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lymphokine-activated killer (lak) cells inhibit the clonogenic growth of human leukemic stem cells. | the effect of lymphokine-activated killer (lak) cells on the in vitro clonogenic capacity of acute myeloid leukemia (aml) blasts was investigated in a semisolid medium assay. the leukemic clonogenic capacity of 11 aml cases, selected on the basis of their ability to grow in vitro, was highly reduced following overnight preincubation with lak effectors. the degree of colony inhibition, which ranged between 66% and 98% (mean 83.8% +/- 11.4 sd), was quantitatively greater than by 51cr release, whic ... | 1989 | 2786477 |
investigations of the potential for five beta-lactam antibiotics to elicit type ii hypersensitivity reactions in rats and monkeys. | immunologic reactions are occasionally elicited in patients by various beta-lactam antibiotics (e.g., penicillins and cephalosporins). a relatively rare reaction (type ii hypersensitivity) may involve antibody-mediated destruction of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and/or platelets. during the safety evaluation of several modified beta-lactam compounds (carbapenems), hemolytic anemia and/or neutropenia were observed in rhesus monkeys, and anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia in rats, after approx ... | 1989 | 2786479 |
renin: endocrine, paracrine, or part-paracrine control of blood pressure? | 1989 | 2650710 | |
detoxification of lithocholic acid. elucidation of the pathways of oxidative metabolism in rat liver microsomes. | the hydroxylation of lithocholic acid (3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-cholanoic acid) by adult male sprague-dawley rat liver microsomes supplemented with nadph was studied. metabolites were separated by a combination of thin-layer chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography, both with and without prior methylation and acetylation of the samples. the resulting products were characterized by thin-layer, gas-liquid, and high pressure liquid chromatography by comparison with authentic bile acid s ... | 1989 | 2794781 |
interaction of shigella toxin with globotriaosyl ceramide receptor-containing membranes: a fluorescence study. | the interaction of the b-subunit of shigella toxin with a globotriaosyl ceramide receptor incorporated into phosphatidylcholine vesicles was studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. from the position of the maximum in the emission spectrum and the accessibility to acrylamide quenching, it is concluded that a single tryptophan of a free b-chain is located in a highly polar environment, most likely on the surface of the folded polypeptide chain. binding of b-subunits to the membrane-associated globot ... | 1989 | 2653314 |
purification of shiga toxin and shiga-like toxins i and ii by receptor analog affinity chromatography with immobilized p1 glycoprotein and production of cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies. | shiga toxin from shigella dysenteriae 60r was purified to homogeneity by a novel one-step receptor analog affinity chromatography method. the method was based on the binding affinity of shiga toxin for a specific disaccharide, gal alpha 1----4gal, which was also present in glycoproteins with p1 blood group seroreactivity produced in hydatid cysts from sheep infected with echinococcus granulosus. having shown that cyst fluid p1 glycoprotein bound shiga toxin on a solid phase, a p1 glycoprotein af ... | 1989 | 2807552 |
hemolytic uremic syndrome and diarrhea in argentine children: the role of shiga-like toxins. | shiga-like toxin-producing escherichia coli have been associated with hemorrhagic colitis and the hemolytic uremic syndrome (hus). because argentina has the highest reported frequency of hus in the world, argentine children were prospectively studied during the hus seasons for evidence of shiga-like toxin-related diseases. on the basis of serology, fecal cytotoxin neutralization, stool cultures, and dna hybridization of colony lysates, most children with hus had evidence of infection with shiga- ... | 1989 | 2668430 |
isolation and characterization of functional shiga toxin subunits and renatured holotoxin. | shiga toxin is a protein toxin produced by shigella dysenteriae type i strains. in this report we present a procedure for the separation of functionally intact toxin a and b chains and for their reconstitution to form biologically active molecules. in agreement with the findings of others, the isolated a chain was shown to be a potent in vitro inhibitor of eukaryotic protein synthesis. the isolated b chain bound to hela cells and competitively inhibited the binding and cytotoxic activity of holo ... | 1989 | 2677606 |
normal catch-up growth in rats severely food-restricted prior to lesions of the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus: the first 48 hours. | following a brief period of ad lib (al) feeding, 45-day-old male sprague-dawley rats were either fed al or food-restricted (rest) for 21 days to 50% of the intake of the al rats. at this time, some al and some rest rats received electrolytic lesions in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei (dmnl), whereas other al and rest rats were sham-operated (con). following this, all rats were refed (ref) al and killed two days later. at this time, dmnl-rest + ref and dmnl-al weighed as much as con-rest + re ... | 1989 | 2678164 |
quantitation of the rabbit intestinal glycolipid receptor for shiga toxin. further evidence for the developmental regulation of globotriaosylceramide in microvillus membranes. | shiga toxin, produced by shigella dysenteriae 1, causes enterotoxic, cytotoxic, and neurotoxic effects, which may be mediated by a glycolipid receptor, globotriaosylceramide, gb3. to study the relationship of this receptor and toxin effects, globotriaosylceramide was quantitated and further characterized in rabbit small intestinal microvillus membranes at various ages. glycolipids were extracted from rabbit microvillus membranes, purified on unisil columns, and quantitated by high-performance li ... | 1989 | 2663611 |
rapid method to detect shiga toxin and shiga-like toxin i based on binding to globotriosyl ceramide (gb3), their natural receptor. | shiga toxin and the closely related shiga-like toxins produced by escherichia coli represent a group of very similar cytotoxins that may play an important role in diarrheal disease and hemolytic uremic syndrome. these toxins have the same biologic activities and according to recent studies also share the same binding receptor, globotriosyl ceramide (gb3). they are currently detected, on the basis of their ability to damage several cell lines, by using expensive and tedious assays that require fa ... | 1989 | 2666433 |
