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Powers AK, Hyacinthe C, Riddle MR, Kim YK, Amaismeier A, Thiel K, Martineau B, Ferrante E, Moran RL, McGaugh SE, Boggs TE, Gross JB, Tabin CJ. Genetic mapping of craniofacial traits in the Mexican tetra reveals loci associated with bite differences between cave and surface fish. BMC Ecol Evol 2023; 23:41. [PMID: 37626324 PMCID: PMC10463419 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02149-3] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus, includes interfertile surface-dwelling and cave-dwelling morphs, enabling powerful studies aimed at uncovering genes involved in the evolution of cave-associated traits. Compared to surface fish, cavefish harbor several extreme traits within their skull, such as a protruding lower jaw, a wider gape, and an increase in tooth number. These features are highly variable between individual cavefish and even across different cavefish populations. RESULTS To investigate these traits, we created a novel feeding behavior assay wherein bite impressions could be obtained. We determined that fish with an underbite leave larger bite impressions with an increase in the number of tooth marks. Capitalizing on the ability to produce hybrids from surface and cavefish crosses, we investigated genes underlying these segregating orofacial traits by performing Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) analysis with F2 hybrids. We discovered significant QTL for bite (underbite vs. overbite) that mapped to a single region of the Astyanax genome. Within this genomic region, multiple genes exhibit coding region mutations, some with known roles in bone development. Further, we determined that there is evidence that this genomic region is under natural selection. CONCLUSIONS This work highlights cavefish as a valuable genetic model for orofacial patterning and will provide insight into the genetic regulators of jaw and tooth development.
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- Amanda K Powers
- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Pkwy., Cincinnati, OH, 45207, USA
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- Department of Biology, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Pkwy., Cincinnati, OH, 45207, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, 100 Butler Hall, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1500 Gortner Ave., Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 312 College Dr., Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 312 College Dr., Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Riddle MR, Aspiras AC, Gaudenz K, Peuß R, Sung JY, Martineau B, Peavey M, Box AC, Tabin JA, McGaugh S, Borowsky R, Tabin CJ, Rohner N. Author Correction: Insulin resistance in cavefish as an adaptation to a nutrient-limited environment. Nature 2020; 588:E1. [PMID: 33188369 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2953-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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- Misty R Riddle
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, 64110, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, 64110, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- College of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108, USA
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- Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, 10003, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, 64110, USA.,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, USA
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Riddle M, Martineau B, Peavey M, Tabin C. Raising the Mexican Tetra Astyanax mexicanus for Analysis of Post-larval Phenotypes and Whole-mount Immunohistochemistry. J Vis Exp 2018. [PMID: 30638199 DOI: 10.3791/58972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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River and cave-adapted populations of Astyanax mexicanus show differences in morphology, physiology, and behavior. Research focused on comparing adult forms has revealed the genetic basis of some of these differences. Less is known about how the populations differ at post-larval stages (at the onset of feeding). Such studies may provide insight into how cavefish survive through adulthood in their natural environment. Methods for comparing post-larval development in the laboratory require standardized aquaculture and feeding regimes. Here we describe how to raise fish on a diet of nutrient-rich rotifers in non-recirculating water for up to two-weeks post fertilization. We demonstrate how to collect post-larval fish from this nursery system and perform whole-mount immunostaining. Immunostaining is an attractive alternative to transgene expression analysis for investigating development and gene function in A. mexicanus. The nursery method can also be used as a standard protocol for establishing density-matched populations for growth into adults.
