BACKGROUND The fluorogenic alkaline phosphatase (AP) substrate 2-(5'-chloro-2'-phosphoryloxyphenyl)-6-chloro-4-(3H)-quinazolinone (ELF(R)-97 phosphate, for Enzyme-Labeled Fluorescence) has been used primarily in microscope-based imaging applications to detect endogenous AP activity, antigens and various ligands in cells and tissues, and nucleic acid hybridization. In a previous study, we demons...

The basis of the beta-lactam resistance of 39 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from hospitalized patients was studied. These isolates were collected from 2001 to 2005 at the Sahloul Hospital in Sousse, Tunisia. They belonged to two distinct clones. One clone that grouped 19 isolates produced a carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase, OXA-97, that differed from OXA-58 b...

We draw parallels between coalition game logics developed in [Pauly, 2000b], [Pauly, 2000c], and [Pauly, 2001] on one hand, and alternating-time temporal logics of computations introduced in [Alur et al, 97] on the other. In particular, we show equivalence of their semantics, embedding of coalition game logics into alternating-time temporal logic, and propose axiomatic systems for these logics.

This document provides an opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on genetically modified maize MON 863 and the maize hybrid MON 863 x MON 810. The opinion is based on two questions raised by the Commission related to applications for the placing of the maize on the market by Monsanto under the Novel Food Regulat...

DNA/RNA Description DNA contains 27.322 kb composed of 20 coding exons. Exons 1-2 encode the 5' untranslated region and the signal peptide, exons 3-7 the five EGF domains, exons 8-13 the extracellular stalk, exons 14-18 the seven-span transmembrane (TM7) domains and exons 19-20 the intracellular part and the 3' untranslated region. Transcription 3247 bp mRNA transcribed in telomeric to centrome...