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Kappagoda CT, Court D, Myers S, Perry E. Clinical evaluation of stress: an opinion. Prev Cardiol 2002; 3:152-153. [PMID: 11834933 DOI: 10.1111/j.1520-037x.2000.80378.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- C T Kappagoda
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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Induction of a lambda prophage causes the death of the host cell even in the absence of phage replication and lytic functions due to expression of functions from the lambda p(L) operon. We genetically modified the lambda prophage to determine which lambda p(L) operon functions were involved in cell killing. Viability assays and flow cytometry were used to monitor cell death and filamentation. The kil gene was shown to cause cell death and filamentation as described previously. Another killing activity was mapped within the p(L) operon to the gam gene. Inspection of the DNA sequence showed that there are two possible translation start points for both kil and gam. In both cases, the shorter of the two possible products could cause cell killing. The shorter products were also sufficient for the known filamentation and recombination activities of the respective Kil and Gam functions. The expression level of the p(L) operon is down-regulated by Cro repressor. In the absence of Cro, higher p(L) expression levels allow either Kil or Gam to be lethal or growth inhibitory, whereas at lowered expression in Cro-repressed conditions, only Kil is lethal. The filamentation function of Kil and recombination activity of Gam are unaffected at Cro-repressed levels of expression.
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- K Sergueev
- National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
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The rnc operon from Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been cloned and characterized. The three genes comprising this operon, rnc, era, and recO, are arranged similarly to those in some other gram-negative bacteria. Multicopy plasmids carrying the rnc operon of P. aeruginosa functionally complement mutations of the rnc, era, and recO genes in Escherichia coli. In particular, the P. aeruginosa era homolog rescues the conditional lethality of era mutants in E. coli, and the presumptive protein has 60% identity with the Era of E. coli. We discuss these data and evidence suggesting that a GTPase previously purified from P. aeruginosa and designated Pra is not an Era homolog.
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- B Powell
- Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, ABL-Basic Research Program, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Raziuddin A, Court D, Sarkar FH, Liu YL, Kung HF, Raziuddin R. A c-erbB-2 promoter-specific nuclear matrix protein from human breast tumor tissues mediates NF-kappaB DNA binding activity. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:15715-20. [PMID: 9188464 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.25.15715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The c-erbB-2 gene overexpression plays a major role in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. Binding studies detected a nuclear matrix protein (NMP) in human breast tumor tissues that recognizes a matrix attachment region (MAR) in the immediate vicinity of the c-erbB-2 gene promoter. This NMP is expressed in breast tumor tissues and cell lines along with c-erbB-2, but is not found in corresponding normal tissues. Furthermore, when NMP purified from the breast tumors by its affinity to the MAR sequence is added to nuclear extracts of breast cancer cells, it selectively stimulates the binding of the NF-kappaB transcription factor to DNA. A model is suggested in which the association of the MAR-like sequence with the nuclear matrix raises the local concentration of the specific NMP, which in turn interacts with the nuclear factor NF-kappaB to increase its local level. Such a complex could explain at a molecular level the "increase in NF-kappaB DNA binding activity" often observed in c-erbB-2- and BRCA1-positive human breast tumors. The increased NF-kappaB activity could thereby contribute to breast cancer progression.
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- A Raziuddin
- Intramural Research Support Program, Science Application International Corporation/Frederick, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Cisneros B, Court D, Sanchez A, Montañez C. Point mutations in a transcription terminator, lambda tI, that affect both transcription termination and RNA stability. Gene 1996; 181:127-33. [PMID: 8973320 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00492-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The terminator tI is located approx. 280 nucleotides beyond the int gene of bacteriophage lambda. Besides its role as a transcription terminator, tI may confer stability to the int message by protecting it from 3' exonucleolytic degradation. In order to study the role of the tI sequence in transcription termination and RNA stability, three different point mutations tI1, tI2, and tI3 were isolated and characterized. All the tI mutations map in the G + C-rich region of dyad symmetry in the terminator and decrease the transcriptional termination of tI in vivo from 99% for the wild type terminator to 81-93% as determined by galactokinase activity and in vitro from 80% for the wild type terminator to 8-12% using the E. coli RNA polymerase. Additionally, the tI mutations cause upstream transcript instability in vivo. This instability defect caused by tI mutations is compensated by the host mutant deficient in polynucleotide phosphorylase resulting in increased steady state levels of these mutant transcripts. The results show that the intact hairpin of tI is essential for efficient transcription termination and for maintaining mRNA stability by blocking the 3' to 5' exonucleolytic activity of polynucleotide phosphorylase.
