Published December, 2011
By Charles J. Parker
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In this volume a comprehensive review of membrane proteinsthat regulate complement and perforin-mediated cytolysis ispresented.

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Published December, 2011
By H. Koprowski, F. Melchers, P. Koldovsky, W. Henle, P. H. Hofschneider, O. Maaløe, R. Rott, H. G. Schweiger, P. K. Vogt, L. Syru?ek and O. Maaloe
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Several discoveries are noteworthy for allowing us to probe the recesses of the virus infected cell and to search for cryptic viral genomes which might provide clues in our studies of cancer etiology or developmental biology.

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Published December, 2011
By P.J. Sansonetti
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A few months ago, at least 500 people developed shigellosis in northern France in an outbreak of Shigella sonnei infection due to accidental contamination of an urban water delivery system.

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Published December, 2011
By Virginia L. Miller
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Intracellular pathogens are responsible for a number of important diseases worldwide, including tuberculosis, plague and bacillary dysentery. In recent years the entry steps have been described at the molecular and genetic level, and the important signal transduction events are being elucidated.

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Published December, 2011
By Linda Wolff and Archibald S. Perkins
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A workshop on "MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MYELOID STEM CELL DEVELOPMENT" was held at the Historic Inns in Annapolis, MD during April 30-May 3, with approximately 70 persons attend ing.

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Published December, 2011
By Marie H. Kosco-Vilbois
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Follicular dendritic cells (FOe) are unique among cells of the immune system. In contrast to T-cell-associated dendritic cells or the Langerhans cells found in the skin, FOe reside in highly organized B cell follicles within secondary lymphoid tissues.

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Published December, 2011
By Peggy J. Farnham and Peggy Farnham
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Cellular promoters whose E2F sites mediate a link between transcription and proliferation drive genes whose products are required for DNA synthesis and genes that encode regulators of cell growth.

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Published December, 2011
By Peter M Schlag, Ursula Gunthert and Walter Birchmeier
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Published December, 2011
By Thomas M. Shinnick
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Similarly, Austria experienced a 5% increase in tuberculosis cases from 1987 to 1991, Ireland a 9% increase from 1988 to 1991, Denmark a 20% increase from 1987 to 1992, and Italy a 27% increase from 1988 to 1992.

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Published December, 2011
By Hilary Koprowski and David B. Weiner
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Genetic / DNA immunization represents a novel approach to vaccine and immune therapeutic development.

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