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Tabin JA, Aspiras A, Martineau B, Riddle M, Kowalko J, Borowsky R, Rohner N, Tabin CJ. Temperature preference of cave and surface populations of Astyanax mexicanus. Dev Biol 2018; 441:338-344. [PMID: 29704470 PMCID: PMC6119108 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Little is known about the genetic basis of behavioral choice, such as temperature preference, especially in natural populations. Thermal preference can play a key role in habitat selection, for example in aquatic species. Examining this behavior on a genetic level requires access to individuals or populations of the same species that display distinct temperature preferences. Caves provide a uniquely advantageous setting to tackle this problem, as animals colonizing caves encounter an environment that generally has a different, and far more stable, annual temperature than what is encountered on the outside. Here, we focus on cave and surface populations of Astyanax mexicanus, the Mexican tetra, and examine temperature preference and strength of temperature preference (reflected in the percent of time spent at the optimal temperature). We used a tank with a stable temperature gradient and automated tracking software to follow individual fish from each population. We found that distinct populations of A. mexicanus display differences in both temperature preference and strength of preference. Hybrid crosses established that these are multigenic traits that segregate independently from one another. Temperature preference in many aquatic animals is known to shift towards warmer temperatures following infection with parasites (akin to a fever response in humans). While surface fish infected by the ectoparasite Gyrodactylus turnbulli (a gill fluke) displayed a strong fever response, cavefish showed a significantly attenuated fever response. This work establishes A. mexicanus as a genetically tractable system in which differences in temperature preference can be studied in naturally evolved populations.
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- Julius A Tabin
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Developmental and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, 640 Sciences Hall II, Ames, IA 50011, United States
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- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, United States
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, United States; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States.
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
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Simpson JM, Martineau B, Jones WE, Ballam JM, Mackie RI. Characterization of fecal bacterial populations in canines: effects of age, breed and dietary fiber. Microb Ecol 2002; 44:186-197. [PMID: 12087428 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-0001-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2001] [Accepted: 02/26/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The effects of age, breed, and diet on fecal chemistry, enzyme activity, and bacterial populations of dogs were studied. Eighteen dogs from two age groups (young: 2.5 +/- 0.5 years, old: 10.9 +/-0.7 years) and three different breeds (German shepherds, miniature schnauzers, and English setters) were rotated through a Latin Square design such that every dog was fed each of the diets. The test diets included a low-fiber (control) diet and a 10% fiber diet which contained 5% soybean hulls and 5% beet pulp. Inclusion of 10% fiber in the diet decreased the fecal concentration of ammonia, sulfide, and indole. Fiber inclusion significantly increased acetic, propionic, and butyric acid concentrations, while fecal pH decreased by 0.4 units. Fresh fecal samples were plated on selected aerobic and anaerobic culture media and DNA extracted for denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA fragments. Plate counts showed significant effects of breed (p < or = 0.05) and age (p < or = 0.01) on selected aerobic and anaerobic bacterial counts, while no significant effect of diet was found. Analysis of PCR-DGGE banding patterns showed there was a tendency for individual dogs to cluster together according to age (young or old dogs) and also for size (large or small dogs). However, the outstanding conclusion obtained from the DGGE analysis of fecal bacterial profiles was that individual dogs had their own characteristic banding pattern which was unique and stable. The relative stability and individuality of the patterns indicates that each individual harbored a characteristic fecal bacterial community which was independent of diet.
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- J M Simpson
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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The effects of two popular commercial pet foods on faecal markers of microbial metabolism were investigated. Adult dogs were fed a dry, extruded diet and a moist, canned diet in a randomly assigned crossover design. Fresh faecal samples were collected for chemical and enzyme activity assays. Relative to the canned diet, the dry food resulted in decreased faecal pH and faecal indole, sulphide and ammonia concentrations and increased total short-chain fatty acid, acetic and propionic acid concentrations. Faecal beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase and nitroreductase activities were decreased in dogs fed the dry diet. These changes in microbial metabolic activity are consistent with beneficial effects of the dry diet on colonic health.
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- B Martineau
- Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, St Louis, MO 63164, USA.
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Côté L, Clavet D, St-Hilaire S, Vaillancourt C, Blondeau F, Martineau B. [Physician-patient relations in family medicine]. Can Fam Physician 1999; 45:1250-4. [PMID: 10349069 PMCID: PMC2328599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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PROBLEM ADDRESSED In addition to clinical instruction, residents need "people" skills that will enable them to deal with all sorts of patients in difficult clinical situations. We planned a series of 12 seminars to teach these skills to first-year residents. OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAM: To ask relevant questions typical of the patient-centred approach; with empathy and respect, to encourage patients to express their emotions; to become more aware of one's own emotions and reactions in one's work as a physician; to negotiate with patients, taking into account both the patient's agenda and one's own. MAIN COMPONENTS OF PROGRAM Clinical problems drawn from a list of situations likely to involve difficult contact with patients were used to achieve program objectives. Various teaching methods (discussion, brief presentation, practical demonstration, role play) were used during the four stages of skills development: information, demonstration, practice, and feedback. Various tools were used to test the program. CONCLUSION Proper planning requires ongoing exploration of objectives, content, teaching methods, and evaluation. This discussion of the teaching principles applied in planning our seminars might inspire others to develop similar programs.
