The Escherichia coli bgl operon is of interest, since its expression is silent (phenotypically Bgl-), at least under standard laboratory conditions. Here we attempted to identify a trans-acting factor(s) that is presumably relevant to the regulation of bgl by a random insertion mutagenesis with mini-Tn10. These collected mutations, conferring the phenotype of Bgl+, were localized in three loci ...

Methods Setting: A quantitative retrospective audit was carried out over 4 months. The medical charts and dietetic record cards of patients with raised blood glucose levels (defined as ≥8mmol/L) who were receiving enteral nutrition in Beaumont Hospital were collected by the department of Nutrition and Dietetics during the months of May to August. Patients: Medical charts and dietetic record car...

the green revolution fulfilled the food demand of crowded millions. from the time of green revolution to till date high yielding and fertilizer responsive varieties have evolved to increase the production per unit area. to improve the productivity only major nutrients are concentrated almost in all crops. though the importance of micronutrient realized during past decades in most of the crops b...

Three strains of istamycin-producing Streptomyces tenjimariensis were isolated over a period of time from soils at the same location and were found to have three different types of plasmid profiles. Protoplast fusion between two of these strains provided a clone harboring a smaller plasmid not present in the parent strains. None of the plasmids had restriction sites for EcoR I and Hind III. Mos...

Of note, the randomized controlled trials that showed a benefit from glucose control have tested only one and the same BGL target (4.4 to 6.1 mmol/l [80 to 110 mg/dl]) [2,3]. In addition, in these trials conventional insulin treatment was administered only when the BGL was >12 mmol/L (215 mg/dl), with insulin infusion gradually decreased and stopped when the BGL fell to <10 mmol/l (180 mg/dl). ...

slice through the heart acquired with dynamic spCSI after injection of hyperpolarized [1-C]-lactate. The images were averaged over 4 time points (10 to 25 s). Fig. 1: (a) Time courses of Lac, Pyr, and Bic from a 15-mm slice through a rat heart in vivo after injection of 2.8 mL hyperpolarized [1-C]pyruvate (BGL = 137mg/dL). (b) Same as (a), but after injection of 2.8 mL hyperpolarized [1-C]-lact...

common variable immunodeficiency (cvid) and selective iga deficiency (sigad) are the most common primary antibody deficiencies. these two diseases may have coincidence in one family and sigad can progress to cvid which suggest common underlying genetic defects between sigad and cvid. this study was designed to find the prevalence of multiple cases in families of iranian patients with cvid or si...

fennel (foeniculum vulgare mill.) is widely cultivated for its edible, strongly-flavored leaves, fruits, seeds andmedicinal uses. as the wild and cultivated plants are influenced by environmental stresses, the effects of salt (25, 50 and 75 mm nacl), nitrogen and iron deficiency (0 n, 0.5 n of hoagland’s solution, 0 fe and 0.5 fe ofhoagland’s solution), 2°c cold (2, 3 and 4 h) and drought (3, 5...