No known phage-associated genes were found in the vicinity of 21% (15 of 72) of BstA homologs, which were defined as putatively prophage independent. A small subset of BstA homologs were plasmid encoded (Figure 2A). Strikingly, in many cases, BstA homologs were located downstream of putative...
ARTICLE: THE BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE: EXAMINING FAILURE TO CONCILIATE AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IN EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CASES BROUGHT BY THE EEOC Prior to bringing suit on behalf of an employee, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must follow specific procedural requirements and must...
aeruginosa genomes containing the complete MADS operon showed that, in 77% of the cases (51/66), the operon was located within a recently described defense island.31 We identified this island of 9.5–2,402.9 kb (average = 64.3 kb) in 97% of the complete P. aeruginosa genomes available ...
Generally, no matter how I tried, I couldn’t find a more or less sane definition of SVO. What the “special military operation” is in the view of the Russian command, it, the command, didn’t deign to explain. When the Americans conducted SVO “Desert Storm,” they didn’t hold ba...
silence. But evidently there they seriously believe that a 40-year-old mobilized man will be more effective than a contractee of 22-24. More uncanny stupidity doesn’t come to mind, but alas, they don’t explain anything to us, all information comes in the form of speculation, rumors and...
Peanut stunt virus (PSV) is a widespread pathogen infecting legumes. The PSV strains are classified into four subgroups and some are defined by the association of satellite RNAs (satRNAs). In the case of PSV, the presence of satRNAs alters the symptoms of disease in infected plants. In this...
In cases where this approach was unsuccessful, additional searches were performed using electrospray ionization–MS/MS, as previously described [30]. 2.9. RNA Extraction and cDNA Preparation Total RNA was isolated from VL muscle (n = 59 total VL muscle biopsies: 20 PRE, 20 HDT58, 19 R + 10...
1. An isolated DNA encoding a chitinase protein wherein said DNA is selected from: (a) DNA encoding the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3; (b) naturally occurring DNA obtained from rice that hybridizes to the DNA of (a) under mild hybridization conditions, wherein said DNA...
That they do so is powerful evidence, we would suggest, for the primacy of immune defense in the pathogenesis of depression, regardless of the environmental adversity that initi- ates the disorder in individual cases. In keeping with this perspective is the possibility that some of the symptoms ...
As a family of cationic host defense peptides, defensins are mainly synthesized by Paneth cells, neutrophils, and epithelial cells, contributing to host defense. Their biological functions in innate immunity, as well as their structure and activity relat