S., Lee, J. C., Marshall, H. L., Bryan, G. L., Canizares, C. R.

We present the high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the low-redshift quasar H 1821+643 and its surrounding hot cluster observed with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS). An...

The First High Resolution X-ray Spectrum of Cyg X-1: Soft X-Ray Ionization and Absorption (2001)

Schulz, N. S., Cui, W., Canizares, C. R., Marshall, H. L., Lee, J. C., Miller, J. M., ...

We observed the black hole candidate Cyg X-1 for 15 ks with the High-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer aboard the CHANDRA X-ray Observatory. The source was observed during a period of intense...

Revealing the Dusty Warm Absorber in MCG--6-30-15 with the Chandra HETG (2001)

Lee, J. C., Ogle, P. M., Canizares, C. R., Marshall, H. L., Schulz, N. S., Morales, R., ...

We present detailed evidence for a warm absorber in the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15 and dispute earlier claims for relativistic O line emission. The HETG spectra show numerous narrow, unresolved...

Chandra--ASCA--RXTE observations of the micro-quasar GRS 1915+105 (2000)

Lee, J. C., Schulz, N. S., Reynolds, C. S., Fabian, A. C., Blackman, E. G.

A Chandra AO1 30ks HETGS observation of the X-ray transient micro-quasar GRS 1915+105 reveals absorption edges and faint line emission over the HETG energy range. We find from a preliminary analysis...

X-ray Line Emission from the Hot Stellar Wind of theta 1 Ori C (2000)

Schulz, N. S., Canizares, C. R., Huenemoerder, D., Lee, J. C.

We present a first emission line analysis of a high resolution X-ray spectrum of the stellar wind of theta 1 Ori C obtained with the High Energy Transmission grating Spectrometer onboard the Chandra...

Chandra Observations of the X-ray Narrow-Line Region in NGC 4151 (2000)

Ogle, P. M., Marshall, H. L., Lee, J. C., Canizares, C. R.

We present the first high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 4151. Observations with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer reveal a spectrum dominated by...

� 2000. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. X-RAY LINE EMISSION FROM THE HOT STELLAR WIND OF v 1 ORIONIS C (2000)

N. S. Schulz, C. R. Canizares, D. Huenemoerder, J. C. Lee

We present a first emission-line analysis of a high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the stellar wind of v1 Ori C obtained with the High-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer on board the Chandra...

Systematic low temperature expansion in Ginzburg - Landau model (1999)

Kao, H. C., Rosenstein, B., Lee, J. C.

Consistent perturbation theory for thermodynamical quantities in strongly type II superconductors in magnetic field at low temperatures is developed. It is complementary to the existing expansion...

First Constraints on Iron Abundance versus Reflection Fraction from the Seyfert~1 Galaxy MCG--6-30-15 (1999)

Lee, J. C., Fabian, A. C., Brandt, W. N., Reynolds, C. S., Iwasawa, K.

We report on a joint ASCA and RXTE observation spanning an $\sim$ 400~ks time interval of the bright Seyfert~1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15. The data clearly confirm the presence of a broad skewed iron line...

A Simultaneous ASCA and RXTE Long Look at the Seyfert 1 Galaxy MCG--6-30-15 (1998)

Lee, J. C., Fabian, A. C., Iwasawa, K., Brandt, W. N., Reynolds, C. S.

We report on a joint RXTE and ASCA observation spanning $\sim$ 400~ks of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15. The low energy coverage of ASCA coupled with the high energy coverage of RXTE have allowed...

Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae (1998)

Perlmutter, S., Aldering, G., Goldhaber, G., Knop, R. A., Nugent, P., Castro, P. G., ...

We report measurements of the mass density, Omega_M, and cosmological-constant energy density, Omega_Lambda, of the universe based on the analysis of 42 Type Ia supernovae discovered by the Supernova...

BASIC RESEARCH IN MICROWAVE DEVICES AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. (1998)

Detweiler,H. K., El-Shandwily,M. E., Hok,G., Lee,J. C., Rowe,J. E.

A preliminary survey of the physical principles and phenomena that would most likely lead to the development of new ideas for the generation and amplification of coherent electromagnetic energy in...

SOME STUDIES OF WHISTLER INSTABILITY. (1998)

Crawford, F. W., Lee, J. C., Tataronis, J. A.

This paper treats the instability excited when a transverse electromagnetic plasma wave, propagating in the right-hand polarized (whistler) mode parallel to a uniform magnetic field, interacts with a...

Approximations to the Distributions of the Likelihood Ratio Statistics for Testing Certain Structures on the Covariance Matrices of Real Multivariate Normal Populations. (1998)

Lee,J. C., Chang,T. C., Krishnaiah,P. R.

In this report, the authors approximated the distributions of the likelihood ratio statistics for testing certain hypotheses on the covariance matrices of the multivariate normal populations by using...

On the Distributions of the Likelihood Ratio Statistics for Tests of Certain Covariance Structures of Complex Multivariate Normal Populations. (1998)

Lee,J. C., Chang,T. C., Krishnaiah,P. R.

In this report, the authors approximated the distributions of the likelihood ratio statistics for testing certain hypotheses in multivariate analysis with suitable Pearson type distributions. Using...

On the Distribution of the Likelihood Ratio Test Statistic for Compound Symmetry. (1998)

Chang,T. C., Krishnaiah,P. R., Lee,J. C.

