In this study we have shown that Eap (extracellular adherence protein) plays a role in the internalization process of Staphylococcus aureus into eukaryotic cells. Eap is a protein that is mostly extracellularly and to a lesser extent is bound to the bacterial surface as a result of rebinding. Eap is able to bind to several plasma proteins, such as fibronectin, fibrinogen, and prothrombin. It ha...

FROM THE EDITOR Yoseph Bar-Cohen, JPL [email protected] The last year of the 2 Millennium, 1999, has been marked with important milestones for the field of EAP in terms of communication platforms. I am please to state that as of this year we have established 2 international conferences: SPIE – emphasizing actuators, mechanisms, smart structures and robotics; and MRS – emphasizing materials scie...

In order to achieve a distributed actuation in robotics and automation a novel soft actuator technology is being sought worldwide. One of the candidate technologies is based on Electroactive Polymers (EAP). The research to be done in the field of EAP actuators should cover four issues: material improvement, characterization and modeling, actuator design, and applications simulation. Advances on...

This study describes the development of a universal phosphorylated peptide-binding protein designed to simultaneously detect serine, threonine and tyrosine kinases. The Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase (EAP) is a well-defined nonspecific phosphated monoesterase and Ser-, Thr- or Tyr-phosphorylated peptides served as substrates for EAP in preliminary experiments. Based on the known catalyti...

This study examined relationships between workplace stress, organizational factors and use of EAP counseling services delivered by network providers in a large, privately-insured population. Claims data were linked to measures of workplace stress, focus on wellness/prevention, EAP promotion, and EAP activities for health care plan enrollees from 26 employers. The association of external environ...

This document describes a set of state machines for Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) peer, EAP stand-alone authenticator (non-pass-through), EAP backend authenticator (for use on Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) servers), and EAP full authenticator (for both local and pass-through). This set of state machines shows how EAP can be implemented to support deployment in e...

Followed by the popularity of the Internet, a number of access technologies to the Internet have been developed. EAP is an authentication framework. It is designed to provide the authentication functionality in the access network. Because of its flexibility and extensibility EAP poses a global solution for the authentication supported by many access networks. However, EAP has critical weaknesse...

Eap is a multifunctional Staphylococcus aureus protein and broad spectrum adhesin for several host matrix and plasma proteins. We investigated the interactions of full length Eap and five recombinant tandem repeat domains with host proteins using surface plasmon resonance (SPR; BIAcore®) and ligand overlay assays. In addition, agglutination and host cell interaction, namely 5 adherence, invasio...

The pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus aureus actively evades many aspects of human innate immunity by expressing a series of small inhibitory proteins. A number of these proteins inhibit the complement system, which labels bacteria for phagocytosis and generates inflammatory chemoattractants. Although the majority of staphylococcal complement inhibitors act on the alternative pathway to block...