cryptococcus neoformans in the seminal fluid of an aids patient. a contribution to the clinical course of cryptococcosis. | in a 33-year-old hiv-positive homosexual male suffering from unexplained headache, cryptococcosis was diagnosed in a progressive secondary stage. after treatment with the standard combination therapy of amphotericin b + flucytosine for 34 d, the patient was clinically symptom-free and discharged, upon his own request, from the hospital. he remained under ambulatory mycological control. after an interval of 65 d during which the urine had been free from cryptococcus neoformans (cr.n.), the fungus ... | 1989 | 2666852 |
purification of shiga toxin by alpha-d-galactose-(1----4)-beta-d-galactose-(1----4)-beta-d-glucose-(1- ---) receptor ligand-based chromatography. | a simple and rapid method for shiga toxin purification based on specific binding to the gal alpha 1----4gal beta 1----4glc globotrioside trisaccharide covalently linked to polyacryl/polyvinyl (fractogel) has been developed. a cell-free sonicate-filtrate of shigella dysenteriae type 1, strain 114sd was passed over the globotrioside-fractogel column, and bound toxin eluted with 6 m guanidine-hcl. a yield of 36 mg pure toxin/1 sonicate-filtrate was obtained, i.e. a one step 1224-fold purification. ... | 1989 | 2689221 |
production of vero cytotoxin by escherichia coli and shiga toxin by shigella dysenteriae 1 as related to the growth medium and availability of iron. | six strains of escherichia coli producing vero cytotoxin (vtec) and six strains of shigella dysenteriae 1 were examined for the production of extra- and intracellular vero cytotoxin (vt) and shiga toxin respectively, in relation to the growth medium and availability of iron. vtec secreted less extracellular vt1 or vt2 when grown in trypticase soy broth (tsb) containing the iron chelator desferal, as compared to bacteria cultured in iron replete tsb. growth in tsb containing desferal resulted in ... | 1989 | 2692581 |
characterization and autoprocessing of precursor and mature forms of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv 1) protease purified from escherichia coli. | a recombinant plasmid encompassing the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv 1) protease coding sequence and flanking regions (ala-13 to gly-185 of the pol open reading frame) has been expressed in two distinct strains of escherichia coli, ar58 and ar68. in the first strain, ar58, the primary translation product, a 25 kilodalton (kda) precursor protein, is short-lived and rapidly processes itself to the 11 kda mature protease in vivo. in the second strain, ar68, the 25 kda species is only par ... | 1989 | 2695927 |
falciparum malaria--present day problems. an experience with 425 cases. | clinical details and present day problems encountered in 425 cases of falciparum malaria (pf) are reported. 10.11% had taken chloroquine prior to reporting to us. parasitic count done in 23.05% cases lacked correlation with severity of disease. pattern of fever varied markedly but 5.4% were afebrile throughout and presented only with bodyache and malaise. apyrexial spell was noted in 5.64%. 28.70% had typical facial looks of anaemia and sallow complexion. cerebral symptoms were noted in 3.05%. o ... | 1989 | 2693436 |
[clinical features of overseas travellers' infectious enteritis admitted in the hospitals for infectious diseases]. | 1989 | 2657133 | |
pathogenesis of shigella diarrhea. xiv. analysis of shiga toxin receptors on cloned hela cells. | binding kinetics of shiga toxin to hela ccl-2 cells and to cell lines cloned by limiting dilutions were determined. lines with a wide range of sensitivity to shiga toxin were obtained. binding data, analyzed by a computer-based scatchard model program, revealed two classes of binding sites, one of low affinity and high capacity and one of high affinity and low capacity. the number of high affinity, but not low affinity, sites present on the clones correlated with their sensitivity to toxin. tuni ... | 1989 | 2651533 |
[development of antibiotic resistance of type 1 shigella dysenteriae strains (shiga bacillus) isolated in tananarive on the east coast of madagascar]. | from november 1988 to march 1989, 804 malagasy children stools were studied and 37 shigella strains isolated. 5 shigella dysenteriae type 1 from malagasy east coast (mananjary), presented a multiply resistance to ampicillin, carbenicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, sulphonamides and trimethoprim. this last resistance has recently appeared in this area. | 1989 | 2699224 |
sex- and age-related changes in catecholamine metabolism and release of rat adrenal gland. | to examine the possible existence of changes in the adrenal catecholaminergic activity during aging, we analyzed the adrenal content of catecholamines (ca) and the activities of selected enzymes involved in their metabolism as well as the basal and the k+-stimulated release of these ca in incubated adrenal tissue of aged (greater than 22 months) and young (2 months) rats of both sexes. adrenal contents of norepinephrine (ne) and epinephrine (e) of male rats were unaltered in aging, although aged ... | 1989 | 2812194 |
detection of enterotoxigenic escherichia coli after polymerase chain reaction amplification with a thermostable dna polymerase. | the direct identification of enterotoxigenic escherichia coli from clinical specimens was examined by using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for amplifying the heat-labile toxin (lt) gene. two synthetic primers, each of which was 20 bases in length, were used with the thermostable dna polymerase from thermus aquaticus to amplify the lt gene. the amplified pcr products were detected by either gel electrophoresis or hybridization to a 24-base synthetic oligonucleotide probe conjugated to alkali ... | 1989 | 2644292 |
cockroaches (periplaneta americana) as carriers of agents of bacterial diarrhoea in accra, ghana. | bodies and intestinal contents of 208 cockroaches (periplaneta americana), collected from kitchens in accra and some surrounding villages were cultured for enteric bacterial pathogens. six of them harboured three different serogroups of salmonella, one had shigella dysenteriae, 64 had coliforms, 13 had proteus species, two had pseudomonas species and the rest (122) carried none of the bacterial species mentioned above. the presence of salmonella species shigella dysenteriae and coliforms in thes ... | 1989 | 2611875 |
malignant hyperpyrexia. | 1989 | 2653537 | |
unusual nucleotide arrangement with repeated sequences in the escherichia coli k-12 chromosome. | between 59 and 60 min on the escherichia coli genetic map, there is a highly conserved sequence of 29 base pairs, containing an inverted repeat of seven base pairs that appears 14 times, 32 or 33 base pairs apart, downstream of the iap gene coding region. about 24 kilobase pairs downstream of the 14 repeats, a similar 29-base-pair sequence with a spacing of 32 base pairs appears seven times. nucleotide sequences hybridizing with the 29-base-pair fragment were also detected in shigella dysenteria ... | 1989 | 2656660 |
