We developed a novel PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism test for the ccrB gene by using HinfI and BsmI for rapid typing of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec). When tested with reference strains and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates, the method proved to be valid and useful for rapid identification of four SCCmec types, especially type IV.

Several recent studies have shown that OOHhas no greater reactivity than oHin the gas phase. This is in striking contrast to the solution phase observation that OOHhas an enhanced nucleophilicity over oH(the "alpha-effect") . The gas-phase results were thought to put into jeopardy the FMO orbital-splitting explanation of the alpha-effect, since, it was reasoned, such an effect should be indepen...

This paper proposes the Face Multimedia Object (FMO), and iFACE as a framework for implementing the face object within multimedia systems. FMO encapsulates all the functionality and data required for face animation. iFACE implements FMO and provides necessary interfaces for a variety of applications in order to access FMO services.

The organization of biochemical networks that make up the living cell can be defined by studying the dynamics of protein-protein interactions. To this end, experimental strategies based on protein fragment complementation assays (PCAs) have been used to map biochemical networks and to identify novel components of these networks. Pharmacological perturbations of the interactions can be observed,...