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Summary We publish seventeen letters by Eugenio Beltrami to Ernesto Cesàro, which are dated from 1883 until 1900. They are about academic and scientific questions. Beltrami communicated many of Cesàro's memoirs to the Accademia dei Lincei or the Istituto Lombarde di Scienze e Lettere, and often gave him suggestions for his books and papers in these letters. When Cesàro looked for a professorship in the United States, Beltrami gave him information.In some letters Beltrami discussed questions on geometry and mathematical physics. In particular, the third letter (dated December 1st, 1888) is devoted to the mechanical interpretation of Maxwell's equations. Here, Beltrami shows a new proof of the conditions when six given functions are the components of an elastic deformation.
Memoria presentata da U. Bottazzini 相似文献
Memoria presentata da U. Bottazzini 相似文献
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Discrete cis-active genomic sequences dictate the pituitary cell type-specific expression of rat prolactin and growth hormone genes 总被引:26,自引:0,他引:26
C Nelson E B Crenshaw R Franco S A Lira V R Albert R M Evans M G Rosenfeld 《Nature》1986,322(6079):557-562
The anterior pituitary gland, which is derived from a common primordium originating in Rathke's pouch, contains phenotypically distinct cell types, each of which express discrete trophic hormones: adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), prolactin, growth hormone, and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)/luteinizing hormone (LH). The structurally related prolactin and growth hormone genes, which are evolutionarily derived from a single primordial gene, are expressed in discrete cell types--lactotrophs and somatotrophs, respectively--with their expression virtually limited to the pituitary gland. The pituitary hormones exhibit a temporal pattern of developmental expression with rat growth hormone and prolactin characteristically being the last hormones expressed. The reported co-expression of these two structurally related neuroendocrine genes within single cells prior to the appearance of mature lactotrophs, in a subpopulation of mature anterior pituitary cells, and in many pituitary adenomas raises the possibility that the prolactin and growth hormone genes are developmentally controlled by a common factor(s). We now report the identification and characterization of nucleotide sequences in the 5'-flanking regions of the rat prolactin and growth hormone genes, respectively, which act in a position- and orientation-independent fashion to transfer cell-specific expression to heterologous genes. At least one putative trans-acting factor required for the growth hormone genomic sequence to exert its effects is apparently different from those modulating the corresponding enhancer element(s) of the prolactin gene because a pituitary 'lactotroph' cell line producing prolactin but not growth hormone selectively fails to express fusion genes containing the growth hormone enhancer sequence. 相似文献
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A. J. Franco de Oliveira 《Archive for History of Exact Sciences》1988,39(1):1-12
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Anastácio da Cunha's definition of convergent series (Principios Mathematicos, Lisboa 1790, p. 106) was analysed by the Portuguese mathematician J. Vicente Gonçalves (Análise do Livro VIII dos Principios Mathematicos de José Anastácio da Cunha, Congresso do Mundo Português Vol. XII, Tomo I, Lisboa 1940, 123–140) and more recently by the historian A. P. Youschkevitch (J. A. da Cunha et les fondements de l'analyse infinitésimale Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Tomme XXVI, N. 1, 1973, 9–22). This latter author contests Gonçalves' claim to the effect that Cunha anticipated in his definition the well known criteria of convergence commonly attributed to A. Cauchy. However, Youschkevitch's otherwise deeper analysis is based primarily on a French translation of Principios published in Bordeaux in 1811. In this paper, that translation is shown to be misleading at crucial places. Cunha's definition is further analysed, and an interpretation in terms of the potential infinity is proposed which results in a redress of Cunha's originality in this matter. 相似文献
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Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
da Silva AC Ferro JA Reinach FC Farah CS Furlan LR Quaggio RB Monteiro-Vitorello CB Van Sluys MA Almeida NF Alves LM do Amaral AM Bertolini MC Camargo LE Camarotte G Cannavan F Cardozo J Chambergo F Ciapina LP Cicarelli RM Coutinho LL Cursino-Santos JR El-Dorry H Faria JB Ferreira AJ Ferreira RC Ferro MI Formighieri EF Franco MC Greggio CC Gruber A Katsuyama AM Kishi LT Leite RP Lemos EG Lemos MV Locali EC Machado MA Madeira AM Martinez-Rossi NM Martins EC Meidanis J Menck CF Miyaki CY Moon DH 《Nature》2002,417(6887):459-463