inoculum size in shigellosis and implications for expected mode of transmission. | 1989 | 2656880 | |
production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies to verotoxins 1 and 2 from escherichia coli of serotype o 157:h7. | fourteen hybridoma cell lines were isolated that produced monoclonal antibodies (mabs) to purified verotoxins 1 and 2 (vt1, vt2) of escherichia coli of serotype o157:h7. of these mabs, eight were obtained by immunisation of balb/c mice with purified vt1, and six were obtained from balb/c mice immunised with purified vt2. with the exception of mab 1c5, with a heavy chain of igg2b class, antibodies produced from mice immunised with heat-treated toxin were of igm class. mabs produced from mice immu ... | 1989 | 2479749 |
[survey on overseas traveller's diarrhea at narita airport quarantine station--the species of bacteria isolated and the suspected countries for infection]. | 1989 | 2657132 | |
[cellular lectin binding sites in the human retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors--method of lectin histochemistry and results with peroxidase marked lectins in paraffin sections]. | lectins are sugar-binding proteins or glycoproteins which bind to specifically complementary sugar residues found in cell membranes and the cytoplasm. lectin-binding sites are determined by histochemical methods. cellular lectin-binding sites change with morphological and functional alterations of the cell, and the determination of lectin receptors can be used to identify specific cell types in histological sections. lectin-binding sites of the human retinal pigment epithelium (rpe) and photorec ... | 1989 | 2684825 |
[serological diagnosis of campylobacter jejuni infections]. | antibody level to campylobacter in 28 sera of patients of whom campylobacter infection was confirmed by germ isolation from feces was tested. the investigation was performed using passive haemagglutination technique and as antigens heated and acid glycine extraction prepared from homologous and reference strains. for the method used the heated antigen proved to be superior. out of 28 tested patients of whom 92.8% were children, 8 sera were positive, 9 doubtful and 9, derived mainly from neonates ... | 1989 | 2640683 |
relationship between multiple drug-resistance & enterotoxin production by shigella species. | culture filtrates prepared with strains of shigella dysenteriae 1 and those of sh. flexneri and sh. sonnei, collected from different geographical locations in india caused accumulation of fluid in rabbit gut loops, indicating their capability to produce shiga and shiga-like toxins respectively. sh. boydii strains were noted for the first time to produce shiga-like toxins. the failure of production of fluid accumulation in rabbit gut by shigella strains that lacked the r-markers of the antibiotic ... | 1989 | 2737704 |
improved sexual function in hemodialysis patients on recombinant erythropoietin: a possible role for prolactin. | as it was reported that correction of anemia in long-term hemodialysis patients by recombinant human erythropoietin (r-huepo) is associated with improved sexual function, we conducted the present study to further delineate the mechanism(s) by which this is brought about. serum prolactin, testosterone, and parathyroid hormone (pth) levels were followed during 4 months of r-huepo therapy. within 4 months of treatment with r-huepo, hematocrit values rose from 23.7 +/- 1.2 to 35.7 +/- 0.2% and hemog ... | 1989 | 2914405 |
experimental studies on membrane permeability defects of drug-resistant bacteria. | multiply antibiotic-, lysozyme-and bacitracin-resistant, representative strains of staphylococci, escherichia coli, shigella dysenteriae and klebsiella pneumoniae were compared respectively with their parent cultures in respect of their membrane permeability as judged by fluorescence polarization spectroscopy, using a sensitive fluorescent probe. the cytoplasmic membrane of the drug-resistant mutants was found to be less fluid and permeable, compared to that from the sensitive wild types. the st ... | 1989 | 2807429 |
[shigellosis in the ussr: the etiological role of shigella dysenteriae]. | the etiological role of s. dysenteriae in shigella infections at different territories of the ussr in 1983-1987 is analyzed. the study shows that s. dysenteriae pertain to territories with unfavorable water supply of the population. at some of these territories, in particular the uzbek ssr, grigor'ev-shiga dysentery seems to gain ground and the restoration of the area of its spread occurs. in recent years the penetration of grigor'ev-shiga dysentery from abroad became more frequent in the presen ... | 1989 | 2694693 |
thromboxane synthase activity and platelet function after furegrelate administration in man. | furegrelate sodium (u-63,557a), a pyridine-derivative thromboxane synthase inhibitor, was administered orally in single doses of 200 to 1600 mg to normal male subjects. furegrelate produced a dose-related inhibition of thromboxane synthesis for 8-12 hours when measured either ex vivo from platelet-rich plasma (prp) or in vivo from urine. in general, the extent of thromboxane synthesis inhibition was greater in prp than in urine. furegrelate significantly inhibited platelet aggregation, but the e ... | 1989 | 2708549 |
synaptic cytoarchitecture of the cat septum pellucidum. | 1989 | 2747886 | |
a strategy for high-volume sequencing of cosmid dnas: random and directed priming with a library of oligonucleotides. | direct sequencing of cosmid dnas using a library of oligonucleotide primers of length 8, 9, or 10 is proposed. the statistics of priming indicate that a primer library sufficient for determining the sequence of the entire human genome (100,000 cosmids) would be small enough to be assembled and managed. such a library would greatly reduce the cost and effort of high-volume sequencing: primers would be instantly available; the sequence of each cosmid dna could be determined from a single dna prepa ... | 1989 | 2780548 |
sex- and age-related changes in catecholamine metabolism and release of rat adrenal gland. | to examine the possible existence of changes in the adrenal catecholaminergic activity during aging, we analyzed the adrenal content of catecholamines (ca) and the activities of selected enzymes involved in their metabolism as well as the basal and the k+-stimulated release of these ca in incubated adrenal tissue of aged (greater than 22 months) and young (2 months) rats of both sexes. adrenal contents of norepinephrine (ne) and epinephrine (e) of male rats were unaltered in aging, although aged ... | 1989 | 2812194 |
the renal phosphate transport defect in normal mice parabiosed to x-linked hypophosphatemic mice persists after parathyroidectomy. | the x-linked hypophosphatemic (hyp) mouse is a model for human x-linked hypophosphatemia. surgical joining of normal to hyp mice by parabiosis results in the normal mice developing low renal retention of phosphate and hypophosphatemia. these results suggest a humoral component to the renal defect. to test whether this component could be parathyroid hormone, surgical parathyroidectomy (ptx) or sham surgery was performed in mice 3 weeks after parabiotic union (n greater than 20 per group). after a ... | 1989 | 2816501 |
