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The design and expression of an antihypertensive peptide multimer (AHPM), a common precursor of 11 kinds of antihypertensive peptides (AHPs) tandemly linked up according to the restriction sites of gastrointestinal proteases, were explored. The DNA fragment encoding the AHPM was chemically synthesiz...
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PMID: 20075629
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Dihydropyrazines (DHPs), which exhibit DNA strand-breaking activity and other biological activities associated with the generation of radical species, reacted with thiourea to give tetraazaindene (TAI) derivatives, despite thiourea is a well known radical scavenger. The structural determination of t...
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PMID: 19952446
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Escherichia fergusonii has been associated with a wide variety of intestinal and extra-intestinal infections in both humans and animals but, despite strong circumstantial evidence, the degree to which the organism is responsible for the pathologies identified remains uncertain. Thirty isolates of E....
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PMID: 18585745
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We genotyped bovine major histocompatibility complex (BoLA)-DRB3 and BoLA-DQA1 genes in 120 Holstein cattle with clinical mastitis and 85 randomly selected Holstein cattle in Japan by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing. The mastitis cattle were divided into four groups according to the...
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PMID: 19000149
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We demonstrate a new method for creating synthetic tissue that has the potential to capture the three-dimensional (3D) complexity of a multi-cellular organism with submicron precision. Using multiple laminar fluid flows in a microfluidic network, we convey cells to an assembly area where multiple, t...
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PMID: 19023484
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The adhesion of six different Lactobacillus and Lactococcus and three pathogenic Escherichia and Salmonella strains was studied using Caco-2 cell line. In this in vitro model system the influence of weak electric field (EF) on bacterial adhesion was tested. The EF source was the in vitro reconstruct...
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PMID: 19212012
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We analyzed glutamate-dependent acid-resistance pathway (GDAR) in five E. albertii strains that have been identified so far. We observed that the strains were unable to induce GDAR under aerobic growth conditions. Mobilization of the rpoS gene restored aerobic induction of this acid-resistance pathw...
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PMID: 18422618
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We present a solution that employs an orthogonal purification strategy to achieve the quantity and level of purity necessary for further studies of this complex....
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PMID: 18249538
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Vincenzo V Savini,
Chiara C Catavitello,
Marzia M Talia,
Assunta A Manna,
Franca F Pompetti,
Marco M Favaro,
Carla C Fontana,
Fabio F Febbo,
Andrea A Balbinot,
Fabio F Di Berardino,
Giovanni G Di Bonaventura,
Silvia S Di Zacomo,
Francesca F Esattore and
Domenico D D'Antonio
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We report a case in which Escherichia fergusonii, an emerging pathogen in various types of infections, was associated with cystitis in a 52-year-old woman. The offending strain was found to be multidrug resistant. Despite in vitro activity, beta-lactam treatment failed because of a lack of patient c...
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PMID: 18256229
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A commercial chromogenic agar medium (DFI) was supplemented with glucose (mDFI) to enhance the specificity of Enterobacter sakazakii (E. sakazakii) detection. Escherichia vulneris (E. vulneris), a putative false-positive strain on the DFI medium, produces alpha-glucosidase. The enzyme alpha- glucosi...
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PMID: 18388480
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Incidence rate of lower respiratory infections in patients with the hematological malignant after chemotherapy was 16%. The major nosocomial infectious pathogens were Acinetobacter spp; Escherichia coil and Fungus. Among them, Acinetobacter spp, were highly resistant to cephalosporins, quinolones, a...
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PMID: 18642667
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We determined the NMR structure of a monomeric, self-complemented variant of FimF, FimF(F), which has a second FimF donor strand segment fused to its C-terminus that enables intramolecular complementation of the FimF fold. NMR studies on bimolecular complexes between FimF(F) and donor strand-deplete...
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PMID: 18048056
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We describe the identification of gene ybiN encoding an enzyme responsible for methylation of A1618. Knockout of the ybiN gene leads to loss of modification at A1618. The modification is restored if ybiN knock-out strain has been co-transformed with a plasmid expressing the ybiN gene. On the basis o...
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PMID: 18021804
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Combining tunable transcription with an enzyme-degradation tag affords an effective means to reduce intracellular enzyme concentrations from high to very low levels. Such fine-tuned control allows selection pressure to be systematically increased in directed-evolution experiments. This facilitates i...
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PMID: 17873865
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We determined the crystal structures of the QacR-DB75 and QacR-DB359 complexes and measured their binding affinities. Although these rigid aromatic diamidines bind with low-micromolar affinities, they do not use single, discrete binding modes. Such promiscuous binding underscores the intrinsic chemi...
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PMID: 17567017
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Escherichia albertii is a potential food-borne pathogen because of its documented ability to cause diarrheal disease by producing attachment and effacement lesions. Its tolerances to heat (56 degrees C), acid (pH 3.0), and pressure (500 MPa [5 min]) were evaluated and found to be significantly less...
