BACKGROUND Research suggests that women have higher mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) than men. Potential factors to explain this disparity include delay to presentation, less aggressive interventional strategies, and more severe disease at coronary angiography in women. METHODS Consecutive patients (n=663) presenting to coronary care between Jan 2002 and Jan 2005 with ischemi...

In flowering plants, RNA editing is a posttranscriptional mechanism that converts specific cytidines to uridines in both mitochondrial and plastidial transcripts, altering the information encoded by these genes. Here, we report the molecular characterization of the empty pericarp5 (emp5) mutants in maize (Zea mays). Null mutation of Emp5 results in abortion of embryo and endosperm development a...

Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Gene CAPN10, Heike Görgens, Peter Schwarz, Jan Schulze, Hans K. Schackert (Departments of 1 Surgical Research and 2 Endocrinopathies and Metabolic Diseases, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, University of Technology, Fetscherstra e 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany; 3 these authors contributed equally to this project; *author for correspondence; fax 49-3...

We present the genome sequence of Citrobacter freundii 705SK3, a wastewater isolate harboring an IncL OXA-48-encoding plasmid. Assembly of the genome resulted in a 5,242,839-bp circular chromosome (GC content, 52%) and two closed plasmids of 296,175 bp and 63, 458 bp in size.

Ca(2+)-Calmodulin binding to the variable N-terminal region of the diacylglycerol/phorbol ester-binding UNC13/Munc13 family of proteins modulates the short-term synaptic plasticity characteristics in neurons. Here, we report the sequential backbone and side chain resonance assignment of the Ca(2+)-Calmodulin/Munc13-1(458-492) peptide complex at pH 6.8 and 35 degrees C (BMRB No. 15470).

A male child presented with recurrent respiratory infections, otitis media, and oral ulceration and was found to be neutropenic. Investigations showed hypogammaglobulinaemia with normal serum IgM and a novel deletion in the gene for CD40 ligand on his X chromosome. Intravenous gammaglobulin did not lead to resolution ofhis neutropenia; G-CSF was also necessary. (Arch Dis Child 1996; 74: 458-459)

Filtrates of Fusarium sambucinum NRRL 13495 grown in a stagnant culture for 9 days contained up to 458 +/- 60 (mean +/- standard error; n = 3) mg of 4,15-diacetoxyscirpenol per liter depending on culture conditions. Extraction with ethyl acetate, chromatography on a column of silica gel, and crystallization from mixtures of ethyl acetate and hexane provided pure material in 96% yield.

Claudia Toro 1,*, Matteo V. Rocco 2 and Emanuela Colombo 2 1 CNR Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, c/o Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome 00184, Italy 2 Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20156, Italy; [email protected] (M.V.R.); [email protected] (E.C.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +3...

cancelled 718 Posters, Monday 10 September © 2012 EFNS European Journal of Neurology 19 (Suppl. 1), 458–807 P2740 Influence of subclinical hypothyroidism on neuropsychological impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis E. Kiseleva1, N.N. Spirin2 1Neurology, 2Neurology with Medical Genetics and Neurosurgery, Yaroslavl State Medical Academy, Yaroslavl,