the protective effect of thromboxane synthetase inhibition on renal function in systemic sepsis. | to study the role of thromboxane in systemic sepsis and renal failure, peritonitis was induced surgically in 22 sheep, leading to local and systemic sepsis. a selective thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, u63,557a (upjohn co, kalamazoo, mi) was given before surgery in five animals and 30 minutes after surgery in five animals. a typical picture of volume-loaded, normotensive, vasodilated septic shock developed in all animals. twenty four hours after induction of sepsis, the control group showed a m ... | 1989 | 2916566 |
sensitivity of campylobacter pylori to colloidal bismuth subcitrate. | 1989 | 2921366 | |
analytical determination of methylated histidine in proteins: actin methylation. | the methylation of histidine in actin from various muscle and nonmuscle sources has been studied by formation of phenylthiocarbamyl derivatives and subsequent reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatographic separation and analysis of actin hydrolyzates. all the actin species examined were found to contain 3-methylhistidine. this method has also been used in assays for the enzyme(s) responsible for methylation of rabbit skeletal muscle actin and to investigate the formation of other methylated ... | 1989 | 2729572 |
in vitro and in vivo comparison of the abilities of purine and pyrimidine 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides to inhibit duck hepadnavirus. | four purine and two pyrimidine 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides were studied for their ability to inhibit duck hepadnavirus replication. the purine 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides were more potent antiviral agents than the pyrimidine 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides. the concentration for 50% inhibition of viral replication (ic50) was determined for each of the effective agents. two drugs with low ic50s, 2,6-diaminopurine 2',3'-dideoxyriboside and 2',3'-dideoxyadenosine, were chosen for in vivo studies. animals receiv ... | 1989 | 2729928 |
arthrodesis of metatarsophalangeal joints in a dog. | chronic osteomyelitis and septic arthritis involving the 3rd and 4th metatarsophalangeal joints were diagnosed in a doberman pinscher. arthrodesis of the 3rd and 4th metatarsophalangeal joints resulted in a subtle persistent gait abnormality, but limb function was preserved. arthrodesis of metatarsophalangeal joints is an alternative to amputation, especially when main weight-bearing digits are involved. | 1989 | 2914800 |
aging effects on secretory iga immune responses. | studies of cellular and humoral components of the secretory immune system indicated dramatic decreases in the siga response to t-dependent antigens (i.e. dnp-bgg) in aged rats. senescent rats (18-20 months old) showed comparable levels of siga anti-dnp antibody to adult animals after oral immunization with a t-independent antigen, dnp-ficoll. the salivary siga responses to both antigens were substantially decreased in weanling rats (21-35 days) versus the adult rats. significant anamnestic siga ... | 1989 | 2786502 |
adp-ribosylatable content of elongation factor-2 changes during cell cycle of normal and cancerous human cells. | the amount of protein elongation factor ef-2 that can be inactivated by diphtheria toxin-mediated adp-ribosylation, a measure of its active content, decreases by 45% and 66% in g1-arrested normal human fibroblasts and in hela cells respectively. on restimulation of cells with fresh serum, the amounts of adp-ribosylatable ef-2 begin to increase within 4 h. whereas the level of active ef-2 returns to normal (exponential phase of growth) in 20 h in the case of fibroblasts, only 47% recovery was obs ... | 1989 | 2930555 |
three potassium currents in mouse motor nerve terminals. | a study of the k conductance of the presynaptic membrane has been performed in the triangularis sterni muscle of the mouse. external currents generated in the presynaptic terminals upon invasion by action potentials have been recorded using microelectrodes inserted into the perineurium of preterminal nerve bundles. the voltage-dependent k current could be pharmacologically dissected into fast (ikf) and slow (iks) components. while both are sensitive to 3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-dap), only ikf is ... | 1989 | 2928092 |
nontraditional pedagogy for implementing human genetics education. | 1989 | 2929601 | |
a method for detecting shiga toxin and shiga-like toxin-i in pure and mixed culture. | shiga toxin and shiga-like toxins (slts, syn. verotoxins) are currently detected by tissue culture assays that are expensive, time-consuming and require specialised facilities and experienced personnel. we have developed a rapid method to detect shiga toxin and slt-i (verotoxin 1) based on their binding to globotriosyl ceramide (gb3). bound toxin was then detected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) with monoclonal antibodies. the direct detection of cytotoxins from pure culture plat ... | 1990 | 2391709 |
recent advances in understanding the pathogenesis of the hemolytic uremic syndromes. | one of the requirements for an agent to cause hemolytic uremic syndrome (hus) is its ability to injure endothelial cells. shiga-like toxin (slt) can do this. slt is produced by escherichia coli and shigella dysenteriae serotype 1; both have been implicated as causes of typical hus. endothelial cells have receptors (gb3) for slt and the toxin can inhibit eukaryotic protein synthesis, thereby causing cell death. glomerular endothelial cell injury or death results in a decreased glomerular filtrati ... | 1990 | 2205273 |
death in shigellosis: incidence and risk factors in hospitalized patients. | the total number of admissions and deaths of patients with shigellosis were ascertained at the dhaka treatment centre of the international centre for diarrhoeal disease research, bangladesh, 1974-1988, and the characteristics of 67 patients who died were compared with those of 134 discharged alive. of 9780 shigella-infected inpatients, 889 (9.1%) died; 32.3% of deaths occurred in children less than 1 year of age. fatality rates were highest (10.3%) in shigella sonnei-infected patients and lowest ... | 1990 | 2313128 |
[a case of shigellosis due to shigella dysenteriae 1 which was thought to be infected in domestic area]. | a 43-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain on january 10, 1989. on laboratory examination s. dysenteriae 1 was isolated from his stool, therefore he was diagnosed as shigellosis. after the administration of ofloxacin was started, s. dysenteriae 1 was immediately eradicated. but his diarrhea persisted until the 19th day from the onset of the illness and his abdominal pain persisted until the 21st day. he had never been overseas and he had never ea ... | 1990 | 2205674 |