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- B Cisneros
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., México, D.F., Mexico
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Hoover T, Mikovits J, Court D, Liu YL, Kung HF. A nuclear matrix-specific factor that binds a specific segment of the negative regulatory element (NRE) of HIV-1 LTR and inhibits NF-kappa(B) activity. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:1895-900. [PMID: 8657571 PMCID: PMC145884 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.10.1895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The negative regulatory element (NRE) of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) long terminal repeat (LTR) is a defined region that has been reported to downregulate LTR-directed HIV gene expression. However, information on the precise role of this region in regulating HIV gone transcription is lacking. We have investigated the possibility that these NRE sequences regulate HIV transcription by a mechanism mediated through a nuclear matrix-specific DNA-protein interaction. We find a nuclear matrix attachment region (MAR) present within the NRE of the HIV-1 LTR that recognizes a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein present in the nuclear matrix of HIV infected cells. Moreover, we also show that the purified DNA-binding nuclear matrix protein (NMP) specifically represses the DNA-binding activity of NF-kappaB. It is likely that the MAR and MAR-enriched specific DNA-binding NMP are brought into juxtaposition by the non-chromatin scaffolding of the nucleus, thus influencing NF-kappaB (and other nuclear proteins) DNA-binding activity through protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions. Our date suggest that one possible role of the NRE could be to act as a matrix attachment site in the nuclear matrix, thus, allowing interaction with a sequence-specific trans-acting factor. The negative effect on NF-kappaB activity due to this MAR-NMP-specific interaction provides a mechanism by which the NRE downregulates HIV gene expression.
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- T Hoover
- Intramural Research Support Program, SAIC/Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
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Das A, Pal M, Mena JG, Whalen W, Wolska K, Crossley R, Rees W, von Hippel PH, Costantino N, Court D, Mazzulla M, Altieri AS, Byrd RA, Chattopadhyay S, DeVito J, Ghosh B. Components of multiprotein-RNA complex that controls transcription elongation in Escherichia coli phage lambda. Methods Enzymol 1996; 274:374-402. [PMID: 8902820 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(96)74032-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
MESH Headings
- Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Bacteriophage lambda/genetics
- Bacteriophage lambda/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Chromatography, Affinity/methods
- Chromatography, Ion Exchange/methods
- DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel/methods
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Indicators and Reagents
- Kinetics
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Nucleocapsid/isolation & purification
- Nucleocapsid/metabolism
- Operon
- Peptide Elongation Factors/isolation & purification
- Peptide Elongation Factors/metabolism
- Phosphorus Radioisotopes
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Viral/analysis
- RNA, Viral/biosynthesis
- RNA, Viral/chemistry
- Radioisotope Dilution Technique
- Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Terminator Regions, Genetic
- Transcription Factors/isolation & purification
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transcriptional Elongation Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- A Das
- Department of Microbiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington 06030, USA
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The cosmid clone, CX16-2D12, was previously localized to the centromeric region of the human X chromosome and shown to lack human X-specific alpha satellite DNA. A 1.2 kb EcoRI fragment was subcloned from the CX16-2D12 cosmid and was named 2D12/E2. DNA sequencing revealed that this 1,205 bp fragment consisted of approximately five tandemly repeated DNA monomers of 220 bp. DNA sequence homology between the monomers of 2D12/E2 ranged from 72.8% to 78.6%. Interestingly, DNA sequence analysis of the 2D12/E2 clone displayed a change in monomer unit orientation between nucleotide positions 585-586 from a "tail-to-head" arrangement to a "head-to-tail" configuration. This may reflect the existence of at least one inversion within this repetitive DNA array in the centromeric region of the human X chromosome. The DNA consensus sequence derived from a compilation of these 220 bp monomers had approximately 62% DNA sequence similarity to the previously determined gamma 8 satellite DNA consensus sequence. Comparison of the 2D12/E2 and gamma 8 consensus sequences revealed a 20 bp DNA sequence that was well conserved in both DNA consensus sequences. Slot-blot analysis revealed that this repetitive DNA sequence comprises approximately 0.015% of the human genome, similar to that found with gamma 8 satellite DNA. These observations suggest that this satellite DNA clone is derived from a subfamily of gamma satellite DNA and is thus designated gamma X satellite DNA. When genomic DNA from six unrelated males and two unrelated females was cut with SstI or HpaI and separated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, no restriction fragment length polymorphisms were observed for either gamma X (2D12/E2) or gamma 8 (50E4) probes. Fluorescence in situ hybridization localized the 2D12/E2 clone to the lateral sides of the primary constriction specifically on the human X chromosome.
