Search
Search Results
-
Recent molecular evolution of hepatitis B virus genotype F in Latin America
The evolution of hepatitis B virus genotype F (HBV-F) in Latin America is not completely understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the...
-
Sarcoptic Mange in Wild and Domestic Animals
Sarcoptic mange is recognized as a common skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei in a wide range of mammalian species. To date, the infection has...
-
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: From Its Beginnings to Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
Scrapie was the original member of what has become a family of both animal and human spongiform encephalopathies. Described clearly in the eighteenth...
-
Microbial Contamination of Mammalian Cell Culture
Contamination is commonly used as a term for the presence of undesired microorganisms, unwanted mammalian cells, and various biochemical or chemicals...
-
Cloning
Cloning is the generation of a genetically identical organism from an existing organism. The best known example of cloning is taking plant cuttings,...
-
RNA- und DNA-Viren mit reverser Transkription
Die Ortervirales sind eine neu geschaffene Ordnung und umfassen Viren, die im Rahmen ihres Replikationszyklus die enzymatische Aktivität einer...
-
Plasmodium genomics: an approach for learning about and ending human malaria
Malaria causes high levels of morbidity and mortality in human beings worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about half a...
-
Wide distribution and ancient evolutionary history of simian foamy viruses in New World primates
BackgroundAlthough simian foamy viruses (SFV) are the only exogenous retroviruses to infect New World monkeys (NWMs), little is known about their...
-
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: From its Beginnings to Daniel Carlton Gajdusek
Scrapie was the original member of what has become a family of both animal and human spongiform encephalopathies. Described clearly in the eighteenth...
-
Ethnogeographical structure of hepatitis B virus genotype distribution in Indonesia and discovery of a new subgenotype, B9
The distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the populations of island Southeast Asia is of medical and anthropological interest and is associated...
-
Development of novel therapeutics for chronic hepatitis B
Chronic infection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) presents one of the serious public health challenges worldwide. Current treatment of chronic hepatitis B...
-
Identification and characterization of novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype C10 in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Six novel subgenotypes (B7, B8, C6, C8, C9, and D6) within three hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes (B–D) were recently identified in Indonesia. To...
-
Overview of Retrovirology
In the 100 years since their discovery, retroviruses have played a special role in virology and in molecular biology. These agents have been at the...
-
Volume 5 Isolated Compounds (T-Z) References TCM Plants and Congeners
C21H26N2O3 (354.45). Acicular crystals (ethyl acetate), mp 219~222ºC, [α]D25 = −57.5º (c = 1, chloroform); hydrochloride crystals (acetone), mp...
-
Volume 6 Indexes
This index lists all 3367 normalized pharmacological activity terms appeared in the encyclopedia in alphabetical order and a number code sequence of...
-
Activation of somatostatin receptors in the globus pallidus increases rat locomotor activity and dopamine release in the striatum
RationaleSomatostatin and its receptors have been localized in brain nuclei implicated in motor control, such as the striatum, nucleus accumbens,...
-
Combining genetic and biochemical approaches to identify functional molecular contact points
Protein-protein interactions are required for many viral and cellular functions and are potential targets for novel therapies. Here we detail a...
-
The histochemistry and cell biology vade mecum: a review of 2005–2006
The procurement of new knowledge and understanding in the ever expanding discipline of cell biology continues to advance at a breakneck pace. The...
-
Identification of cis- and trans-acting factors possibly modifying the risk of epimutations on chromosome 15
In the majority of patients with a chromosome 15 imprinting defect (ID) causing Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) or Angelman syndrome (AS), the defect is...
-
The discovery of the first human retrovirus: HTLV-1 and HTLV-2
I describe here the history leading up to and including my laboratory's discovery of the first human retrovirus, HTLV-I, and its close relative,...