But “The Hunger Games” has its own distinct feel and source, plus a once-in-a-lifetime cast that deliver the rather soap operish ramifications with a seriousness that edges on parody – there are parts of the film where it wouldn’t be surprising if the actors burst out in laughter. The battle against the evil district of Panem is Dystopia 101, but there is a style to it, and a sly wit, that give...

Relatively high transfo mation frequencies were obtained with Micrococcus lysodeikticus cells, previou[ill]sly grown in defined broth, with a tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane-glutamate b uffer containing Mg(++), Ca(++), Ba(++), or Sr(++).

We report on the detection of discordant inclusions in the brain of a 25-week female fetus with a very rare lysosomal storage disease, namely, Sly disease (mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type VII), presenting with nonimmune hydrops fetalis. Besides vacuolated neurons, we found abundant deposition of polyglucosan bodies (PGBs) in the developing brain of this fetus in whom MPS-VII was corroborated b...

The gene encoding suilysin was cloned from Streptococcus suis serotype 2 strain P1/7. Analysis of the nucleotide and translated amino acid sequence confirmed suilysin to be a member of the thiol activated cytolysin group (TACY). The pneumolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most closely related orthologous gene known. Suilysin was overexpressed in E. coli in an active haemolytic form. A ...

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