Band offsets of atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3 on GaAs and the effects of surface treatment (2008)
Nguyen, N V, Kirillov, Oleg A, Jiang, W, Wang, Wenyong, Suehle, John S, Ye, P. D., ...
The metal gate/high-k dielectric/III-V semiconductor band alignment is one of the most technologically important parameters. We report the band offsets of the Al/Al2O3/GaAs structure and the effect...
W. Jiang, P.C. Struik, M. Zhao, H. Van Keulen, T.Q. Fan, T.J. Stomph
Zinc is an important micronutrient for both crop growth and human nutrition. In rice production, yields are often reduced and Zn mass concentrations in the grains are often low when Zn is in short...
W. Jiang, P.C. Struik, M. Zhao, H. Van Keulen, T.Q. Fan, T.J. Stomph
Zinc is an important micronutrient for both crop growth and human nutrition. In rice production, yields are often reduced and Zn mass concentrations in the grains are often low when Zn is in short...
Jiang, W., Struik, P.C., Zhao, M., Fan, T.Q., Stomph, T.J.
Zinc is an important micronutrient for both crop growth and human nutrition. In rice production, yields are often reduced and Zn mass concentrations in the grains are often low when Zn is in short...
Does increased zinc uptake enhance grain zinc mass concentration in rice? (2008)
Jiang, W., Struik, P.C., Zhao, M., Jin, L.N., Stomph, T.J.
Rice (Oryza sativa) is the worlds' most important cereal and potentially an important source of zinc (Zn) for people who eat mainly rice. To improve Zn delivery by rice, plant Zn uptake and internal...
Jiang, W., Struik, P.C., Lingna, J., Ming, Z., Stomph, T.J.
We investigated the uptake and distribution of zinc (Zn) either applied to the roots or to the leaves in rice during grain development. Plants of two aerobic rice cultivars were grown in a nutrient...
Biofortification in a food chain approach for rice in China (2007)
Slingerland, M.A., Zhang, F.S., Stomph, T.J., Gao, X.P., Liang, J.F., Jiang, W.
Pressure Driven Flow of Polymer Solutions in Nanoscale Slit Pores (2006)
Millan, J. A., Jiang, W., Laradji, M., Wang, Y.
Polymer solutions subject to pressure driven flow and in nanoscale slit pores are systematically investigated using the dissipative particle dynamics approach. We investigated the effect of molecular...
Jiang, W., Huang, J., Wang, Y., Laradji, M.
We analyzed extensively the dynamics of polymer chains in solutions simulated with dissipative particle dynamics (DPD), with a special focus on the potential influence of a low Schmidt number of a...
Strayer, D. M., Jiang, W., Yeh, N. C., Asplund, N.
A new experimental approach for high-precision density measurements of liquid helium near the lambda transition is proposed.
High-Resolution Frequency Control and Thermometry for Precise Measurements of Helium Density (2004)
Strayer, D., Yeh, N., Chui, T., Lysek, M., Jiang, W., Asplund, N., ...
Precision Clocks Using Superconducting Niobium Cavities (2004)
Strayer, D., Huynh, J., Jiang, W., Yeh, N., Lysek, M., Asplund, N., ...
Precise Frequency Measurements Using a Superconduction Cavity Stabilized Oscillator (2004)
Strayer, D., Yeh, N. C., Jiang, W., Anderson, V., Asplund, N.
Scaling of the streamwise velocity component in turbulent pipe flow (2004)
Morrison, J. F., McKeon, B. J., Jiang, W., Smits, A. J.
Statistics of the streamwise velocity component in fully developed pipe flow are examined for Reynolds numbers in the range 5.5 x 10^4 ≤ ReD ≤ 5.7 x 10^6. Probability density functions and their...
The response of hot wires in high Reynolds-number turbulent pipe flow (2004)
Li, J. D., McKeon, B. J., Jiang, W., Morrison, J. F., Smits, A. J.
