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- Bock G., Roberts R.G., Kissling E., Achauer A., Alingahi J., Bruneton M., Friedrich W., Grad M. Guterch A., Hjelt S-E., Hyvönen T., Ikonen J-P., Komminaho K., Korja A, Heikkinen P., Kozolovaskaya E., Nevsky M.V., Pavlenkova N., Pedersen H., Plomerova J.
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Seismic probing of Archean and Proterozoic Lithosphere in Fennoscandia.
- 2001
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In: EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union. - : American Geophysical Union. ; 82, s. 621,628-629
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- Chung, Whasun O, et al.
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Distribution of erm(F) and tet(Q) genes in 4 oral bacterial species and genotypic variation between resistant and susceptible isolates.
- 2002
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In: Journal of Clinical Periodontology. - 0303-6979 .- 1600-051X. ; 29:2, s. 152-158
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Bacteroides forsythus, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia are Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria that are currently considered potential periopathogens. Prevotella nigrescens has recently been separated from P. intermedia and its rôle in periodontitis is unknown. The erm(F) gene codes for an rRNA methylase, conferring resistance to macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramin B (MLSB), and the tet(Q) gene for a ribosomal protection protein, conferring resistance to tetracycline. The presence of these resistance genes could impair the use of antibiotics for therapy.PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the carriage of erm(F) and tet(Q), and genetic variability of 12 Porphyromonas gingivalis, 10 Prevotella intermedia, 25 Prevotella nigrescens and 17 Bacteroides forsythus isolates from 9 different patient samples.METHODS: We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detecting antibiotic resistance genes, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) for detecting genetic variability among the isolates.RESULTS: Thirty-one (48%) isolates were resistant to both erythromycin and tetracycline and carried the erm(F) and tet(Q) genes, eight (13%) were tetracycline resistant and carried the tet(Q) gene, 9 (14%) were erythromycin resistant and carried the erm(F) gene, and 12 (19%) isolates did not carry antibiotic resistance genes. PFGE was used to compare isolates from the same patient and isolates from different patient samples digested with XbaI. No association was found between antibiotic resistance gene carriage and PFGE patterns in any species examined. All isolates of the same species from the same patient had highly related or identical PFGE patterns. Isolates of same species from different patients had unique PFGE pattern for each species tested.CONCLUSION: All isolates of the same species from any one patient were genetically related to each other but distinct from isolates from other patients, and 66% of the patients carried antibiotic resistant isolates, which could impair antibiotic therapy.
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- Hodson, N, et al.
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Identification that KfiA, a protein essential for the biosynthesis of the Escherichia coli K5 capsular polysaccharide, is an alpha -UDP-GlcNAcglycosyltransferase : The formation of a membrane-associated K5 biosynthetic complex requires KfiA, KfiB and KfiC.
- 2000
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In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. - 0021-9258 .- 1083-351X. ; 275:35, s. 27311-27315
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Escherichia coli K5 capsular polysaccharide consists of the repeat structure -4)GlcA-beta(1,4)-GlcNAc-alpha(1-and requires the KfiA, KfiB, KfiC, and KfiD proteins for its synthesis, Previously, the KfiC protein was shown to be a beta-UDP-GlcA glycosyltransferase, and KfiD was shown to be a UDP-Glc dehydrogenase. Here, we demonstrate that KfiA is an alpha-UDP-GlcNAc glycosyltransferase and that biosynthesis of the K5 polysaccharide involves the concerted action of the KfiA and KfiC proteins. By site-directed mutagenesis, we determined that the acidic motif of DDD, which is conserved between the C family of glycosyltransferases, is essential for the enzymatic activity of KfiA III addition, by Western blot analysis, we determined that association of KfiA with the cytoplasmic membrane requires KfiC but not KfiB, whereas the interaction of KfiC with the cytoplasmic membrane was dependent on both KfiA and KfiB. Likewise, KfiB was only detectable in cytoplasmic membrane fractions when both KfiA and KfiC were present. These data suggest that the interaction between the KfiA, KfiB, and KfiC proteins is essential for the stable association of these proteins with the cytoplasmic membrane and the biosynthesis of the K5 polysaccharide.
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- Jenkins, S. R., et al.
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Spatial and temporal variation in settlement and recruitment of the intertidal barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (L.) (Crustacea : Cirripedia) over a European scale
- 2000
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In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. - 0022-0981. ; 243:2, s. 209-225
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Variation in the level of settlement and recruitment in the intertidal barnacle Semibalanus balanoides was studied using a hierarchical sampling programme. The effect of three spatial scales, 10s of metres (sites), 1000s of metres (shores) and 100s of kilometres (locations), was determined. The largest spatial scale represented the distance between four widely separated locations, Sweden, the Isle of Man, SW Ireland and SW England, covering a. large part of the range of S. balanoides in Europe. Temporal variation was determined by comparison between two years, 1997 and 1998. The settlement period of S. balanoides varied in length and timing, being earlier and shorter at the most northerly location, Sweden. The duration of settlement showed little difference among shores within locations, but the pattern of settlement did vary. Estimates of total settlement throughout the settlement period and of recruitment at the end of this period both showed substantial variation among locations which was dependent on the year of study. There was little consistency in the ranking of locations between the two years. Recruitment showed significant variation I the lower spatial scales of shore and site. In addition, examination of variance components showed a high degree of variation between replicates within sites in 1997. There was a significant relationship between settlement and recruitment at three of the four locations. Across all locations variation in settlement explained between 29 and 99% of variation in recruitment. However, locations showed distinct differences in the level of post-settlement survival. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Kislev, T., et al.
