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Julia S Bennett Keith A Jolley PFrederick Sparling Nigel J Saunders CAnthony Hart Ian M Feavers Martin CJ Maiden 《BMC biology》2007,5(1):35
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Various typing methods have been developed for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, but none provide the combination of discrimination, reproducibility, portability, and genetic inference that allows the analysis of all aspects of the epidemiology of this pathogen from a single data set. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) has been used successfully to characterize the related organisms Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica. Here, the same seven locus Neisseria scheme was used to characterize a diverse collection of N. gonorrhoeae isolates to investigate whether this method would allow differentiation among isolates, and to distinguish these three species. 相似文献62.
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Many plant species show induced responses that protect them against exogenous attacks. These responses involve the production of many different bioactive compounds. Plant species belonging to the Brassicaceae family produce defensive glucosinolates, which may greatly influence their favorable nutritional properties for humans. Each responding compound may have its own dynamic profile and metabolic relationships with other compounds. The chemical background of the induced response is therefore highly complex and may therefore not reveal all the properties of the response in any single model. 相似文献64.
Wouter Wegdam Perry D Moerland Marrije R Buist Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat Boris Bleijlevens Huub CJ Hoefsloot Chris G de Koster Johannes MFG Aerts 《Proteome science》2009,7(1):19-17
Background
Mass spectrometry is increasingly being used to discover proteins or protein profiles associated with disease. Experimental design of mass-spectrometry studies has come under close scrutiny and the importance of strict protocols for sample collection is now understood. However, the question of how best to process the large quantities of data generated is still unanswered. Main challenges for the analysis are the choice of proper pre-processing and classification methods. While these two issues have been investigated in isolation, we propose to use the classification of patient samples as a clinically relevant benchmark for the evaluation of pre-processing methods. 相似文献65.
Matthias Erb Ruth Gordon-Weeks Victor Flors Gemma Cama?es Ted CJ Turlings Jurriaan Ton 《Plant signaling & behavior》2009,4(7):636-638
Plants are important mediators between above- and belowground herbivores. Consequently, interactions between root and shoot defenses can have far-reaching impacts on entire food webs. We recently reported that infestation of maize roots by larvae of the beetle Diabrotica virgifera virgifera induced shoot resistance against herbivores and pathogens. Root herbivory also enhanced aboveground DIMBOA and primed for enhanced induction of chlorogenic acid, two secondary metabolites that have been associated with plant stress resistance. Interestingly, the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) emerged as a putative long-distance signal in the regulation of these systemic defenses. In this addendum, we have investigated the role of root-derived ABA in aboveground regulation of DIMBOA and the phenolic compounds chlorogenic acid, caffeic and ferulic acid. Furthermore, we discuss the relevance of ABA in relation to defense against the leaf herbivore Spodoptera littoralis. Soil-drench treatment with ABA mimicked root herbivore-induced accumulation of DIMBOA in the leaves. Similarly, ABA mimicked aboveground priming of chlorogenic acid production, causing augmented induction of this compound after subsequent shoot attack by S. littoralis caterpillars. These findings confirm our notion that ABA acts as an important signal in the regulation of aboveground defenses during belowground herbivory. However, based on our previous finding that ABA alone is not sufficient to trigger aboveground resistance against S. littoralis caterpillars, our results also suggest that the ABA-inducible effects on DIMBOA and chlorogenic acid are not solely responsible for root herbivore-induced resistance against S. littoralis.Key words: induced resistance, Spodoptera littoralis, Zea mays, Diabrotica virgifera, DIMBOA, chlorogenic acid, absisic acid, priming 相似文献
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Alarge number of randomized clinical trials with important health outcomes are completed each year. Those with favorable findings are typically reported and published rapidly, while the publication of those with unfavorable results is often delayed or given a positive "spin." This observation applies primarily to industry-sponsored trials. Our objectives are to discuss the responsibility of pharmaceutical firms to the public with respect to timely, complete, and unbiased information from all randomized clinical trials and to propose solutions for improvements. We believe that in addition to financial obligations to their shareholders, pharmaceutical companies have social responsibilities to the public and to health care providers. However, private markets do not reward or compel optimal disclosure of drug safety or inferiority information on a voluntary basis.A problem which has not previously been identified relates to non-comparability of drugs. A case report from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) illustrates how public interests may be violated due to failure to inform about drug inferiority. The current system for dissemination of relevant medical information could be improved if all involved parties collaborated fully. However, full disclosure of trial results is unlikely when research results are unfavorable to the firm. We conclude that expanded government regulations will be required for a satisfactory solution to the problem. 相似文献
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Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) is a method of typing that facilitates the discrimination of microbial isolates by comparing the sequences of housekeeping gene fragments. The mlstdbNet software enables the implementation of distributed web-accessible MLST databases that can be linked widely over the Internet. 相似文献68.
In the current model for Glc3Man9GlcNAc2-P-P-Dol assembly, Man5GlcNAc2-
P-P-Dol, Man-P-Dol, and Glc-P-Dol are synthesized on the cytoplasmic face
of the ER and diffuse transversely to the lumenal leaflet where the
synthesis of the lipid-bound precursor oligosaccharide is completed. To
establish the topological sites of Glc-P-Dol synthesis and the
lipid-mediated glucosyltransfer reactions involved in
Glc3Man9GlcNAc2-P-P-Dol synthesis in ER vesicles from pig brain, the
trypsin-sensitivity of Glc-P-Dol synthase activity and the Glc-P-
Dol:Glc0-2Man9GlcNAc2-P-P-Dol glucosyltransferases (GlcTases) was examined
in sealed microsomal vesicles. Since ER vesicles from brain do not contain
glucose 6-phosphate (Glc 6-P) phosphatase activity, the latency of the
lumenally oriented, processing glucosidase I/II activities was used to
assess the intactness of the vesicle preparations. Comparative enzymatic
studies with sealed ER vesicles from brain and kidney, a tissue that
contains Glc 6-P phosphatase, demonstrate the reliability of using the
processing glucosidase activities as latency markers for topological
studies with microsomal vesicles from non-gluconeogenic tissues lacking Glc
6-P phosphatase. The results obtained from the trypsin-sensitivity assays
with sealed microsomal vesicles from brain are consistent with a
topological model in which Glc-P-Dol is synthesized on the cytoplasmic face
of the ER, and subsequently utilized by the three Glc-P-Dol-mediated
GlcTases after "flip-flopping" to the lumenal monolayer.
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Isolated populations of drosophila pseudoobscura, separated from North
American populations by about 2,400 km, were found in Colombia in 1960. We
compared for sequences of the small ribosomal RNA (srRNA) gene on the
mitochondria between North American and Colombian D. pseudoobscura in order
to clarify the age of the Colombian isolates. The North American
populations were not genetically different from each other but were
genetically different from the Colombian populations. The Mexican strains
represent the area from which the Colombian founders might have come. The
estimated net nucleotide divergence between Mexican and Colombian D.
pseudoobscura indicates that the Colombian population is not an ancient
lineage. Phylogenies using both distance and parsimony methodologies
reinforced this conclusion. The Colombian samples group together with both
methods but, according to the bootstrap analysis, not significantly. It
appears that the populations have not been separated long enough for their
DNA sequences to show much divergence.
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