We report the draft genome sequences of marine RNA viruses SF-1, SF-2, and SF-3, which were assembled from metagenomic sequencing of organisms in San Francisco wastewater. These viruses were most closely related to marine RNA virus JP-B and algae viruses.

Scatter factor (SF) (also known as hepatocyte growth factor [HGF]) is a fibroblast-derived cytokine that stimulates motility, proliferation, and morphogenesis of epithelia. SF may play major roles in development, repair, and carcinogenesis. However, the physiologic signals that regulate its production are not well delineated. We found that various human tumor cell lines that do not produce SF s...

Naturally occurring sulforaphane (SF) has been extensively studied for cancer prevention. However, little is known as to which organs may be most affected by this agent, which impedes its further development. In the present study, SF was administered to rats orally either in a single dose or once daily for 7 d. Tissue distribution of SF was measured by a HPLC-based method. Glutathione S-transfe...

Four pathogenic Vibrio species were isolated from three diseased black rockfish Sebastes schlegeli in Yantai, Shandong Province, China. The strains identified based on physiological and biochemical characteristics 16S rDNA sequencing named SF-2, SF-3, SF-5, SF-6, respectively. SF-2 was scophthalmi, SF-3 V. harveyi, SF-5 alginolyticus, SF-6 parahaemolyticus. This is the first time that scophthal...

OBJECTIVE A low sexual function (SF) has been reported in patients with colorectal cancer. However, research often focusses on clinical predictors of SF, hereby omitting patients' subjective evaluation of SF [i.e., the quality of sexual life (QoSL)] and psychosocial predictors of SF and QoSL. In addition, research incorporating a biopsychosocial approach to SF and QoSL is scarce. Therefore, thi...

The orphan nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) is an essential regulator of endocrine organogenesis, sexual differentiation, and steroidogenesis. SF-1 is a transcriptional regulator of cAMP responsive genes, but the exact mechanisms by which cAMP-dependent PKA modulates SF-1 dependent transcription leading to increased steroidogenic output have not been determined. In this report the...

This paper investigated whether the SF-12 could replace the SF-36 in the measurement of health status among ischaemic heart disease patients. The SF-36 and SF-12 were administered to 105 cardiac patients. The SF-36 summary scores were strongly correlated and similar to the SF-12 summary scores. Also, the SF-12 scores were as powerful as the SF-36 summary scores in discriminating between subgrou...

Three components, SF-973 A, B, and C were obtained from a Streptomyces olivaceus SF-973. SF-973 B catalyzed the converison of inactive SF-973 C (dihydroabikoviromycin) to bioactive SF-973 A (abikoviromycin). Purification of SF-973 B was conducted by sequential chromatographies on columns of DEAE-cellulose, Sephadex G-75, and Sephadex G-100. The enzyme SF-973 B was most active at around pH 7 and...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the involvement in civil society groups (CSGs) and the impact of this on health. DESIGN Case study, cross sectional, self completion questionnaire, and semi-structured interviews. SETTING Residents in two suburbs in Adelaide, South Australia. PARTICIPANTS Every household (1038) received a questionnaire asking the adult with the next birthday to complete it. A ...