In this paper the authors approximated the distribution of the likelihood ratio test statistic for compound symmetry with a suitable Pearson type distribution. Using this approximation, percentage...

Approximations to the Distributions of the Determinants of Real and Complex Multivariate Beta Matrices. (1998)

Lee,J. C., Krishnaiah,P. R., Chang,T. C.

In this report, the authors have approximated the distributions of certain powers of the determinants of the real and complex multivariate beta matrices with suitable Pearson type distributions....

Approximations to the Distributions of the Likelihood Ratio Statistics for Testing the Hypotheses on Covariance Matrices and Mean Vectors Simultaneously, (1998)

Chang,T. C., Krishnaiah,P. R., Lee,J. C.

In this report, the authors approximated the distributions of certain powers of the likelihood ratio statistics for testing the hypothesis of the homogeneity of populations and the hypothesis that...

Likelihood Ratio Tests on Covariance Matrices and Mean Vectors of Complex Multivariate Normal Populations and Their Applications in Time Series. (1998)

Krishnaian,P. R., Lee,J. C., Chang,T. C.

In this paper, the authors reviewed the literature on computational aspects of the distributions of the likelihood ratio statistics for testing various hypotheses on the covariance matrices and mean...

On the Embrittlement of a Rapidly Solidified Al-Fe-V-Si Alloy after High-Temperature Exposure. (1998)

Lee, J. C., Lee, S., Lee, D. Y., Kim, N. J.

The effects of high-temperature exposure on the mechanical properties and the microstructure of a rapidly solidified Al-Fe-V-Si alloy were examined in order to identify the critical factors...

Effect of Cold Rolling on the Tensile Properties of (Al2O3)p/Al Composites. (1998)

Lee, J. C., Subramanian, K. N.

Cold rolling of extruded 6061 al alloy composite reinforced with 10% of al2o3 particulates along the transverse direction results in more uniform distribution of the particulates. this rolling is...

Effect of Cold Rolling on the Elastic Properties of (Al2O3)p-Al Composite. (1998)

Lee, J. C., Subramanian, K. N.

Mechanical shaping of an aluminium alloy reinforced with al2o3 particulates, (al2o3)p-al, was carried out by a cold roling operation. rolling was performed unidirectionally in a direction...

The Interface in Al2O3 Particulate-Reinforced Aluminium Alloy Composite and Its Role on the Tensile Properties. (1998)

Lee, J. C., Subramanian, K. N., Kim, Y.

The interface characterization of the aluminium alloy reinforced with al2o3 particulates ((al2o3)/al composite) was performed using x-ray diffractometry and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. a...

Young's Modulus of Cold- and Hot-Rolled (Al2O3)p-Al Composite. (1998)

Lee, J. C., Subramanian, K. N.

The young's modulus of hot-rolled al alloy reinforced with al2o3 particulates, (al2o3)p-al composite, is measured using the dynamic sonic resonance test method. the variation in the moduli of cold-...

An RXTE Observation of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy MCG-6-30-15 : X-ray Reflection and the Iron Abundance (1998)

Lee, J. C., Fabian, A. C., Reynolds, C. S., Iwasawa, K., Brandt, W. N.

We report on a 50 ks observation of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. The data clearly show the broad fluorescent iron line (equivalent width ~ 250 eV),...

The changing X-ray period of the Seyfert galaxy IRAS18325-5926 (1998)

Fabian, A. C., Lee, J. C., Brandt, W. N., Iwasawa, K., Jahoda, K., Reynolds, C. S.

We report on two observations of the Seyfert galaxy IRAS18325-5926 made in 1997 December and 1998 February with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). We find evidence for periodicities in the...

Implications For The Hubble Constant from the First Seven Supernovae at z >= 0.35 (1997)

Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, D. E., Hook, I. M., Kim, M. Y., ...

The Supernova Cosmology Project has discovered over twenty-eight supernovae (SNe) at 0.35

Measurements of the cosmological parameters omega and lambda from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35 (1997)

Perlmutter, Saul, Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, Ariel, Groom, Donald E., Hook, Isobel, ...

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...

Measurements of the Cosmological Parameters \Omega and \Lambda from the First 7 Supernovae at ... (1997)

S. Perlmutter, S. Gabi, G. Goldhaber, A. Goobar, D. E. Groom, I. M. Hook, ...

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...

Measurements of the cosmological parameters omega and lambda from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35 (1997)

Perlmutter, Saul, Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, Ariel, Groom, Donald E., Hook, Isobel, ...

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...

Measurements of the Cosmological Parameters Omega and Lambda from the First 7 Supernovae at z >= 0.35 (1996)

Perlmutter, S., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, D. E., Hook, I. M., Kim, A. G., ...

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...

The Type Ia Supernova Rate at z$\sim 0.4 $ (1996)

Pain, R., Hook, I. M., Deustua, S., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., ...

We present the first measurement of the rate of Type Ia supernovae at high redshift. The result is derived using a large subset of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Three supernovae were...

The type Ia supernova rate at z similar to 0.4 (1996)

Pain, Reynald, Hook, Isobel, Deustua, Susana E., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, Donald E., ...

We present the first measurement of the rate of Type la supernovae at high redshift. The result is derived by using a large subset of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Three supernovae were...

The type Ia supernova rate at z similar to 0.4 (1996)

Pain, Reynald, Hook, Isobel, Deustua, Susana E., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, Donald E., ...

We present the first measurement of the rate of Type la supernovae at high redshift. The result is derived by using a large subset of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Three supernovae were...

