Source and Description of Primers. Primers for the very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACADVL) gene were designed from a bovine cDNA sequence (GenBank accession No. U30817) aligned with the human ACADVL gene (GenBank accession No. L46590). The forward primer was 5¢-TTT GGG GAG AAA ATT CAC AAC-3¢ and the reverse primer was 5¢-GCG GCC TCT ATC TGG AAG T-3¢. The amplification product was expect...

We report here the complete genomic sequence of a novel chicken anemia virus strain GXC060821, isolated from a Sanhuang chicken in Guangxi Province of southern China. The complete genome of GXC060821 was sequenced. The full-length of GXC060821 is 2,292 bp and contains three overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). A comparison of the complete sequences and the deduced amino acid sequences of GXC...

An unusual black-pigmented coryneform bacterium was isolated from the urogenital tract of a woman who experienced a spontaneous abortion during month 6 of pregnancy. Biochemical and chemotaxonomic analyses demonstrated that the unknown bacterium belonged to the genus Corynebacterium. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences (GenBank accession no. AF220220) revealed that the organism wa...

This article documents the public availability of genome sequence data and assembled contigs representing the partial draft genome of Ophiocordyceps bispora. As one of the few known pathogens of fungus-farming termites, a draft genome of O. bispora represents the opportunity to further the understanding of disease and resistance in these complex termite societies. With the ongoing attempts to r...

Phylogenetic analysis based on A) the 16S ribosomal RNA gene (16SrRNA) and B) flagellin gene of Borrelia spp. Representative Borrelia spp. were used. GenBank accession numbers are in parentheses. For the amplification and direct sequencing of 16SrRNA, the 4 PCR primers rrs-F1 (5′-ATAACGAAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCT-3′), rrs-F2 (5′-GGTGTAAGGGTGGAATCTGTTG-3′), rrs-R3 (5′-TTTCGTGACTCAGCGTCAGT-3′), and rrs-R4...

Once again the impacts of free trade are at the forefront of international economic discussions. From renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, to Brexit, many nations are reanalyzing their views on international trade and globalization. This article examines the impacts of two major trade liberalization events on Texas manufacturing employ...

The Thessaloniki Summit of 2003 offered perspective to all countries of the Western Balkans to become members of the European Union once they meet necessary conditions. To facilitate the Western Balkans’ accession, the EU has devised specific instruments in addition to those already part of the enlargement strategy. The reason for tailor-making efforts stems from concerns over stability in the ...

To understand the effects of trade policy uncertainty on firm-level export decisions, we study firm-product data on Chinese exports to the U.S. in the years surrounding China’s 2001 WTO accession. Following predictions based on a model of heterogeneous firms, we provide empirical evidence that product-level tariff uncertainty reduction spurred a notable reallocation of export activities across ...