[detection of two shiga-like toxins from escherichia coli o157:h7 isolates by the polymerase chain reaction method]. | fourteen isolates of e. coli o157:h7 and five isolates of s. dysenteriae type-1 were examined by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for the structural genes (slt-i or slt-ii), encoding shiga-like toxins (slts). the two primer pairs (v1; 5'agttaatgtggtggcgaa and v2; 5'gactgcgtcagtgaggtt for slt-i, v3; 5'ttcggtatcctattcccg and v4; 5'tctctggtcattgtatta for slt-ii) used were of the same positions representing the dna sequence covering 471bp of the slt-i or slt-ii. a 5-microliter portion of boiled bacte ... | 1990 | 2205737 |
hemolysin as a marker for serratia. | all serratia marcescens strains (total of 33) of different sources were hemolytic including clinical strains previously classified as being nonhemolytic. dna fragments of the two hemolysin genes hybridized with the chromosomal dna of s. marcescens, s. liquefaciens, s. kiliensis, s. grimesii, s. proteamaculans, s. plymutica, s. rubridaea which were also hemolytic. the restriction pattern of the hemolysin locus differed in each strain. s. ficaria and s. marinorubra expressed a different hemolysin ... | 1990 | 2222120 |
differentiation of shiga toxin and vero cytotoxin type 1 genes by polymerase chain reaction. | two sets of synthetic oligonucleotide primers were used in a polymerase chain reaction technique to distinguish genes for shiga toxin in shigella dysenteriae 1 and type 1 vero cytotoxin (vt1) in escherichia coli. vt1a and vt1b primers directed at a common 130-base-pair (bp) fragment of the stx and slti genes detected template nucleic acid in both shiga toxin-positive s. dysenteriae 1 and vt1-producing e. coli strains. vt1c and vt1d primers, targeting a 140-bp fragment of the promoter region of t ... | 1990 | 2230244 |
plasmid profiles of shigella dysenteriae type 1 isolates from ethiopia with special reference to r-plasmids. | plasmid profiles of 80 shigella dysenteriae type 1 (shiga's bacillus) strains, collected between 1974 and 1985 in ethiopia, were examined. strains with the dominant antibiotic-resistance (r-) type--resistance to ampicillin (a), chloramphenicol (c), streptomycin (s), sulphadiazine (su) and tetracycline (t)--showed two distinct plasmid profiles (pp). six plasmid bands were demonstrated in "ethiopian strains" with pp-1a isolated between 1974 and 1982. in mating experiments with these strains, esche ... | 1990 | 2231675 |
[new aspects of intolerance of the aqueous iodinated x-ray contrast medium, adipiodone--fatal interaction of adipiodone-ultrabil with the immunomodulators corynebacterium parvum (cp) and shigella dysenteriae endotoxin (lps)]. | the authors assume a new type of interaction of the aqueous x-ray contrast substance type adipiodone (ultrabil 50% spofa) with immunomodulators of corynebacterium parvum (cp) and the endotoxin of shigella dysenteriae (lps). the fatal type of interaction developed regularly as a result of the concurrent i.v. administration of the x-ray contrast substance adipiodone with the endotoxin of shigella dys. (lps) to laboratory animals (mice) which had five days previously a single dose of corynebacteriu ... | 1990 | 2237238 |
mechanism of the vasodilator action of pinacidil. | the mechanism of the vasodilator action of pinacidil has been studied in rat mesenteric small arteries. the results show, first, that the use of flux studies to make measurements of ion permeability requires knowledge of the membrane potential, especially as regards k+ permeability. second, the results confirm that the vasodilator effect of pinacidil is due to an increase in k+ permeability. lastly, the results suggest that the k+ channels involved are sensitive to glibenclamide. | 1990 | 2242449 |
correlation between beta 2-microglobulin and soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels in plasma of individuals living in a malarial endemic region. | beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m) levels were related to the expected immunoprotection in 81 individuals living in a malarial mesoendemic area near bobo-dioulasso (burkina faso), who were longitudinally followed. soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sil-2r) levels were positively correlated to those of beta 2m (r = 0.44; n = 237; p less than 0.001). this suggests that most of the beta 2m could have originated from activated t and b cell membrane turnover. in our study, both beta 2m and sil-2r were inver ... | 1990 | 2242964 |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse): menace or mirage? | 1990 | 2271904 | |
in vitro diffusion of lidocaine across endotracheal tube cuffs. | smooth emergence from general endotracheal anesthesia is frequently complicated by coughing induced by stimulation from an endotracheal tube. lidocaine and other local anesthetics have been shown to anesthetize important rapidly adpating stretch receptors in the dog trachea. with the aim of providing a reservoir for continuous lidocaine release to adjacent tracheal tissue, we examined the ability of clinically used concentrations of lidocaine to diffuse across a commonly used endotracheal tube c ... | 1990 | 2275911 |
in vitro diffusion of lidocaine across endotracheal tube cuffs. | smooth emergence from general endotracheal anesthesia is frequently complicated by coughing induced by stimulation from an endotracheal tube. lidocaine and other local anesthetics have been shown to anesthetize important rapidly adpating stretch receptors in the dog trachea. with the aim of providing a reservoir for continuous lidocaine release to adjacent tracheal tissue, we examined the ability of clinically used concentrations of lidocaine to diffuse across a commonly used endotracheal tube c ... | 1990 | 2275911 |
functional analysis of the shiga toxin and shiga-like toxin type ii variant binding subunits by using site-directed mutagenesis. | the b subunit of shiga toxin and the shiga-like toxins (slts) mediates receptor binding, cytotoxic specificity, and extracellular localization of the holotoxin. while the functional receptor for shiga toxin, slt type i (slt-i), and slt-ii is the glycolipid designated gb3, slt-ii variant (slt-iiv) may use a different glycolipid receptor. to identify the domains responsible for receptor binding, localization in escherichia coli, and recognition by neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, oligonucleotid ... | 1990 | 2404947 |
the colon in shigellosis: serial colonoscopic appearances in shigella dysenteriae i. | twenty-five patients (16 males and 9 females; mean age 24.7 +/- 8.4 years) with acute colitis caused by shigella dysenteriae i were studied, a total of 115 colonoscopic examinations being performed. twenty-two patients had weekly colonoscopic examinations until the last procedure revealed normal colonic mucosa. six abnormal colonoscopic appearances were documented, namely mucosal edema, ulcers, friability, punctate spots, erythematous areas and luminal exudate. mucosal edema was the dominant fin ... | 1990 | 2407526 |