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- L Côté
- Département de médecine familiale à l'Université Laval
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Garmyn D, Monnet C, Martineau B, Guzzo J, Cavin JF, Diviès C. Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase from Leuconostoc oenos. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 145:445-50. [PMID: 8978099 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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The alsD gene encoding alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase was isolated from a genomic library of Leuconostoc oenos, using a screening procedure developed on microtiter plates. The nucleotide sequence of alsD encodes a putative protein of 239 amino acids showing significant similarity with other bacterial alpha-acetolactate decarboxylases. Upstream from alsD lies an open reading frame (alsS) which is highly similar to bacterial genes coding for catabolic alpha-acetolactate synthases. Northern (RNA) blotting analyses indicated the presence of a 2.4-kb dicistronic transcript of alsS and alsD. This suggests that the alsS and alsD genes are organized in a single operon.
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- D Garmyn
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, ENSBANA, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
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Karrer EE, Lincoln JE, Hogenhout S, Bennett AB, Bostock RM, Martineau B, Lucas WJ, Gilchrist DG, Alexander D. In situ isolation of mRNA from individual plant cells: creation of cell-specific cDNA libraries. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:3814-8. [PMID: 7731989 PMCID: PMC42052 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.9.3814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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: 01/26/2023] Open
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A method for isolating and cloning mRNA populations from individual cells in living, intact plant tissues is described. The contents of individual cells were aspirated into micropipette tips filled with RNA extraction buffer. The mRNA from these cells was purified by binding to oligo(dT)-linked magnetic beads and amplified on the beads using reverse transcription and PCR. The cell-specific nature of the isolated mRNA was verified by creating cDNA libraries from individual tomato leaf epidermal and guard cell mRNA preparations. In testing the reproducibility of the method, we discovered an inherent limitation of PCR amplification from small amounts of any complex template. This phenomenon, which we have termed the "Monte Carlo" effect, is created by small and random differences in amplification efficiency between individual templates in an amplifying cDNA population. The Monte Carlo effect is dependent upon template concentration: the lower the abundance of any template, the less likely its true abundance will be reflected in the amplified library. Quantitative assessment of the Monte Carlo effect revealed that only rare mRNAs (< or = 0.04% of polyadenylylated mRNA) exhibited significant variation in amplification at the single-cell level. The cDNA cloning approach we describe should be useful for a broad range of cell-specific biological applications.
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- E E Karrer
- Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Redenbaugh K, Hiatt W, Martineau B, Lindemann J, Emlay D. Aminoglycoside 3'‐phosphotransferase II (APH(3')II): Review of its safety and use in the production of genetically engineered plants. FOOD BIOTECHNOL 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/08905439409549873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Pear JR, Sanders RA, Summerfelt KR, Martineau B, Hiatt WR. Simultaneous inhibition of two tomato fruit cell wall hydrolases, pectinmethylesterase and polygalacturonase, with antisense gene constructs. Antisense Res Dev 1993; 3:181-90. [PMID: 7916586 DOI: 10.1089/ard.1993.3.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The cloning and sequencing of two cDNAs representing pectinmethylesterase (PME) RNAs from tomato fruit is reported. The clones were used to construct chimeric antisense PME genes designed for high-level constitutive expression in plants. A full-length antisense PME gene construct, in conjunction with a chimeric antisense polygalacturonase gene, was introduced into tomato plants via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Simultaneous and significant reduction in the mRNA and protein levels of these normally highly abundant cell wall hydrolases of the pectin degradation pathway were observed in ripe fruit of transformants. Thus, antisense gene constructs in plants can be used to block multiple steps in metabolic pathways simultaneously.
