Gene rearrangement studies were performed on blood lymphocytes from eight patients with acute Epstein-Barr virus-induced infectious mononucleosis. The diagnosis in each case was based on characteristic clinical, hematologic, and serologic findings. The blood lymphocytes in each patient consisted predominantly of CD8+ T cells. EBV DNA was detected in seven patients by Southern blot analysis (EBV...

In regenerative tissues, one of the strategies to protect stem cells from genetic aberrations, potentially caused by frequent cell division, is to transiently expand the stem cell daughters before further differentiation. However, failure to exit the transit amplification may lead to overgrowth, and the molecular mechanism governing this regulation remains vague. In a Drosophila mutagenesis scr...

Cancer is a multifactorial disease and hence can be effectively overcome by a multi-constituently therapeutic strategy. Medicinal plant extracts represent a perfect example of such stratagem. However, minimal studies have been done till date that portray the effect of extraction techniques on the phyto-constituent profile of plant extracts and its impact on anticancer activity. In the present s...

Gustavo M. Martins*, Richard C. Thompson, Ana I. Neto, Stephen J. Hawkins and Stuart R. Jenkins Secção Biologia Marinha, Departamento Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal; Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Rua dos ...

BaFe12O19 (BaM) hexaferrite was synthesised through the coprecipitation method. BaFe12O19-activated charcoal-chitosan (BaM-AC-CS) composite ultra-sonication assisted water in oil microemulsion Morphology of BaM hexaferrite, activated charcoal, and BaM-AC-CS powder evaluated using FESEM. The average particle size 60 µm. exhibited a surface area 41.5 m2 g ?1 pore volume 0.041 cm3 g?1. magnetic be...

The adult gonads in both male and female Drosophila melanogaster produce gametes that originate from a regenerative pool of germline stem cells (GSCs). The differentiation programme that produces gametes must be co-ordinated with GSC maintenance and proliferation in order to regulate tissue regeneration. The HOW RNA-binding protein has been shown to maintain mitotic progression of male GSCs and...

In gram-negative bacteria, integral outer membrane β-barrel proteins (OMPs) are assembled by the beta-barrel assembly machine (Bam) complex. The essential components of this complex are the OMP BamA [which contains a carboxyl-terminal β-barrel and an amino-terminal periplasmic module composed of five polypeptide transport associated (POTRA) domains] and the lipoprotein BamD. In Escherichia coli...

Abstract Realizing application specific manufacture with fusion-based additive manufacturing (F-BAM) processes requires understanding of the physical phenomena that drive evolution microstructural attributes, such as texture. Current approaches for texture in F-BAM are majorly considerate occurring only during solidification. This hinders comprehensive and control F-BAM. In this perspective art...

An independent laboratory study of the BAX for Screening/E. coli O157:H7 kit was conducted at the National Food Laboratory, Inc., Dublin, CA, to complete AOAC Performance Tested Method certification. The BAX system kit was compared with the BAM culture method and a modified BAM culture method for detection of E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef. The BAX system kit detected the target organism at lev...