Streptomyces sp. WK-6326, a soil isolate, was found to produce an inhibitor of interleukin (IL)-4 signal transduction. Two structurally related compounds, a novel one designated deacetylravidomycin M and the known deacetylravidomycin, were isolated from the culture broth by solvent extraction, silica gel column chromatography and HPLC. Deacetylravidomycin M inhibited IL-4-induced CD23 expressio...

In this paper, we describe a new species of the genus Allonychiurus Yoshii, 1995, characterized by the presence of an apical swelling on the fourth antennal segment as well as a combination of chaetotaxic and pseudocellar characters. The genus Allonychiurus is redefined. Four of its species are considered as incertae sedis: Allonychiurus michelbacheri (Bagnall, 1948), Allonychiurus spinosus (Ba...

Eight species of the family Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956 are listed from the Republic of Moldova. A new species, Arrhopalites prutensis sp. nov. is described. It belongs to the diversus group of species with 3, 2, 1, 1 anterior setae on dens, possesses neosminthuroid seta on the furca base region-a character rarely noted for the family. The new species is closely related to A. baccettii Dallai, 1...

In this paper; a comparison has been made among the Articles contained in the ISO/IEC 27001 Standard and the Articles of the Civil Servants Law No 657, which should essentially be complied with by the personnel employed within the bodies of public institutions in Turkey; and efforts have been made in order to emphasize the consistent Articles; and in addition, the matters, which should be paid ...

Investigating grain growth in southern protoplanetary disks Page 18 As we enter the 2006 millimetre observing season at the ATNF, the installation of the ATNF’s newest and most versatile spectrometer is now complete. The MOPra Spectrometer (MOPS) recently completed the final stages of testing on the Mopra millimetre telescope and observations have commenced for 2006, with fascinating results al...

Supersymmetric orientifolds of four dimensional Gepner Models are constructed in a systematic way. For all levels of the Gepner model being odd the generic expression for both the A-type and the B-type Klein bottle amplitude is derived. The appearing massless tadpoles are canceled by introducing appropriate boundary states of Recknagel/Schomerus(RS). After determining the Möbius strip amplitude...

We analyze a model of conflict with endogenous choice of effort, where subsets of the contenders may force the resolution to be sequential: First the alliance fights it out with the rest and – in case they win – later they fight it out among themselves. For three-player games, we find that it will not be in the interest of any two of them to form an alliance. We obtain this result under two dif...

We announce the complete genome sequence for Proteus mirabilis strain BB2000, a model system for self recognition. This opportunistic pathogen contains a single, circular chromosome (3,846,754 bp). Comparisons between this genome and that of strain HI4320 reveal genetic variations corresponding to previously unknown physiological and self-recognition differences.

A new genus of Rentoniini, Globorentonium gen. n., is described including three new species: G globulum sp. n. (type species) from Tasmania, Victoria, ACT and southern New South Wales; G lescheni sp. n. from northern New South Wales and G plaumanni sp. n. from southern Brazil. The new genus is compared with other known genera of Rentoniinae, and a key to world genera is provided.