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C André Lévesque Henk Brouwer Liliana Cano John P Hamilton Carson Holt Edgar Huitema Sylvain Raffaele Gregg P Robideau Marco Thines Joe Win Marcelo M Zerillo Gordon W Beakes Jeffrey L Boore Dana Busam Bernard Dumas Steve Ferriera Susan I Fuerstenberg Claire MM Gachon Elodie Gaulin Francine Govers Laura Grenville-Briggs Neil Horner Jessica Hostetler Rays HY Jiang Justin Johnson Theerapong Krajaejun Haining Lin Harold JG Meijer Barry Moore Paul Morris Vipaporn Phuntmart Daniela Puiu Jyoti Shetty Jason E Stajich Sucheta Tripathy Stephan Wawra Pieter van West Brett R Whitty Pedro M Coutinho Bernard Henrissat Frank Martin Paul D Thomas Brett M Tyler Ronald P De Vries Sophien Kamoun Mark Yandell Ned Tisserat C Robin Buell 《Genome biology》2010,11(7):1-22
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Abstract: Isopod crustaceans are rarely preserved in the fossil record. Herein, an appraisal of the fossil record for the cirolanid isopods is presented. Five genera are briefly discussed, including Bathynomus, Brunnaega, Palaega, Pseudopalaega and Cirolana. A key for the cirolanid genera known to date from the fossil record is provided based mostly on pleotelson characters. From the early Miocene of the Slovak part of the Vienna Basin, Cirolana feldmanni sp. nov. is described being only the fifth fossil Cirolana species known to date and one of the few with preserved appendages. The material exhibits preservation suggesting biphasic moulting; the mode of preservation suggests a rather short time between shedding the posterior and anterior parts of the exoskeleton instead of hours or even days known in extant taxa. As no subsequent transport or physical disturbance was inferred, the specimens can be stated as in situ preservation. From the palaeoecological point of view, it is concluded that Cirolana feldmanni sp. nov. is the first unequivocal fossil deep‐water Cirolana as suggested by the accompanied fauna. 相似文献
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Elson HY Lam Benjamin J Cowling Alex R Cook Jessica YT Wong Max SY Lau Hiroshi Nishiura 《Theoretical biology & medical modelling》2011,8(1):1-14
Background
Epidemiological studies have shown that imposing travel restrictions to prevent or delay an influenza pandemic may not be feasible. To delay an epidemic substantially, an extremely high proportion of trips (~99%) would have to be restricted in a homogeneously mixing population. Influenza is, however, strongly influenced by age-dependent transmission dynamics, and the effectiveness of age-specific travel restrictions, such as the selective restriction of travel by children, has yet to be examined.Methods
A simple stochastic model was developed to describe the importation of infectious cases into a population and to model local chains of transmission seeded by imported cases. The probability of a local epidemic, and the time period until a major epidemic takes off, were used as outcome measures, and travel restriction policies in which children or adults were preferentially restricted were compared to age-blind restriction policies using an age-dependent next generation matrix parameterized for influenza H1N1-2009.Results
Restricting children from travelling would yield greater reductions to the short-term risk of the epidemic being established locally than other policy options considered, and potentially could delay an epidemic for a few weeks. However, given a scenario with a total of 500 imported cases over a period of a few months, a substantial reduction in the probability of an epidemic in this time period is possible only if the transmission potential were low and assortativity (i.e. the proportion of contacts within-group) were unrealistically high. In all other scenarios considered, age-structured travel restrictions would not prevent an epidemic and would not delay the epidemic for longer than a few weeks.Conclusions
Selectively restricting children from traveling overseas during a pandemic may potentially delay its arrival for a few weeks, depending on the characteristics of the pandemic strain, but could have less of an impact on the economy compared to restricting adult travelers. However, as long as adults have at least a moderate potential to trigger an epidemic, selectively restricting the higher risk group (children) may not be a practical option to delay the arrival of an epidemic substantially. 相似文献14.