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- J R Pear
- Calgene, Inc., Davis, California
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Sheehy RE, Honma M, Yamada M, Sasaki T, Martineau B, Hiatt WR. Isolation, sequence, and expression in Escherichia coli of the Pseudomonas sp. strain ACP gene encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:5260-5. [PMID: 1885510 PMCID: PMC208234 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.17.5260-5265.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 12/29/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas sp. strain ACP is capable of growth on 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) as a nitrogen source owing to induction of the enzyme ACC deaminase and the subsequent conversion of ACC to alpha-ketobutyrate and ammonia (M. Honma, Agric. Biol. Chem. 49:567-571, 1985). The complete amino acid sequence of purified ACC deaminase was determined, and the sequence information was used to clone the ACC deaminase gene from a 6-kb EcoRI fragment of Pseudomonas sp. strain ACP DNA. DNA sequence analysis of an EcoRI-PstI subclone demonstrated an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a polypeptide with a deduced amino acid sequence identical to the protein sequence determined chemically and a predicted molecular mass of 36,674 Da. The ORF also contained an additional 72 bp of upstream sequence not predicted by the amino acid sequence. Escherichia coli minicells containing the 6-kb clone expressed a major polypeptide of the size expected for ACC deaminase which was reactive with ACC deaminase antiserum. Furthermore, a lacZ fusion with the ACC deaminase ORF resulted in the expression of active enzyme in E. coli. ACC is a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of ethylene in plants, and the use of the ACC deaminase gene to manipulate this pathway is discussed.
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Tomato fruits contain a metallocarboxypeptidase inhibitor (MCPI) the sequence of which has already been determined. Here we report the isolation of a tomato cDNA clone that encodes the mature MCPI protein as well as an N-terminal signal peptide for entry into the secretory system and an eight amino acid carboxyterminal extension. MCPI RNA is present at very high levels in anthesis stage ovaries and decreases quite rapidly during fruit development. MCPI protein accumulation reflects the pattern of MCPI RNA accumulation in fruit, consistent with a transcriptional control of MCPI gene activity. In leaves, the levels of MCPI RNA and protein are very low. Wounding of the leaves causes a dramatic (100-fold) increase in steady-state level of MCPI RNA without a concomitant increase in MCPI protein level suggesting a control at the post-transcriptional or translational level of gene expression. Genomic DNA blot hybridization data indicate that MCPI in tomato may be encoded by a single gene.
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In 1987, Mycobacterium haemophilum was isolated from cutaneous lesions, a lymph node, and the right eye of a male patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and also from a cervical lymph node in a 3-year-old girl. These two cases are the first M. haemophilum infections to be reported in Canada.
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- L Thibert
- Mycobacteriology, Québec Public Health Laboratory, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
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Latulippe LG, Fortin C, Gagnon R, Labrecque M, Martineau B. [Not Available]. Can Fam Physician 1990; 36:457-460. [PMID: 21234062 PMCID: PMC2280661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Research is just one part of an academic physician's activities, which also include teaching, patient care, and administration. Research productivity, however, is still expected for academic advancement and to enhance family medicine as an academic discipline. The five units of Laval University's Department of Family Medicine were surveyed to determine the effect of family physicians trained in research on the number and type of publications produced by all of their teachers between 1982 and 1987. A total of 55 articles were published. Forty-eight per cent of the teachers had participated in the generation of at least one publication during the study period. The presence of family physicians trained in research proved to be the most significant factor influencing the number and type of articles published in each unit.
