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B W Russell

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PubMed1990

Electrophoretic karyotyping without the need for generating protoplasts.

Chromosome samples for pulsed-field electrophoresis have been prepared without first generating protoplasts. The technique involves treatment of intact, agarose-solidified cell material with protease in the presence of EDTA and SDS. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ustilago hordei, Tilletia caries, and T. controversa karyotypes are clearly resolved with this technique. Colonies of U. hordei and S. cerevisiae removed from the surface of agar-solidified media and prepared for PFGE by this abbreviated method also yield well resolved karyotypes.

Chromosomes, Fungal↗
PubMed1984

Tuberculosis, atypical mycobacteriosis, and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among Haitian and non-Haitian patients in south Florida.

To study the association between mycobacterial disease and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, we reviewed the records of all cases of tuberculosis and all cases of the syndrome reported in Dade County, Florida, from January 1980 through June 1983. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 27 of 45 Haitians with the syndrome, but in only 1 of 37 non-Haitians with the syndrome (p less than 0.001). Among the 27 Haitians with the syndrome and tuberculosis, 19 had extrapulmonary tuberculosis, whereas among 286 Haitian patients with tuberculosis without the syndrome, only 56 had extrapulmonary tuberculosis (p less than 0.001). Tuberculosis preceded the syndrome by 1 to 17 months (mean, 6) in 22 patients. In 10 patients with the syndrome and positive sputum cultures who were treated with conventional antituberculosis drugs, the cultures became negative within 1 to 4 months and tuberculosis did not recur. The frequency of disseminated atypical mycobacteriosis or positive sputum cultures for atypical mycobacteria was not significantly different between Haitian (11.3%) and non-Haitian (8.3%) patients with the syndrome.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1982

Isotachophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid.

Unconcentrated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was mixed in a constant ratio with carrier ampholytes and spacer amino acids and analysed by isotachophoresis. Examination of the cerebrospinal fluids from 113 patients showed characteristic patterns for normal, acute viral and acute bacterial meningitis. CSF from cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) and multiple sclerosis (MS) differed from these and from each other in the gamma-globulin region. This technique provides useful information on the integrity of the blood-brain barrier and is able to determine whether immunoglobulins present arise within the central nervous system or enter through a damaged barrier.

Blood-Brain Barrier↗
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Electrophoretic karyotypes of Tilletia caries, T. controversa, and their F1 progeny: further evidence for conspecific status.

Electrophoretic karyotypes were obtained from intact sporidia and mycelia of Tilletia controversa and T. caries, and hybrid progeny were obtained by crossing these pathogens. The chromosomes typically ranged from approximately 850 to 4,490 kilobases (kb) for all strains, and they were variable in number with 19 or 20 for strains of T. controversa, 14-20 for T. caries, and from 19 to 22 for the hybrid progeny. The estimated genome size varied from 28 to 42 megabases (Mb) for these strains. Radiolabeled probes made of single copy DNA fragments and a heterologous actin gene identified four linkage groups among all strains that exhibited maximum chromosome length polymorphisms of 14% or less. The chromosomes carrying the rDNA genes, representing a fifth linkage group, exhibited length polymorphisms of approximately 40%. The actin gene and a rDNA probe hybridized with one or more bands in these strains, suggesting that some of the variability in chromosome number may result from aneuploidy. The karyotypes of the hybrid progeny revealed chromosome numbers and genome sizes essentially identical to each parental strain, clearly indicating that the reduction division stage of meiosis had occurred. These data and other corroborative genetic data provide substantial evidence that T. controversa and T. caries are not different species, but variants of a single species.

Basidiomycota↗