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Protective vaccination in the horse against Streptococcus equi with recombinant antigens
Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi) is a clonal, equine host-adapted pathogen of global importance that causes a highly contagious suppurative lymphodendopathy of the head and neck, ...
Received 26 March 2009 13:32 UTC; Posted 26 March 2009
Posted to: Immunology, Microbiology
Pyrolysis of asphaltenes and biomarkers for the fingerprinting of the Amoco Cadiz oil spill after 23 years
The chemical composition of the petroleum products accidently or deliberately released in the environment varies considerably with time under the action of biological (biodegradation) and physico-c…
Received 25 March 2009 09:29 UTC; Posted 25 March 2009
Posted to: Chemistry, Microbiology, Earth & Environment
Myosin II isoforms with separate but linked functions determine the fate of lamellipodia extension during cell spreading
Non-muscle myosin II role has been implicated in the extension of lamellipodia, a critical step in the initiation of directed cell migration, invasion and other cellular processes, but the mechanis…
Received 11 February 2009 23:38 UTC; Posted 18 February 2009
Posted to: Cancer, Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology
Bias in culture-independent assessments of microbial biodiversity in the global ocean
On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the SAR11 clade of marine bacteria has almost universal distribution, being detected as abundant sequences in all marine provinces. Yet SAR11 sequences are…
Received 27 January 2009 09:23 UTC; Posted 29 January 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Genetics & Genomics, Microbiology
Expression profile of genes involved in hydrogen sulphide liberation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown under different nitrogen concentrations
The present work aims to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying hydrogen sulphide production in S. cerevisiae associated to nitrogen deficiency. To assess, at a genome-wide level, how the yeas…
Received 30 December 2008 18:44 UTC; Posted 02 January 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Microbiology
Novel mutations in the toll like receptor genes cause hyporesponsiveness to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection
Toll like receptors play a central role in the recognition of pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Mutations in TLR1, TLR2 and TLR4 genes may change the PAMP reorganization ability which…
Received 11 December 2008 16:24 UTC; Posted 15 December 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Immunology, Microbiology
Evidence of existence of totally different types of ribosomes in intermediate animals
In all organisms, messenger-directed protein synthesis is catalyzed by ribonucleoprotein particles called ribosomes. A ribosome is typically composed of one small and one large subunit which contai…
Received 07 December 2008 17:49 UTC; Posted 11 December 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology
New fungal sources for α-L-Rhamnosidase: an important enzyme used in the synthesis of drugs and drug precursors
Two fungal strains were isolated and tentatively identified as Penicillium VY and Aspergillus VY. All the isolated species show the maximum production on third day in a liquid culture media. The pH…
Received 24 November 2008 10:38 UTC; Posted 24 November 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Chemistry, Microbiology
Microbial ecosystem constructed in water for successful organic hydroponics
Conventional hydroponics systems generally use only chemical fertilisers, not organic ones, since there are no microbial ecosystems present in such systems to mineralise organic compounds to inorga…
Received 10 November 2008 03:25 UTC; Posted 11 November 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Is the innate bio-protection power against human virus the same between males and females? A conclusion based on blood donor data of HTLV-I infection and case data of infectious diseases
Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia. The male-to-female transmission is stronger than the reverse, so the carrier proportion of women is gr…
Received 24 October 2008 11:44 UTC; Posted 24 October 2008
Posted to: Cancer, Immunology, Microbiology
