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Briguglio M, Wainwright TW, Latella M, Ninfa A, Cordani C, Colombo C, Banfi G, Francetti L, Corbella S. A Proposal for a Multidisciplinary Integrated Oral Health Network for Patients Undergoing Major Orthopaedic Surgery (IOHN-OS). Geriatrics (Basel) 2024; 9:39. [PMID: 38525756 PMCID: PMC10961760 DOI: 10.3390/geriatrics9020039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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The passing of the years of life physiologically leads to the accumulation of changes in tissues in the oral cavity, influencing dentition, chewing and swallowing mechanisms, and the oral microbiota. Some diseases and medications can aggravate oral symptoms and negatively influence eating behaviours, increasing the likelihood of becoming malnourished. This could make older individuals more vulnerable to complications when undergoing major orthopaedic surgery. Hidden infection foci in the oral cavity are a recognised cause of post-operative periprosthetic joint infections. Dysfunctional oral problems might also compromise feeding after surgery when good nutrition represents a fundamental aspect of a proper recovery. To manage these shortcomings, in this article, the authors hypothesise a multidisciplinary path of care named the Integrated Oral Health Network applied to major Orthopaedic Surgery (IOHN-OS). This peri-operative initiative would include pre-operative oral health screening and risk management by a dental team, patient education programmes before and after surgery, and bedside gerodontology actions like oral care and meal and eating support for fragile individuals. The IOHN-OS has the potential to reshape the concept of suitability for major orthopaedic surgery and generate momentum for designing community-based surveillance programmes that can keep the mouths of older subjects healthy for a long time.
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- Matteo Briguglio
- Laboratory of Nutritional Sciences, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Research Institute, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth BH8 8FT, UK
- Physiotherapy Department, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth BH7 7DW, UK
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- Laboratory of Nutritional Sciences, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- Operational Unit of Phoniatry, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, 20154 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy
- Scientific Direction, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Biotechnology Laboratory, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Direction, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy
- Operational Unit of Odontostomatology, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy
- Operational Unit of Odontostomatology, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy
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Messina F, Rocca S, Manca B, Scarponi L, Ninfa A, Schindler A, Pizzorni N. Pharyngeal Residue Scoring in Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing: Reliability Comparison and Applicability Among Different Scales. Dysphagia 2024:10.1007/s00455-024-10669-3. [PMID: 38329538 DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10669-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Several scales to assess pharyngeal residue in Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) are currently available. The study aimed to compare the reliability and the applicability in real clinical practice among four rating scales: the Pooling Score (P-SCORE), the Boston Residue and Clearance Scale (BRACS), the Yale Pharyngeal Residue Severity Rating Scale (YPRSRS), and the Residue Ordinal Rating Scale (RORS). Twenty-five FEES videos were evaluated four times, once for each scale, by four speech and language pathologists. To test intra-rater reliability, the same raters re-assessed the videos two weeks apart. To test the applicability, raters recorded the time required to complete each assessment and the perceived difficulty/ease on a visual-analog scale (VAS). The intra-rater and the inter-rater reliability were calculated with Cohen's weighted Kappa and the Fleiss weighted Kappa, respectively. Time and perceived difficulty/ease scores were compared. The intra-rater reliability analysis showed almost perfect agreement for YPRSRS (k = 0.91) and RORS (k = 0.83) and substantial agreement for P-SCORE (k = 0.76) and BRACS (k = 0.74). Pairwise comparison showed no significant differences among the scales. The inter-rater reliability for the YPRSRS (k = 0.78) was significantly higher than P-SCORE (k = 0.52, p < 0.001), BRACS (k = 0.56, p < 0.001), and RORS (k = 0.65, p = 0.005). The BRACS required the longest time (p < 0.001) and was perceived as the most difficult scale (p < 0.001). The RORS was perceived as the easiest scale (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the YPRSRS showed the highest reliability, while raters perceived the RORS as the easiest to score. These results will allow clinicians to consciously choose which scale to use in clinical practice.