Carol HY Wu Julie YH Chan Jimmy Li-Jer Chou Samuel HH Chan Alice YW Chang 《Journal of biomedical science》2012,19(1):48
Background
Whereas brain death is a vitally important clinical phenomenon, our contemporary understanding on its underlying cellular mechanisms remains elusive. This study evaluated whether the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), a neural substrate that our laboratory identified previously to be intimately related to brain death, is engaged in this fatal process.Methods
We performed proteomics, Western Blot, real-time PCR, ELISA and pharmacological experiments in conjunction with a clinically relevant experimental endotoxemia model of brain death based on intravenous administration of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide in adult male Sprague–Dawley rats.Results
Proteomics, Western blot and enzyme activity analyses demonstrated that polyubiquitination was preserved and de-ubiquitination by ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase isozyme-L1 (UCH-L1) was sustained, alongside increased monoubiquitin availability or proteasome activity in RVLM over the course of experimental endotoxemia. However, real-time PCR revealed no significant alteration in proteasome subunit alpha type-1, ubiquitin or UCH-L1 at mRNA level. Functionally, whereas microinjection into the bilateral RVLM of proteasome inhibitors (lactacystin or proteasome inhibitor II) potentiated survival, an inhibitor of ubiquitin-recycling (ubiquitin aldehyde) or an UCH-L1 inhibitor exacerbated mortality.Conclusions
We proposed previously that the progression towards brain death entails a tug-of-war between pro-death and pro-life programs in RVLM. It is conceivable that ubiquitination or de-ubiquitination in RVLM participate in brain death by regulating the degradation of the proteins involved in those programs. 相似文献15.
Hong?Jin?Hwang Eun?Mi?Kim Tae?Hyong?Rhew Choon-Hwan?LeeEmail author 《Journal of Plant Biology》2004,47(2):142-148
We investigated the inherent protective mechanisms against stress and damage to photosystem II (PSII) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Albori). Leaves were desiccated at 30% relative humidity, under either low or high light (photon flux densities of
100 or 300 μmol m-2 s-1, respectively). During the treatment period, relative water content dropped to 35 to 45%, depending on light intensity. However,
the photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm) decreased only about 10%. This relatively stable response was due to the rapid,
reversible increase in Fm (maximum fluorescence) during 20 min of dark-adaptation. During desiccation in the light, however,
PSII was photo-inactivated by non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), with the excess excitation energy absorbed by the chlorophyll
being dissipated as heat energy. This decline in NPQ in the first 2 min of treatment was caused by a relaxation in the energy-dependent
quenching during dark-adaptation, but could be delayed significantly by a phosphatase inhibitor, NaF. In addition, the relaxation
of other NPQ components related to state transition and phosphorylation of thylakoid phosphoproteins were blocked by NaF. 相似文献
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Structural insight into dynamic bypass of the major cisplatin‐DNA adduct by Y‐family polymerase Dpo4
Jimson HY Wong Jessica A Brown Zucai Suo Paul Blum Takehiko Nohmi Hong Ling 《The EMBO journal》2010,29(12):2059-2069
Y‐family DNA polymerases bypass Pt‐GG, the cisplatin‐DNA double‐base lesion, contributing to the cisplatin resistance in tumour cells. To reveal the mechanism, we determined three structures of the Y‐family DNA polymerase, Dpo4, in complex with Pt‐GG DNA. The crystallographic snapshots show three stages of lesion bypass: the nucleotide insertions opposite the 3′G (first insertion) and 5′G (second insertion) of Pt‐GG, and the primer extension beyond the lesion site. We observed a dynamic process, in which the lesion was converted from an open and angular conformation at the first insertion to a depressed and nearly parallel conformation at the subsequent reaction stages to fit into the active site of Dpo4. The DNA translocation‐coupled conformational change may account for additional inhibition on the second insertion reaction. The structures illustrate that Pt‐GG disturbs the replicating base pair in the active site, which reduces the catalytic efficiency and fidelity. The in vivo relevance of Dpo4‐mediated Pt‐GG bypass was addressed by a dpo‐4 knockout strain of Sulfolobus solfataricus, which exhibits enhanced sensitivity to cisplatin and proteomic alterations consistent with genomic stress. 相似文献
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Min-Hyuk Oh Jin-Hong Kim Ismayil S. Zulfugarov Yong-Hwan Moon Tae-Hyong Rhew Choon-Hwan Lee 《Journal of Plant Biology》2005,48(2):170-177
Using wild-type (WT) leaves and those from anore9 delayed-senescenceArabidopsis mutant, we investigated the delaying and accelerating effects of benzyladenine (BA) and abscisic acid (ABA), respectively,
on the degradation process of the photosynthetic apparatus during dark-induced senescence (DIS). In the mutant, delays were
seen for both the breakdown of chlorophyll (Chl) and the decrease in photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (Fv/Fm). Moreover,
each step was prolonged in the disassembly process of the Chl-protein complexes. In the presence of BA, Chl degradation was
retarded to a similar extent for both the mutant and the WT, but the decrease in Fv/Fm was not. However, in the presence of
ABA, the two processes were accelerated in both genotypes. Therefore, although theore9 mutation causes this functional delayed-senescence, it may not be related to the non-functional delay that happens afterwards.
