Sustained infection of HeLa cells by Coxsackie B3 virus, dependent on presence of viral inhibitor in culture medium, was achieved. Persistent treatment of carrier cultures with anti-Coxsackie B3 hyperimmune monkey serum eventually eliminated virus from carrier cultures indicating that a lysogenic virus-cell relationship was not operative. Free virus was produced continuously by carrier cultures...

a) i. The best response strategies are A: cache only if nobody else does. (B1) B: cache if neither A nor D cache. (B2) C: cache unless A caches. (B3) D: cache if neither A nor B cache. (B4) Nash equilibrium. If we assume that A plays xA = 1 (A caches) the system can only be in a NE if xB = xC = xD = 0 due to (B1). Since for all B, C, and D it is the best response not to cache if A does, x = (10...

BACKGROUND Respiratory infections caused by adenovirus (HAdV) are common year round. Recently, a significant increase of adenoviral infections was observed in Taiwan. OBJECTIVE To understand the prevalence and molecular epidemiology of respiratory adenovirus circulating in Taiwan for the past decade. STUDY DESIGN One hundred and twenty-six human adenoviruses, isolated between 2002 to 2011, ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease in the elderly due to an imbalance in cartilage degradation and synthesis. Heterotopic ossification (HO) occurs when ectopic masses of endochondral bone form within the soft tissues around the joints and is triggered by inflammation of the soft tissues. Procyanidin B3 (B3) is a procyanidin dimer that is widely studied due to its high abundance in the huma...

Activation of the d-opioid receptor in NG108–15 neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid cells results in a transient increase at the intracellular level of inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3]. This time course in the transient increase in the Ins(1,4,5)P3 level is distinctly different from that observed in the homologous opioid receptor desensitization as measured by the inhibition of adenylyl cyc...

Low molecular weight glutenin subunits are important components of wheat storage proteins, which play an important role in determining end-use quality of common wheat. A newly established matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) procedure was used to analyze 478 landraces of bread wheat collected from the Yangtze-River region in China. Results ...

In the seed, a fundamental transition between embryo and vegetative phases of plant development is coordinated by the interaction between the AFL and VAL sub-clades of the plant specific B3 domain transcription factor family. The AFL B3 factors together with LEC1-type HAP3 transcription factors promote embryo maturation; whereas the VAL B3 factors repress the LEC1/AFL (LAFL) network during seed...

BACKGROUND Azoospermia factor c (AZFc) subdeletions were reported to be significant risk factors for spermatogenesis. In this study, we assessed the occurrence of classical AZF deletions and AZFc subdeletions and their impact on male infertility in a Han-Chinese population. METHODS This study analysed a population of 699 subjects, including 451 idiopathic infertile patients with a range of fe...

E. Sayrol, R. Bragós, E. Alarcón, M. Cabrera, A. Calveras, J. Comellas, J. O’Callaghan, J. Pegueroles, E. Pla, L. Prat, G. Sáez, J. Sardà, C. Tallón Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona,Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Barcelona Tech, Campus Nord UPC, ed B3, c/Jordi Girona 1-3,08034 Barcelona, Spain, phone: +344016832. e–mails: [email protected], rbb@eel....