MCPB in Canterbury

Hawthorn (crataegus Monogyna) Populations in Mid-canterbury

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) is a naturalised tree that is classified as a noxious plant in several counties in the eastern South Island. It is locally abundant in lowland forest remnants, and with the indigenous spiny shrub matagouri (Discaria toumatou), on grazing land in Canterbury. Two scrub sites near Porters Pass, where the original hawthorn trees still existed, and a forest site near Ko...

Magnificent teamwork in response to Canterbury earthquake.

The Canterbury Tales and cardiology.

Herrick revealed his broad interest in medicine in 1910 when he reported the "Peculiar Elongated and Sickle-Shaped Red Blood Corpuscles in a Case of Severe Anemia."3 He, therefore, earned for himself the distinction of recognizing and describing two clinically important disorders: obstruction of coronary arteries without sudden death and sickle cell disease. He showed us his love of history and...

Smoking Prevalence Increases following Canterbury Earthquakes

BACKGROUND A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Canterbury in September 2010. This earthquake and associated aftershocks took the lives of 185 people and drastically changed residents' living, working, and social conditions. AIM To explore the impact of the earthquakes on smoking status and levels of tobacco consumption in the residents of Christchurch. METHODS Semistructured interviews were carr...

CheY-dependent methylation of the asparagine receptor, McpB, during chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis.

For the Gram-positive organism Bacillus subtilis, chemotaxis to the attractant asparagine is mediated by the chemoreceptor McpB. In this study, we show that rapid net demethylation of B. subtilis McpB results in the immediate production of methanol, presumably due to the action of CheB. We also show that net demethylation of McpB occurs upon both addition and removal of asparagine. After each d...