Description The gene contains five exons and four introns; it is composed of a variable 5' untranslated region, a 296 bp coding sequence, a 3' untranslated region and a polyA tail. Transcription The gene has 5 alternatively spliced variants encoding the same protein; the variant 1 represents the longest transcript (951 bp), all the other variants have distinct and shorter 5'UTR as compared to v...

95 Received March 14, 2016; revised and accepted April 28, 2016. Published online May 25, 2016; doi: 10.1620/tjem.239.95. Correspondence: Kazutoshi Nakamura, M.D., Division of Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata 951-8510, Japan. e-mail: [email protected] Association between Dietary Intak...

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Urinary tract infections (UTI’s) are among the most common bacterial infection that lead patients to seek medical care. They are the most common bacterial acquired infections accounting for 35% of nosocomial infections. UTI’s are important complications of diabetes, renal diseases, renal transplantations and structural and International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN:...