Streptococcal pullulanases have been recently proposed as key components of the metabolic machinery involved in bacterial adaptation to host niches. By sequence analysis of the Group B Streptococcus (GBS) genome we found a novel putative surface exposed protein with pullulanase activity. We named such a protein SAP. The sap gene is highly conserved among GBS strains and homologous genes, such a...

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Abstract A climatology of synoptic drylines on the subtropical southern African interior plateau (SAP) is developed using ERA5 reanalysis specific humidity and surface temperature gradients an objective detection algorithm. Drylines are found to occur regularly during spring summer (September–March), almost daily December that period, but rarely in winter. westward shift peak dryline frequency ...

The purpose of this study is to determine the dimensions and reinforcement structure, cost, schedule due transition structure building function. structural functions carried out in earthquake area five with classification soft hard soils. used as a research model 3-story residence on Nuansa Utama Selatan Street number 3, Jimbaran, Bali. planning will be converted into office buildings shophouse...

Through utilizing the nutrient-rich phloem sap, sap feeding insects such as psyllids, leafhoppers, and aphids can transmit many phloem-restricted pathogens. On the other hand, multiplication of phloem-limited, uncultivated bacteria such as Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) inside the phloem of citrus indicates that the sap contains all the essential nutrients needed for the pathogen grow...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the pathogenic factors of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) complicated by hepatic insufficiency, the prognosis and the effective preventive and therapeutic interventions. METHODS One hundred and fifty-two patients with SAP (from January 2003 to June 2004) were divided into 2 groups, SAP with hepatic insufficiency group and SAP without hepatic insufficiency group. The r...

Science Activity Planner SAP is the primary science downlink analysis and uplink planning tool for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission. (http:// mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer). During each sol (Martian day) of mission operations, scientists and engineers use SAP to visualize the data acquired by the rover on previous sols and develop a plan of activities for the rover to accomplish on the next ...

Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule-associated protein (SAP), an adaptor molecule that recruits Fyn to the signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family of immunomodulatory receptors, is mutated in X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. CD4(+) T cells from SAP-deficient mice have defective TCR-induced and follicular Th cell IL-4 production and impaired T cell-mediated help for ge...

Among the putative virulence factors of Candida albicans, secreted aspartic proteinases (Sap, encoded by a family of at least nine genes) continue to attract the attention of many investigators studying the pathogenesis of candidiasis. Several early studies documented a correlation between the levels of Sap secretion and the virulence of different strains, but much stronger support for this rol...