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Unitary correlation in nuclear reaction theory
We prove that the amplitudes for the (d,p), (d,pn) and (e,e'p) reactions
determining the asymptotic behavior of the exact scattering wave functions in
the corresponding channels are invariant under unitary correlation operators
while the spectroscopic factors are not. Moreover, the exact reaction
amplitudes are not parametrized in terms of the spectroscopic factors and
cannot provide a tool to determine the spectroscopic factors.Comment: 5 page
Amount of failure of upper-semicontinuity of entropy in noncompact rank one situations, and hausdorff dimension
Recently, Einsiedler and the authors provided a bound in terms of escape of mass for the amount by which upper-semicontinuity for metric entropy fails for diagonal
ows on homogeneous spaces nG, where G is any connected semisimple Lie group of real rank 1 with nite center, and is any nonuniform lattice in G. We show that this bound is sharp, and apply the methods used to establish bounds for the Hausdorff dimension of the set of points which diverge on average
Endonuclease activities of MutLα and its homologs in DNA mismatch repair.
MutLα is a key component of the DNA mismatch repair system in eukaryotes. The DNA mismatch repair system has several genetic stabilization functions. Of these functions, DNA mismatch repair is the major one. The loss of MutLα abolishes DNA mismatch repair, thereby predisposing humans to cancer. MutLα has an endonuclease activity that is required for DNA mismatch repair. The endonuclease activity of MutLα depends on the DQHA(X)2E(X)4E motif which is a part of the active site of the nuclease. This motif is also present in many bacterial MutL and eukaryotic MutLγ proteins, DNA mismatch repair system factors that are homologous to MutLα. Recent studies have shown that yeast MutLγ and several MutL proteins containing the DQHA(X)2E(X)4E motif possess endonuclease activities. Here, we review the endonuclease activities of MutLα and its homologs in the context of DNA mismatch repair
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