kinetic analysis of 3-quinuclidinyl 4-[125i]iodobenzilate transport and specific binding to muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in rat brain in vivo: implications for human studies. | radioiodinated r- and s-quinuclidinyl derivatives of rs-benzilate (r- and s-125iqnb) have been synthesized for quantitative evaluation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor binding in vivo. two sets of experiments were performed in rats. the first involved determining the metabolite-corrected blood concentration and tissue distribution of tracer r-iqnb (active enantiomer) and s-iqnb (inactive enantiomer) in brain 1 min to 26 h after intravenous injection. the second involved the measurement of br ... | 1990 | 2134838 |
carboxy-terminal peptides from the b subunit of shiga toxin induce a local and parenteral protective effect. | two synthetic peptides corresponding to overlapping sequences from the c-terminus of the b chain of shiga toxin were prepared and characterized. these peptides consisted of residues 54-67 and 57-67 in the protein sequence. this region coincides with the major peak of surface area residues, as predicted from a computer-derived plot. for the purpose of immunization, the peptides were either conjugated with a protein or a synthetic carrier, or were polymerized. polyclonal antibodies against these p ... | 1990 | 2203962 |
new approach to develop a vaccine design against shigellosis. | 1990 | 2204244 | |
production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies with therapeutic potential against shiga toxin. | four monoclonal antibodies (t2d1, t3b1, t7b2 and t4c4) were produced and characterized against sh. dysenteriae type 1. these monoclonal antibodies (mcabs) were shown to be directed against the same or adjacent determinants on the a-subunit of the shiga toxin. all the anti-shiga toxin mcabs are igg1 (kappa) antibodies and have the capacity to neutralize the cytotoxic and neurotoxic effects of the shiga toxin: the data strongly suggest that both of the activities, associated with the toxin, are du ... | 1990 | 1966939 |
trimethoprim resistance gene in shigella dysenteriae 1 isolates obtained from widely scattered locations of asia. | trimethoprim-resistance genes of shigella dysenteriae 1 strains, isolated from a different location of six different countries of asia over a 5-year period were characterized by using three different dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) gene probes. the trimethoprim-resistant (tmpr) strains hybridized only with the type i dhfr gene probe by colony hybridization. none of the strains hybridized with types ii and iii dhfr gene probes. southern blot experiments using plasmid dna extracted from these resis ... | 1990 | 2182327 |
pivmecillinam-resistant shigella dysenteriae type 1 infection in bangladesh. | 1990 | 1972232 | |
[antibiotic resistance of strains of shigella dysenteriae and flexneri isolated in tananarive and on the east coast of madagascar]. | from november 1988 to march 1989, stools from 804 malagasy children were examined, thirty-seven strains of shigella were isolated, from which 5 s. dysenteriae serotype 1 (= shiga bacillus) strains were found to be resistant to ampicillin, carbenicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, sulphonamide and even to trimethoprim. resistance to trimethoprim has appeared only recently in madagascar. | 1990 | 2190702 |
dna sequence analysis of pgla and mechanism of export of its polygalacturonase product from pseudomonas solanacearum. | the pgla gene encodes a 52-kilodalton extracellular polygalacturonase (pga) which is associated with the phytopathogenic virulence of pseudomonas solanacearum. the nucleotide sequence of pgla and the putative amino acid sequence of the pga protein were determined. a computer search identified a 150-residue region of pga which was similar (41%) to the amino acid sequence of a region of the pg-2a polygalacturonase from tomato. comparison of the amino terminus of the pgla open reading frame with th ... | 1990 | 2193922 |
polymerase chain reaction for detection of invasive shigella flexneri in food. | the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) was used to amplify a 760-base-pair (bp) fragment with the 220-kbp invasive plasmids of enteroinvasive escherichia coli, shigella flexneri, shigella dysenteriae, shigella boydii, and shigella sonnei as templates. this pcr product was easily detected by agarose gel electrophoresis. a 210-bp acci-psti fragment lying within the amplified region was used as a probe in southern hybridization blots and showed that the pcr-generated product was derived from the invas ... | 1990 | 2200336 |
epidemiology of shigellosis in teknaf, a coastal area of bangladesh: a 10-year survey. | the epidemiological data on shigellosis in teknaf, a coastal area of bangladesh, were reviewed for a 10-year period (1975-84). certain similarities and differences were observed in the epidemiology of the disease in teknaf when compared with urban dhaka and rural matlab. similarities included: round-the-year infection with two peaks, one in the monsoon period and the other in the winter period; high male to female attendance ratio at the treatment centre; the predominance of infection in the und ... | 1990 | 2200700 |
plasmid profile analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of shigella isolates from nigeria. | in an epidemiological survey, plasmid profiles and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 100 shigella isolates in lagos, nigeria was done. all the isolates were sensitive to nalidixic acid, nitrofurantoin and ciprofloxacin. the commonest antimicrobial susceptibility pattern was resistance to ampicillin, colistin sulphate, co-trimoxazole, streptomycin and tetracycline. all but 4 of 100 isolates screened contained one or more plasmids. plasmid profile analysis distinguished more strains than did ... | 1990 | 2200702 |
plasmid profiles of antibiotic-resistant shigella dysenteriae types 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 isolated in ethiopia during 1976-85. | plasmid profile analysis by agarose gel electrophoresis was carried out on 37 drug-resistant strains of shigella dysenteriae types 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. these strains were collected between 1976 and 1985 in addis ababa, ethiopia. the plasmid profile of s. dysenteriae type 2 strains with r-type cssut did not show middle-sized plasmids likely to code for cssut resistance. all strains contained a large plasmid of about 120 megadaltons (mda), and a cryptic plasmid of about 2.2 mda. the plasmid profiles ... | 1990 | 2200703 |
