Mobile Communication Division, Samsung Electronics Co., 416 Maetan-3dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-742, Republic of Korea b Information Security Research Division, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, 161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-700, Republic of Korea Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuse...

We present the 1,991,830-bp complete genome sequence of Lactobacillus acidophilus strain La-14 (SD-5212). Comparative genomic analysis revealed 99.98% similarity overall to the L. acidophilus NCFM genome. Globally, 111 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (95 SNPs, 16 indels) were observed throughout the genome. Also, a 416-bp deletion in the LA14_1146 sugar ABC transporter was identified.

Human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAcP) is a tissue-specific differ entiation antigen and is the major phosphotyrosyl (p-tyr) protein phos phatase in normal differentiated prostate epithelial cells. In prostate carcinomas, cellular PAcP has a low expression. We examined the expression of cellular PAcP activity and its correlation with cell growth that may lead us to understand the role of tyros...

PURPOSE To investigate whether hospitalization influences serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values. MATERIALS AND METHODS Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies were performed for detecting prostate cancer in 2,017 patients between February 2001 and April 2011 at Ajou University Hospital. Of those patients, 416 patients who were hospitalized for prostate biopsies, whose serum PSA...