Environmental effects on numbers of peripheral chemoreceptors on the antennae of a grasshopper (1991)

Chapman, R.F., Lee, J.C.

Rearing conditions affected the numbers of chemoreceptor sensilla on the antennae of the grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. The numbers of olfactory sensilla were increased when insects were reared...

Toward the bilayer proteome, electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry of large, intact transmembrane proteins

Whitelegge, J. P., Le Coutre, J., Lee, J. C., Engel, C. K., Privé, G. G., Faull, K. F., ...

Genes encoding membrane proteins comprise a substantial proportion of genomes sequenced to date, but ability to perform structural studies on this portion of the proteome is limited. Electrospray...

Identification of a Drosophila muscle development gene with structural homology to mammalian early growth response transcription factors.

Lee, J C, VijayRaghavan, K, Celniker, S E, Tanouye, M A

In Drosophila, stripe (sr) gene function is required for normal muscle development. Some mutations disrupt embryonic muscle development and are lethal. Other mutations cause total loss of only a...

A requirement of hydrophobic and basic amino acid residues for substrate recognition by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase Ia.

Lee, J C, Kwon, Y G, Lawrence, D S, Edelman, A M

The substrate recognition determinants of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase Ia were investigated by using peptide analogues based on the amino acid sequence around Ser-9 of synapsin I. The Km...

Application of fluorescence energy transfer and polarization to monitor Escherichia coli cAMP receptor protein and lac promoter interaction.

Heyduk, T, Lee, J C

A fluorescence method was developed to study DNA-protein interactions in solution. A 32-base-pair (bp) DNA fragment of the lac promoter containing the primary binding site for Escherichia coli cAMP...

Capsule Expression by Bovine Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Argentina: Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses

Sordelli, D. O., Buzzola, F. R., Gomez, M. I., Steele-Moore, L., Berg, D., Gentilini, E., ...

Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of bovine mastitis worldwide, and effective preventive or therapeutic modalities are lacking. Although most human S. aureus isolates produce capsular...

Genetic and Serologic Evaluation of Capsule Production by Bovine Mammary Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Other Staphylococcus spp. from Europe and the United States

Tollersrud, T., Kenny, K., Reitz, A. J., Lee, J. C.

Bovine mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for major economic losses to the dairy industry, and more-effective therapeutic or preventive approaches are sorely needed. The...

Capsule Production and Growth Phase Influence Binding of Complement to Staphylococcus aureus

Cunnion, K. M., Lee, J. C., Frank, M. M.

Complement-mediated opsonization of bacteria by C3 binding is an important component of the host innate immune system. Little information is available concerning the interaction between complement...

A new nomenclature for the cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Mager, W H, Planta, R J, Ballesta, J G, Lee, J C, Mizuta, K, Suzuki, K, ...

The availability of the complete sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome has allowed a comprehensive analysis of the genes encoding cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins in this organism. On the...

Production of kanosamine by Bacillus cereus UW85.

Milner, J L, Silo-Suh, L, Lee, J C, He, H, Clardy, J, Handelsman, J

Bacillus cereus UW85 produces two antibiotics that contribute to its ability to suppress certain plant diseases (L. Silo-Suh, B. Lethbridge, S. J. Raffel, H. He, J. Clardy, and J. Handelsman, Appl....

Rapid detection of bacterial endotoxins in drinking water and renovated wastewater.

Jorgensen, J H, Lee, J C, Pahren, H R

A pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using the Limulus endotoxin assay to detect endotoxins in potable waters and from reclaimed advanced waste treatment (AWT) plant effluents....

Resistance of cultures of normal T cells to infection with murine type C viruses.

Horak, I, Enjuanes, L, Lee, J C, Ihle, J N

Long-term continuous cultures of normal T cells were established from C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice by using conditioned medium from concanavalin A-stimulated lymphocytes. The ability of various murine...

Antibodies to capsular polysaccharides are not protective against experimental Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.

Nemeth, J, Lee, J C

The protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide was examined in a rat model of catheter-induced endocarditis. Capsular antibodies were induced either by...

Protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus type 5 capsular polysaccharide in a modified model of endocarditis in rats.

Lee, J C, Park, J S, Shepherd, S E, Carey, V, Fattom, A

The protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus type 5 capsular polysaccharide (CP5) was examined in a modified model of catheter-induced endocarditis. Rats were catheterized by...

The role of staphylococcal polysaccharide microcapsule expression in septicemia and septic arthritis.

Nilsson, I M, Lee, J C, Bremell, T, Rydén, C, Tarkowski, A

Staphylococcus aureus arthritis is a rapidly progressive and highly erosive disease of the joints in which both host and bacterial factors are of pathogenic importance. One potential bacterial...

Genetic analysis of type 5 capsular polysaccharide expression by Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Xu, S, Albus, A, Livolsi, P J

Capsules are produced by over 90% of Staphylococcus aureus strains, and approximately 25% of clinical isolates express type 5 capsular polysaccharide (CP5). We mutagenized the type 5 strain Reynolds...

Superinfection-induced apoptosis and its correlation with the reduction of viral progeny in cells persistently infected with Hz-1 baculovirus.

Lee, J C, Chen, H H, Wei, H L, Chao, Y C

Differential induction of necrosis or apoptosis was found upon challenge of cells of the insect Spodoptera frugiperda productively or persistently infected with Hz-1 baculovirus, respectively. Unlike...