haemolytic uraemic syndrome with shigella. | a 49-year-old male developed bloody diarrhoea whilst on a visit to india. sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy showed acute colitis. shigella dysentery type i was isolated from stool culture. cytotoxin production by the organism was demonstrated. the patient developed acute renal failure, thrombocytopaenia and microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia. he required mechanical ventilation, haemodialysis, blood transfusion and antibiotic therapy and achieved a complete recovery. this is an unusual case of hae ... | 1990 | 2202698 |
in vitro activity of ljc10,627, a new carbapenem antibiotic with high stability to dehydropeptidase i. | the in vitro activity of ljc10,627, a new carbapenem, was compared with those of imipenem and ceftazidime. ljc10,627 had broad-spectrum activity against gram-positive and gram-negative clinical isolates. the mics of this compound for 90% of members of the family enterobacteriaceae tested (mic90s), including strains resistant to ceftazidime, ranged from 0.1 to 25 micrograms/ml. ljc10,627 inhibited pseudomonas aeruginosa at an mic90 of 3.13 micrograms/ml; it thus was twofold more active than imipe ... | 1990 | 2203313 |
[recurrent thromboembolism disclosing protein c deficiency. apropos of a case with familial investigation]. | every thromboembolic manifestation, especially in young subjects, calls for an aetiological study in which haemostasis is evaluated primarily with assays of physiological coagulation inhibitors: protein c, protein s and antithrombin iii. protein c deficiency is found in 6 to 7% of thromboembolic manifestations. we report the case of a 21-year old man who had phlebitis followed by pulmonary embolism without facilitating factors. protein c level was 50% of normal value (0.50 iu/ml). the patient re ... | 1990 | 2075365 |
plants used in guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. 1. screening of 84 plants against enterobacteria. | gastrointestinal disorders are important causes of morbidity in developing countries. natural healing is the traditional way of treating these diseases in guatemala. ethnobotanical surveys and literature reviews showed that 385 plants from 95 families are used in guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. the activity of 84 of the most commonly used plants was screened in vitro against five enterobacteria pathogenic to man (enteropathogenic escherichia coli, salmonella enteritidi ... | 1990 | 2214824 |
immunolabelling of shiga toxin in macrophages infected with shigella dysenteriae 1. | immunolabelling of shiga toxin in macrophages infected with a non-invasive shigella dysenteriae 1 isolate showed that bacteria remained alive for 3 h after ingestion within the phagocytic vacuole and synthesized shiga toxin. the normal process of toxin secretion was, however, impaired by the phagosomal environment and toxin molecules accumulated within the bacterial cytoplasm. | 1990 | 2218059 |
[the drug resistance and dna plasmid profiles of shigella dysenteriae 1 in the ussr and abroad]. | the medicinal resistance and plasmid profiles of 62 s. dysenteriae strains 1, isolated in the ussr in 1986-1988 from soviet and foreign citizens (from afghanistan, vietnam) and 8 strains obtained from india in 1987 were studied. pronounced similarity between the phenotypes of medicinal, including conjugative, resistance in the strains of soviet and foreign origin was established. in the soviet s. dysenteriae strains 1 the presence of two main types of plasmid dna profiles (140, 6, 4, 2 md and 14 ... | 1990 | 2075761 |
shiga-like toxin and haemolytic-uraemia syndrome. | 1990 | 2080009 | |
[effect of maternal virus-specific t-lymphocytes on pregnancy and fetal pathogenesis in experimental congenital influenza infection]. | inoculation of virus-specific cytotoxic lymphocytes (ctl) to pregnant mice infected with influenza virus was shown to result in a decrease of infectious virus concentration in the lungs and blood of mice as well as in the placentas and fetuses. with an increase in the dose of inoculated ctl, however, premature deliveries with stillbirths were observed as well as deaths of the mice, the highest frequency of fetal deaths being observed after infection of pregnant mice in the first half of pregnanc ... | 1990 | 2082546 |
[effects of ethidium bromide on the viscosity of chromatin secreted by rat liver in normal state and after denervation]. | the paper studies structural state of chromatin secreted from the rat's liver. for this purpose the authors studied the dependence of relative viscosity of chromatin preparations secreted from the liver of rats and three groups of animals being in different terms of postdenervation process. | 1990 | 2083357 |
the mechanism of inhibition of s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine hydrolase by fluorine-containing adenosine analogs. | (z)-4',5'-didehydro-5'-deoxy-5'-fluoroadenosine (i), 5'-deoxy-5'-difluoroadenosine (ii), and 4',5'-didehydro-5'-deoxy-5'-fluoroarabinosyl-adenosine (iii) are inhibitors of rat liver s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine hydrolase. compounds i and ii are time-dependent and irreversible inhibitors of the enzyme. both i and ii are oxidized by e.nad to produce e.nadh, and fluoride anion is formed in the inactivation reaction (0.7 to 1.0 mole fluoride/mole of enzyme subunit, and 1.7 moles fluoride/mole of enzyme ... | 1990 | 2094766 |
two unrelated cases of single maxillary central incisor with 7q terminal deletion. | two unrelated cases of single maxillary central incisor (sm-ci) with 7q terminal deletion of the same breakpoint at 7q36.1 were described. they had mental retardation, microcephaly, hypotelorism, short stature, and normal levels of plasma growth hormone. one case had bilateral caudal ectopic kidneys, double renal pelves, and dilated ureters. the other had bilateral hydroureteronephrosis. the present cases suggest that 7q terminal deletion is one of the causes of smci. | 1990 | 2094780 |
[bacillary dysentery--1988]. | 1990 | 2251385 | |
[bacteriology and epidemiology of shigellas isolated at the army hospital in djibouti]. | in a space of 26 months 108 shigellas were isolated from 104 patients with sporadic and benign diseases. 90% of the subjects were young french. both s. dysenteriae and s. boydii make up 21% of the strains studied. 13% of the germs are multiresistance. multiresistance can enhance development of serious sickness if a virulent strain comes in. | 1990 | 2263188 |
survey of enteropathogenic agents in children with and without diarrhoea in ghana. | a survey was carried out over 1 year in a rural area of ghana on the isolation, detection and/or identification of enteric pathogens from children under 5 years of age with and without diarrhoea. the isolation and detection rate of shigella flexneri, shigella dysenteriae, giardia lamblia and rotavirus were higher in children with diarrhoea than in controls. yersinia enterocolitica, vibrio cholerae and vibrio parahaemolyticus were not isolated during the period of this survey. the incidence of ot ... | 1990 | 2270006 |