Issues concerning the accuracy of hot-wire measurements in turbulent pipe flow are addressed for pipe Reynolds numbers up to 6 × 106 and hot-wire Reynolds numbers up to Rew ap 250. These include the...
Further observations on the mean velocity distribution in fully developed pipe flow (2004)
McKeon, B. J., Li, J., Jiang, W., Morrison, J. F., Smits, A. J.
The measurements by Zagarola & Smits (1998) of mean velocity profiles in fully developed turbulent pipe flow are repeated using a smaller Pitot probe to reduce the uncertainties due to velocity...
Wang, K., Liu, J., Zhou, X., Sparrow, M., Ma, M., Sun, Z., ...
An evaluation of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) global land surface albedo product is essential for its use in scientific studies. We evaluate the accuracy of the albedo...
Pitot probe corrections in fully developed turbulent pipe flow (2003)
McKeon, B. J., Li, J., Jiang, W., Morrison, J. F., Smits, A. J.
Mean flow measurements taken in fully developed turbulent pipe flow over a wide Reynolds number range are used to evaluate current methods of correcting Pitot probe data. Based on this evaluation, a...
The Indirect Method - Robust Inference Based on Intermediate Statistics (2003)
The Indirect Method - Robust Inference Based on Intermediate Statistics
The Indirect Method - Robust Inference Based on Intermediate Statistics (2003)
The Indirect Method - Robust Inference Based on Intermediate Statistics
Indirect inference for survival data (2003)
In this paper we describe the so-called indirect method of inference, originally developed from the econometric literature, and apply it to survival analyses of two data sets with repeated events....
Reynolds number dependence of streamwise velocity spectra in turbulent pipe flow (2002)
Morrison, J. F., Jiang, W., McKeon, B. J., Smits, A. J.
Spectra of the streamwise velocity component in fully developed turbulent pipe flow are presented for Reynolds numbers up to 5.7×10^6. Even at the highest Reynolds number, streamwise velocity...
Random Telegraph Noise in InGaAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots (2002)
Pistol, M. E., Panev, N., Zwiller, V., Samuelson, L., Jiang, W.
We have measured random telegraph noise in the photoluminescence of individual quantum dots of InGaAs in GaAs. We have observed not only two-level dots but also dots switching among three level in...
Neutrino propagation in Neutron Matter and the Nuclear Equation of State (2001)
Margueron, J., Navarro, J., Van Giai, N., Jiang, W.
We study the propagation of neutrinos inside dense matter under the conditions prevailing in a proto-neutron star. Equations of state obtained with different nuclear effective interactions (Skyrme...
Large Time Behavior Of Boosting Algorithms For Regression And Classification (2000)
This paper tries to investigate these two major questions. The first question is answered by intuition gained from an analogy of boosting in least squares regression, where we will see that the weak...
Current-driven vortex dynamics in untwinned superconducting single crystals (1997)
Jiang, W., Tombrello, T. A., Rice, A. P., Holtzberg, F.
Current-driven vortex dynamics of type-II superconductors in the weak-pinning limit is investigated by quantitatively studying the current-dependent vortex dissipation of an untwinned YBa2Cu3O7...
Turnbull, B., Jiang, W., Clark, L. C.
Regression Models for Recurrent Event Data: Parametric Random Effects Models with Measurement Error
Point Process Regression Models for Multiple Events with Random Effects and Measurement Error (1997)
Jiang, W., Turnbull, B. W., Clark, L. C.
Point Process Regression Models for Multiple Events with Random Effects and Measurement Error
Turnbull, B., Jiang, W., Clark, L. C.
Regression Models for Recurrent Event Data: Parametric Random Effects Models with Measurement Error
Point Process Regression Models for Multiple Events with Random Effects and Measurement Error (1997)
Jiang, W., Turnbull, B. W., Clark, L. C.