Comparison of Limulus assay, standard plate count, and total coliform count for microbiological assessment of renovated wastewater.

Jorgensen, J H, Lee, J C, Alexander, G A, Wolf, H W

The Limulus endotoxin assay was compared to the standard plate count and total coliform count for assessment of the bacteriological quality of reclaimed wastewater. A total of 48 water samples from...

Preliminary characterization of coxsackievirus B3 temperature-sensitive mutants.

Gauntt, C J, Trousdale, M D, Lee, J C, Paque, R E

Prototype temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of a coxsackievirus B3 parent virus capable of replication to similar levels at 34 or 39.5 degrees C were examined for the nature of the...

Phagocytic killing of encapsulated and microencapsulated Staphylococcus aureus by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Xu, S, Arbeit, R D, Lee, J C

Phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) is an important host defense against infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Using an in vitro assay, we compared the opsonic...

Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus mutants altered in type 5 capsule production.

Albus, A, Arbeit, R D, Lee, J C

Most clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus produce microcapsules (uronic acid-containing extracellular polysaccharides) that are detectable by serologic methods but are not visible by negative...

Chemical characterization and immunogenicity of capsular polysaccharide isolated from mucoid Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Michon, F, Perez, N E, Hopkins, C A, Pier, G B

In this study we report the isolation and purification of the capsular polysaccharide elaborated by Staphylococcus aureus SA1 mucoid. The capsule was isolated from bacterial extracts and culture...

Characterization of Candida albicans adherence to human vaginal epithelial cells in vitro.

Lee, J C, King, R D

Certain environmental, physical, and biochemical aspects of Candida albicans adherence to human vaginal epithelial cells were characterized by using an in vitro radiometric adherence assay....

Expression of type 8 capsular polysaccharide and production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 are associated among vaginal isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Liu, M J, Parsonnet, J, Arbeit, R D

A colony immunoblot method was developed for serotyping the capsular polysaccharides expressed by Staphylococcus aureus isolates. The method was rapid and specific and was performed with either...

Rapid diagnosis of gram-negative bacterial meningitis by the Limulus endotoxin assay.

Jorgensen, J H, Lee, J C

The Limulus amoebocyte lysate endotoxin assay was evaluated as a method for rapid diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in a series of 305 patients. The results of Limulus assays on cerebrospinal...

Effects of in vitro and in vivo growth conditions on expression of type 8 capsular polysaccharide by Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Takeda, S, Livolsi, P J, Paoletti, L C

Type 8 capsular polysaccharide (CP8) is widely prevalent among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, but the role that the capsule plays in the pathogenesis of staphylococcal infections is...

Detection of a recombinant murine leukemia virus-related glycoprotein on virus-negative thymoma cells.

Fischinger, P J, Thiel, H J, Ihle, J N, Lee, J C, Elder, J H

X-irradiation of outbred Swiss mice resulted in the development of virus-free thymomas. When put in culture, a lymphoblastic cell line (NIXT) expressed neither particles nor infectious virus but...

Binding of rat ribosomal proteins to yeast 5.8S ribosomal ribonucleic acid.

Lee, J C, Henry, B

5.8 S RNA-protein complexes were prepared using purified yeast 5.8 S RNA and proteins from the large ribosomal subunit of rat liver. Formation of such hybrid complexes, as measured by Millipore...

Integration of synthetic globin genes into an E. coli plasmid.

Wood, K O, Lee, J C

Rabbit globin mRNA has been purified and used as a template by reverse transcriptase. The resulting duplex molecule consisting of rabbit globin mRNA/cNDA has been linked in vitro to Eco RI cleaved...

Heterogeneity of vertebrate brain tubulins.

Field, D J, Collins, R A, Lee, J C

We have examined the extent of brain tubulin heterogeneity in six vertebrate species commonly used in tubulin research (rat, calf, pig, chicken, human, and lamb) using isoelectric focusing,...

Increased responses to lymphokines are correlated with preleukemia in mice inoculated with Moloney leukemia virus.

Lee, J C, Ihle, J N

In various mouse strains, inoculation with Moloney leukemia virus results in the establishment of an acute viremia which in most cases is followed by the induction of leukemia. Also associated with...

Chemically Defined Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Medium for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Jorgensen, J. H., Lee, J. C., Jones, P. M.

A chemically defined growth medium containing physiological concentrations of magnesium and calcium ions was utilized in a microdilution procedure for antimicrobial drug susceptibility testing of...

Characterization of a unique defective type C virus associated with a Moloney leukemia virus-induced splenic T-cell lymphoma cell line.

Horak, I, Lee, J C, Enjuanes, L, Ihle, J N

Moloney leukemia virus (MoLV) induces lymphomas in BALB/c mice which either involve an immature thymic T-cell subpopulation or a splenic mature T-cell subpopulation. To investigate further the...

Autogenous Immunity to Endogenous RNA Tumor Virus: Differential Reactivities of Immunoglobulins M and G to Virus Envelope Antigens

Lee, J. C., Hanna, M. G., Ihle, J. N., Aaronson, S. A.

The autogenous humoral immune response of mice to their endogenous leukemia virus has been examined in terms of the reactivities of individual classes of antibody present in normal B6C3F1 serum....

Structural properties of pyruvate carboxylases from chicken liver and other sources.

Barden, R E, Taylor, B L, Isoashi, F, Frey, W H, Zander, G, Lee, J C, ...