[aminoacyl-trna synthetases (codases) and their noncanonical functions]. | the aim of this review is to summarize the data obtained in the author's laboratory during the last decade. the main objects of these investigations were mammalian aminoacyl-trna synthetases, mainly bovine tryptophanyl-trna synthetase (ec 6.1.1.2). the data are discussed and compared with those described in literature. in the course of these studies it turned out that some properties of mammalian aminoacyl-trna synthetases for instance, nuclear location of some of the synthetases, presence of ex ... | 1990 | 2094804 |
[the characteristics of the biological properties of shigella dysenteriae 1 circulating in the ussr and india: its biochemical activity and agglutinability]. | the properties of 71 s. dysenteriae 1 strains isolated from patients in the ussr and india in 1986-1988 were studied. the cultures possessed typical biochemical and serological properties. as revealed in this investigation, high fastidiousness of this infective agent to the quality of synthetic nutrient could become the cause of false negative reactions in different substrates used for the identification of enterobacteria, thus leading to diagnostic mistakes. the variability of the biochemical a ... | 1990 | 2097846 |
[role of protons and bicarbonate in adaptative gastric cytoprotection]. | the unknown mechanism of adaptative gastric cytoprotection (agc) induced by 20% ethanol and subsequent injury with 70% ethanol was studied in wistar rats. pretreatment with indomethacin or hgii2 did not prevent the agc, there suggesting that neither endogenous pgs nor gastric mucus take part in its mechanism. on the other hand, ranitidine pretreatment blocked and even aggravated the damage induced by ethanol-ethanol. in contrast, the latter phenomenon was reverted by 20% acidified ethanol. it is ... | 1990 | 2275313 |
outbreak of dysentery due to nalidixic acid resistant s. dysenteriae 1 at agartala, tripura: a hospital based study. | during the epidemic of bacillary dysentery at agartala, tripura, a total of 62 hospitalized patients suffering from diarrhoeal diseases were studied during the later part (11-16 june, 1988) of the epidemic. principal features of shigellosis cases were discussed. of these 62 cases investigated, 19(30.6%) cases had the mucoid diarrhoea. from them s.dysenteriae type 1 and s.flexneri had been recovered from 31.6% and 10.5% cases, respectively. all the strains of s.dysenteriae type 1 isolated during ... | 1990 | 2101382 |
multidrug resistant epidemic shigellosis in a village in west bengal, 1984. | an out break of acute bacillary dysentery in a village called dhamasin in hooghly district of west bengal was investigated during march 1984. forty seven percent of families were affected. a total of 91 cases and 2 deaths occurred amongst 937 people giving an over all attack rate of 9.7% and a case fatality rate of 2.2 percent. highest attack rate (22.7%) was observed in below one year age group. multiple drug resistant shigella dysentery type 1 strains were isolated for the first time from 6 ou ... | 1990 | 2101383 |
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for shiga toxin and shiga-like toxin ii using p1 glycoprotein from hydatid cysts. | shiga toxin from shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains and shiga-like toxins (slt) i and ii from escherichia coli bind to terminal alpha-d-galp-(1----4)-d-galp containing glycolipids. hydatid cyst fluid isolated from sheep infected with echinococcus granulosus contains a glycoprotein (p1gp) with a terminal alpha-d-galp-(1----4)-d-galp disaccharide. preparations of p1gp were shown to interact directly with shiga toxin and to inhibit the binding and cytotoxicity of shiga toxin to hela cells. a sandw ... | 1990 | 2295845 |
improved sectioning and ultrastructure of bacteria and animal cells embedded in lowicryl. | lowicryl k4m-embedded gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria have a tendency to separate between the cell surface and the resin. this often leads to distortion of bacteria and more especially of mycobacteria. we describe attempts made to overcome this technical problem. different assays were made on bacillus subtilis, escherichia coli, and mycobacterium avium: 1) modification of the bacterial surface by coating of bacteria with proteinic compounds; 2) treatment of bacteria with metallic salts ... | 1990 | 2110246 |
[hepato-renal polycystic disease and liver hydatidosis (a rare association)]. | a case is presented of a patient with polycystic kidneys and familial history of this disease who was from a zone of hydatid endemism. the patient had a hepatic mass compatible with hydatid cyst. diagnoses by imaging, like echography and cat, confirmed it, aside from evidencing polycystic liver disease. there was operative and anatomopathologic confirmation of both diseases of the liver. after a review of the bibliography that shows a scant incidence of this concomitance, some remarks are offere ... | 1990 | 2346686 |
kinetics of "p"-site-mediated inhibition of adenylyl cyclase and the requirements for substrate. | the kinetics of "p"-site-mediated inhibition of adenylyl cyclase was studied with the detergent-solubilized enzyme from rat brain. mn2(+)-activated adenylyl cyclase exhibited typical noncompetitive inhibition by 2'-d3'-amp or 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine (2',5'-ddado). however, enzyme that was preactivated with guanosine 5'-o-(3-thiotriphosphate) (gtp gamma s) or proteolytically with ninhibin (+ gtp gamma s) exhibited apparently uncompetitive inhibition with either 2'-d3'-amp or 2',5'-ddado and with e ... | 1990 | 2365688 |
role of bacterial and host factors in the pathogenesis of shigella septicemia. | to determine the role of bacterial and host factors in the pathogenesis of shigellemia, blood and fecal shigella isolates were compared for serum resistance and siderophore production, and shigellemic patients were examined for decreased serum bactericidal activity or increased serum transferrin saturation compared to control patients with non-bacteremic shigellosis. the majority of both blood (36/38) and fecal (36/48) shigella isolates were sensitive to normal serum (greater than 2 log kill/60 ... | 1990 | 2373088 |
transposition in shigella dysenteriae: isolation and analysis of is911, a new member of the is3 group of insertion sequences. | twenty-nine clear-plaque mutants of bacteriophage lambda were isolated from a shigella dysenteriae lysogen. three were associated with insertions in the ci gene: two were due to insertion of is600, and the third resulted from insertion of a new element, is911. is911 is 1,250 base pairs (bp) long, carries 27-bp imperfect terminal inverted repeats, and generates 3-bp duplications of the target dna on insertion. it was found in various copy numbers in all four species of shigella tested and in esch ... | 1990 | 2163395 |