... Ventilator-associated infection with
organisms like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter
baumanii, as well as invasive mucor sp [50] and aspergillosis ... emphysema,
pneumothoraces and pneumomediastinum may arise spontaneously or as
a result of positive ventilatory assistance. Older age isa consistently a
poor prognostic factor. Appropriate use of ...
with severeacuterespiratorysyndrome (SARS) . Thorax, 2003. 58:686-9.
60. Tsang O.T., et al. Coronavirus-positive nasopharyngeal aspirate as predictor for severeacute
respiratory syndrome...
... 11507–11512.
Supplementary material
The following supplementary material is available
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Fig. S1. TheSARS N protein is phosphorylated by
SRPK1 but not by Clk1 and PKA.
This material is available as part ofthe ... Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
An outbreak ofsevereacuterespiratory syndrome
(SARS) occurred primarily in Asia in 2003. The causa-
tive agent ofSARS ... in the future.
Previous reports have suggested that the SARS-
CoV N protein can act asa substrate of various
kinases, such as cyclin-dependent kinases, glycogen
synthase kinase, creatine kinase...
... was cul-
tured in the presence of 50 lm bananin for four passages
and then 100 lm bananin for an additional four passages.
The bananin-resistant virus variants were identified by a
plaque assay ... Discussion
All the mutations found in the isolated bananin-resis-
tant SARS- CoV variants are summarized in Table 1.
Of primary relevance isthe fact that the S259L muta-
tion in helicase is always ... bananin activity
against SARS- CoV [14]. Bananins are a class of com-
pounds with a unique structural signature incorporat-
ing a trioxa-adamantane moiety covalently bound to a
pyridoxal derivative...
...
vasa recta, which supply the mucosa and submucosa
of the colon, penetrate the circular muscle. The
weakness ofthe vascular portals in the circular muscle
possibly causes mucosal herniation ... preparation. The
bleeding was controlled by #3-0 Vycryl intracorporeal
suture, and the invagination ofthe diverticulum was
performed laparoscopically. The recovery was une-
ventful, and the ...
findings. Am J Gastroenterol. 1997;92:924-8.
6. Parks TG. Natural history of diverticular diseaseofthe colon.
Clin Gastroenterol. 1975;4:53-69.
7. West BA. The pathology of diverticulosis: classical...
... graduates with a view to bidding them admission to the several sororities. Joan was invited
to a great many among them Kappa Alpha Theta. Kappa Alpha Theta was founded at DePauw probably 50
years ... of that
character is not based on ability or scholarship but is based, on a large measure, on the whim of the
individuals who happen to belong in the organization at the time the individual is ... the
thirties and forties, he continued his political career asa lobbyist for the railroad industry. Most of all, he was
a fascinating and sought-after speaker and raconteur a man both newspapers...
... process may be described as
holistic or “conceptually driven” (Brown) in that they focus on the overall meaning ofa
passage, and the application of schemata. Schemata are mental frameworks based ...
Class B 30 5.1667 1.59921 5
The mean of 5.3667 says that class Aisa little bit better than class B whose mean is 5.1667.
The means also show that in general the students are only at average ... to make in their skill. The time for the test was within fifteen minutes. During the test,
the teacher worked asa cassette player and examiner. The marking was done with the same
way of assessment...
... sites of the
D. melanogaster
a
-F1-ATPase
gene
We have previously characterized a cDNA encoding the
D. melanogaster a- F1-ATPase subunit [27]. To isolate the
corresponding D. melanogaster a- F1-ATPase ... full of ATP
synthase complexes. For this reason, ATP synthase and in
particular the a- F1-ATPase and b-F1-ATPase catalytic
subunits have been often used as markers for mitochondrial
biogenesis [6,31,44,45]. ... binding
cassette has enhancer properties. (A) The basal promoter activity of b-F1-ATPase is greatly increased when the a- F1-ATPase GAF/Adf-1 binding
cassette is cloned upstream, irrespective of its...
... Mayne
1
1 Chronic Disease Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Canada
2 Laboratory of Biochemical Neuroendocrinology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Canada
Proprotein ... specific
band just above the major propeptide band represents
the propeptide generated bythe alternate signal pepti-
dase cleavage following Ala28 instead of Ala30, as
shown in the mass spectra previously ... compilation ª 2008 FEBS 3487
presence ofa general protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche,
Laval, Canada) and 200 lm sodium orthovanadate (a phos-
phatase inhibitor; Sigma-Aldrich, Oakville, Canada) and
centrifuged...
... and the bases
of base pair T8 -A2 5 and base G9 (Table 2, Fig. 4).
For the bases ofthe A2 5-T8 base pair, the interac-
tion energies have a negative sign, hence the complex
is more stable than the ... contact area ofthe NAE has been studied by evalu-
ating the effect of adenine A2 5, thymine T8, guanine G9
and one water molecule, W57, on the change ofthe total
energy. The NGE, has also been examined ... chemical calculations
The netropsin amidinium end
The contact area ofthe Nt amidinium end (NAE) was
investigated by evaluating the interaction energies and
hydrogen positions ofthe end fragment and...
... conclude that the increased level of total Rb protein
is causedby two mechanisms. On the one hand, there is
an increase in transcription, as shown bythe luciferase
experiments and in the levels of ... UCN-01-mediated retinoblastoma expression
was causedby an increase in both the levels of retino-
blastoma mRNA and the stability ofthe protein. The
expression ofthe transcription factor Sp1, a retinoblastoma-
interacting ... levels, the primers were:
5¢-CGCCAAACTTGGGGGAAGCA-3¢ and 5¢-GAACC
AGGTTTTCCGGCCCA-3¢ for DHFR; 5¢-GTGCCAAT
GGCTGGCAGATCA-3¢ and 5¢-ACCATCCTGCTGCA
CTTGGGC-3¢ for Sp1; 5¢-CTCCACACACTCCAGTT
AGGA-3¢ and...