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Thibert L, Lebel F, Martineau B, Chicoine L. Mycobacterium haemophilum in Quebec. Can Dis Wkly Rep 1988; 14:196. [PMID: 3242895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Martineau B, Taylor WC. Cell-specific photosynthetic gene expression in maize determined using cell separation techniques and hybridization in situ. Plant Physiol 1986; 82:613-8. [PMID: 16665080 PMCID: PMC1056171 DOI: 10.1104/pp.82.2.613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Bundle sheath strands and mesophyll cell extracts have been isolated from maize (Zea mays L.) leaves using a mechanical disruption-filtration technique. Northern blot analysis showed that phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase; EC 4.1.1.31) mRNA accumulates only in mesophyll cells. The mechanisms regulating the cell-specific expression of this gene must, therefore, be at either the level of RNA transcription or that of mRNA turnover. The first successful application of hybridization to mRNA molecules in photosynthetic plant tissue sections is described. Results obtained from this in situ study corroborate our finding that PEPCase mRNA accumulates only in mesophyll cells as well as the previously reported (Link, G, DM Coen, L Bogorad 1978 Cell 15: 725-731) finding that the accumulation of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPCase; EC 4.1.1.39) large subunit mRNA is restricted to bundle sheath cells. Demonstrating the differential accumulation of PEPCase mRNA and RuBPCase mRNA by utilizing the in situ hybridization technique paves the way for its use as a powerful tool in relating cellular differentiation to gene expression during plant development.
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- B Martineau
- Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Chabasse D, Laine P, Simitzis-Le-Flohic AM, Martineau B, el Hourch M, Becaud JP. Sanitary study of surface water and of the beach of a water sports and leisure complex. J Hyg (Lond) 1986; 96:393-401. [PMID: 3734425 PMCID: PMC2129684 DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400066158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This report presents the parasitological, bacteriological, mycological and physicochemical data obtained from both surface water and beach sand of a lake used for water sports. These show that the lake is contaminated in both winter and spring by water which overflows from the River Maine, and is self-purified by a mechanism of 'lagunage'. In summer signs of pollution are at their lowest level although use of the complex is at its peak. Conversely, the amoebic flora, which is independent of the usual criteria of pollution, predominates in summer, and serves as a marker for the need for increased surveillance. The sand of the beaches does not appear to show any infectious hazard. Environmental pressure will doubtless change these data over a period of time, and it is planned to monitor this.
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Schuster G, Ohad I, Martineau B, Taylor WC. Differentiation and development of bundle sheath and mesophyll thylakoids in maize. Thylakoid polypeptide composition, phosphorylation, and organization of photosystem II. J Biol Chem 1985; 260:11866-73. [PMID: 4044582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Photosynthetic electron flow, polypeptide pattern, presence of chlorophyll-protein complexes, and phosphorylation of thylakoid polypeptides have been investigated in differentiated mesophyll (M) and bundle sheath (B) thylakoids of the C4 plant Zea mays. The polypeptide pattern of M thylakoids and their photosynthetic electron flow are comparable to those of other green plants. B thylakoids exhibit only photosystem I (PSI) activity, contain only traces of the PSII light harvesting (LHCII) polypeptide, do not bind [3H] diuron, and lack polypeptides of the water-oxidation complex of PSII and the herbicide binding 32-kDa polypeptide, as detected by specific antibodies. However, B thylakoids possess a partially active PSII reaction center, as demonstrated by light-dependent reduction of silicomolybdate with 1,5-diphenylcarbazide (DPC) as an electron donor, and the presence of the PSII reaction center polypeptides of 44-47 kDa. Only one chlorophyll a-protein complex, corresponding to the PSI reaction center-core antenna, was detectable in B thylakoids, as opposed to chlorophyll a and chlorophyll a,b-protein complexes present in M thylakoids. The light-dependent, membrane-bound kinase activity present in M thylakoids could not be detected in B thylakoids which, nevertheless, contain a protein kinase able to phosphorylate casein. A total of 19 differences between the electrophoretic pattern of B and M thylakoid polypeptides were observed. The mRNA coding for the LHCII polypeptide is primarily, if not exclusively, localized in M cells. The development of PSII complex precedes that of PSI during the differentiation of B and M chloroplasts in expanding leaves of light-grown plants and during the greening of dark-grown etiolated seedlings. The differentiation of the maize leaf into cells programmed to form B or M chloroplasts does not require light. In light-grown plants, the differentiation of B and M thylakoids occurred progressively from the base of the leaf and was completed at 4-5 cm from the leaf base.
