Chromosome segregation in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus involves propulsion of the replication origin and its capture at one pole of the cell. Bowman et al. (2008) and Ebersbach et al. (2008) now report the discovery of a protein called PopZ that mediates this chromosome capture.

The way that care of the population is shared, divided, and duplicated between community generalists and hospital specialists is changing. Whereas in 1959 35 % of babies were born at home, by 1983 this had fallen to less than 1 %. Dr Kirk Forsythe surveyed the 412 deaths in his Belfast city practice from 1946 to 1969: less than 40% died in hospital.' I have surveyed the deaths in my Welsh minin...

Koby in 1927 described a progressive, superficial corneal degeneration in a middle-aged woman that led to a painless loss of vision. This condition was characterized by the appearance of a central, fine, white reticulum at the level of Bowman's layer. The epithelium was thickened and bedewed, giving a faint brownish opalescence and providing a striking contrast to the white reticulum. We evalua...

The sequence of development of the components of the corneal adhesion complex (hemidesmosomes, basal lamina and anchoring fibrils) was studied in rabbit and human fetal corneas using electron microscopy and histochemical localization of type VII (anchoring fibril) collagen. In the rabbit, basal lamina was present at 15 days gestation, followed by hemidesmosomes (HDs) and anchoring fibrils (AFs)...

Background:  The aim of the study was to compare the radioprotective efficacy in the kidney of L-carnitine to that of amifostine. Materials and Methods: Thirty three-month-old Wistar albino rats were randomly assigned to four groups: Group 1 (Control); Group 2 (Irradiation alone); Group 3 (amifostine plus irradiation); and Group 4 (L-carnitine before irradiation). The rats in Groups 2, 3, ...

We study a polynomial interpolation of finite multiple zeta and zeta-star values with variable $t$, which is an analogue interpolated introduced by Yamamoto. introduce several relations among them and, in particular, prove the cyclic sum formula, Bowman--Bradley type weighted formula. The harmonic relation, shuffle duality derivation relation are also presented.

Horsegram (Dolichos biflorus), a protein-rich leguminous pulse, is a crop native to Southeast Asia and tropical Africa. The seeds contain multiple forms of Bowman-Birk type inhibitors. The major inhibitor HGI-III, from the native seed with 76 amino acid residues exists as a dimer. The amino acid sequence of three isoforms of Bowman-Birk inhibitor from germinated horsegram, designated as HGGI-I,...