AIMS To compare the AUXACOLOR yeast identification system with the API 20C system. METHODS Yeast isolates (n = 215), comprising 16 species, were identified using the AUXACOLOR system and the API 20C system. Isolates that could not be identified with the API 20C system or which produced discrepant results in the two systems were identified by assimilation and fermentation procedures. RESULTS...

The effect of dietary protein oil p70S5k phosphorylation was examined in rats starved for 18 h and then fed either a 20% casein diet (20C) er a protein-free diet (OC). Refeeding the 20C diet, but not the OC diet, increased p70Sdi phosphorylation in both the skeletal mllscle End liver. The plasma insulin concentratiens were the sEme after refeeding the 20C or OC diet, suggesting that a cembinati...

The signal recognition particle (SRP) provides the molecular link between synthesis of polypeptides and their concomitant translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum. During targeting, SRP arrests or delays elongation of the nascent chain, thereby presumably ensuring a high translocation efficiency. Components of the Alu domain, SRP9/14 and the Alu sequences of SRP RNA, have been suggested to ...

The A-20C polymorphism in the angiotensinogen (AGT) gene has been associated with increased risk of essential hypertension in several studies; however, these studies gave inconsistent results. In this study, we performed a meta-analysis to assess the association between AGT A-20C polymorphism and essential hypertension. Published literature was retrieved from PubMed. Pooled odd's ratio (OR) wit...

The effects of seedling age and temperature regimes and durations on the reversal of Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shin. heat-induced rosette formation were clarified. When E. grandiflorum seedlings were grown in a natural-light phytotron (600-800 μmol·m·s) for 4 weeks at 33/28C (12-h day/12-h night) from germination to the four true-leaf stage, the optimum temperature and duration required to br...

The effect of betaine status on folate deficiency-induced hyperhomocysteinemia was investigated to determine whether folate deficiency impairs homocysteine removal not only by the methionine synthase (MS) pathway but also by the betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase (BHMT) pathway. For this purpose, we investigated the effect of dietary supplementation with betaine at a high level (1%) in ra...

The conventional identification (assimilation profiles in the API 20C [bioMérieux Vitek, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.] identification system, colony color on CHROMagar Candida [CHROMagar, Paris, France], and morphology on cornmealTween 80 agar) of 32 atypical isolates of Candida albicans recovered during a study of oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals could not...

The present paper highlighted the importance of the recommended levels of fish consumption or omega-3 supplementation in order to minimize the frequency of seizures in people with uncontrolled epilepsy and, especially, to reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).