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Schuster G, Ohad I, Martineau B, Taylor WC. Differentiation and development of bundle sheath and mesophyll thylakoids in maize. Thylakoid polypeptide composition, phosphorylation, and organization of photosystem II. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39111-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We have exploited the positional gradient of cellular differentiation in Zea mays leaves to study the accumulation of mRNAs encoding subunits of the two CO(2)-fixing enzymes and the major chlorophyll-binding protein. These three proteins are differentially compartmentalized in the two photosynthetically active cell types of the leaf. Previous studies have shown that accumulation of the two carboxylases commences 2 to 4 cm from the base of the leaf (Mayfield SP, WC Taylor Planta 161: 481-486) at a position where bundle sheath and mesophyll cells show morphological evidence of maturation. The light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein accumulates progressively from the leaf base, as does its mRNA, in spite of its localization in mesophyll cells after cellular differentiation occurs. While small quantities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase mRNA are detectable in the basal region of the leaf, significant mRNA accumulation is coincident with that of the polypeptide at 4 to 6 cm from the leaf base, the region where bundle sheath and mesophyll cells exhibit fully differentiated morphologies. mRNAs encoding the small and large subunits of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase accumulate to significant levels before bundle sheath cells are fully differentiated and before their polypeptides are detectable. Cytological examination indicates that this is the position at which the maturation of intermediate vascular bundles is first evident. Cytosolically localized small subunit mRNA and chloroplast-localized large subunit mRNA are complexed with polyribosomes at all positions of the leaf.
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- B Martineau
- Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Chabasse D, Laine P, Simitzis-Le Flohic A, Martineau B, El Hourch M, Becaud J. Etude parasitologique, bactériologique, mycologique et physico-chimique des eaux de surface et de la plage d'une base nautique et de loisirs. Med Mal Infect 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(85)80088-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Poisson M, Delage G, Martineau B, Ricard P. [Dermatophytes isolated at a pediatric hospital in Montreal from 1954 to 1979]. Can Med Assoc J 1982; 127:134-5. [PMID: 7093860 PMCID: PMC1861981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Montplaisir S, Courteau C, Martineau B, Pelletier M. Limitations of the Direct Immunofluorescence Test for Antibody-Coated Bacteria in Determining the Site of Urinary Tract Infections in Children. J Urol 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)54310-4] [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: 11/29/2022]
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- S. Montplaisir
- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Université de Montréal and Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada
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- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Université de Montréal and Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada
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- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Université de Montréal and Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada
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- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Université de Montréal and Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada
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Montplaisir S, Courteau C, Martineau B, Pelletier M. Limitations of the direct immunofluorescence test for antibody-coated bacteria in determining the site of urinary tract infections in children. Can Med Assoc J 1981; 125:993-1002. [PMID: 6800625 PMCID: PMC1862510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The results of the direct immunofluorescence test for antibody-coated bacteria to determine the site of a urinary tract infection do not always correlate with the clinical data. When this test was performed on urine specimens from 282 children with significant bacteriuria, false-negative and false-positive results were observed in 20% (19/94) and 52% (19/188) of the specimens. Contamination of the specimen during collection and the presence of Fc receptors (receptors for the crystallizable fragment of the immunoglobulin molecule) on the surface of some strains of Staphylococcus aureus yielded false-positive results, and stools and vaginal secretions were shown to be potential sources of antibody-coated bacteria. It is suggested that for children this test be run on urine collected by bladder puncture. The use of conjugated anti-IgG antiserum containing only F(ab')2 (the antigen-binding fragments of the IgG molecule) is also recommended to eliminate false-positive results due to the presence of Fc receptors on the bacterial surface.
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Sasarman A, Massie B, Cousineau L, Tardif D, Proschek R, Martineau B. Suspected epidemiological relationships among strains of Escherichia coli O55:B5 confirmed by restriction pattern analysis of the carried plasmid (RColBM IncFIII). Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1981; 132 B:387-98. [PMID: 6277223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Seven strains of Escherichia coli O55:B5g, isolated from independent cases of infantile diarrhoea, contained similar RColBM plasmids beloning to incompatibility group IncFIII. Suspecting an epidemiological link among all these cases we compared the restriction pattern of the corresponding RColBM plasmids after digestion with endonucleases EcoRI and BglII. These patterns were similar, confirming the suspected relationships among the seven cases of infantile diarrhoea. The patterns obtained with the RColBM plasmids from children were different from those obtained with two RColBM plasmids isolated from adults. The probable source of the seven cases of infantile diarrhoea was identified as a nursery.
