Much-studied butteryfly winks out on Stanford preserve
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Bay checkerspot butterflies could not be found at the Jasper Ridge preserve, the Stanford university site where the insects where first identified in 1960. Scientists had known for some time that the population was becoming extinct, but chose to study the extinction process rather than try to save the insect.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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Looking for a Few Good Mutants
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Signature-tagged mutagenesis and molecular mycology were used to analyze the Candida glabrata, a yeast that causes mucosal and systemic infections. A new gene was discovered, EPA1, that enables Candida to adhere to skin cells.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1999
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Reactivities of oxo and peroxo intermediates studied by hemoprotein mutants
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The analysis of the reactivity of compound I of myoglobin mutants and compound O as models for reactive intermediates of peroxidase, catalase and P450 and oxidation mechanisms are described.
Publication Name: Accounts of Chemical Research
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0001-4842
Year: 2007
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