A protein-DNA interface can be engineered in ways that an RNA-DNA interface cannot. Programmable TAL effector derived proteins bind DNA with a series of repeats. Each repeat binds a single DNA base. Repeats can be treated as modules, with a pair of residues in the center defining the target base. A set of 31-33 residues flanking the base specifying residues affect other DNA binding parameters. ...

Background: One of the most common complications post transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is development heart block requiring permanent pacemaker (PPM). The incidence PPM in international registries ranges from 13% - 17.5%. Methods: aim this observational study was to report rate SHARE-TAVI registry and determine clinical, electrocardiographic procedural predictors as well effect on...

Chromosome ends are maintained by telomere-repeat-binding factors (TRFs) that coordinate DNA end protection with telomere replication. The origin recognition complex (ORC) coordinates bidirectional DNA replication at most chromosomal sites, but it is also known to function in transcriptional silencing, heterochromatin formation, and sister-chromatid cohesion. We now show that ORC localizes to t...

Title: Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (SEMS), partially covered SEMS and self-expandable plastic stents for the treatment of benign esophageal ruptures and anastomotic leaks

The inverted repeated sequences (foldback DNA) of yeast nuclear DNA have been examined by electron microscopy and hydroxyapatite chromatography. Of the inverted repeat structures seen in the electron microscope, 34% were hairpins and 66% had a single stranded loop at the end of a duplex stem. The number average length of the repeat was 0.3 kb and the single stranded loop was 1.6 kb. It is estim...

The POL30 gene of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a protein required for processive DNA synthesis by DNA polymerase delta and epsilon. We examined the effects of the pol30-52 mutation on the stability of microsatellite (1- to 8-bp repeat units) and minisatellite (20-bp repeat units) DNA sequences. It had previously been shown that this m...

Conformational polymorphism of DNA is a major causative factor behind several incurable trinucleotide repeat expansion disorders that arise from overexpansion of trinucleotide repeats located in coding/non-coding regions of specific genes. Hairpin DNA structures that are formed due to overexpansion of CAG repeat lead to Huntington's disorder and spinocerebellar ataxias. Nonetheless, DNA hairpin...

Gene mutations that preferentially affect the CNS have been implicated in a number of neurological disorders. This leads to the possibility that a disease-causing mutation present only in CNS tissues could be missed if it were tested in a blood DNA sample only. The commonest mutation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an expansion of the hexanucleotide repeats of C9orf72. To find out if ...

RNA transcribed from genomic Xenopus laevis DNA by RNA polymerase III in HeLa-cell extract was found in discrete size classes and was transcribed from at least two different Xenopus repeat DNA species. Very little 5S ribosomal RNA was transcribed, contrasting with results obtained on transcription of genomic Xenopus DNA by Xenopus extract [Bogenhagen et al. (1982) Cell 28, 413-421]. The low tra...

Rapid, cost-effective methods for high-throughput DNA analysis are needed to process samples currently being gathered for large criminal DNA databases around the world. Within the U.S., several states have sample backlogs of over 50,000 samples with limited funds and manpower to analyze these samples. Currently available slab gel or capillary electrophoresis instruments can handle only a few do...