ACTIVITY OF BDELLOVIBRIO HIT LOCUS PROTEINS, BD0108 AND BD0109, LINKS TYPE IVA PILUS EXTRUSION/RETRACTION STATUS TO PREY-INDEPENDENT GROWTH SIGNALLING.

Activity of Bdellovibrio hit locus proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, links Type IVa pilus extrusion/retraction status to prey-independent growth signalling.

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are facultatively predatory bacteria that grow within gram-negative prey, using pili to invade their periplasmic niche.They also grow prey-independently on organic nutrients after undergoing a reversible switch.The nature of the growth switching mechanism has been elusive, but several independent reports read more suggest

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Validation of the new EPIC DNA methylation microarray (900K EPIC v2) for high-throughput profiling of the human DNA methylome

DNA methylation, one of the best characterized epigenetic marks in the human genome, plays a pivotal role in gene transcription regulation and other biological processes in humans.On top of that, the DNA methylome undergoes profound changes in cancer and other disorders.However, large-scale and population-based studies are limited by high costs and

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Physical investigation of gate capacitance in In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As quantum-well metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors

In this paper, we aim to decompose gate capacitance components in InGaAs/InAlAs quantum-well (QW) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs), in read more an effort to physically investigate their gate capacitance (Cg).First, we verified their validity with 1-D simulation and experimental Cg data in various types of InGaAs/InAlAs

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