Varieties of pyruvate carboxylase [pyruvate: CO2 ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.4.1.1] obtained from the livers of several species of vertebrates, including humans, all show the same basic structure....

The humoral immune response of NIH Swiss and SWR/J mice to vaccination with formalinized AKR or Gross murine leukemia virus.

Lee, J C, Ihle, J N, Huebner, R

The humoral immune responses of NIH Swiss and SWR/J mice immunized with formalin-inactivated AKR or Gross murine leukemia virus, respectively, were examined. Both immune sera had high titers of...

The p38/RK mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway regulates interleukin-6 synthesis response to tumor necrosis factor.

Beyaert, R, Cuenda, A, Vanden Berghe, W, Plaisance, S, Lee, J C, Haegeman, G, ...

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is a pleiotropic cytokine, the activities of which include effects on gene expression, cell growth and cell death. The biological signalling mechanisms which are...

Adherence of Candida albicans and other Candida species to mucosal epithelial cells.

King, R D, Lee, J C, Morris, A L

To study the possible involvement of candidal adherence in mucosal colonization, we examined the in vitro adherence capabilities of seven Candida species. Adherence was evaluated by direct...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yak1p protein kinase autophosphorylates on tyrosine residues and phosphorylates myelin basic protein on a C-terminal serine residue.

Kassis, S, Melhuish, T, Annan, R S, Chen, S L, Lee, J C, Livi, G P, ...

The serine/threonine protein kinase, Yak1p, functions as a negative regulator of the cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, acting downstream of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. In the present...

Electrostatic forces contribute to interactions between trp repressor dimers.

Martin, K S, Royer, C A, Howard, K P, Carey, J, Liu, Y C, Matthews, K, ...

The trp repressor of Escherichia coli (TR), although generally considered to be dimeric, has been shown by fluorescence anisotropy of extrinsically labeled protein to undergo oligomerization in...

Direct measures of large, anisotropic strains in deformation of the erythrocyte cytoskeleton.

Lee, J C, Wong, D T, Discher, D E

The erythrocyte's spectrin-actin membrane skeleton is directly shown to be capable of sustaining large, anisotropic strains. Photobleaching of an approximately 1-micrometer stripe in rhodamine...

Deformation-enhanced fluctuations in the red cell skeleton with theoretical relations to elasticity, connectivity, and spectrin unfolding.

Lee, J C, Discher, D E

To assess local elasticity in the red cell's spectrin-actin network, nano-particles were tethered to actin nodes and their constrained thermal motions were tracked. Cells were both immobilized and...

A genomewide analysis provides evidence for novel linkages in inflammatory bowel disease in a large European cohort.

Hampe, J, Schreiber, S, Shaw, S H, Lau, K F, Bridger, S, Macpherson, A J, ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by a chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation, typically starting in early adulthood. IBD is subdivided into two subtypes, on the basis of clinical...

Cardiac function and metabolism following hemorrhage in the newborn lamb.

Downing, S E, Lee, J C

Cardiac performance was assessed in 33 lambs less than 1 to 5 days of age by means of left ventricular function curves. Performance was quantified by determining stroke volume ejected at end...

Toward the bilayer proteome, electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry of large, intact transmembrane proteins

Whitelegge, J. P., Le Coutre, J., Lee, J. C., Engel, C. K., Privé, G. G., Faull, K. F., ...

Genes encoding membrane proteins comprise a substantial proportion of genomes sequenced to date, but ability to perform structural studies on this portion of the proteome is limited. Electrospray...

Identification of a Drosophila muscle development gene with structural homology to mammalian early growth response transcription factors.

Lee, J C, VijayRaghavan, K, Celniker, S E, Tanouye, M A

In Drosophila, stripe (sr) gene function is required for normal muscle development. Some mutations disrupt embryonic muscle development and are lethal. Other mutations cause total loss of only a...

A requirement of hydrophobic and basic amino acid residues for substrate recognition by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase Ia.

Lee, J C, Kwon, Y G, Lawrence, D S, Edelman, A M

The substrate recognition determinants of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase Ia were investigated by using peptide analogues based on the amino acid sequence around Ser-9 of synapsin I. The Km...

Application of fluorescence energy transfer and polarization to monitor Escherichia coli cAMP receptor protein and lac promoter interaction.

Heyduk, T, Lee, J C

A fluorescence method was developed to study DNA-protein interactions in solution. A 32-base-pair (bp) DNA fragment of the lac promoter containing the primary binding site for Escherichia coli cAMP...

Capsule Expression by Bovine Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Argentina: Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses

Sordelli, D. O., Buzzola, F. R., Gomez, M. I., Steele-Moore, L., Berg, D., Gentilini, E., ...

Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of bovine mastitis worldwide, and effective preventive or therapeutic modalities are lacking. Although most human S. aureus isolates produce capsular...

Genetic and Serologic Evaluation of Capsule Production by Bovine Mammary Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Other Staphylococcus spp. from Europe and the United States

Tollersrud, T., Kenny, K., Reitz, A. J., Lee, J. C.

Bovine mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for major economic losses to the dairy industry, and more-effective therapeutic or preventive approaches are sorely needed. The...

Capsule Production and Growth Phase Influence Binding of Complement to Staphylococcus aureus

Cunnion, K. M., Lee, J. C., Frank, M. M.

Complement-mediated opsonization of bacteria by C3 binding is an important component of the host innate immune system. Little information is available concerning the interaction between complement...

