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Xiangyu Long

- Verified email at ucalgary.ca - Cited by 9382

Xia Long

- Verified email at pkusz.edu.cn - Cited by 6047

Serum response factor: master regulator of the actin cytoskeleton and contractile apparatus

JM Miano, X Long, K Fujiwara - American Journal of …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
… The actin cytoskeleton, long thought to be a static scaffold for the maintenance of cell shape,
… which is found in association with stress fibers along the long axis of SMC in culture (37, 69)…

Insulin and amino-acid regulation of mTOR signaling and kinase activity through the Rheb GTPase

J Avruch, K Hara, Y Lin, M Liu, X Long, S Ortiz-Vega… - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
Target of Rapamycin (TOR), a giant protein kinase expressed by all eucaryotic cells, controls
cell size in response to nutrient signals. In metazoans, cell and organismal growth is …

[HTML][HTML] Transition metal based layered double hydroxides tailored for energy conversion and storage

X Long, Z Wang, S Xiao, Y An, S Yang - Materials today, 2016 - Elsevier
… In situ extended X-ray absorption fine structure revealed that under OER conditions, the
average coordination number of Fe atoms increases, corroborating the participation of Fe in …

[HTML][HTML] REST: a toolkit for resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data processing

XW Song, ZY Dong, XY Long, SF Li, XN Zuo, CZ Zhu… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
… uses the Pearson correlation to calculate functional connectivity between two time courses:
(1)where is the Pearson correlation coefficient, and are the mean values of time course x and …

[HTML][HTML] Rechargeable aqueous zinc-manganese dioxide batteries with high energy and power densities

N Zhang, F Cheng, J Liu, L Wang, X Long, X Liu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Although alkaline zinc-manganese dioxide batteries have dominated the primary battery
applications, it is challenging to make them rechargeable. Here we report a high-performance …

An improved approach to detection of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) for resting-state fMRI: fractional ALFF

QH Zou, CZ Zhu, Y Yang, XN Zuo, XY Long… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2008 - Elsevier
Most of the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies demonstrated
the correlations between spatially distinct brain areas from the perspective of functional …

[HTML][HTML] Raptor, a binding partner of target of rapamycin (TOR), mediates TOR action

K Hara, Y Maruki, X Long, K Yoshino, N Oshiro… - Cell, 2002 - cell.com
mTOR controls cell growth, in part by regulating p70 S6 kinase α (p70α) and eukaryotic
initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4EBP1). Raptor is a 150 kDa mTOR binding protein that …

Cadmium tolerance and hyperaccumulation in a new Zn-hyperaccumulating plant species (Sedum alfredii Hance)

XE Yang, XX Long, HB Ye, ZL He, DV Calvert… - Plant and soil, 2004 - Springer
Sedum alfredii Hance has been identified as a new zinc (Zn) hyperaccumulating plant
species. In this study, the effects of cadmium (Cd) supply levels (control, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200, …

COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: A blessing in disguise?

S Muhammad, X Long, M Salman - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
… This positive impact on environment maybe temporary but governments and individuals
should learn from this lockdown on how to reduce pollution on long term basis. …

[PDF][PDF] Rheb binds and regulates the mTOR kinase

X Long, Y Lin, S Ortiz-Vega, K Yonezawa, J Avruch - Current biology, 2005 - cell.com
Background: The target of rapamycin (TOR), in complex with the proteins raptor and LST8 (TOR
complex 1), phosphorylates the p70S6K and 4E-BP1 to promote mRNA translation. …