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Homologs of ld130 are found in the genomes of all the sequenced gp64 -minus viruses including LdMNPV, SeMNPV [ 8], Plutella xylostella GV (PxGV) [ 9] and Xestia c-nigrum GV (XcGV) [ 10].
Selected BG-1 clones were tested for anchorage independent growth in 0.3% bacto-peptone agar with a 0.6% bacto-peptone agar base plus or minus added estrogen (10 -8mol/l) in phenol red-free medium with 10% stripped serum.
The resulting time series, "Fourier-filtered" in this manner, is the original minus the spectral elements that were causing the problem.
The intensity of the immunoreactive bands of phospho-p44/42 MAPK from insulin-treated cells was 0.92 ± 0.10 relative to controls, which were made equal to one (data are the mean of two experiments performed in duplicate plus or minus the standard deviation of the mean).
Finally, she said that SEC is likely to discontinue its contract because the savings, minus the contractor's 30-percent commission, are not sufficient to offset SEC's "hidden" management and oversight costs and employees have not been enthusiastic about participating in the program.