A new nomenclature for the cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Mager, W H, Planta, R J, Ballesta, J G, Lee, J C, Mizuta, K, Suzuki, K, ...

The availability of the complete sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome has allowed a comprehensive analysis of the genes encoding cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins in this organism. On the...

Production of kanosamine by Bacillus cereus UW85.

Milner, J L, Silo-Suh, L, Lee, J C, He, H, Clardy, J, Handelsman, J

Bacillus cereus UW85 produces two antibiotics that contribute to its ability to suppress certain plant diseases (L. Silo-Suh, B. Lethbridge, S. J. Raffel, H. He, J. Clardy, and J. Handelsman, Appl....

Rapid detection of bacterial endotoxins in drinking water and renovated wastewater.

Jorgensen, J H, Lee, J C, Pahren, H R

A pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using the Limulus endotoxin assay to detect endotoxins in potable waters and from reclaimed advanced waste treatment (AWT) plant effluents....

Resistance of cultures of normal T cells to infection with murine type C viruses.

Horak, I, Enjuanes, L, Lee, J C, Ihle, J N

Long-term continuous cultures of normal T cells were established from C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice by using conditioned medium from concanavalin A-stimulated lymphocytes. The ability of various murine...

Antibodies to capsular polysaccharides are not protective against experimental Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.

Nemeth, J, Lee, J C

The protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide was examined in a rat model of catheter-induced endocarditis. Capsular antibodies were induced either by...

Protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus type 5 capsular polysaccharide in a modified model of endocarditis in rats.

Lee, J C, Park, J S, Shepherd, S E, Carey, V, Fattom, A

The protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus type 5 capsular polysaccharide (CP5) was examined in a modified model of catheter-induced endocarditis. Rats were catheterized by...

The role of staphylococcal polysaccharide microcapsule expression in septicemia and septic arthritis.

Nilsson, I M, Lee, J C, Bremell, T, Rydén, C, Tarkowski, A

Staphylococcus aureus arthritis is a rapidly progressive and highly erosive disease of the joints in which both host and bacterial factors are of pathogenic importance. One potential bacterial...

Genetic analysis of type 5 capsular polysaccharide expression by Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Xu, S, Albus, A, Livolsi, P J

Capsules are produced by over 90% of Staphylococcus aureus strains, and approximately 25% of clinical isolates express type 5 capsular polysaccharide (CP5). We mutagenized the type 5 strain Reynolds...

Superinfection-induced apoptosis and its correlation with the reduction of viral progeny in cells persistently infected with Hz-1 baculovirus.

Lee, J C, Chen, H H, Wei, H L, Chao, Y C

Differential induction of necrosis or apoptosis was found upon challenge of cells of the insect Spodoptera frugiperda productively or persistently infected with Hz-1 baculovirus, respectively. Unlike...

Comparison of Limulus assay, standard plate count, and total coliform count for microbiological assessment of renovated wastewater.

Jorgensen, J H, Lee, J C, Alexander, G A, Wolf, H W

The Limulus endotoxin assay was compared to the standard plate count and total coliform count for assessment of the bacteriological quality of reclaimed wastewater. A total of 48 water samples from...

Preliminary characterization of coxsackievirus B3 temperature-sensitive mutants.

Gauntt, C J, Trousdale, M D, Lee, J C, Paque, R E

Prototype temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of a coxsackievirus B3 parent virus capable of replication to similar levels at 34 or 39.5 degrees C were examined for the nature of the...

Phagocytic killing of encapsulated and microencapsulated Staphylococcus aureus by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Xu, S, Arbeit, R D, Lee, J C

Phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) is an important host defense against infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Using an in vitro assay, we compared the opsonic...

Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus mutants altered in type 5 capsule production.

Albus, A, Arbeit, R D, Lee, J C

Most clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus produce microcapsules (uronic acid-containing extracellular polysaccharides) that are detectable by serologic methods but are not visible by negative...

Chemical characterization and immunogenicity of capsular polysaccharide isolated from mucoid Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Michon, F, Perez, N E, Hopkins, C A, Pier, G B

In this study we report the isolation and purification of the capsular polysaccharide elaborated by Staphylococcus aureus SA1 mucoid. The capsule was isolated from bacterial extracts and culture...

Characterization of Candida albicans adherence to human vaginal epithelial cells in vitro.

Lee, J C, King, R D

Certain environmental, physical, and biochemical aspects of Candida albicans adherence to human vaginal epithelial cells were characterized by using an in vitro radiometric adherence assay....

Expression of type 8 capsular polysaccharide and production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 are associated among vaginal isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Liu, M J, Parsonnet, J, Arbeit, R D

A colony immunoblot method was developed for serotyping the capsular polysaccharides expressed by Staphylococcus aureus isolates. The method was rapid and specific and was performed with either...

Rapid diagnosis of gram-negative bacterial meningitis by the Limulus endotoxin assay.

Jorgensen, J H, Lee, J C

The Limulus amoebocyte lysate endotoxin assay was evaluated as a method for rapid diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in a series of 305 patients. The results of Limulus assays on cerebrospinal...

Effects of in vitro and in vivo growth conditions on expression of type 8 capsular polysaccharide by Staphylococcus aureus.

Lee, J C, Takeda, S, Livolsi, P J, Paoletti, L C

Type 8 capsular polysaccharide (CP8) is widely prevalent among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, but the role that the capsule plays in the pathogenesis of staphylococcal infections is...

