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NMR detection of short-lived β-emitter 12N implanted in water
The beta-detected nuclear magnetic resonance (β-NMR) in liquid H2O has been observed for the first time using a short-lived β-ray emitter 12N (I π = 1+,
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Altered patterns of cellular gene expression by JC virus
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RT-PCR detection of the expression of the polymerase gene of a novel reptilian herpesvirus in tumor tissues of green turtles with fibropapilloma
An alpha-herpesvirus has recently been associated with green turtle fibropapilloma (FP). To further understand the etiological role of this newfound green turtle herpesvirus (GTHV) in the pathogenesis of FP, ...
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Enzymatic peptide synthesis using activated esters as acyl donors in organic media
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Synthesis of peptides containing 9-aminofluorene- 9-carboxylic acid by the modified Ugi reaction
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New JC virus (JCV) genotypes from Papua New Guinea and Micronesia (Type 8 and Type 2E) and evolutionary analysis of 32 complete JCV genomes
The JC virus (JCV) is a ubiquitous human polyomavirus that frequently resides in the kidneys of healthy individuals and is excreted in the urine of a large percentage of the population. Geographic-specific JC...
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Amplification and analysis of DNA flanking known sequences of a novel herpesvirus from green turtles with fibropapilloma
A 1,632-bp fragment, flanking the original 483-bp region of the DNA polymerase gene of a novel herpesvirus found in tissues of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapilloma, was amplified from the circulari...
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Detection of herpesviral sequences in tissues of green turtles with fibropapilloma by polymerase chain reaction
An alpha-herpesvirus has been associated recently with green turtle fibropapilloma (FP). To further clarify the role of this newfound green turtle herpesvirus (GTHV) in the pathogenesis of FP, various normal-...
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Exacerbation of influenzavirus pneumonia by intranasal administration of surfactant in a mouse model
Although surfactant-secreting type II alveolar cells have been shown to be damaged during influenzavirus pneumonia, little is known about the effects of surfactant replacement therapy. We have developed a mous...
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Marked dependence on temperature of enantioselectivity in the Aspergillus oryzaeprotease-catalyzed hydrolysis of amino acid esters
In the Aspergillus oryzae protease-catalyzed enantioselective hydrolysis of amino acid esters, linear relationships were observed between – RTln Eand T, where E= enantiomeric ratio and T= absolute temperature....
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Genetic and phylogenetic analyses of hantaviral sequences amplified from archival tissues of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterrae) captured in the eastern United States
The S and M segments of a hantavirus, enzymatically amplified from tissues of Cloudland deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterrae) captured during 1985 in West Virginia, diverged from strains of Four Corners v...
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Immune recognition of genetically diverse simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type I isolates
Nucleotide sequence analysis of selected regions of the gag, pol, env and pX genes of simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (STLV-I) strains indicated that African isolates were more closely related to human...
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Low-incidence latent infection with variant B or roseola type human herpesvirus 6 in leukocytes of healthy adults
Nested primer-based polymerase chain reaction was employed to determine the frequency of latent infection with human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) among healthy adults from Bratislava, Slovak Republic. A 592-bp region...
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Neurofibrillary tangles of Guamanian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, parkinsonism-dementia and neurologically normal Guamanians contain a 4-to 4.5-kilodalton protein which is immunoreactive to anti-amyloid β/A4-protein antibodies
Neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), one of the neurodegenerative features of Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome and normal aging, is a constant, widespread neuropathological finding in Guamanian amyotrophic later...
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Yugoslavia: Epidemiologic and epizootiologic features of a nationwide outbreak in 1989
A nationwide epidemic of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) occurred in Yugoslavia in 1989. Sera from 609 hospitalized patients, from all six Republics (Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Mo...
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Neuronal autophagic vacuoles in experimental scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
We report the presence of autophagic vacuoles (AV) in neuronal perikarya and neuronal processes of rodents with experimental scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. AV were composed of sequestrated cytoplasmic ...
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Mechanism of the damage to myelinated axons in experimental Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in mice: An ultrastructural study
We report the ultrastructural pathology of myelinated axons in mice infected experimentally with the Fujisaki strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Initially the myelin sheath was separated into several c...
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Localization of amyloidogenic proteins and sulfated glycosaminoglycans in nontransmissible and transmissible cerebral amyloidoses
We report the localization of amyloid β-protein and sulfated glycosaminoglycans in senile plaques and vascular amyloid deposits in brain tissues from patients with Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's discase, and ...
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Topographic distribution of scrapie amyloid-immunoreactive plaques in chronic wasting disease in captive mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a progressive neurological disorder of captive mule deer, blacktailed deer, hybrids of mule deer and white-tailed deer and Rocky Mountain elk, is characterized neuropathologicall...
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N-Butyl benzenesulfonamide: a neurotoxic plasticizer inducing a spastic myelopathy in rabbits
N-Butyl benzenesulfonamide (NBBS), a plasticizer used commercially in the polymerization of polyamide compounds, is neurotoxic. Young adult New Zealand white rabbits, inoculated repeatedly with NBBS by the intr....