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PMID: 17468283
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A fecal sample from a 42-year-old goat with a 2-month history of poor weight gain and diarrhea yielded a moderate growth of an organism resembling Salmonella spp. on MacConkey agar. The organism was identified as Escherichia fergusonii. The animal was euthanized. Samples of intestine, lung, liver, a...
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PMID: 17616063
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In order to obtain a high activity antibacterial peptide, An expression vector pPICZalphaA-pl is constructed with a tandem of four antimicrobial peptides in the same direction,which includes Protegrin-1 (PG-1), Scorpion Defensin (SD), Metalnikowin-2A and Sheep Myeloid Antibacterial Peptide (SMAP-29)...
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PMID: 17577986
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We describe the application of recombinant Staphylococcus aureus Sortase A to attach a tagged model protein substrate (green fluorescent protein) to polystyrene beads chemically modified with either alkylamine or the in vivo Sortase A ligand, Gly-Gly-Gly, on their surfaces. Furthermore, we show that...
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PMID: 17302384
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We designed and produced a multiepitope polypeptide for melanoma (MEP-mel), which contains three repeats of four antigenic epitopes (gp100: 209-217 (210M); gp100: 280-288 (288V); Mart1: 26-35 (27L); tyrosinase: 368-376 (370D). The peptides were attached to each other by linkers containing sequences...
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PMID: 18275944
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A new 4.87 kb Escherichia-Pseudomonas shuttle vector has been constructed by inserting a 1.27 kb DNA fragment with a replication origin of a Pseudomonas plasmid pRO1614 into the 3.6 kb E. coli plasmid pBGS18. This vector, designated pJH1, contains an aminoglycoside phosphotransferase gene (aph) from...
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PMID: 17205047
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The results clarify the similarity and difference between LTA- and LPS-mediated signal transduction and induction of inflammatory cytokines in macrophages....
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PMID: 16899235
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Escherichia vulneris is a recently identified environmental organism that can colonize humans and animals. To date, very few infections with E. vulneris have been reported. This is the first reported case of peritonitis due to E. vulneris in the setting of peritoneal dialysis.
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PMID: 16971644
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We performed a genetic screening for Drosophila mutants with hyperactivated immune responses and isolated a loss-of-function mutant of caspar whose product is homologous to Fas-associating factor 1 in mammals. Interestingly, caspar mutant flies showed increased antibacterial immune responses includi...
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PMID: 17050695
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Potential intrinsic tetracycline staining of intraradicular dentin has been observed when BioPure MTAD was employed as the final irrigant after initial rinsing with NaOCl. This study examined the effect of NaOCl-MTAD interaction on the antimicrobial substantivity of MTAD in dentin. Dentin cores prev...
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PMID: 16982276
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The UAE was the most effective method and the optimal UAE conditions were adding 20-fold ethanol (30% v/v), extracting for two times, 20 min each time. Futhermore, the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of the flavonoids against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa an...
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PMID: 17076245
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These results suggest genetic transfer of the O antigen gene cluster between E. coli O157:H7 and E. fergusonii....
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PMID: 16732460
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We show that the Vg purified from the rosy barb Puntius conchonius possesses both antibacterial and hemagglutinating activities in vitro, and the male fish challenged with Escherichia coli synthesize Vg. These suggest that in addition to being involved in yolk protein formation, Vg is also involved...
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PMID: 16293421
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Altogether, the properties of E. coli H22, observed both under in vitro and in vivo conditions, suggest its potential use as a probiotic strain for livestock and humans. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The strain H22 was shown to produce several antimicrobial compounds with inhibitory capabili...
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PMID: 16553738
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InGeno provides a user-friendly interactive visualization platform for sequence comparisons (comprehensive reciprocal protein--protein comparisons) between complete genome sequences and all associated annotations and features. The comparison data can be acquired from several different sequence analy...
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PMID: 17054788
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A comparison of the adhesive properties of lactobacteria and escherichiae in different divisions of human gastrointestinal tract under normal and pathologic conditions was conducted. The study shows that the population changeability of the adhesive properties of lactobacteria and escherichiae is det...
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PMID: 16496954
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A study of human fecal microbiocenosis using experimental in vitro modeling of constipation was carried out. The study revealed certain dynamics of the incidence, proportion and ratio of microorganisms isolated from the feces at various stages of cultivation. The character of the changes of these pa...
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PMID: 16496950
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We show that the Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit interacts in vitro and in vivo with the final 200 amino acids of the polycystin-1 protein, which constitute its cytoplasmic C-terminal tail. Functional studies suggest that this association may play a role in the regulation of the Na,K-ATPase activity. Chin...
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PMID: 16107561
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Dried ground leaves of Sutherlandia frutescens were extracted by both sequential extraction with four solvents, starting with the least polar and separately with acetone, ethanol and water. The extracts were tested for antibacterial and antioxidant activity. The hexane extract was, generally, the mo...
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PMID: 16220570
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Edwardsiella tarda is a Gram-negative enteric bacterium affecting both animals and humans. Recently, a type III secretion system (TTSS) was found in Ed. tarda. Such systems are generally used by bacterial pathogens to deliver virulence factors into host cells to subvert normal cell functions. Genome...