Point Process Regression Models for Multiple Events with Random Effects and Measurement Error
Jiang, W., Reed, D. S., Kriplani, U., Beam, D. A., Konczykowski, M., ...
Experimental evidence of a Bose-glass transition in the vortex state of YBa2Cu3O7 single crystals with columnar defects along the c axis is manifested by the universal critical exponents ν⊥, ν∥...
Jiang, W., Reed, D. S., Kriplani, U., Tombrello, T. A., Rice, A. P., ...
Compositionally modulated thin films of Cu and Y were prepared in an ultrahigh-vacuum dc ion-beam deposition chamber. The amorphization reaction was monitored by in situ x-ray-diffraction...
Jones, P G, Mitta, M, Kim, Y, Jiang, W, Inouye, M
A 70-kDa protein was specifically induced in Escherichia coli when the culture temperature was shifted from 37 to 15 degrees C. The protein was identified to be the product of the deaD gene...
Newkirk, K, Feng, W, Jiang, W, Tejero, R, Emerson, S D, Inouye, M, ...
Sequence-specific 1H and 15N resonance assignments have been determined for the major cold shock protein (CspA) from Escherichia coli with recently developed three-dimensional triple-resonance NMR...
Crystal structure of CspA, the major cold shock protein of Escherichia coli.
Schindelin, H, Jiang, W, Inouye, M, Heinemann, U
The major cold shock protein of Escherichia coli, CspA, produced upon a rapid downshift in growth temperature, is involved in the transcriptional regulation of at least two genes. The protein shares...
Okamoto, A, Jiang, W, Kim, S J, Spillare, E A, Stoner, G D, Weinstein, I B, ...
Cyclin D1 has been implicated in G1 cell cycle progression and is frequently amplified, overtranscribed, and oversynthesized in human tumors, including esophageal carcinomas. To further address the...
Altered expression of the cyclin D1 and retinoblastoma genes in human esophageal cancer.
Jiang, W, Zhang, Y J, Kahn, S M, Hollstein, M C, Santella, R M, Lu, S H, ...
We have examined DNA from four human esophageal carcinoma cell lines and 50 primary esophageal carcinomas obtained from China, Italy, and France for amplification of the cyclin D1 gene. We also...
Reduced virulence of Candida albicans mutants affected in multidrug resistance.
Becker, J M, Henry, L K, Jiang, W, Koltin, Y
Disruption of a multidrug resistance gene (CaMDR1) in Candida albicans resulted in mutant strains that colonized mouse kidneys to very high levels but were markedly reduced in their virulence. No...
Jiang, W, Metcalf, W W, Lee, K S, Wanner, B L
Two pathways exist for cleavage of the carbon-phosphorus (C-P) bond of phosphonates, the C-P lyase and the phosphonatase pathways. It was previously demonstrated that Escherichia coli carries genes...
During cellular adaptation to low temperature, Escherichia coli transiently synthesizes the major cold-shock protein CspA. It was found that adaptation to cold shock is blocked when the 143-base...
Jiang, W, Venugopal, K, Gould, E A
A single-chain antibody fragment that identifies a neutralizing epitope on the envelope protein of louping ill and some other tick-borne flaviviruses was previously expressed in soluble form from...
Minimal truncation of the c-myb gene product in rapid-onset B-cell lymphoma.
Jiang, W, Kanter, M R, Dunkel, I, Ramsay, R G, Beemon, K L, Hayward, W S
Oncogenic activation of c-myb by insertional mutagenesis has been implicated in rapid-onset B-cell lymphomas induced by the nonacute avian leukosis virus EU-8. In these tumors, proviruses are...
Chloramphenicol induces the transcription of the major cold shock gene of Escherichia coli, cspA.
A downshift in temperature or exposure of cells to certain inhibitors of translation has been shown to induce the synthesis of cold shock proteins in Escherichia coli. We characterized the induction...