Detection of a recombinant murine leukemia virus-related glycoprotein on virus-negative thymoma cells.

Fischinger, P J, Thiel, H J, Ihle, J N, Lee, J C, Elder, J H

X-irradiation of outbred Swiss mice resulted in the development of virus-free thymomas. When put in culture, a lymphoblastic cell line (NIXT) expressed neither particles nor infectious virus but...

Binding of rat ribosomal proteins to yeast 5.8S ribosomal ribonucleic acid.

Lee, J C, Henry, B

5.8 S RNA-protein complexes were prepared using purified yeast 5.8 S RNA and proteins from the large ribosomal subunit of rat liver. Formation of such hybrid complexes, as measured by Millipore...

Integration of synthetic globin genes into an E. coli plasmid.

Wood, K O, Lee, J C

Rabbit globin mRNA has been purified and used as a template by reverse transcriptase. The resulting duplex molecule consisting of rabbit globin mRNA/cNDA has been linked in vitro to Eco RI cleaved...

Heterogeneity of vertebrate brain tubulins.

Field, D J, Collins, R A, Lee, J C

We have examined the extent of brain tubulin heterogeneity in six vertebrate species commonly used in tubulin research (rat, calf, pig, chicken, human, and lamb) using isoelectric focusing,...

Increased responses to lymphokines are correlated with preleukemia in mice inoculated with Moloney leukemia virus.

Lee, J C, Ihle, J N

In various mouse strains, inoculation with Moloney leukemia virus results in the establishment of an acute viremia which in most cases is followed by the induction of leukemia. Also associated with...

Chemically Defined Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Medium for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Jorgensen, J. H., Lee, J. C., Jones, P. M.

A chemically defined growth medium containing physiological concentrations of magnesium and calcium ions was utilized in a microdilution procedure for antimicrobial drug susceptibility testing of...

Characterization of a unique defective type C virus associated with a Moloney leukemia virus-induced splenic T-cell lymphoma cell line.

Horak, I, Lee, J C, Enjuanes, L, Ihle, J N

Moloney leukemia virus (MoLV) induces lymphomas in BALB/c mice which either involve an immature thymic T-cell subpopulation or a splenic mature T-cell subpopulation. To investigate further the...

Autogenous Immunity to Endogenous RNA Tumor Virus: Differential Reactivities of Immunoglobulins M and G to Virus Envelope Antigens

Lee, J. C., Hanna, M. G., Ihle, J. N., Aaronson, S. A.

The autogenous humoral immune response of mice to their endogenous leukemia virus has been examined in terms of the reactivities of individual classes of antibody present in normal B6C3F1 serum....

Structural properties of pyruvate carboxylases from chicken liver and other sources.

Barden, R E, Taylor, B L, Isoashi, F, Frey, W H, Zander, G, Lee, J C, ...

Varieties of pyruvate carboxylase [pyruvate: CO2 ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.4.1.1] obtained from the livers of several species of vertebrates, including humans, all show the same basic structure....

The humoral immune response of NIH Swiss and SWR/J mice to vaccination with formalinized AKR or Gross murine leukemia virus.

Lee, J C, Ihle, J N, Huebner, R

The humoral immune responses of NIH Swiss and SWR/J mice immunized with formalin-inactivated AKR or Gross murine leukemia virus, respectively, were examined. Both immune sera had high titers of...

The p38/RK mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway regulates interleukin-6 synthesis response to tumor necrosis factor.

Beyaert, R, Cuenda, A, Vanden Berghe, W, Plaisance, S, Lee, J C, Haegeman, G, ...

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is a pleiotropic cytokine, the activities of which include effects on gene expression, cell growth and cell death. The biological signalling mechanisms which are...

Adherence of Candida albicans and other Candida species to mucosal epithelial cells.

King, R D, Lee, J C, Morris, A L

To study the possible involvement of candidal adherence in mucosal colonization, we examined the in vitro adherence capabilities of seven Candida species. Adherence was evaluated by direct...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yak1p protein kinase autophosphorylates on tyrosine residues and phosphorylates myelin basic protein on a C-terminal serine residue.

Kassis, S, Melhuish, T, Annan, R S, Chen, S L, Lee, J C, Livi, G P, ...

The serine/threonine protein kinase, Yak1p, functions as a negative regulator of the cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, acting downstream of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. In the present...

Electrostatic forces contribute to interactions between trp repressor dimers.

Martin, K S, Royer, C A, Howard, K P, Carey, J, Liu, Y C, Matthews, K, ...

The trp repressor of Escherichia coli (TR), although generally considered to be dimeric, has been shown by fluorescence anisotropy of extrinsically labeled protein to undergo oligomerization in...

Direct measures of large, anisotropic strains in deformation of the erythrocyte cytoskeleton.

Lee, J C, Wong, D T, Discher, D E

The erythrocyte's spectrin-actin membrane skeleton is directly shown to be capable of sustaining large, anisotropic strains. Photobleaching of an approximately 1-micrometer stripe in rhodamine...

Deformation-enhanced fluctuations in the red cell skeleton with theoretical relations to elasticity, connectivity, and spectrin unfolding.

Lee, J C, Discher, D E

To assess local elasticity in the red cell's spectrin-actin network, nano-particles were tethered to actin nodes and their constrained thermal motions were tracked. Cells were both immobilized and...

Cardiac function and metabolism following hemorrhage in the newborn lamb.

