Ausst. 252 - Lud[us] stude[n]tu[m] Friburgensium cum Prophetia mirabilis in fine

Mathias Sanbuccellus ... quod tibi murnerius condidit ecce Thomas ...

Hypoxia-induced gene expression profiling in the euryoxic fish Gillichthys mirabilis

Hypoxia is important in both biomedical and environmental contexts and necessitates rapid adaptive changes in metabolic organization. Mammals, as air breathers, have a limited capacity to withstand sustained exposure to hypoxia. By contrast, some aquatic animals, such as certain fishes, are routinely exposed and resistant to severe environmental hypoxia. Understanding the changes in gene expression in fishes exposed to hypoxic stress could reveal novel mechanisms of tolerance that may shed new light on hypoxia and ischemia in higher vertebrates. Using cDNA microarrays, we have studied gene expression in a hypoxia-tolerant burrow-dwelling goby fish, Gillichthys mirabilis. We show that a coherent picture of a complex transcriptional response can be generated for a nonmodel organism for which sequence data were unavailable. We demonstrate that: (i) although certain shifts in gene expression mirror changes in mammals, novel genes are differentially expressed in fish; and (ii) tissue-specific patterns of expression reflect the different metabolic roles of tissues during hypoxia.

Characterization of Two Novel Type I Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from the Storage Roots of the Andean Crop Mirabilis expansa1

Two novel type I ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) were found in the storage roots of Mirabilis expansa, an underutilized Andean root crop. The two RIPs, named ME1 and ME2, were purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipitation, cation-exchange perfusion chromatography, and C4 reverse-phase chromatography. The two proteins were found to be similar in size (27 and 27.5 kD) by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and their isoelectric points were determined to be greater than pH 10.0. Amino acid N-terminal sequencing revealed that both ME1 and ME2 had conserved residues characteristic of RIPs. Amino acid composition and western-blot analysis further suggested a structural similarity between ME1 and ME2. ME2 showed high similarity to the Mirabilis jalapa antiviral protein, a type I RIP. Depurination of yeast 26S rRNA by ME1 and ME2 demonstrated their ribosome-inactivating activity. Because these two proteins were isolated from roots, their antimicrobial activity was tested against root-rot microorganisms, among others. ME1 and ME2 were active against several fungi, including Pythium irregulare, Fusarium oxysporum solani, Alternaria solani, Trichoderma reesei, and Trichoderma harzianum, and an additive antifungal effect of ME1 and ME2 was observed. Antibacterial activity of both ME1 and ME2 was observed against Pseudomonas syringae, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Agrobacterium radiobacter, and others.

Dryden : Stanzas on the death of Oliver Cromwell; Astraea redux; Annus mirabilis; Absalom and Achitophel; Religio laici; The hind and the panther /

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Commentaria in prologomena syntaxe[o]n mirabilis artis ... /

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Trichiasis admiranda, sive Morbus pilaris mirabilis observatus a Johanne Sculteto ...

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Syntaxes artis mirabilis in libros septem digestae ... /

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Respirationis suuammerdammianae exspiratio. Una cum anatomia neologices Joannis de Raei philosophia professoris primarii. Quibus adiecta est vtriusque philosophiae clavis, et Mirabilis de carbonum, arenarum & lapillorum excretione per alvum & vasicam, urinaeque vomitu historia /

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D. Christ. Ernesti Clauderi ... Gorgonea metamorphosis, sive Mirabilis calculi humani historia, etc.

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The age of bronze; or, Carmen seculare et annus haud mirabilis.

Signatures: []2, B-C8.

The age of bronze; or, Carem [sic] seculare et annus haud mirabilis.

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The age of bronze : or, Carmen seculare et annus haud mirabilis.

Poem.

Stanzas on the death of Oliver Cromwell : Astraea redux; Annus mirabilis; Absalom and Achitophel; Religio Laici; The hind and the panther /

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The effect of R-plasmid RP1 on the properties of Proteus mirabilis

A clinical isolate of Proteus mirabilis containing R-plasmid RP1 (R+ cells), grown in both iron- and carbon- limited chemically defined media in mixed culture with plasmid-free (R- cells), did not disappear as expected, due to adherence of R+ cells to the wall of the chemostat vessel. Plasmid RP1 promoted adherence to glass and to medical prostheses. The hydrophobicity and surface charge of R+ cells were different from those of R- cells and both factors may contribute to the adherence of R+ cells to surfaces. The mode of cultivation of the cells, whether batch or continuous culture, were also found to affect the result. Antibodies raised against homologous cells increased the surface hydrophobicity of both R+ and R- cells and eliminated the differences between them. Results for surface hydrophobicity varied with the method used for measuring it. R+ cells were more sensitive than R- cells to tbe bacteridical action of normal serum and whole blood and to phagocytosis as measured by chemiluminescence. No clear differences were revealed in the protein antigens of R+ and R- cells by both SDS PAGE gels and immunoblots reacted with homologous antibodies. However, lectins revealed differences in the sugars exposed on the cell surfaces. Chemical analysis of R&43 and R- cells also revealed differences in the content of 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonate, lipopolysaccharide and total fatty acids, when cells were grown in media containing added iron; however, no qualitative differences in the lipopolysaccharide were found. Removal of iron from the medium was found to have considerable effects on the chemical structure of R+ cells but not of R- ones. Adhesion to prostheses and to leucocytes is discussed in the light of the results and the clinical relevance outlined with respect to the initiation of infection and the association of virulence with antibiotic resistance.

Caractérisation des recombinases XerC et XerD de Proteus mirabilis

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.