... ). The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies deter-mined by clinical trials and ... toexplore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported in the individual studies. Using a model that included the geographic latitude of the study site andthe data ... resurgence inthe incidence of TB occurred inthe UnitedStates and included increases inthe number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving...
... 3459 terminus that is required for binding to the plasmamembrane, thereby being involved inthe formation of the corneum [47]. Additional amino-terminal residues of TGase 1 include the sequences ... attachment ofthe hexahistidine, the recombinantPpTGase protein appeared to be slightly larger. Theseresults indicate that the cDNA obtained covered the entirecoding region.Involvement of GTP inthe ... to the corresponding regions of the human TGase 2 andthe other invertebrate TGases (Fig. 3). The eight amino-acid residues surrounding the active siteCys (region B in Fig. 3) except those of...
... oligosaccharideagainst host glycosidases during infection or could beinvolved in modifying the net charge ofthe LPS molecule[15]. However, the rationale behind the incorporation of glycine into the core ... for the -CH2- protons ofthe glycinemoiety in meningococcal LPS points to an exocycliclocation for the glycine residue in N. meningitidis LPS. The genetic control ofthe elaboration of glycine ... location inthe inner coreoligosaccharide as appears to be the case for N. meningitidis.Depending on the strain of H. in uenzae glycine could befound at each ofthe heptose residues ofthe inner...
... and PsbJ is critical in providing proper docking sites, either directly or indirectly,by modifying the conformation of PSII on the lumenal side,making efficient binding of PsbQ and PsbP ofthe ... accumulating allthree proteins ofthe OEC and traces ofthe D2 and CP43core proteins as well (Fig. 1B). The presence of minoramounts of D2 in both DpsbE and DpsbF supports the suggestion that the ... hold true. In rapidly expanding young leaves in particular, some of the PSII core proteins and all ofthe OEC proteins canaccumulate in thylakoids inthe absence of any assembly of PSII, as...
... participated inthe statistical analysis and the drafting ofthe manuscript. PE participated inthe design ofthe study and the drafting ofthe manuscript. All authors read and approved the finalmanuscript.Competing ... Sweden.3Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkưping University,SE- 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.Authors’ contributionsINO participated inthe design ofthe study, the statistical analysis and the drafting ofthe ... pain killers, sleeping pills and diuretics andinthe worst cases anticoagulants and insulin. In every respect these results show lack of systematic work in the prescription process. The use of...
... farmers and FCRI staff understanding ofthe dynamics of both domestic and export markets andthe various means farmers have of collectively manipulating the supply of potatoes (and prices) to the ... postharvest handling of seed and ware potatoes on the Red River Delta. 4 2.2.3.2 To identifying the training needs of FCRI staff and personnel in co-operatives collaborating with the FCRI in postharvest ... was conducted providing an insight into the margins made inthe sale of ware potatoes to Ho Chi Minh andthe reasoning behind choice of seed. It had been envisaged that business plans would be...
... from the end ofthe left list into the stack, and when we encounteran element of p, we move the top ofthe stack to the beginning ofthe right list. If anelement of p is equal to an element of ... p, pk. At this point, the top ofthe stackis the index ofthe last element of q encountered. We move the top ofthe stack out, as the first entry ofthe right list. Since this reverse process ... is(w)=d. (In the example considered at the beginning ofthe proof, w = (421365), the consecutive decreasing subsequences are(4, 2, 1), (3), and (6, 5) and an increasing subsequence of maximal...
... epicuticular wax. The fraction of LABS found in the chloroform extract re-sults from the sorption and diffusion of molecules into epicuticular waxes and apart of the LABS probably ... hoursafter the pollution application, half of the radioactivity detected on the plant wasfound in the epicuticular waxes and nearlyall the rest was in the washing solution(table ... 1.4 and 0.2% of the original quantity of LABS supplied in the two polluted solutions, respectively.To estimate the surfactant retention on the plant surface, the distribution...
... identification of nine of these 12 ellagitannins (fig 1). Purifiedsamples of vescalagin, castalagin, grandinin and roburin A (kindly provided by Dr Scalbert, INRA,Paris) allowed ... concentration during the first 10 years of ageing and roburin C over the first30 years, before each declines again in older wood. Grandinin and roburin E showless clear ... gives the mean concentrations of insoluble ellagitannins remaining in samples of Limousin and Tronỗais woodafter water extractions. The concentration of insoluble ellagitannins...