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RH Behrens Z Bisoffi A Björkman J Gascon C Hatz T Jelinek F Legros N Mühlberger P Voltersvik 《Malaria journal》2006,5(1):1-4
Background
Thick blood films are routinely used to diagnose Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Here, they were used to diagnose volunteers exposed to experimental malaria challenge.Methods
The frequency with which blood films were positive at given parasite densities measured by PCR were analysed. The poisson distribution was used to calculate the theoretical likelihood of diagnosis. Further in vitro studies used serial dilutions to prepare thick films from malaria cultures at known parasitaemia.Results
Even in expert hands, thick blood films were considerably less sensitive than might have been expected from the parasite numbers measured by quantitative PCR. In vitro work showed that thick films prepared from malaria cultures at known parasitaemia consistently underestimated parasite densities.Conclusion
It appears large numbers of parasites are lost during staining. This limits their sensitivity, and leads to erroneous estimates of parasite density. 相似文献22.
Djian P; Phillips M; Easley K; Huang E; Simon M; Rice RH; Green H 《Molecular biology and evolution》1993,10(6):1136-1149
The involucrin genes of the mouse (Mus musculus) and the rat (Rattus
norvegicus) have been cloned and sequenced. The coding region of each gene
contains, at site P, a segment of repeats homologous to that of other
nonanthropoid mammals. In contrast to the repeats of species belonging to
different mammalian orders, many individual repeats of the mouse and the
rat can be matched. Both before and after the divergence of the two
species, these repeats have been the site of systematic alterations in
nucleotide sequence. One of the alterations is the correction of
nucleotides of one repeat by those of another. Corrected nucleotides may be
closely linked to flanking nucleotides that are uncorrected; the systematic
correction process therefore appears to be due to gene conversion. There is
a stretch of 18 reiterated CAGs in the segment of repeats of the Mus gene;
most of these reiterations were introduced recently, supporting the idea
that the gene was generated originally from poly CAG. An antiserum to a
synthetic peptide encoded by the segment of repeats of the Mus gene reveals
differentiation- specific expression of the gene in the epidermis.
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GW Patton R Stephens IA Sidorov X Xiao RA Lempicki DS Dimitrov RH Shoemaker G Tudor 《BMC bioinformatics》2006,7(1):81
Background
Microarrays used for gene expression studies yield large amounts of data. The processing of such data typically leads to lists of differentially-regulated genes. A common terminal data analysis step is to map pathways of potentially interrelated genes. 相似文献24.
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Lauren RH Krumpe Kathryn M Schumacher James B McMahon Lee Makowski Toshiyuki Mori 《BMC biotechnology》2007,7(1):65
Background
Amino acid sequence diversity is introduced into a phage-displayed peptide library by randomizing library oligonucleotide DNA. We recently evaluated the diversity of peptide libraries displayed on T7 lytic phage and M13 filamentous phage and showed that T7 phage can display a more diverse amino acid sequence repertoire due to differing processes of viral morphogenesis. 相似文献26.
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Christopher M Jones Daniel RH Graf David Bru Laurent Philippot Sara Hallin 《The ISME journal》2013,7(2):417-426
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a major radiative forcing and stratospheric ozone-depleting gas emitted from terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It can be transformed to nitrogen gas (N2) by bacteria and archaea harboring the N2O reductase (N2OR), which is the only known N2O sink in the biosphere. Despite its crucial role in mitigating N2O emissions, knowledge of the N2OR in the environment remains limited. Here, we report a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the nosZ gene coding the N2OR in genomes retrieved from public databases. The resulting phylogeny revealed two distinct clades of nosZ, with one unaccounted for in studies investigating N2O-reducing communities. Examination of N2OR structural elements not considered in the phylogeny revealed that the two clades differ in their signal peptides, indicating differences in the translocation pathway of the N2OR across the membrane. Sequencing of environmental clones of the previously undetected nosZ lineage in various environments showed that it is widespread and diverse. Using quantitative PCR, we demonstrate that this clade was most often at least as abundant as the other, thereby more than doubling the known extent of the overall N2O-reducing community in the environment. Furthermore, we observed that the relative abundance of nosZ from either clade varied among habitat types and environmental conditions. Our results indicate a physiological dichotomy in the diversity of N2O-reducing microorganisms, which might be of importance for understanding the relationship between the diversity of N2O-reducing microorganisms and N2O reduction in different ecosystems. 相似文献
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Degradation of extracellular matrix by mouse trophoblast outgrowths: a model for implantation 总被引:1,自引:6,他引:1 下载免费PDF全文
During implantation the embryo attaches to the endometrial surface and trophoblast traverses the uterine epithelium, anchoring in the uterine connective tissue. To determine whether trophoblast can facilitate invasion of the uterus by degrading components of normal uterine extracellular matrix, mouse blastocysts were cultured on a radio-labeled extracellular matrix that contained glycoproteins, elastin, and collagen. The embryos attached to the matrix, and trophoblast spread over the surface. Starting on day 5 of culture there was a release of labeled peptides into the medium. The radioactive peptides released from the matrix by the embryos had molecular weights ranging from more than 25,000 to more than 200. By day 7 there were areas where individual trophoblast cells had separated from one another, revealing the underlying substratum that was cleared of matrix. When trophoblast cells were lysed with NH(4)OH on day 8, it was apparent that the area underneath the trophoblast outgrowth had been cleared of matrix. Scanning electron microscopy and time-lapse cinemicrography confirmed that the digestion of matrix was highly localized, taking place only underneath the trophoblast, with no evidence of digestion of the matrix beyond the periphery of the trophoblast outgrowth. The sharp boundaries of degredation observed may be due to localized proteinase secretion by trophoblast, to membrane proteinases on the surface of trophoblast, or to endocytosis. Digestion of the matrix was not dependent on plasminogen, thus ruling out a role for plasminogen activator. Digestion was not inhibited by a variety of hormones and inhibitors, including progesterone, 17β-estradiol, leupeptin, EDTA, colchicine, NH(4)Cl, or ε-aminocaproic acid. This system of culturing embryos on extracellular matrix may be useful in determining the processes that regulate trophoblast migration and invasion into the maternal tissues during implantation.0 相似文献
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Timothy?RH?RegnaultEmail author Hutton?V?Oddy Colin?Nancarrow Nadarajah?Sriskandarajah Rex?J?Scaramuzzi 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2004,2(1):64
Background
Elevated non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) concentrations in non-pregnant animals have been reported to decrease pancreatic responsiveness. As ovine gestation advances, maternal insulin concentrations fall and NEFA concentrations increase. Experiments were designed to examine if the pregnancy-associated rise in NEFA concentration is associated with a reduced pancreatic sensitivity to glucose in vivo. We investigated the possible relationship of NEFA concentrations in regulating maternal insulin concentrations during ovine pregnancy at three physiological states, non-pregnant, non-lactating (NPNL), 105 and 135 days gestational age (dGA, term 147+/- 3 days). 相似文献30.