Correction to: Heritable and non-heritable uncommon causes of stroke

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Heritable thrombophilia and hypofibrinolysis. Possible causes of retinal vein occlusion.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether heritable thrombophilia and hypofibrinolysis were risk factors for retinal vein occlusion. DESIGN Measures of thrombophilia (increased likelihood of thrombus formation) included anticardiolipin antibodies (IgG and IgM), the lupus anticoagulant (including dilute Russell viper venom clotting time), antigenic proteins C and S, and homocysteine. Polymerase chain rea...

Heritable and non-heritable loss of ability by Aerobacter aerogenes to grow adaptively on single carbon sources.

R. A. LEWIN . . 249 The Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium johnei in a Modification of Dubos Medium. By R. E. GLOVER . . 251 A Comparison of a Directand a Plate-counting Technique for the Quantitative Estimation of Soil Micro-organisms. By F. A. SKINNER, P. C. T. JONES and J. E. MOLLISON . . 261 Selection of Penicillin-sensitive Mutants of Escherichia coli following Ultravio...

Interaction of Prions Causes Heritable Traits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The concept of "protein-based inheritance" defines prions as epigenetic determinants that cause several heritable traits in eukaryotic microorganisms, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Podospora anserina. Previously, we discovered a non-chromosomal factor, [NSI+], which possesses the main features of yeast prions, including cytoplasmic infectivity, reversible curability, dominance, and non-M...

Heritable endosymbionts of Drosophila.

Although heritable microorganisms are increasingly recognized as widespread in insects, no systematic screens for such symbionts have been conducted in Drosophila species (the primary insect genetic models for studies of evolution, development, and innate immunity). Previous efforts screened relatively few Drosophila lineages, mainly for Wolbachia. We conducted an extensive survey of potentiall...