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Courteau C, Montplaisir S, Martineau B, Pelletier M. [Importance of immunofluorescence in localizing the site of urinary infections]. Union Med Can 1980; 109:397-452. [PMID: 6990576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Montplaisir S, Gagné M, Martineau B. [Hepatitis B virus during pregnancy and its consequences in perinatology]. Union Med Can 1979; 108:1377-81. [PMID: 95065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bevan JW, Martineau B, Sandorfy C. Gas phase observation of the first overtone of the H—F stretching fundamental in hydrogen bonded complexes. CAN J CHEM 1979. [DOI: 10.1139/v79-219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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First overtones of H—F and D—F stretching vibrations in hydrogen bonded complexes with dimethylether, diethylether, and acetone have been measured in the gas phase. The assignment of the observed bands is discussed together with previously made observations on the fundamentals. Anharmonicity constants of the order of −200 and −100 cm−1 are determined for the most probable assignments from the available data for the H—F and D—F stretching vibrations (ν1) while their values in the "free" H—F and D—F molecules are −90 and −46 cm−1 respectively. The spectra are compatible with a coupling constant between the ν1 and the bridge stretching vibration (ν3) of the order of +70 cm−1.
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Montplaisir S, Côté PP, Martineau B, Roche AJ, Mongeau JG, Robitaille P. [Localization of the site of urinary infection in children by an investigation of antibody-covered bacteria]. Can Med Assoc J 1976; 115:1096-9. [PMID: 793701 PMCID: PMC1878893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The demonstration by immuno-fluorescence of antibodies on the surface of urinary bacteria, a new method of determining the site of a urinary tract infection, was found to be as valuable in children as it is in adults. A clear correlation exists between a positive test result and renal parenchymal infection on one hand, and a negative result and lower urinary tract infection on the other. Moreover, immunoglobulins were still detectable in original positive urine samples that had been standing at 4degrees C for 7 weeks. The constant finding of IgA on bacteria suggests a particular synthesis for this class of immunoglobulin. A pathophysiologic role for complement would appear to be excluded by the facts that the serum concentrations of C3 were normal and that C3 was invariably absent from the bacterial surface.
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Montplaisir S, Martineau B. [Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) and indirect immunofluorescence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)]. Can J Microbiol 1974; 20:418-20. [PMID: 4362602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Delorme J, Laverdière M, Martineau B, Lafleur L. Yersiniosis in children. Can Med Assoc J 1974; 110:281-4. [PMID: 4840793 PMCID: PMC1947272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Sixty-five strains of Yersinia enterocolitica were isolated from stool specimens obtained from 35 patients over a 12-month period. The microbiologic characteristics and drug sensitivities are reported and the clinical patterns of disease associated with the organism are described. Gastroenteritis affecting infants and young children is the most frequent manifestation. The data for 1972 show the same epidemiological trend as in preceding years.