The genus Xanthomonas is a diverse and economically important group of bacterial phytopathogens, belonging to the gamma-subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) causes citrus canker, which affects most commercial citrus cultivars, resulting in significant losses worldwide. Symptoms include canker lesions, leading to abscission of fruit and leaves and general tree decline. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) causes black rot, which affects crucifers such as Brassica and Arabidopsis. Symptoms include marginal leaf chlorosis and darkening of vascular tissue, accompanied by extensive wilting and necrosis. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris is grown commercially to produce the exopolysaccharide xanthan gum, which is used as a viscosifying and stabilizing agent in many industries. Here we report and compare the complete genome sequences of Xac and Xcc. Their distinct disease phenotypes and host ranges belie a high degree of similarity at the genomic level. More than 80% of genes are shared, and gene order is conserved along most of their respective chromosomes. We identified several groups of strain-specific genes, and on the basis of these groups we propose mechanisms that may explain the differing host specificities and pathogenic processes. 相似文献
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Simpson AJ Reinach FC Arruda P Abreu FA Acencio M Alvarenga R Alves LM Araya JE Baia GS Baptista CS Barros MH Bonaccorsi ED Bordin S Bové JM Briones MR Bueno MR Camargo AA Camargo LE Carraro DM Carrer H Colauto NB Colombo C Costa FF Costa MC Costa-Neto CM Coutinho LL Cristofani M Dias-Neto E Docena C El-Dorry H Facincani AP Ferreira AJ Ferreira VC Ferro JA Fraga JS França SC Franco MC Frohme M Furlan LR Garnier M Goldman GH Goldman MH Gomes SL Gruber A Ho PL Hoheisel JD Junqueira ML Kemper EL 《Nature》2000,406(6792):151-159
Xylella fastidiosa is a fastidious, xylem-limited bacterium that causes a range of economically important plant diseases. Here we report the complete genome sequence of X. fastidiosa clone 9a5c, which causes citrus variegated chlorosis--a serious disease of orange trees. The genome comprises a 52.7% GC-rich 2,679,305-base-pair (bp) circular chromosome and two plasmids of 51,158 bp and 1,285 bp. We can assign putative functions to 47% of the 2,904 predicted coding regions. Efficient metabolic functions are predicted, with sugars as the principal energy and carbon source, supporting existence in the nutrient-poor xylem sap. The mechanisms associated with pathogenicity and virulence involve toxins, antibiotics and ion sequestration systems, as well as bacterium-bacterium and bacterium-host interactions mediated by a range of proteins. Orthologues of some of these proteins have only been identified in animal and human pathogens; their presence in X. fastidiosa indicates that the molecular basis for bacterial pathogenicity is both conserved and independent of host. At least 83 genes are bacteriophage-derived and include virulence-associated genes from other bacteria, providing direct evidence of phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer. 相似文献
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Carvalho CM Ramocki MB Pehlivan D Franco LM Gonzaga-Jauregui C Fang P McCall A Pivnick EK Hines-Dowell S Seaver LH Friehling L Lee S Smith R Del Gaudio D Withers M Liu P Cheung SW Belmont JW Zoghbi HY Hastings PJ Lupski JR 《Nature genetics》2011,43(11):1074-1081
We identified complex genomic rearrangements consisting of intermixed duplications and triplications of genomic segments at the MECP2 and PLP1 loci. These complex rearrangements were characterized by a triplicated segment embedded within a duplication in 11 unrelated subjects. Notably, only two breakpoint junctions were generated during each rearrangement formation. All the complex rearrangement products share a common genomic organization, duplication-inverted triplication-duplication (DUP-TRP/INV-DUP), in which the triplicated segment is inverted and located between directly oriented duplicated genomic segments. We provide evidence that the DUP-TRP/INV-DUP structures are mediated by inverted repeats that can be separated by >300 kb, a genomic architecture that apparently leads to susceptibility to such complex rearrangements. A similar inverted repeat-mediated mechanism may underlie structural variation in many other regions of the human genome. We propose a mechanism that involves both homology-driven events, via inverted repeats, and microhomologous or nonhomologous events. 相似文献
