Correspondence to: Jung-Hwan Yoon Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea Tel: +82-2-2072-2228, Fax: +82-2-743-6701, E-mail: [email protected] pISSN 1976-2283 eISSN 2005-1212 http://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl15307 Current treatments for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection based o...

In this paper, we introduce parameters slε(X) and sl0(X) based on slices of Banach space X . Using these parameters we describe some new properties of Banach spaces related to normal structure, uniformly non-squareness and others. In particular, we prove that if sl 2 3 (X) < 2, then X has normal structure, and sl0(X) = ε0(X) where ε0(X) is the characteristic of convexity of X . In addition, we ...

We obtain the equivalence of the properties (β) and (NUC) in Orlicz function spaces. This answers a question raised by Y. Cui, R. Pluciennik and T. Wang.

Glutinoglossum is a recently described genus in Geoglossomycetes, characterized by viscid black fruiting bodies. Glutinoglossum was described based on molecular evidence showing that the fungus formerly known as Geoglossum glutinosum formed a well-supported clade separate from Geoglossum. This study provides a comprehensive examination of Glutinoglossum based on maximum-likelihood and Bayesian ...

The spin-averaged electromagnetic polarizabilities of the hyperons Λ and Σ are calculated within the one-loop approximation by use of the dispersion theory. The photon and meson couplings to hyperons are determined so as to satisfy the large Nc consistency condition. It is shown that in order for the large Nc consistency condition to hold exotic hyperon states such as Σ ∗∗ with I = 2 and J = 3/...

the present study was aimed to identify the frequency of coagulase (coa) and thermonuclease (nuc) genes and staphylococcal enterotoxin a (sea) production among staphylococcus aureus isolated from various sources in shiraz. moreover, the correlation between the sea gene and coagulase and thermonuclease enzymes is also considered. a total of 100 s. aureus were isolated from various sources includ...

Background: Staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) is one of the most common food-borne diseases worldwide resulting from contamination by preformed S. aureus enterotoxins and milk considered to be a major source SFP. This study aimed at PCR based detection its enterotoxigenic genes in raw products. Methods: A total 300 samples products were collected randomly Aizawl district Mizoram subjected phe...

Group I introns were discovered inserted at the same position in the nuclear small-subunit ribosomal DNA (nuc-ssu-rDNA) in several species of homobasidiomycetes (mushroom-forming fungi). Based on conserved intron sequences, a pair of intron-specific primers was designed for PCR amplification and sequencing of intron-containing rDNA repeats. Using the intron-specific primers together with flanki...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcal (or micrococcal) nuclease or thermonuclease (SNase or Nuc) is a naturally-secreted nucleic acid degrading enzyme that participates in Staphylococcus aureus spread in the infected host. Purified Nuc protein can be used as an exogenous reagent to clear cellular extracts and improve protein purification. Here, a recombinant form of Nuc was produced and secreted in a Gram-...

Aim Fungi make up a large, ecologically important group of eukaryotes that has been neglected in historical biogeography. In this study, molecular phylogenies and molecular clock dating were used to infer historical biogeography of the shiitake genus, Lentinula Earle, which occurs in both the Old World and New World. The major goals of this study were to determine if the Old World and New World...