In a recent report published in this journal, Y. Qian and M.-X. Guan reported on their studies on interaction of aminoglycosides with human mitochondrial 12S rRNA carrying the A1555G deafness-associated mutation (15). Using RNA oligonucleotides representing the small subunit’s rRNA decoding A site (i.e., the drug binding pocket) and carrying the A1555G mutation, the authors used chemical footpr...

In a recent report published in this journal, Y. Qian and M.-X. Guan reported on their studies on interaction of aminoglycosides with human mitochondrial 12S rRNA carrying the A1555G deafness-associated mutation (15). Using RNA oligonucleotides representing the small subunit’s rRNA decoding A site (i.e., the drug binding pocket) and carrying the A1555G mutation, the authors used chemical footpr...

The Notothenioidei dominates the fish fauna of the Antarctic in both biomass and diversity. This clade exhibits adaptations related to metabolic function and freezing avoidance in the subzero Antarctic waters, and is characterized by a high degree of morphological and ecological diversity. Investigating the macroevolutionary processes that may have contributed to the radiation of notothenioid f...

A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella Oka, 1895, Orobdella naraharaetmagarum sp. n., from the mountainous region of western Honshu, Japan is described. Orobdella naraharaetmagarum is a small species with a body length of less than 5 cm. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear 18S rRNA and histone H3, as well as mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, tRNA(Cys), tRNA(Met), 12S rRNA, tRNA(Va...

A new species of freshwater crab the genus Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992 is described from Mount Manengouba Reserve and Bakossi National Park in tropical rainforests southwestern Cameroon, Central Africa. man sp. nov. recognized by characters carapace chelipeds. In addition, a phylogenetic analysis based on partial sequences three mitochondrial DNA genes (COI, 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA...

RATIONALE Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a classical mitochondrial ocular disorder characterized by bilateral progressive ptosis and ophthalmoplegia. Kearns -Sayre syndrome (KSS) is a multisystem disorder with PEO, cardiac conduction block, and pigmentary retinopathy. A few individuals with CPEO have other manifestations of KSS, but do not meet all the clinical diagnosis...

early diagnosis of bacteremia and its complications is the most important part of care and management of the febrile patients. however, a majority of patients who appear to be clinically septic have negative blood culture. the use of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) techniques has allowed identifying the pathogenic organisms rapidly and accurately. the objective of this study was to investigate ...

Portions of two mitochondrial genes (12S and 16S ribosomal RNA) were sequenced to determine the phylogenetic relationships among the major clades of snakes. Thirty-six species, representing nearly all extant families, were examined and compared with sequences of a tuatara and three families of lizards. Snakes were found to constitute a monophyletic group (confidence probability [CP] = 96%), wit...