Amplification of repetitive bacterial DNA elements through the polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR fingerprinting) using the (GTG)(5) primer, referred to as (GTG)(5)-PCR fingerprinting, was found a promising genotypic tool for rapid and reliable speciation of acetic acid bacteria (AAB). The method was evaluated with 64 AAB reference strains, including 31 type strains, and 132 isolates from Ghana...

Bacteriophage D3112 is a Mu-like temperate transposable phage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Genetic mapping and DNA sequence analysis have identified the left end of the phage genome as encoding the transposase enzyme (A) and the lysogenic (c) repressor. The c open reading frame (ORF), located at the leftmost end of the phage genome and transcribed from right to left, has four possible GTG initiat...

Recently, several chromosome banding techniques based on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) have been developed for the human and the mouse genome. In contrast to the standard chromosome banding techniques presently used, giving a protein-related banding pattern, those FISH techniques are DNA-specific. Currently the FISH banding methods are still under development and no high resolution ...

We present a case in which Minimally Invasive Limited Ligation Endoluminal-assisted Revision (MILLER) banding was complicated by the development of a pseudoaneurysm at the site of attempted banding. A patient with a high-flow fistula and symptoms of distal arterial hypoperfusion underwent Miller banding. Six weeks post-Miller banding, the patient's symptoms of hand pain returned gradually and a...

We determined the contributions of angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) stimulation, adrenergic stimulation, and autonomic activation to pressure overload-induced c- fos expression in the adult rat heart in vivo. c- fos expression was increased in pressure-overloaded hearts created by aortic banding compared with sham-operated rats (458 ± 100% vs. sham, P < 0.05). GR-138950, a selective AT1 ant...

[Purpose] This study developed methods of shoulder supporting banding and shoulder pulling banding using elastic bands for scapular dyskinesis patients with shoulder depression and scapular downward rotation and investigated the effect on shoulder pain and scapular position. [Subject] The subject was a scapular dyskinesis patient with shoulder depression and scapular downward rotation and shoul...