The 93-kilodalton protein of Borrelia burgdorferi: an immunodominant protoplasmic cylinder antigen.
Luft, B J, Mudri, S, Jiang, W, Dattwyler, R J, Gorevic, P D, Fischer, T, ...
Using immunoblots, we identified proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi recognized by sera from 62 patients with either acute or chronic Lyme disease. In all groups studied, the 41-kDa flagellar protein...
Biochemical and immunological characterization of the surface proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Luft, B J, Jiang, W, Munoz, P, Dattwyler, R J, Gorevic, P D
The immunodominant proteins and glycoproteins of Borrelia burgdorferi were analyzed by one-dimensional (1D) and 2D gel electrophoresis. More than 100 polypeptide species could be detected on...
Mapping the major antigenic domains of the native flagellar antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Jiang, W, Luft, B J, Schubach, W, Dattwyler, R J, Gorevic, P D
Purified flagellar protein (p41) of Borrelia burgdorferi (strain B31) was subjected to chemical cleavage with hydroxylamine or proteolysis with V8 protease, endoproteinase Asp-N, or...
Mellor, J, Rathjen, J, Jiang, W, Barnes, C A, Dowell, S J
The centromere and promoter factor 1 (CPF1) binds specifically in vitro and in vivo to an octanucleotide (RTCACRTG). This sequence is found in the centromere DNA element I (CDEI) of yeast centromeres...
An essential yeast protein, CBF5p, binds in vitro to centromeres and microtubules.
Jiang, W, Middleton, K, Yoon, H J, Fouquet, C, Carbon, J
Yeast centromere DNA (CEN) affinity column chromatography has been used to purify several putative centromere and kinetochore proteins from yeast chromatin extracts. The single yeast gene (CBF5)...
Jiang, W, Gorevic, P D, Dattwyler, R J, Dunn, J J, Luft, B J
The major outer surface protein, OspA, of Borrelia burgdorferi is a lipoprotein which is a particular interest because of its potential as a vaccine candidate. However, serotypic and genetic analysis...
CPF1, a yeast protein which functions in centromeres and promoters.
Mellor, J, Jiang, W, Funk, M, Rathjen, J, Barnes, C A, Hinz, T, ...
Centromeres and several promoters of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contain a highly conserved octanucleotide, RTCACRTG, called CDEI. Using biochemical, genetic and structural analyses, we show that the...
Mammalian Cdc7-Dbf4 protein kinase complex is essential for initiation of DNA replication.
Jiang, W, McDonald, D, Hope, T J, Hunter, T
The Cdc7-Dbf4 kinase is essential for regulating initiation of DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Previously, we identified a human Cdc7 homolog, HsCdc7. In this study, we report the...
Jiang, W, Woitach, J T, Gupta, D
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs I-VII) are products of a gene family that encodes seven isoenzymes and several CA-related proteins. We report the cloning and sequencing of the cDNA clones encoding one of...
Bovine submaxillary mucin contains multiple domains and tandemly repeated non-identical sequences.
Jiang, W, Woitach, J T, Keil, R L, Bhavanandan, V P
A number of cDNA fragments coding for bovine submaxillary mucin (BSM) were cloned, and the nucleotide sequence of the largest clone, BSM421, was determined. Two peptide sequences determined from the...
The secreted carbonic anhydrase (CA VI) is believed to be one of the oldest mammalian CAs in evolutionary terms. To elucidate its gene structure and compare it with other members of the alpha-CA...
De novo alu-element insertions in FGFR2 identify a distinct pathological basis for Apert syndrome.
Oldridge, M, Zackai, E H, McDonald-McGinn, D M, Iseki, S, Morriss-Kay, G M, Twigg, S R, ...
Apert syndrome, one of five craniosynostosis syndromes caused by allelic mutations of fibroblast growth-factor receptor 2 (FGFR2), is characterized by symmetrical bony syndactyly of the hands and...