Downing, S E, Lee, J C

Cardiac performance was assessed in 33 lambs less than 1 to 5 days of age by means of left ventricular function curves. Performance was quantified by determining stroke volume ejected at end...

A genomewide analysis provides evidence for novel linkages in inflammatory bowel disease in a large European cohort.

Hampe, J, Schreiber, S, Shaw, S H, Lau, K F, Bridger, S, Macpherson, A J, ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by a chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation, typically starting in early adulthood. IBD is subdivided into two subtypes, on the basis of clinical...

Consistent copy number gain in chromosome 12 in primary diffuse large cell lymphomas of the stomach.

Chan, W. Y., Wong, N., Chan, A. B., Chow, J. H., Lee, J. C.

Fifteen cases of high grade primary gastric non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were studied using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and/or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques. A total of...

Epstein-Barr virus genome in thymoma and thymic lymphoid hyperplasia.

McGuire, L. J., Huang, D. P., Teoh, R., Arnold, M., Wong, K., Lee, J. C.

In a study of 23 consecutive thymectomies from patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), 10 (43.5%) were thymomas, 8 (34.8%) were thymic lymphoid hyperplasia (TLH), and 5 (21.7%) were normal/involuted...

Increased expression of cell adhesion molecule P-selectin in active inflammatory bowel disease.

Schürmann, G M, Bishop, A E, Facer, P, Vecchio, M, Lee, J C, Rampton, D S, ...

The pathogenic changes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) depend on migration of circulating leucocytes into intestinal tissues. Although leucocyte rolling and tenuous adhesion are probably...

Absence of skin sensitivity to oxides of aluminium, silicon, titanium or zirconium in patients with Crohn's disease.

Lee, J C, Halpern, S, Lowe, D G, Forbes, A, Lennard-Jones, J E

BACKGROUND: Some metallic compounds, especially of zirconium, can cause cell mediated granulomatous inflammation of the skin. Pigment granules containing compounds of aluminium, silicon, and titanium...

Role of alpha 1-adrenoceptors in norepinephrine-induced cardiomyopathy.

Lee, J. C., Sponenberg, D. P.

This study practically delineated the contribution of alpha-adrenoceptor activation to the pathogenesis of norepinephrine (NE) cardiomyopathy. A total of 64 adult New Zealand white rabbits were used....

Altered expression of cell adhesion molecules in uninvolved gut in inflammatory bowel disease.

Schuermann, G M, Aber-Bishop, A E, Facer, P, Lee, J C, Rampton, D S, Doré, C J, ...

Adhesion of circulating cells to vascular endothelium occurs in the early phase of inflammation, and is mediated by specific cell adhesion molecules. Many such adhesion molecules are increased in...

Negative inotropic effects of phenol on isolated cardiac muscle.

Lee, J. C., Downing, S. E.

Phenol appears in high concentrations in renal failure with uremia. The effects of this material on contractile activity of isolated cardiac muscle were studied in right ventricular moderator band...

Production of ferritin by rat hepatoma cells in vitro. Demonstration of protein subunits and ferritin by immunofluorescence.

Lee, J. C., Lee, S. S., Schlesinger, K. J., Richter, G. W.

Using precipitating antibodies to ACI rat liver ferritin and to sodium-dodecyl-sulfate-dissociated protein subunits of ACI rat liver ferritin, we have demonstrated the presence of ferritin-positive...

Effects of insulin on experimental catecholamine cardiomyopathy.

Downing, S. E., Lee, J. C.

We have recently shown that insulin attenuates norepinephrine (NE) dose-response curves in both isolated cardiac muscle and intact heart preparations. Accordingly, an intact rabbit model was used to...

Characterization of a New Variant of IS257 That Has Displaced the Capsule Genes within Bovine Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus▿

Tuchscherr, L. P. N., Gomez, M. I., Buzzola, F. R., Calvinho, L. F., Lee, J. C., Sordelli, D. O.

Many bovine Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Argentina are nontypeable (NT), i.e., they do not produce serotype 5 or 8 capsular polysaccharides (CPs). Some of these NT strains have a deletion of...

Positive inotropic action of insulin on piglet heart.

Rieker, R. P., Lee, J. C., Downing, S. E.

This study was designed to investigate changes in cardiac performance during hypoglycemia produced by the administration of insulin in the newborn piglet. With heart rate, aortic pressure, and aortic...

Beam Stability At Srrc Storage Ring

Weng Chang Chen, H. P. Chang, J. R. Chen, Y. Cheng, K. T. Hsu, ...

To satisfy the need of users of the synchrotron radiation at SRRC, the photon flux at the end station has to be kept at a constant with minimum fluctuation. The sources of flux variation attributable...

Performance of the SRRC Storage Ring and Wiggler Commissioning

C. C. Kuo, K. T. Hsu, G. H. Luo, W.K. Lau, Ch. Wang, L.H. Chang, ...

A 1.3 GeV synchrotron radiation storage ring at SRRC has been operated for more than a year since October 1993. Starting from April 1994, the machine has been open to the user community. In February...

The Observation Of The Longitudinal Coupled Bunch Motion On Streak Camera At Srrc

Wang Hsu Lau, M. H. Wang, K. T. Hsu, W. K. Lau, C. S. Hsue, H. J. Tsai, ...

A Hamamatsu C5680 streak camera was set up to observe the beam motion at one of the synchrotron light ports at SRRC. The single bunch, two bunches and a few bunches longitudinal beam motion were...