Effect of a smoking ban on respiratory health in nonsmoking hospitality workers: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a smoking ban on lung function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide, and respiratory symptoms in nonsmoking hospitality workers. METHODS: Seco
Bioactive derivatives of isopropylstilbene from mutasynthesis and chemical synthesis (Publications)
Isopropylstilbene is a natural product from Photorhabdus luminescens TT01, with multiple biological activities. A mutant deficient in the production of both anthraquinones and cinnamic acid was constr
Sequence analysis of the MSP 1 gene of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> isolates from Hainan, China (Publications)
AIM: To obtain the complete sequence and analyze the diversity of the MSP 1 molecule from the Chinese isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. METHODS: Genomic DNA was prepared directly from blood samples s
Correlation between secreted and membrane-bound IgG in mouse myeloma cells transfected with chimeric immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes (Publications)
Mouse myeloma cells were transfected with pSV2-gpt and pSV2-neo based immunoglobulin expression vectors. Double transfectants were selected using the xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (gpt)
Detection of antibodies to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> sporozoites by employing synthetic peptides (Publications)
A new achievement in the immunodiagnosis of malaria has been reached after the knowledge of the molecular structure of some plasmodial antigens has become available. One example is given by the repeti