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Open AccessLong-term satisfaction of patients after laparoscopic and robotic-assisted hysterectomy
Da-Vinci-** is the most recent device used in gynecologic robotic surgery. The aim of the present study was to compare the long-term satisfaction of patients who had undergone conventional laparoscopic hystere...
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MHC class II DRB diversity, selection pattern and population structure in a neotropical bat species, Noctilio albiventris
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) have a crucial role in the immune response of vertebrates, alter the individual odour and are involved in sha** mating preferences. Pathogen-mediated selec...
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Neutral versus adaptive genetic variation in parasite resistance: importance of major histocompatibility complex supertypes in a free-ranging primate
Current discussions in evolutionary ecology and conservation genetics focus on the relative importance of using selective neutral markers or markers of coding genes to identify adaptive and evolutionary releva...
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Mismatch repair ensures fidelity of replication and recombination in the radioresistant organism Deinococcus radiodurans
We have characterized the mismatch repair system (MMR) of the highly radiation-resistant type strain of Deinococcus radiodurans, ATCC 13939. We show that the MMR system is functional in this organism, where it pa...
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Quantification of RecA protein in Deinococcus radiodurans reveals involvement of RecA, but not LexA, in its regulation
RecA protein is essential for the very high level of resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans to DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation or other DNA-damaging agents. Since the mechanism(s) involved in the control...
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SOS induction by thermosensitive replication mutants of miniF plasmid
MiniF, a 9.3 kb fragment of the dispensable F plasmid, carries genes necessary for its replication and partition as well as for the expression of an SOS signal. The arrest of replication of a thermo-sensitive ...