In contrast, BA seems to affect both processes. 相似文献
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Esther HY Wong EAS Nelson Kai-Chow Choi Kin-Ping Wong Carmen Ip Lau-Cheung Ho 《International breastfeeding journal》2007,2(1):1-11
Background
Peer counselling is reported to increase breastfeeding rates. We evaluated an intervention consisting of mainly telephone contact peer counselling programme on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity.Methods
Peer counsellors (PCs) were mothers who had successfully breastfed and had received formal training. Following a postnatal visit, they provided scheduled telephone consultations (Days 1, 4, 7, Weeks 2, 4, 8, and Month 4) to PC group mothers (n = 100) who continued breastfeeding their infants after discharge. Control group mothers (n = 100) received routine care.Results
After adjusting for mothers' previous breastfeeding experiences, mothers' working status and breastfeeding problems, no statistical differences in mothers' feeding methods (exclusive, almost exclusive or predominant breastfeeding) were noted at the three follow-up times for intervention and control mothers respectively (Day 5: 37%/38%, 46%/53%, 57%/63%; Month 3: 10%/9%, 17%/23%, 20%/26%; Month 6: 2%/1%, 18%/18%, 18%/19%). All differences between the groups were not significant. Also, there was no evidence to suggest that PC intervention prolonged breastfeeding duration.Conclusion
The lack of effect of our PC intervention may reflect the low baseline breastfeeding rate and low value placed on breastfeeding in our population, the type of PC intervention or group allocation biases.Trial registration
ISRCTN93605280. 相似文献20.
Interaction effects of fish, nutrients, mixing and sediments on autotrophic picoplankton and algal composition 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Kyeongsik Rhew Robert M. Baca Article nO.:clifford A. Ochs Stephen T. Threlkeld 《Freshwater Biology》1999,42(1):99-109
1. We examined the effects of nutrients, turbulent mixing, mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis Baird and Girard and sediments on algal composition, algal biomass and autotrophic picoplankton (APP) abundance in a 6-week experiment of factorial design in twenty-four 5-m3 outdoor mesocosms during late autumn 1995.
2. Turbulent mixing decreased surface temperature and increased turbidity, which also was increased by the addition of sediments. Total algal biomass was significantly enhanced by nutrients and mixing, and decreased by the sediment treatment. In the mixing × nutrient treatment, algal biomass increased more than expected from the individual effects, while the fish × mixing and mixing × sediment treatments increased algal biomass less than expected.
3. Cryptomonas (cryptomonad) blooms were observed in the unmixed, high nutrient treatment; Synedra (diatom) blooms were observed in the high nutrient, high sediment treatment; Ulothrix (green algae) blooms were observed in the mixed, high nutrient, low sediment treatment.
4. Eukaryotic APP abundances were increased by sediment addition and by turbulent mixing, and increased synergistically by mixing × sediment and mixing × nutrient interactions. Prokaryotic APP abundances were decreased by nutrient enhancement and by a mixing × nutrient interaction. There were no main effects of fish on APP abundance, but fish were involved in some of the two–way interactions.
5. The large number of significant interaction effects indicates that APP and other phytoplankton are regulated by a complex set of interdependent factors which should be considered simultaneously in studies of phytoplankton population dynamics and community composition. 相似文献
2. Turbulent mixing decreased surface temperature and increased turbidity, which also was increased by the addition of sediments. Total algal biomass was significantly enhanced by nutrients and mixing, and decreased by the sediment treatment. In the mixing × nutrient treatment, algal biomass increased more than expected from the individual effects, while the fish × mixing and mixing × sediment treatments increased algal biomass less than expected.
3. Cryptomonas (cryptomonad) blooms were observed in the unmixed, high nutrient treatment; Synedra (diatom) blooms were observed in the high nutrient, high sediment treatment; Ulothrix (green algae) blooms were observed in the mixed, high nutrient, low sediment treatment.
4. Eukaryotic APP abundances were increased by sediment addition and by turbulent mixing, and increased synergistically by mixing × sediment and mixing × nutrient interactions. Prokaryotic APP abundances were decreased by nutrient enhancement and by a mixing × nutrient interaction. There were no main effects of fish on APP abundance, but fish were involved in some of the two–way interactions.
5. The large number of significant interaction effects indicates that APP and other phytoplankton are regulated by a complex set of interdependent factors which should be considered simultaneously in studies of phytoplankton population dynamics and community composition. 相似文献