Long‐term responses of the Kuparuk River ecosystem to phosphorus fertilization

K Slavik, BJ Peterson, LA Deegan, WB Bowden… - Ecology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A long‐term stream fertilization experiment was performed to evaluate the potential
eutrophication of an arctic stream ecosystem. During 16 years of summer phosphorus (H 3 PO 4 ) …

[HTML][HTML] cGAS-like receptors sense RNA and control 3′2′-cGAMP signalling in Drosophila

KM Slavik, BR Morehouse, AE Ragucci, W Zhou, X Ai… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS) is a cytosolic DNA sensor that produces the second
messenger cG[2′–5′]pA[3′–5′]p (2′3′-cGAMP) and controls activation of innate …

Nutrient sensing modulates malaria parasite virulence

L Mancio-Silva, K Slavic, MT Grilo Ruivo, AR Grosso… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The lifestyle of intracellular pathogens, such as malaria parasites, is intimately connected to
that of their host, primarily for nutrient supply. Nutrients act not only as primary sources of …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodial sugar transporters as anti-malarial drug targets and comparisons with other protozoa

K Slavic, S Krishna, ET Derbyshire, HM Staines - Malaria journal, 2011 - Springer
Glucose is the primary source of energy and a key substrate for most cells. Inhibition of
cellular glucose uptake (the first step in its utilization) has, therefore, received attention as a …

The large-scale impact of offshore wind farm structures on pelagic primary productivity in the southern North Sea

K Slavik, C Lemmen, W Zhang, O Kerimoglu… - Hydrobiologia, 2019 - Springer
The increasing demand for renewable energy is projected to result in a 40-fold increase in
offshore wind electricity in the European Union by 2030. Despite a great number of local …

Life cycle studies of the hexose transporter of Plasmodium species and genetic validation of their essentiality

K Slavic, U Straschil, L Reininger… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A Plasmodium falciparum hexose transporter (PfHT) has previously been shown to be a
facilitative glucose and fructose transporter. Its expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes and the …

[HTML][HTML] Localization of the high and low affinity [3H] ryanodine binding sites on the skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel.

C Callaway, A Seryshev, JP Wang, KJ Slavik… - Journal of Biological …, 1994 - Elsevier
The Ca2+ release channel of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum is modulated in a
biphasic manner by the plant alkaloid ryanodine and there are two distinct binding sites on this …

Phase transformations in dicalcium silicate: I, fabrication and phase stability of fine‐grained β phase

I Nettleship, KG Slavick, YJ Kim… - Journal of the American …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Fine‐grained β‐Ca 2 SiO 4 containing small amounts of sodium was fabricated as an
analogue to tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (TZP) in order to study the stress‐induced β→γ …

Landscape heterogeneity and the biodiversity of Arctic stream communities: a habitat template analysis

AD Huryn, KA Slavik, RL Lowe… - Canadian Journal of …, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
We predicted that substratum freezing and instability are major determinants of the variability
of stream community structure in Arctic Alaska. Their effects were conceptualized as a two-…

Kinetics of parasite burdens in blood and tissues during murine toxoplasmosis

O Djurković-Djaković, V Djokić, M Vujanić… - Experimental …, 2012 - Elsevier
A sensitive real-time PCR technique was used to examine the distribution of Toxoplasma
gondii in the blood and tissues of mice during acute and chronic infection. Groups of Swiss …