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- C Lee
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta and the University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
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Allikmets R, Gerrard B, Court D, Dean M. Cloning and organization of the abc and mdl genes of Escherichia coli: relationship to eukaryotic multidrug resistance. Gene 1993; 136:231-6. [PMID: 7904973 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90470-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Using degenerate oligodeoxyribonucleotides from conserved regions of the gene family encoding ATP-binding domain of the active transporter, two new Escherichia coli genes were identified. The first of the genes, named mdl (multidrug resistance-like), is located at min 10.2 of the E. coli chromosome and encodes two ATP-binding motifs and two hydrophobic (transmembrane) domains. The ATP-binding domains of mdl show 35-38% amino acid (aa) identity with members of the eukaryotic P-glycoprotein/multidrug resistance family. To date, 25 members of the ATP-transporter/permease gene family have been characterized in E. coli. Comparison of the ATP-binding domains from this family indicates that mdl is part of a distinct subfamily of sequences that includes hlyB, msbA, and cvaB. Gene-disruption studies revealed that mdl is not essential for cell growth. The second open reading frame, named abc (ATP-binding cassette), is located at min 4.9 of the chromosome, encodes a single ATP-binding domain, and is most homologous to ftsE, a cell division control gene of E. coli. The abc gene product also shows aa sequence homology to several E. coli permeases.
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- R Allikmets
- Laboratory of Viral Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, MD 21702
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Lin CC, Sasi R, Lee C, Fan YS, Court D. Isolation and identification of a novel tandemly repeated DNA sequence in the centromeric region of human chromosome 8. Chromosoma 1993; 102:333-9. [PMID: 7916664 DOI: 10.1007/bf00661276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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EcoRI subclones, designated as 50E1 and 50E4, were independently obtained from a cosmid clone previously mapped to the centromeric region of human chromosome 8. Southern blot hybridization analyses suggested that both subclones contain repetitive DNA sequences different from the chromosome 8 specific alphoid DNA. DNA sequence analysis of the 704 bp insert of 50E1 and the 1,962 bp insert of 50E4 revealed that both inserts contained tandemly repeated units of approximately 220 bp. Fluorescence in situ hybridization studies confirmed these two subclones to be specifically located on the centromeric region of chromosome 8. A 220 bp consensus sequence, derived from nine monomeric repeats, showed no significant homology to alphoid consensus sequences or to other currently known human centromeric DNA sequence. Furthermore, no significant homology was found with any other DNA sequence deposited in the EMBL or GenBank databases, indicating that this chromosome 8 specific repetitive DNA sequence is novel. From slot blot experiments it was estimated that 0.013% of the human genome comprises 1,750 of these monomeric repeats, residing on the centromeric region of chromosome 8 in tandem array(s).
