[Federal Register: June 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 108)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    Pursuant to section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat. 
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 02-018. Applicant: Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5587. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model Tecnai 12 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for 
the following research purposes:
    1. Collagen Fibrillogenesis and Corneal Development.
    2. Regulated Assembly of the Tendon Extracellular Matrix.
    3. Cellular Pathology of Cutaneous Graft-vs-Host Disease.
    4. Biological and Clinical Properties of CD4 Structural Analogs.
    5. Altered Proteoglycan Gene Expression and Cancer.
    6. Biology of Perlecan in Cancer and Development.
    7. Structure of Type VI Collagen and its Role in Disease.
    8. Function of Fibulins.
    9. Consequences of the Mutations at the Protein Structure/Function 
Level.
    10. Mouse Models of Epidermolysis Bullosa.
    11. Molecular Genetics of Epidermolysis Bullosa and Other Heritable 
Disorders of the Cutaneous Basement Membrane Zone and Epidermis.
    12. Biochemistry and Morphology of Connective Tissue.
    13. RNA-DNA Oligonucleotide: Novel Skin Therapueutics.
    14. Non-viral Therapy for Cutaneous Diseases.
    15. Mechanisms of Proteoglycan-collagen Interactions. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 23, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-019. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, 1161 21st 
Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Tecnai 12 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study the three-
dimensional structures of biological macromolecules and assemblies, 
such as viruses and protein complexes. The materials to be studied 
include adenovirus, a common human respiratory virus; the 
ribonucleoprotein vault, a cytoplasmic particle implicated in multi-
drug resistance in certain cancer cell lines; the DNA-PK protein/DNA 
complex, which is involved in repair of DNA double-stranded breaks 
after exposure to ionizing radiation; the family of small heat-shock 
proteins, which help the cell to resist heat-induced protein 
aggregation; CAM kinase complexes, which are involved in regulation of 
synaptic function in the brain; monoamine transporters (serotonin, 
norepinephrine, and dopamine), which are targets for antidepressants 
and phychostimulants; transcription complexes isolated from yeast; and 
other macromolecular protein assemblies involved in DNA transactions. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 23, 2002.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-14072 Filed 6-4-02; 8:45 am]
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