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Bard H, Albert G, Teasdale F, Doray B, Martineau B. Prophylactic antibiotics in chronic umbilical artery catheterization in respiratory distress syndrome. Arch Dis Child 1973; 48:630-5. [PMID: 4783004 PMCID: PMC1648593 DOI: 10.1136/adc.48.8.630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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McLaughlin B, Martineau B. [Laboratory diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infections]. Union Med Can 1973; 102:130-3. [PMID: 4350376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Lafleur L, Martineau B, Chicoine L. [Yersinia enterocolitica: biologic, epidemiologic and clinical aspects of 67 cases observed at Hôpital Sainte-Justine (Montreal, Canada)]. Union Med Can 1972; 101:2407-11. [PMID: 4654033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Montplaisir S, Martineau B. [Infection caused by the cytomegalic virus (CMV) in the area of Montreal: an epidemiologic study]. Can J Public Health 1972; 63:333-41. [PMID: 4341834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Montplaisir S, Belloncik S, Leduc NP, Onji PA, Martineau B, Kurstak E. Electron microscopy in the rapid diagnosis of cytomegalovirus: ultrastructural observation and comparison of methods of diagnosis. J Infect Dis 1972; 125:533-8. [PMID: 4336857 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/125.5.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Ricard P, Martineau B, Carrè J, Auger P. [Incidence of superficial mycotic infections at Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal]. Union Med Can 1971; 100:2345-50. [PMID: 4270034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Pavilanis V, Joncas JH, Skvorc R, Berthiaume L, Blanc MF, Martineau B, Podoski MO. [Electron microscopy and laboratory diagnosis of virus diseases]. Union Med Can 1971; 100:2195-202. [PMID: 5150708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Montplaisir S, Auger P, Martineau B. [Post-traumatic arthritis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Moraxella lwoffi: identification and pathogenic role of Moraxella]. Union Med Can 1971; 100:1762-6. [PMID: 5000089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Sonea S, Săsarman A, Surdeanu M, Martineau B. Ségrégation indépendante des propriétés restrictives des facteurs R isolés au Canada en 1956–1957. Can J Microbiol 1971. [DOI: 10.1139/m71-128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The nature of the resistance to various antibiotics of 55 strains of Escherichia coli O127: B8 isolated in Canada during 1956–1957 was examined. The resistance found in almost half of the strains segregated during transfer showing a hetero-R state. The most common type of the transferred resistance was due to the simultaneous presence of two R factors: R(Cm Neo) fi+ and R(Su) fi−. Other frequently transferred resistances were due to only a single factor: R(Su Sm Cm) fi+ or R(Cm Neo) fi+. Sixteen of the examined R factors, among them 6 fi+ and 10 fi−, could restrict phages BF23 and P1. The restrictive properties were frequently lost during transfer, without affecting the transferability of R factors. In 12 cases the restrictive factors could be obtained independently of resistance markers. Thus, restrictive properties may be sometimes due to accessory plasmids, accompanying non-restrictive R factors.
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Sonea S, Săsarman A, Surdeanu M, Martineau B. [Independent segregation of restrictive properties of R factors isolated in Canada in 1956-1957]. Can J Microbiol 1971; 17:813-7. [PMID: 4932098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Montplaisir S, Leduc NP, Martineau B, Côté JR. [Contribution of electron microscopy to rapid diagnosis of a vaccinal penile lesion]. Union Med Can 1970; 99:653-6. [PMID: 4324482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Paradis N, Martineau B, Côté JR. [Electron microscope detection of cytomegalovirus in clinical specimens from children with congenital infection]. Union Med Can 1969; 98:1287-90. [PMID: 4319636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Morisset R, Martineau B. [Identification of Bordetella pertussis by fluorescent antibodies on microcolony impressions]. Can J Public Health 1966; 57:532-4. [PMID: 4292358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Morisset R, Martineau B. [Bacteriological diagnosis of whooping cough using swab technics by cough and by aspiration of the nasopharyngeal mucus]. Union Med Can 1966; 95:1141-6. [PMID: 5331655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Martineau B. [Not Available]. Can Med Assoc J 1962; 87:947-953. [PMID: 20327289 PMCID: PMC1849747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Enteropathogenic E. coli were sought routinely by the fluorescent antibody technique, using monovalent and polyvalent conjugates (rhodamine sulfonyl· chloride, fluorescein and rhodamine isothiocyanate). In 2061 stool specimens examined with monovalent antibody to E. coli 0127:B8, there were 61 false positives, 14 of which were from previously known cases of E. coli 0127:B8 infection, and 33 specimens that were negative by fluorescence but positive on culture. In 457 stool specimens examined with polyvalent antiserum, there were 15 false positives, five of which came from cases previously infected by the corresponding serotypes, and there were 20 specimens negative by fluorescence but positive on culture. The disagreement amounted, therefore, to 4.6% in the former instance and 7.6% in the latter. This fluorescent technique permits rapid sufficiently precise detection of enteropathogenic E. coli in stools.
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Nogrady G, Martineau B, Morin M. Etudes comparatives pour l'Application Pratique d'un Milieu D'Isolement dans la Différenciation des Colonies du GenreProteus et du GroupeParacolon. J Basic Microbiol 1962. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3630020204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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