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- C C Lin
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Fan YS, Sasi R, Lee C, Court D, Lin CC. Mapping of 50 cosmid clones isolated from a flow-sorted human X chromosome library by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Genomics 1992; 14:542-5. [PMID: 1427877 DOI: 10.1016/s0888-7543(05)80264-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Fifty cosmids have been mapped to metaphase chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization under conditions that suppress signals from repetitive DNA sequences. The cosmid clones were isolated from a flow-sorted human X chromosome library. Thirty-eight of the clones were localized to chromosome X and 12 to autosomes such as chromosomes 3, 7, 8, 14, and 17. Although most of the cosmids mapped to the X chromosome appeared to be scattered along both the short and long arms, 10 cosmids were localized to the centromeric region of the chromosome. Southern blot analysis revealed that only two of these clones hybridized to probe pXBR-1, which detects the DXZ1 locus. In addition, 4 out of 5 cosmids mapped on chromosome 8 also localized on the centromeric region. While localization of X-specific cosmids will facilitate the physical mapping of the human X chromosome, cosmids mapped to the centromeric regions of chromosomes X and 8 should be especially useful for studying the structure and organization of these regions.
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- Y S Fan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Two mutations in the ninR region of bacteriophage lambda that bypass a requirement for antitermination have been studied. One mutation, byp, has been cloned and mapped by marker rescue to a 417-base-pair segment in the ninR region of the genome. Analysis of the byp mutation by using promoter detection vectors, DNA sequencing, and S1 nuclease analysis showed that the byp mutation created a new promoter that transcribed gene Q. The second mutation analyzed was the deletion nin3. Sequence analysis revealed that 2,485 base pairs of the ninR region were removed, beginning within the ren gene and ending in an open reading frame termed ninG. The tR2 and tR3 terminators, and probably others, were removed by the nin3 deletion, thereby allowing the phage to be N independent and to grow in hosts defective for Nus antitermination factors.
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- N Costantino
- Laboratory of Chromosome Biology, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research Facility, Maryland 21702-1201
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Court D. The economic realities of the Health Service. J Sterile Serv Manage 1987; 5:3-5. [PMID: 10285028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The Unit General Manager may normally be treated with total indifference or acute suspicion but anything he has to say about "efficiency savings" will certainly be treated with scepticism usually reserved for those claiming "the cheque is in the post". Staff will recognise this as another term for "cut backs". It may be most honest to say that since there is not enough money to cover increased demands it will have to be redistributed and this cannot be done without causing some suffering.
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Bahl H, Echols H, Straus DB, Court D, Crowl R, Georgopoulos CP. Induction of the heat shock response of E. coli through stabilization of sigma 32 by the phage lambda cIII protein. Genes Dev 1987; 1:57-64. [PMID: 2962898 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1.1.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The cIII protein of phage lambda favors the lysogenic response to infection by inhibiting the degradation of the lambda cII protein, which exerts the primary control on the developmental decision for lysis or lysogeny. To study the mechanism and scope of cIII-mediated regulation, we have used plasmid systems to examine the specific effect of cIII overproduction on the growth of Escherichia coli and the synthesis of bacterial proteins. We have found that maximal production of cIII prolongs the heat-induced synthesis of E. coli heat shock proteins and provokes elevated production of heat shock proteins even at low temperature. The overproduction of heat shock proteins is correlated with a rapid inhibition of cell growth, as judged by measurements of optical density. We suggest that an overactive heat shock response inhibits bacterial growth, either because excessive production of one or more of the proteins is highly deleterious or because only heat shock promoters are transcribed efficiently. To examine the effect of cIII on sigma 32, the specificity factor for the heat shock response, we have studied the stability of sigma 32 in cells carrying both cIII- and sigma 32-producing plasmids; the half-life of sigma 32 is increased fourfold in the presence of cIII. We conclude that overproduction of cIII provokes the heat shock response by increasing the steady-state level of active sigma 32. These studies also support the concept that the rate of expression of heat shock proteins is directly correlated with the amount of active sigma 32 and that regulation of the stability of sigma 32 may be an important factor for control of the heat shock response.
