My Dog Skip. Letter from Willie Morris to Rob Reiner.

Autograph letter, signed. 1999 March 29. Willie Morris to Rob Reiner. Re: an invitation to Rob Reiner to host a private screening of My Dog Skip at his Los Angeles home, and comparisons to the movie Stand By Me. In 1998, Morris published The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood about the making of the film Ghosts of Mississippi, directed by Reiner in 1996.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ms_matinee/1078/thumbnail.jp

My Dog Skip. Letter from Willie Morris to Rob Reiner. Detail.

Closeup of first paragraph of Morris\u27s letter to Reiner.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ms_matinee/1077/thumbnail.jp

Marketing to Parkland College Students: The Shadowed Market

This poster is the result of an ethnography assignment for Anthropology 103. For this research project the student interviewed the managers of several local businesses in Champaign, Illinois, to find out how they market to Parkland College students. He found that almost none of the businesses specifically market to Parkland students and only 1 in 5 businesses had associations with the college. He also concluded that Parkland College students are a hidden market overshadowed by a much larger university. This is likely due to the international prestige and worldwide popularity of the University of Illinois, as well as the university’s ties to local businesses

Faulkner and His Short Stories

This session is part of the University of Mississippi\u27s Visiting Writers\u27 Program. Presiding: Willie Morris; remarks and discussion: George Plimpton

Crystal Structure of the MHC Class I Homolog MIC-A, a γδ T Cell Ligand

AbstractThe major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I homolog MIC-A functions as a stress-inducible antigen that is recognized by a subset of γδ T cells independent of β2-microglobulin and bound peptides. Its crystal structure reveals a dramatically altered MHC class I fold, both in detail and overall domain organization. The only remnant of a peptide-binding groove is a small cavity formed as the result of disordering a large section of one of the groove-defining helices. Loss of β2-microglobulin binding is due to a restructuring of the interaction interfaces. Structural mapping of sequence variation suggests potential receptor binding sites on the underside of the platform on the side opposite of the surface recognized by αβ T cell receptors on MHC class I–peptide complexes

The Capsid Protein of \u3ci\u3eTurnip Crinkle Virus\u3c/i\u3e Overcomes Two Separate Defense Barriers to Facilitate Systemic Movement of the Virus in \u3ci\u3eArabidopsis\u3c/i\u3e

The capsid protein (CP) of Turnip crinkle virus (TCV) is a multifunctional protein needed for virus assembly, suppression of RNA silencing-based antiviral defense, and long-distance movement in infected plants. In this report, we have examined genetic requirements for the different functions of TCV CP and evaluated the interdependence of these functions. A series of TCV mutants containing alterations in the CP coding region were generated. These alterations range from single-amino-acid substitutions and domain truncations to knockouts of CP translation. The latter category also contained two constructs in which the CP coding region was replaced by either the cDNA of a silencing suppressor of a different virus or that of green fluorescent protein. These mutants were used to infect Arabidopsis plants with diminished antiviral silencing capability (dcl2 dcl3 dcl4 plants). There was a strong correlation between the ability of mutants to reach systemic leaves and the silencing suppressor activity of mutant CP. Virus particles were not essential for entry of the viral genome into vascular bundles in the inoculated leaves in the absence of antiviral silencing. However, virus particles were necessary for egress of the viral genome from the vasculature of systemic leaves. Our experiments demonstrate that TCV CP not only allows the viral genome to access the systemic movement channel through silencing suppression but also ensures its smooth egress by way of assembled virus particles. These results illustrate that efficient long-distance movement of TCV requires both functions afforded by the CP

The Capsid Protein of \u3ci\u3eTurnip Crinkle Virus\u3c/i\u3e Overcomes Two Separate Defense Barriers to Facilitate Systemic Movement of the Virus in \u3ci\u3eArabidopsis\u3c/i\u3e

The capsid protein (CP) of Turnip crinkle virus (TCV) is a multifunctional protein needed for virus assembly, suppression of RNA silencing-based antiviral defense, and long-distance movement in infected plants. In this report, we have examined genetic requirements for the different functions of TCV CP and evaluated the interdependence of these functions. A series of TCV mutants containing alterations in the CP coding region were generated. These alterations range from single-amino-acid substitutions and domain truncations to knockouts of CP translation. The latter category also contained two constructs in which the CP coding region was replaced by either the cDNA of a silencing suppressor of a different virus or that of green fluorescent protein. These mutants were used to infect Arabidopsis plants with diminished antiviral silencing capability (dcl2 dcl3 dcl4 plants). There was a strong correlation between the ability of mutants to reach systemic leaves and the silencing suppressor activity of mutant CP. Virus particles were not essential for entry of the viral genome into vascular bundles in the inoculated leaves in the absence of antiviral silencing. However, virus particles were necessary for egress of the viral genome from the vasculature of systemic leaves. Our experiments demonstrate that TCV CP not only allows the viral genome to access the systemic movement channel through silencing suppression but also ensures its smooth egress by way of assembled virus particles. These results illustrate that efficient long-distance movement of TCV requires both functions afforded by the CP

The Vehicle, Fall 2006

Table of Contents Ferris WheelEmily Daviscover HerStephen Jefferiespage 1 UntitledBob Freyderpage 2 Writing at O\u27BrienWillie Joseph Morrispage 3 Blanks and HabitsRebecca M. Griffithpage 4 Soldier\u27s NightmareCraig A. Dennispage 5 UntitledLindsey Durbinpage 6 A Slow, Painless DeathJacob Fosterpage 7 ThoughtAmanda Yealepage 8 The SociopathBob Freyderpage 9 EasyRebecca M. Griffithpage 10 My PartnerDiedre Mapespage 11 BarriersSuzanne Krahnpage 12 The mind is a prisonJordan Hohespage 13 We Were Shirtless When Thousands DiedMitch Jamespage 14 ComplaintAmanda Yealepage 15 UntitledBob Freyderpage 16 MarkedAmanda Yealepage 17 She Wears Red Lipstick, He, Heartsick EyesRebecca M. Griffithpage 18 PrayerAmanda Yealepage 19 HomeDeej Rolewskipage 20 Your DreamDiedre Mapespage 21 Even Fingers Get LonelySuzanne Krahnpage 22 AggressivityMitch Jamespage 23 FallenMitch Jamespage 24 CollapseMario Podeschipage 36 The Italian CrisisAndy Masterspage 41 About the Authorshttps://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1084/thumbnail.jp