Lead (Pb) is a xenobiotic metal with no known essential function in cellular growth, proliferation,
or signaling. Decades of research characterizing the toxicology of Pb have shown it to …

Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) is one of three collagenases that can degrade the
interstitial collagens, types I, II, and III at neutral pH. As these collagens are the most abundant …

Wetlands are an important natural resource that requires monitoring. A key step in environmental
monitoring is to map the locations and characteristics of the resource to better enable …

Pyrethroid insecticides are one of the most commonly used residential and agricultural
insecticides. Based on the increased use of pyrethroids and recent studies showing that pregnant …

Although wetlands provide valuable services to humans and the environment and cover a
large portion of Canada, there is currently no Canada-wide wetland inventory based on the …

Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is a potent modulator of the extracellular matrix, enhancing
collagen synthesis and regulating expression of several genes that encode the matrix …

Random Forests variable importance measures are often used to rank variables by their
relevance to a classification problem and subsequently reduce the number of model inputs in …

Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is a widely used brominated flame retardant that is
persistent in the environment and detected in human serum and breast milk. TBBPA is …

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are endopeptidases that degrade the proteins of the
extracellular matrix (ECM). Expression and activity of the MMPs are essential for embryogenesis, …

con-10 and con-6 are two of the conidiation (con) genes of Neurospora crassa that were
identified based on their preferential expression during macroconidiophore development. They …