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- H Bahl
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Court D. Recognising whooping cough. West J Med 1986. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.292.6520.624-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A 2-bp insertion between the -10 and -35 regions of the pRE promoter of bacteriophage lambda reverses the effect of the activator protein, CII, on transcription from pRE in vitro. The mutant promoter is weakly constitutive in the absence of cII protein and repressed in its presence. This is in sharp contrast to wild-type pRE which is inactive in the absence of cII protein and stimulated at least 1000-fold in its presence (Shih and Gussin, 1984a; McClure and Hoopes, 1985). These effects are explained by the creation of a new -35 region with weak homology to the -35 consensus sequence for Escherichia coli promoters, and by the altered spatial relationship between the -35 region and the CII-binding site. This interpretation was confirmed by analysis of double mutants containing known cy (pRE) mutations together with the 2-bp insertion. Insertion of 4 bp or deletion of 2 bp completely inactivates pRE in the presence or absence of cII protein, again indicating that activation is dependent upon proper spacing between the -35 region and the transcription start point.
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Court D, Steiner H. A prospective study of chlamydial, mycoplasmal, and viral infections in a intensive care unit. Arch Dis Child 1984; 59:692-3. [PMID: 6465946 PMCID: PMC1628931 DOI: 10.1136/adc.59.7.692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The int gene of phage lambda encodes a protein involved in site-specific recombination. Its expression is regulated differentially during successive phases of the lambda infective cycle. The gene is transcribed early after infection from one promoter, pL, and later from a second promoter pI. Each transcription event requires different positive activation factors, lambda N and cII proteins, respectively. Transcription from the pI promoter, located adjacent to int, passes through int and terminates 277 nucleotides beyond int at tI. Polymerases initiating at pL transcribe through tI and into the b segment of lambda DNA. The read-through pL transcript is sensitive to cleavage by the endonuclease, RNase III, both in vivo and in vitro. Two specific cuts are made by RNase III in a double-stranded structure about 260 nucleotides beyond int in the location of the tI terminator. Functionally, the processed pL transcript is unable to synthesize the int gene product, whereas the terminated and unprocessed pI transcript expresses int. Interestingly, unprocessed pL transcripts made in hosts defective in RNase III (rnc-) can express int. Thus a correlation exists between processing and negative control of int expression. The place where processing occurs, some 260 nucleotides beyond int, is called sib, and the control of int expression from this site is called retroregulation. Retroregulation by sib is not restricted just to the int gene; we show that if the sib site is cloned beyond a bacterial gene, the gene is controlled by sib and RNase III. Specific models are discussed with respect to control of gene expression by RNase III from a site beyond the controlled gene.
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The phage lambda int gene is transcribed from two different promoters, pI and pL. Transcription from pI results in efficient synthesis of Int protein whereas transcription originating from pL results in poor int expression. The differential expression of Int from these two transcripts is dependent upon a site (sib) located distal to the int gene [Guarneros and Galindo, Virology 95 (1979) 119-126; Guarneros et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79 (1982) 238-242]. We have examined pI-promoted transcription in the region beyond the int coding sequence. The int mRNA extends to a site designated tI, which is located 277 nucleotides beyond int. Characterization of transcription at tI indicates that tI terminates with 75% efficiency in vitro, and that its efficiency is over 95% in vivo. The region between int and tI contains the regulatory signals needed for phage lamba integration and appears to be untranslated. The termination site overlaps with the sib control region that reduces Int synthesis from pL transcripts.
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Court D. Oil shake-up in Wessex. Health Soc Serv J 1984; 94:432-3. [PMID: 10266437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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The Escherichia coli sulA gene product is a highly unstable protein, whose synthesis in response to DNA damage is associated with an inhibition of septation. Genetic evidence as well as sequence information suggests that the sulA gene is part of the E. coli SOS system and is induced after DNA damage. We have constructed a plasmid carrying only the sulA gene; this plasmid is stable only when it contains an amber mutation in the sulA structural gene. Using fragments of this plasmid, we have carried out in vitro transcription experiments and demonstrated one major start site for RNA transcription. We have mapped this initiation point to an adenylate residue 30 nucleotides before the protein start. Purified LexA protein completely abolishes this transcription, in agreement with the prediction made from the genetic and sequence information previously available.
