The Clostridium perfringens tetracycline resistance determinant from the 47-kb conjugative R-plasmid pCW3 is unique in that it consists of two overlapping genes, tetA(P) and tetB(P), which mediate resistance by different mechanisms. Detailed transcriptional analysis has shown that the inducible tetA(P) and tetB(P) genes comprise an operon that is transcribed from a single promoter, P3, located ...

Aim: The aim was to study the occurrence of tetracycline resistance determinant tetA gene, and antibacterial resistance pattern in commensal Escherichia coli recovered from healthy non-clinical layer chickens. Materials and Methods: Twenty-four cloacal swabs were obtained from 15 flocks in five different layer farms located at around Namakkal, which is a place of high-intensity layer chicken re...

Copper-64 (T(1/2) = 12.7 h; beta(+), 17.4%; beta(-), 39%) has been used both in positron emission tomography imaging and in radiotherapy. Copper-64 radiopharmaceuticals have shown tumor growth inhibition with a relatively low radiation dose in animal models; however, the mechanism of cytotoxicity has not been fully elucidated. These studies incorporate the use of somatostatin receptor-positive ...

A series of fusions to the reporter proteins alkaline phosphatase and beta-galactosidase have been constructed in the predicted periplasmic and cytoplasmic loops of TetA(K), a protein responsible for efflux-mediated tetracycline resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. The results support a topological model of 14 transmembrane segments for TetA(K).

High-level expression of the Tn10 tetracycline resistance protein TetA in Escherichia coli caused partial collapse of the membrane potential, arrest of growth, and killing of the cells. Since alpha-methylglucoside transport was not affected, the overproduced TetA protein may cause not destruction of membrane structure but rather unrestricted translocation of protons and/or ions across the membr...

Resistances to tetracycline and mercury were identified in an environmental strain of Serratia marcescens isolated from a stream highly contaminated with heavy metals. As a step toward addressing the mechanisms of coselection of heavy metal and antibiotic resistances, the tetracycline resistance determinant was cloned in Escherichia coli. Within the cloned 13-kb segment, the tetracycline resist...

Carbon sequestration via the carbon capture and storage (CCS) method is one of most useful methods lowering CO2 emissions in atmosphere. Ethylenediamine (EDA)- triethylenetetramine (TETA)-modified mesoporous (MC) has been successfully prepared as a material. The effect various concentrations EDA or TETA added to MC, well activated (AC), on their adsorption capacity were investigated using high-...

Immunoglobulin production stimulating activity of polyamines was investigated. Spermidine, thermine and triethylenetetraamine (TETA) stimulated IgM production of human-human hybridoma, HB4C5 cells under serum-free condition. IgM production of HB4C5 cells was accelerated 5.9-, 5.3-, and 3.7-fold by spermidine at 4.5 mM, thermine at 2 mM and TETA at 2.5 mM, respectively. However, putrescine did n...

BACKGROUND Heart disease is the leading cause of death in diabetic patients, and defective copper metabolism may play important roles in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). The present study sought to determine how myocardial copper status and key copper-proteins might become impaired by diabetes, and how they respond to treatment with the Cu (II)-selective chelator triethylenete...