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PMID: 16000720
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These results indicated that elimination of the [2Fe-2S] cluster in mutant bc(1) complexes opened up an otherwise closed proton channel within the bc(1) complex. It was speculated that in the normal catalytic cycle of the bc(1) complex, the [2Fe-2S] cluster may function as a proton-exiting gate....
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PMID: 15878858
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Facially amphiphilic urea oligomers were successfully prepared in a one-pot reaction by carbonyl diimidazole (CDI) coupling and showed greater antibacterial activity against both Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis than MSI-78.
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PMID: 15770251
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Bangladeshi diarrheagenic Hafnia alvei-like strains have been described recently as the new species Escherichia albertii (Int J Syst Evolut Microbiol. 2003;53:807-810). The natural susceptibility of 21 E. albertii and 76 H. alvei strains to 69 antimicrobial agents was examined, applying a microdilut...
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PMID: 15766600
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Two adult ostriches developed anorexia, prostration, and severe hemorrhagic diarrhea, dying 24 hr after the onset of clinical signs. On postmortem examination, the cecal mucosa showed locally extensive areas of hemorrhages and fibrino-necrotic typhlitis with a white-yellowish material covering the m...
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PMID: 15839434
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Klebsiella sepsis and Pseudomonas sepsis were associated with a 6.3-fold and 12.3-fold increased risk of early mortality, respectively, and accounted for 41.9% of all early deaths associated with LOS. Considering the aggressive nature of sepsis caused by these pathogens, empiric antibiotic therapy a...
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PMID: 15655738
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We describe a simple and efficient refolding protocol for the catalytic domain of type 4 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDE4s). This method has the potential for adaptation to other PDE subtypes....
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PMID: 15988062
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Combined samples of fresh faeces from four ducks were serially diluted and plated onto six different media selected to allow the growth of a range of organisms at 42 degrees C under three atmospheric conditions: aerobic, microaerophilic and anaerobic. Forty-seven morphologically dissimilar isolates...
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PMID: 16033461
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We developed a method to determine bacterial DNA relatedness on a glass microarray. Reference DNAs representing a total 93 species of Enterobacteriaceae were arrayed on a glass microplate, and signal intensities were measured after 2 hr of hybridization with Cy3-labeled bacterial DNAs. All immobiliz...
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PMID: 15781999
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We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the gene that encodes GAPDH of E. tarda, and overexpressed the GAPDH of E. tarda by using the Escherichia coli expression system. We immunized Japanese flounder with recombinant GAPDH (rGAPDH) and evaluated its vaccine efficacy. Our results showed th...
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PMID: 16034203
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We determined sequences for multiple housekeeping genes in five E. albertii strains and compared these sequences to those of strains representing the major groups of pathogenic E. coli and Shigella. A comparison of 2,484 codon positions in 14 genes revealed that E. albertii strains differ, on averag...
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PMID: 15629933
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Two solanesyl diphosphate synthases, designated SPS1 and SPS2, which are responsible for the synthesis of the isoprenoid side chain of either plastoquinone or ubiquinone in Arabidopsis thaliana, were identified. Heterologous expression of either SPS1 or SPS2 allowed the generation of UQ-9 in a decap...
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PMID: 15653808
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Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy, in conjunction with artificial neural networks, has been used for identification and classification of selected foodborne pathogens. Five bacterial species (Enterococcus faecium, Salmonella Enteritidis, Bacillus cereus, Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella boydi...
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PMID: 15553640
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Up to now, the analysis of skewed oligonucleotide distributions within DNA sequences is not a commonly used tool within metagenomics. With the TETRA web-service and stand-alone program, the method is now accessible in an easy to use manner for a broad audience. This will hopefully facilitate the int...
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PMID: 15507136
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The high-pathogenicity island (HPI) is a genomic island essential for the mouse-virulence phenotype in Yersinia and indispensable for pathogenicity of Yersinia and certain pathotypes of Escherichia coli. In contrast to most genomic islands, the HPI is a functional island widely disseminated among me...
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PMID: 15493818
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These results showed an adequate microbiological quality of seaweed acceptable for human food. The bacterial population associated to Monostroma undulatum, consisted of gram-negative, marine and psycotrophic microorganisms, including vibrios and enterobacteria as their main components. Also the iden...
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PMID: 15807211
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We show here that this sensitivity has two components. The first derives from secretion of bacteriophage particles through the cell envelope, but the second can be attributed to expression of the F genes required for the formation of conjugative (F) pili. The latter component was manifested as reduc...
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PMID: 15292121
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An approach to the stereocontrolled synthesis of beta-d-rhamnopyranosides is described in which 2,3-O-benzyl or related 4,6-O-[alpha-(2-(2-iodophenyl)ethylthiocarbonyl)benzylidene]-mannosyl thioglycosides are first used to introduce the beta-d-mannopyranoside linkage in high yield and stereoselectiv...
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PMID: 15225064
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