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Lautenberger JA, Court D, Papas TS. High-level expression in Escherichia coli of the carboxy-terminal sequences of the avian myelocytomatosis virus (MC29) v-myc protein. Gene 1983; 23:75-84. [PMID: 6311677 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(83)90218-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A plasmid, pJL6, was constructed that contains a unique ClaI site twelve codons beyond the bacteriophage lambda cII gene initiation codon. This site allowed us to fuse the carboxy-terminal sequences of the avian myelocytomatosis virus (MC29) v-myc gene to the amino-terminal portion of the cII gene. Transcription of the hybrid gene is controlled from the phage lambda pL promoter. When this promoter is derepressed, Escherichia coli cells harboring the chimeric plasmid produce a level of cII-myc fusion protein greater than 5% of total cellular protein. Antibodies raised by this protein immunoprecipitate the MC29 gag-myc gene product, P110gag-myc.
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The lambda int gene product, integrase, recombines phage and bacterial DNA at a specific site during the integration step of lysogeny. Regulation of integrase synthesis is complex. (1) Transcription of the gene can occur from either of two promoters. lambda cII protein activates transcription initiation near int at pI. The lambda N protein allows transcription of int from pL. N protein acts by preventing transcription termination at several terminators between pL and int. (2) The expression of integrase is also subject to post-transcriptional regulation by a site, sib, which is located beyond int in the b region of lambda. Expression of int from pL is inhibited by sib, whereas that from pI is not. The negative control of int expression by sib is termed retroregulation. Retroregulation of int is caused, in part, by processing of the pL transcript at the sib site by RNase III of Escherichia coli. The exonuclease, Bal31, was used to generate a set of deletions to define the sib regulatory site. Both sib+ and sib- deletions were sequenced, and it was concluded from this and other work that a dyad symmetry present in the b region, 270 base-pairs from int, was necessary for retroregulation. The RNA structure of this segment is similar to other RNase III-sensitive sites found in E. coli and phage RNAs.
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Court D. Report of Joint Working Party on the Training of Clinical Medical Officers in Child Health. West J Med 1982. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.284.6324.1268-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Guarneros G, Montañez C, Hernandez T, Court D. Posttranscriptional control of bacteriophage lambda gene expression from a site distal to the gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982; 79:238-42. [PMID: 6281759 PMCID: PMC345701 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.79.2.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The bacteriophage lambda int gene product, integrase, recombines the phage DNA with the host DNA at specific sites on each to accomplish lysogeny. The int gene is transcribed from two promoters, PL and PI, each regulated positively by lambda proteins. The expression of integrase is also controlled from a site, sib, in the b region of the phage genome. This is a unique regulatory site because it is located distal to the structural gene in relation to the promoters. The expression of int from the PL promoter is inhibited when sib is present. This effect appears to be specific for PL because sib does not cause inhibition of PI-dependent int synthesis. lambda mutants that contain alterations in the site have been isolated. Sequence analyses of the mutations reveal single base changes, spanning 37 base pairs (bp) in the b region, some 240 bp beyond the int gene. Another mutant, hef13, which has a phenotype similar to that of sib, introduces a nucleotide change within the same 37-bp region. The sib and hef mutations cluster within a region of dyad symmetry. Regulation of int synthesis by sib occurs after transcription of the int gene. There is no difference in the rate of PL-promoted int mRNA synthesis in either sib+ or sib- phage infections, yet int mRNA is less stable in the sib+ infection. Because RNase III host mutants are defective in sib regulation, processing of the PL mRNA at sib by this endoribonuclease may cause int mRNA decay and decrease int synthesis.
