3-Methoxybenzamide (3-MBA), which is known to be an inhibitor of ADP-ribosyltransferase, inhibits cell division in Bacillus subtilis, leading to filamentation and eventually lysis of cells. Our genetic analysis of 3-MBA-resistant mutants indicated that the primary target of the drug is the cell division system involving FtsZ function during both vegetative growth and sporulation.

In the present study, N-(alpha-methylbenzyl-)-1-aminobenzotriazole (MBA) and ketoconazole (KET) were identified as the inhibitors with selectivity toward dog CYP2B11 and CYP3A12, respectively. Their selectivity was evaluated using phenacetin O-deethylation (CYP1A), diazepam (DZ) N1-demethylation (CYP2B11), diclofenac 4'-hydrxylation (CYP2C21), bufuralol 1'-hydroxylation (CYP2D11), and DZ C3-hyd...

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Using the lens of Institutional Logics this paper considers the diffusion and translation of the Anglo American MBA as a global idea in China. The application of Institutional Logics allows us to review the conclusions of Mazza et al., (2007) and Clegg et al., (2005), who stress the prevalence of local translations of the MBA as it travels globally. Our study highlights two dominant institution...

In this study a novel optimization method is presented, the so called mine blast algorithm (MBA). The fundamental concepts and ideas of MBA are derived from the explosion of mine bombs in real world. The efficiency of the proposed optimizer is tested via the optimization of several truss structures with discrete variables and its performance is compared with several well-known metaheuristic alg...

While technology can be used as an important competitive tool for organizational survival and growth, many graduate business programs have been unclear in their delineation of which topics should be included within their core IT/IS MBA course. A total of 311 1 year, 2 year, executive MBA students and faculty were surveyed as to which technology topics they believed were most important in an IT/...

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