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- Federica Messina
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy
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Ninfa A, Jansen F, Delle Fave A, Lissenberg-Witte BI, Pizzorni N, Baatenburg de Jong RJ, Lamers F, Leemans CR, Takes RP, Terhaard CHJ, Schindler A, Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. The Change in Social Eating over Time in People with Head and Neck Cancer Treated with Primary (Chemo)Radiotherapy: The Role of Swallowing, Oral Function, and Nutritional Status. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15051603. [PMID: 36900393 PMCID: PMC10001042 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15051603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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This study aimed at investigating the change in social eating problems from diagnosis to 24 months after primary (chemo)radiotherapy and its associations with swallowing, oral function, and nutritional status, in addition to the clinical, personal, physical, psychological, social, and lifestyle dimensions. Adult patients from the NETherlands QUality of life and BIomedical Cohort (NET-QUBIC) treated with curative intent with primary (chemo)radiotherapy for newly-diagnosed HNC and who provided baseline social eating data were included. Social eating problems were measured at baseline and at 3-, 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up, with hypothesized associated variables at baseline and at 6 months. Associations were analyzed through linear mixed models. Included patients were 361 (male: 281 (77.8%), age: mean = 63.3, SD = 8.6). Social eating problems increased at the 3-month follow-up and decreased up to 24 months (F = 33.134, p < 0.001). The baseline-to-24 month change in social eating problems was associated with baseline swallowing-related quality of life (F = 9.906, p < 0.001) and symptoms (F = 4.173, p = 0.002), nutritional status (F = 4.692, p = 0.001), tumor site (F = 2.724, p = 0.001), age (F = 3.627, p = 0.006), and depressive symptoms (F = 5.914, p < 0.001). The 6-24-month change in social eating problems was associated with a 6-month nutritional status (F = 6.089, p = 0.002), age (F = 5.727, p = 0.004), muscle strength (F = 5.218, p = 0.006), and hearing problems (F = 5.155, p = 0.006). Results suggest monitoring social eating problems until 12-month follow-up and basing interventions on patients' features.
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- Aurora Ninfa
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Mental Health, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Treatment and Quality of Life, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit, Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy
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- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Mental Health, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Treatment and Quality of Life, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Mental Health, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Treatment and Quality of Life, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7-9, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ninfa A, Crispiatico V, Pizzorni N, Bassi M, Casazza G, Schindler A, Delle Fave A. The care needs of persons with oropharyngeal dysphagia and their informal caregivers: A scoping review. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257683. [PMID: 34555044 PMCID: PMC8460009 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Besides affecting physical health, Oropharyngeal Dysphagia (OD) entails limitations in daily activities and social participation for both patients and their informal caregivers. The identification of OD-related needs is crucial for designing appropriate person-centered interventions. AIMS To explore and map the literature investigating the care needs related to OD management of adult persons with OD and their informal caregivers during the last 20 years. METHODS A scoping review was conducted and reported following PRISMA guidelines. Five electronic databases and reference lists of eligible publications were searched for original works in English or Italian, published between January 2000 and February 2021. Two independent raters assessed studies' eligibility and extracted data; a third rater resolved disagreements. Extracted care needs were analyzed using a Best fit framework synthesis approach. RESULTS Out of 2,534 records preliminarily identified, 15 studies were included in the review and 266 care needs were extracted. All studies were conducted in Western countries. Research methods primarily consisted of qualitative interviews and focus groups (14 studies, 93.3%); head and neck cancer was the most frequent cause of patients' dysphagia (8 studies, 53.3%); caregivers' perspective was seldom investigated (5 studies, 33.3%). Both patients and caregivers primarily reported social (N = 77; 28.9%) and practical (N = 67; 25.2%) needs, followed by informational (N = 55; 20.7%) and psychological (N = 54; 20.3%) ones. Only patients reported physical needs (N = 13; 4.9%), while spiritual needs were not cited. CONCLUSIONS The recurrence of personal and social needs besides physical ones highlighted the manifold impact of OD on patients' and caregivers' lives. Larger and more focused studies are required in order to design tools and interventions tailored to patients' and caregivers' needs.
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- Aurora Ninfa
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Miano S, Ninfa A, Casadei A, Manconi M. 0819 A Full Sleep Assessment In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD). Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S Miano
- Sleep Centre, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, SWITZERL
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- Sleep Centre, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, SWITZERL
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- Sleep Centre, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, SWITZERL
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- Sleep Centre, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, SWITZERL
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Enhancers are regulatory DNA elements that can activate their genomic targets over a large distance. The mechanism of enhancer action over large distance is unknown. Activation of the glnAp2 promoter by NtrC-dependent enhancer in Escherichia coli was analyzed by using a purified system supporting multiple-round transcription in vitro. The data suggest that DNA supercoiling is an essential requirement for enhancer action over a large distance (2,500 bp) but not over a short distance (110 bp). DNA supercoiling facilitates functional enhancer-promoter communication over a large distance, probably by bringing the enhancer and promoter into close proximity.