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Schmeissner U, Court D, McKenney K, Rosenberg M. Positively activated transcription of lambda integrase gene initiates with UTP in vivo. Nature 1981; 292:173-5. [PMID: 6264324 DOI: 10.1038/292173a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Court D. Clinical and senior clinical medical officers' training. West J Med 1981. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.282.6281.2060-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Court D. School nurses - the potential. Community Outlook 1981:134. [PMID: 6908549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Miller HI, Abraham J, Benedik M, Campbell A, Court D, Echols H, Fischer R, Galindo JM, Guarneros G, Hernandez T, Mascarenhas D, Montanez C, Schindler D, Schmeissner U, Sosa L. Regulation of the integration-excision reaction by bacteriophage lambda. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 1981; 45 Pt 1:439-45. [PMID: 6271488 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1981.045.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Schmeissner U, Court D, Shimatake H, Rosenberg M. Promoter for the establishment of repressor synthesis in bacteriophage lambda. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1980; 77:3191-5. [PMID: 6447872 PMCID: PMC349580 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.6.3191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Transcription of the lambda repressor gene (cI) is positively regulated by the phage-encoded proteins cII and cIII. We have isolated and characterized the 5'-terminal region of this RNA and shown that it originates at a promoter (pE) located between genes cro and cII. The DNA sequence of this promoter shows little homology to other known promoters. Initiation of transcription from PE is abolished by the cis-dominant mutations cY; these mutations alter the "-10" and "-35" regions of the promoter. We propose that the "-35" region is the site of activation of PE, possibly via the direct interaction of protein cII.
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Court D, Brady C, Rosenberg M, Wulff DL, Behr M, Mahoney M, Izumi SU. Control of transcription termination: a rho-dependent termination site in bacteriophage lambda. J Mol Biol 1980; 138:231-54. [PMID: 6447791 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(80)90285-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Wulff DL, Beher M, Izumi S, Beck J, Mahoney M, Shimatake H, Brady C, Court D, Rosenberg M. Structure and function of the cy control region of bacteriophage lambda. J Mol Biol 1980; 138:209-30. [PMID: 6447790 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(80)90284-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Court D. Child health in a changing society. Acta Paediatr Scand 1980; 69:3-11. [PMID: 7368909 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1980.tb07021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Johnson GS, Adler CR, Collins JJ, Court D. Role of the spoT gene product and manganese ion in the metabolism of guanosine 5'-diphosphate 3'-diphosphate in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1979; 254:5483-7. [PMID: 376509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Addition of divalent ion chelating agents picolinic acid, 1,10-phenanthroline, or quinoline-2-carboxylic acid to wild type, relA, or relX, but not spoT strains of Escherichia coli increases the levels of guanosine 5'-diphosphate 3'-diphosphate (ppGpp). Poorly chelating analogs of these agents and a larger and more highly charged chelating agent, ethylene glycol bis(beta-amino-ethyl ether) N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid are ineffective. Mn2+ reverses the increase in ppGpp. The increase in ppGpp in wild type cells can be explained by an inhibition of degradation. In spoT cells the response is more complex; ppGpp does not increase although degradation is completely inhibited. The lack of increase in spoT cells suggests a role for spoT in synthesis of ppGpp in addition to its known role in degradation. Growth of both spoT+ and spoT cells is inhibited following chelator addition. This suggests that growth inhibition is through a mechanism not directly involving ppGpp. The results of this study provide evidence in intact cells for a role for Mn2+ and the spoT gene product in ppGpp degradation, and provide further evidence for an involvement of spoT and possibly divalent ions in ppGpp synthesis.
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Collins JJ, Alder CR, Fernandez-Pol JA, Court D, Johnson GS. Transient growth inhibition of Escherichia coli K-12 by ion chelators: "in vivo" inhibition of ribonucleic acid synthesis. J Bacteriol 1979; 138:923-32. [PMID: 110773 PMCID: PMC218123 DOI: 10.1128/jb.138.3.923-932.1979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The ion chelators picolinic acid, quinaldic acid, 1,10-phenanthroline, and 8-hydroxyquinoline, but not ethylenediaminetetraacetate, ethyleneglycol-bis-(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N-tetraacetate, or dipicolinic acid, rapidly but transiently arrest growth of Escherichia coli K-12. Cells adapt and become resistant to growth inhibition by these agents, a process which requires protein synthesis. Mn2+, at low concentrations, decreases the time required for resumption of growth. Proteins synthesized during the lag are quantitatively and qualitatively different from those synthesized during normal growth. Inhibition of growth can explained by an effect on RNA polymerase, a known metalloenzyme.