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On the nature of opaque cylindrical regions formed at fibre break sites in a fragmentation test
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In: Advanced Composites Letters. - : SAGE Publications. - 0963-6935 .- 2633-366X. ; 11:1, s. 7-13
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- When a single-fibre composite test is performed to obtain information about the interfacial adhesion in a composite, a gradual strain increase often causes an opaque (black) cylinder to nucleate at, and grow from, the fibre failure sites. The nature of the opaque cylinder is difficult to ascertain using optical microscopy. This is the subject of the present note. To study the inside of the opaque cylinder we use several experimental methods based on imaging the failed region: optical microscopy, laser Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Mechanical models, including FEM analysis and analytic equations based on the shear-lag, approach, are used to discuss the experimental work. The nature and growth mechanism of the opaque cylinder are of importance in defining the parameters and/or contributions that appear in both the force balance and the. energy balance schemes.
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- Kunkel, E J, et al.
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Lymphocyte CC chemokine receptor 9 and epithelial thymus-expressed chemokine (TECK) expression distinguish the small intestinal immune compartment: Epithelial expression of tissue-specific chemokines as an organizing principle in regional immunity
- 2000
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In: Journal of Experimental Medicine. - 1540-9538. ; 192:5, s. 761-768
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The immune system has evolved specialized cellular and molecular mechanisms for targeting and regulating immune responses at epithelial surfaces. Here we show that small intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes and lamina propria lymphocytes migrate to thymus-expressed chemokine (TECK). This attraction is mediated by CC chemokine receptor (CCR)9, a chemoattractant receptor expressed at high levels by essentially all CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes in the small intestine. Only a small subset of lymphocytes in the colon are CCR9(+), and lymphocytes from other tissues including tonsils, lung, inflamed liver, normal or inflamed skin, inflamed synovium and synovial fluid, breast milk, and seminal fluid are universally CCR9(-). TECK expression is also restricted to the small intestine: immunohistochemistry reveals that intense anti-TECK reactivity characterizes crypt epithelium in the jejunum and ileum, but not in other epithelia of the digestive tract (including stomach and colon), skin, lung, or salivary gland. These results imply a restricted role for lymphocyte CCR9 and its ligand TECK in the small intestine, and provide the first evidence for distinctive mechanisms of lymphocyte recruitment that may permit functional specialization of immune responses in different segments of the gastrointestinal tract. Selective expression of chemokines by differentiated epithelium may represent an important mechanism for targeting and specialization of immune responses.
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- Lê, A D, et al.
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Neurobiological processes in alcohol addiction.
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In: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. - 0145-6008. ; 25:5 Suppl ISBRA
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were A. D. Lê and K. Kiianmaa. The presentations were (1) Alcohol reward and aversion, by C. L. Cunningham; (2) The role of sensitization of neuronal mechanisms in ethanol self-administration, by J. A. Engel, M. Ericson, and B. Söderpalm; (3) Alcohol self-administration in dependent animals: Neurobiological mechanisms, by G. F. Koob, A. J. Roberts, and F. Weiss; (4) Stress and relapse to alcohol, by A. D. Lê; (5) Alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA rats differ in locomotor activation induced by repeated morphine injections, by P. Hyytiä, S. Janhunen, J. Mikkola, P. Bäckström, and K. Kiianmaa; and (6) Initial sensitivity and acute functional tolerance to the hypnotic effects of ethanol in mice genetically selected for mild and severe ethanol withdrawal convulsions, by I. Ponomarev and J. C. Crabbe.
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- Rissler, Jenny, et al.
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Physical properties of the sub-micrometer aerosol over the Amazon rain forest during the wet-to-dry season transition - comparison of modeled and measured CCN concentrations
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. - 1680-7324. ; 4:8, s. 2119-2143
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Sub-micrometer atmospheric aerosol particles were studied in the Amazon region, 125 km northeast of Manaus, Brazil (-1degrees55.2'S, 59degrees28.1'W). The measurements were performed during the wet-to-dry transition period, 4-28 July 2001 as part of the LBA (Large-Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia) CLAIRE-2001 (Cooperative LBA Airborne Regional Experiment) experiment. The number size distribution was measured with two parallel differential mobility analyzers, the hygroscopic growth at 90% RH with a Hygroscopic Tandem Mobility Analyzer (H-TDMA) and the concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) with a cloud condensation nuclei counter. A model was developed that uses the H-TDMA data to predict the number of soluble molecules or ions in the individual particles and the corresponding minimum particle diameter for activation into a cloud droplet at a certain supersaturation. Integrating the number size distribution above this diameter, CCN concentrations were predicted with a time resolution of 10 min and compared to the measured concentrations. During the study period, three different air masses were identified and compared: clean background, air influenced by aged biomass burning, and moderately polluted air from recent local biomass burning. For the clean period 2001, similar number size distributions and hygroscopic behavior were observed as during the wet season at the same site in 1998, with mostly internally mixed particles of low diameter growth factor (similar to1.3 taken from dry to 90% RH). During the periods influenced by biomass burning the hygroscopic growth changed slightly, but the largest difference was seen in the number size distribution. The CCN model was found to be successful in predicting the measured CCN concentrations, typically within 25%. A sensitivity study showed relatively small dependence on the assumption of which model salt that was used to predict CCN concentrations from H-TDMA data. One strength of using H-TDMA data to predict CCN concentrations is that the model can also take into account soluble organic compounds, insofar as they go into solution at 90% RH. Another advantage is the higher time resolution compared to using size-resolved chemical composition data.
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