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- Y Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 East Canfield Avenue, Room 5123, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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He L, Soupene E, Ninfa A, Kustu S. Physiological role for the GlnK protein of enteric bacteria: relief of NifL inhibition under nitrogen-limiting conditions. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:6661-7. [PMID: 9852012 PMCID: PMC107771 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6661-6667.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Klebsiella pneumoniae, NifA-dependent transcription of nitrogen fixation (nif) genes is inhibited by a flavoprotein, NifL, in the presence of molecular oxygen and/or combined nitrogen. We recently demonstrated that the general nitrogen regulator NtrC is required to relieve NifL inhibition under nitrogen (N)-limiting conditions. We provide evidence that the sole basis for the NtrC requirement is its role as an activator of transcription for glnK, which encodes a PII-like allosteric effector. Relief of NifL inhibition is a unique physiological function for GlnK in that the structurally related GlnB protein of enteric bacteria-apparently a paralogue of GlnK-cannot substitute. Unexpectedly, although covalent modification of GlnK by uridylylation normally occurs under N-limiting conditions, several lines of evidence indicate that uridylylation is not required for relief of NifL inhibition. When GlnK was synthesized constitutively from non-NtrC-dependent promoters, it was able to relieve NifL inhibition in the absence of uridylyltransferase, the product of the glnD gene, and under N excess conditions. Moreover, an altered form of GlnK, GlnKY51N, which cannot be uridylylated due to the absence of the requisite tyrosine, was still able to relieve NifL inhibition.
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- L He
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3102, USA
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Surette MG, Levit M, Liu Y, Lukat G, Ninfa EG, Ninfa A, Stock JB. Dimerization is required for the activity of the protein histidine kinase CheA that mediates signal transduction in bacterial chemotaxis. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:939-45. [PMID: 8557708 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.2.939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The histidine protein kinase CheA plays an essential role in stimulus-response coupling during bacterial chemotaxis. The kinase is a homodimer that catalyzes the reversible transfer of a gamma-phosphoryl group from ATP to the N-3 position of one of its own histidine residues. Kinetic studies of rates of autophosphorylation show a second order dependence on CheA concentrations at submicromolar levels that is consistent with dissociation of the homodimer into inactive monomers. The dissociation was confirmed by chemical cross-linking studies. The dissociation constant (CheA2<==>2CheA; KD = 0.2-0.4 microM) was not affected by nucleotide binding, histidine phosphorylation, or binding of the response regulator, CheY. The turnover number per active site within a dimer (assuming 2 independent sites/dimer) at saturating ATP was approximately 10/min. The kinetics of autophosphorylation and ATP/ADP exchange indicated that the dissociation constants of ATP and ADP bound to CheA were similar (KD values approximately 0.2-0.3 mM), whereas ATP had a reduced affinity for CheA approximately P (KD approximately 0.8 mM) compared with ADP (KD approximately 0.3 mM). The rates of phosphotransfer from bound ATP to the phosphoaccepting histidine and from the phosphohistidine back to ADP seem to be essentially equal (kcat approximately 10 min-1).
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- M G Surette
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
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The D-ribose operon (rbs) of Escherichia coli K-12 maps at 83 min and is inducible. The rbs operon of E. coli B/r maps at 2 min and is constitutive. Evidence is presented showing that a second inducible copy of the rbs operons is present in E. coli B/r mapping at 83 min. The data indicated that the duplication of the rbs operon represented a transposition of the 83-min region to 2 min. The identification of a second copy of the rbs operon in B/r and the determination of its inducibility were based on the reactivation, through mutagenesis, of inducible rbs expression, mapping by P1 transduction of the mutation site to 83 min, and merodiploid complementation analysis of the D-ribokinase expression in E. coli B/r. We also show that the rbs transposition to 2-min continued to generate transposable elements coding for the 1- to 2-min region of the chromosome and transposing onto extrachromosomal DNA target molecules such as pBR322.
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