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C Paul

Publications and source records attributed to C Paul.

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PubMed1971

Variation and homology in the mu and gamma heavy chains of human immunoglobulins.

Sequence analysis of an 1gM immunoglobulin shows that the variable regions of hunman micro and gamma1 heavy chainis may have twice as much homology as their constant regions and that evolutionary divergence of micro and gamma1 heavy chain genes occurred not long after the separation of heavy and light chain genes.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1971

Structure of the hinge region of the mu heavy chain of human IgM immunoglobulins.

The amino acid sequence around the central disulfide bridge linking the mu heavy chains of the human immunoglobulin M monomer is unlike that in immunoglobulin G. This hinge area contains one of the five oligosaccharides of the mu chain, is low in proline, and is the site of tryptic cleavage to yield Fabmicro and Fcmicro fragments.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1970

Macroglobulin structure: variable sequence of light and heavy chains.

The variable regions of the light and heavy chains on the same macroglobulin (immunoglobulin M) molecule are no more related in amino acid sequence than are the variable regions of the light and heavy chains of different immunoglobulin molecules. Subgroups of micro chains are similar in their variable sequence to subgroups of gamma chains.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
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Neonatal bacteremia due to high level aminoglycoside resistant (HLAR) enterococci.

A study was conducted to determine the drug resistance pattern of enterococci isolated from cases of neonatal bacteremia. A total of 41 strains of enterococci were isolated of which 35 (85.4%) were Enterococcus faecalis and 6 (14.6%) were Enterococcus faecium. A total of 3 (8.6%) strains of E. faecalis and 2 (33.3%) E. faecium strains showed high level aminoglycoside resistance (HLAR). None of the enterococci tested were vancomycin resistant. Drug resistance was more common among E. faecium strains. All clinically significant isolates of enterococci should be tested for their antibiotic sensitivity pattern including HLAR, and for treatment, antibiotics are selected based on in vitro antibiotic sensitivity test results.

Aminoglycosides↗
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The cytotoxic effects of 5-OH-1,4-naphthoquinone and 5,8-diOH-1,4-naphthoquinone on doxorubicin-resistant human leukemia cells (HL-60).

The effect of 5-OH-1,4-naphthoquinone and 5,8-diOH-1,4-naphthoquinone, two quinones highly reactive with oxygen, was studied on HL-60 and HL-60R cells. The multidrug resistance developed by the doxorubicin-resistant HL-60 cell line did not prevent the cytotoxic effect of these compounds, at clinically relevant concentrations. An increase in cellular defenses against oxygen radicals seemed to be one of the features developed by HL-60R, since the homogenate from this cell line had only 65% of the ability of the original cell line to form oxygen radicals during doxorubicin reduction. This result may be explained in part by the slight increase in superoxide dismutase and DT-diaphorase enzymatic activities.

Antineoplastic Agents↗