A synthetic peptide vaccine which protects dogs against challenge with virulent canine parvovirus is described. The amino acid sequence used was discovered in previous studies on the immunogenic properties of previously mapped antigenic sites and represents the amino-terminal region of viral protein VP2. As with marker vaccines, it is possible to discriminate between vaccinated dogs that have n...

We report two episodes of recurrent candidemia caused by echinocandin-resistant Candida glabrata in a 69-year-old patient who underwent repeated abdominal surgery. In the first episode of candidemia, an echinocandin-susceptible Candida glabrata strain was isolated, and the patient was treated with caspofungin. The isolates from the later episodes showed resistance to echinocandins. Analysis of ...

Metallothionein (MT) is a protein which contains 20 cysteine residues but no aromatic amino acids. It was tested whether treatment of male rats with the hepatocarcinogen diethylnitrosamine (DENA) could ethylate nucleic acids in such a way that protein variants containing measurable amounts of aromatic amino acid residues could be isolated from the livers of treated animals. To give a low limit ...

A facile one step synthesis of anilino alky1-N-substituted phthalimide I is reported. The following compounds belonging to this series were made: 1. (anilino-N-ethyl) phthalimide 8 2. (3,4, 5-trimethoxy anilino-N-ethyl) phthalimide 6 3. (3,4, 5-trimethoxy anilino-N-propyl) phthalimide 7 4. N-(ethyl phthalirnido-p-amino benzoyl) glutamic acid diethyl ester 10 5. N-(propyl phthalimido-p-ami...

The molecular basis of an acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) target-based resistant Lolium rigidum population (WLR 96) was studied here. The carboxyl-transferase domain of the plastidic ACCase gene from resistant individuals was amplified by PCR and sequenced. The DNA sequences were aligned and compared with a susceptible population. Six amino acid substitutions were identified in the resistant po...

Increasing the nutritional value of maize grain may contribute to improved human nutrition and health. Although maize is widely grown both for human consumption and for animal feed, maize is an inadequate source of essential amino acids in many diets. Maize protein is deficient in lysine and tryptophan, and in many poultry diets, maize protein is inadequate in the sulfur amino acids (methionine...