eXtreme Programming (XP) lässt sich systematisch so anpassen, dass es für komplexe und lang laufende Projekte anwendbar wird. Dadurch können die positiven Eigenschaften des XP auch für große Projekte eingesetzt werden, ohne die Kontrolle über die Projekte zu verlieren.

Defects in the XPD gene can result in several clinical phenotypes, including xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), trichothiodystrophy, and, less frequently, the combined phenotype of XP and Cockayne syndrome (XP-D/CS). We previously showed that in cells from two XP-D/CS patients, breaks were introduced into cellular DNA on exposure to UV damage, but these breaks were not at the sites of the damage. In t...

A significant bias was found when using the Siemens ADVIA Centaur XP system for measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) with VACUETTE® tubes with Serum Clot Activator and Gel. Here, we examined whether other commonly used tubes or temperatures affected 25OHD results obtained with the Siemens ADVIA Centaur XP system. Serum was collected into five types of vacuum blood collection tubes from th...

BACKGROUND Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a decreased ability to repair DNA damaged by UV radiation and the early development of cutaneous and ocular malignant neoplasms. Approximately 20% of patients with XP also develop progressive neurologic degeneration. OBSERVATIONS We describe a boy who was found to have XP after a severe burn followin...

TO THE EDITOR Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E (XP-E) patients exhibit sunlight-induced lentiginous pigmentation without blistering on minimal sun exposure, yet they are prone to develop multiple skin cancers. Only eight XP-E patients have been reported (Bootsma et al., 1970; De WeerdKastelein et al., 1974; Kraemer et al., 1975; Nichols et al., 1996; Rapic et al., 1998; Itoh et al....

A yeast culture feed supplement (Diamond V XP Yeast CultureR, Diamond V Mills, Cedar Rapids, Iowa [IA]) was assessed for its impact on disease resistance in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Animals were fed a standard shrimp pellet diet supplemented with 0% (control with 1% grain carrier), 0.5% (with 0.5% carrier), or 1.0% XP daily for 4 weeks. To assess resistance to bacterial d...

DNA polymerase eta (poleta) performs translesion synthesis past ultraviolet (UV) photoproducts and is deficient in cancer-prone xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) syndrome. The slight sensitivity of XP-V cells to UV is dramatically enhanced by low concentrations of caffeine. So far, the biological explanation for this feature remains elusive. Using DNA combing, we showed that translesion synt...

The role of DNA repair in transformation was investigated by infecting repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) variant cells, XP variant heterozygous cells, and normal human fibroblasts with simian virus 40 which had been irradiated by ultraviolet light. The transformation frequencies obtained were compared to those observed for unirradiated virus. While normal and heterozygous cells showed...

Photoreactivating enzyme (PRE) from yeast causes a light-dependent reduction of UV-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) when injected into the cytoplasm of repair-proficient human fibroblasts (Zwetsloot et al., 1985). This result indicates that the exogenous PRE monomerizes UV-induced dimers in these cells competing with the endogenous excision repair. In this paper we present the results of...