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Johnson GS, Adler CR, Collins JJ, Court D. Role of the spoT gene product and manganese ion in the metabolism of guanosine 5‘-diphosphate 3‘-diphosphate in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1979. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)50621-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A novel phage lambda mutation, called dc10, which interferes with proper lambda head assembly has been isolated and characterized. Phage lambda carrying this mutation is (i) unable to form plaques at 30 or 37 degrees C but does so at 42 degrees C and (ii) unable to form plaques at 42 degrees C on pN-constitutive hosts. Both properties are due to dc10 since all phage revertants for one phenotype simultaneously lose the other phenotype and vice versa. The dc10 mutation has been mapped in the B gene and has been shown to be dominant over the corresponding wild-type product. At 30 degrees C the dc10 mutation results in the formation of abnormal petit lambda heads made up of pE, pB, pC, and pNu3. Under pN-constitutive conditions, the dc10 mutation results in the formation of abnormal petit lambda heads made of pE, X1, and X2 only. A model to explain the data is presented.
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Rosenberg M, Court D, Shimatake H, Brady C, Wulff DL. The relationship between function and DNA sequence in an intercistronic regulatory region in phage lambda. Nature 1978; 272:414-23. [PMID: 634366 DOI: 10.1038/272414a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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rho factor-mediated transcription termination at the tr1 terminator site of bacteriophage lambda is examined. Mutations affecting the termination event are characterised. These mutations define features of the site which seem to be important to terminator function. In addition, other related transcriptional and translational regulatory elements are defined within the region surrounding the termination site. The potential molecular interactions and structural overlaps of these control signals apparently couple the regulation of the decision between lytic and lysogenic growth patterns by phage lambda.
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Dambly C, Court D, Brachet P. Specificity of polarity suppression in E. coli: correction of defects in gene N, but not in gene Q, of phage lambda. Mol Gen Genet 1976; 148:175-82. [PMID: 790157 DOI: 10.1007/bf00268383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The bacterial mutation psuA1, known as (suA) a polarity suppressor, partially relieves all N defects in bacteriophage lambda growth. No evidence is found that psuA1 relieves Q defects in lambda growth. Specific mechanisms of action by the N and Q gene products are discussed. The psuA1 mutation was also found to suppress IS1 type but not IS2 type insertion mutations in lambda.
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Das A, Court D, Adhya S. Isolation and characterization of conditional lethal mutants of Escherichia coli defective in transcription termination factor rho. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1976; 73:1959-63. [PMID: 132662 PMCID: PMC430427 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.73.6.1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Polarity suppressor mutants that are conditional lethal for growth have been isolated in E. coli K12. The mutations map between the ilv and cya loci of the E. coli chromosome. Rho factor isolated from one of these ts mutants does not show transcription termination activity at any temperature tested; however, it is found to be temperature sensitive for its poly(C)-dependent ATPase activity. Unlike the previously known polarity suppressor mutants (suA and psu), the rho mutation suppresses all types of polarity. Other interesting properties of these mutants include ultraviolet sensitivity, recombination deficiency, and decreased ability to lysogenize temperate phages lambda and P1. Our results suggest that rho has an essential function in the growth and normal physiology of cells. The rho(ts) mutant allows the growth of phage lambda defective in the N gene. This result supports the model that N gene product prevents transcription termination by antagonizing rho activity.
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Echols H, Court D, Green L. On the nature of cis-acting regulatory proteins and genetic organization in bacteriophage: the example of gene Q of bacteriophage lambda. Genetics 1976; 83:5-10. [PMID: 773751 PMCID: PMC1213504 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/83.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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We note the existence of a "partially cis-acting" regulatory protein of bacteriophage lambda: the product of the phage Q gene. We suggest that there may be a complete spectrum from "all cis" to "all trans" for such regulatory proteins. This behavior might arise because a DNA-binding protein either acts at a nearby (cis) site soon after synthesis or becomes "lost" for its trans activity on another genome through nonspecific interactions with DNA. Our proposed explanation provides one evolutionary basis for the linkage of genes for regulatory proteins and the sites at which such proteins act; it also suggests a possible rationale for the "metabolic instability" of certain regulatory proteins.
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Court D. The Child with Abdominal Pains. West J Med 1975. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5979.376-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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