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Ferrante MI Zullo A Barra A Bimonte S Messaddeq N Studer M Dollé P Franco B 《Nature genetics》2006,38(1):112-117
The oral-facial-digital type I (OFD1) syndrome (OMIM 311200) is a human developmental disorder; affected individuals have craniofacial and digital abnormalities and, in 15% of cases, polycystic kidney. The disease is inherited as an X-linked dominant male-lethal trait. Using a Cre-loxP system, we generated knockout animals lacking Ofd1 and reproduced the main features of the disease, albeit with increased severity, possibly owing to differences of X inactivation patterns between human and mouse. We found failure of left-right axis specification in mutant male embryos, and ultrastructural analysis showed a lack of cilia in the embryonic node. Formation of cilia was defective in cystic kidneys from heterozygous females, implicating ciliogenesis as a mechanism underlying cyst development. In addition, we found impaired patterning of the neural tube and altered expression of the 5' Hoxa and Hoxd genes in the limb buds of mice lacking Ofd1, suggesting that Ofd1 could have a role beyond primary cilium organization and assembly. 相似文献
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Witt H Sahin-Tóth M Landt O Chen JM Kähne T Drenth JP Kukor Z Szepessy E Halangk W Dahm S Rohde K Schulz HU Le Maréchal C Akar N Ammann RW Truninger K Bargetzi M Bhatia E Castellani C Cavestro GM Cerny M Destro-Bisol G Spedini G Eiberg H Jansen JB Koudova M Rausova E Macek M Malats N Real FX Menzel HJ Moral P Galavotti R Pignatti PF Rickards O Spicak J Zarnescu NO Böck W Gress TM Friess H Ockenga J Schmidt H Pfützer R Löhr M Simon P Weiss FU Lerch MM Teich N Keim V Berg T Wiedenmann B Luck W 《Nature genetics》2006,38(6):668-673
Chronic pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Mutations in the genes encoding cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) and the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (SPINK1) are associated with chronic pancreatitis. Because increased proteolytic activity owing to mutated PRSS1 enhances the risk for chronic pancreatitis, mutations in the gene encoding anionic trypsinogen (PRSS2) may also predispose to disease. Here we analyzed PRSS2 in individuals with chronic pancreatitis and controls and found, to our surprise, that a variant of codon 191 (G191R) is overrepresented in control subjects: G191R was present in 220/6,459 (3.4%) controls but in only 32/2,466 (1.3%) affected individuals (odds ratio 0.37; P = 1.1 x 10(-8)). Upon activation by enterokinase or trypsin, purified recombinant G191R protein showed a complete loss of trypsin activity owing to the introduction of a new tryptic cleavage site that renders the enzyme hypersensitive to autocatalytic proteolysis. In conclusion, the G191R variant of PRSS2 mitigates intrapancreatic trypsin activity and thereby protects against chronic pancreatitis. 相似文献
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Chiara Giommarelli Valentina Zuco Enrica Favini Claudio Pisano Fabrizio Dal Piaz Nunziatina De Tommasi Franco Zunino 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2010,67(6):995-1004
Curcumin, a natural polyphenol, has been described to exhibit effects on signaling pathways, leading to induction of apoptosis.
In this study, we observed that curcumin inhibited Hsp90 activity causing depletion of client proteins implicated in survival
pathways. Based on this observation, this study was designed to investigate the cellular effects of curcumin combination with
the pan-HDAC inhibitors, vorinostat and panobinostat, which induce hyperacetylation of Hsp90, resulting in inhibition of its
chaperone function. The results showed that, at subtoxic concentrations, curcumin markedly sensitized tumor cells to vorinostat-
and panobinostat-induced growth inhibition and apoptosis. The sensitization was associated with persistent depletion of Hsp90
client proteins (EGFR, Raf-1, Akt, and survivin). In conclusion, our findings document a novel mechanism of action of curcumin
and support the therapeutic potential of curcumin/HDAC inhibitors combination, because the synergistic interaction was observed
at pharmacologically achievable concentrations, which were ineffective when each drug was used alone. 相似文献
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Nelson Gomes de Oliveira Junior Marlon Henrique e Silva Cardoso Octavio Luiz Franco 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(24):4645-4658
Gram-positive and -negative bacteria are dangerous pathogens that may cause human infection diseases, especially due to the increasingly high prevalence of antibiotic resistance, which is becoming one of the most alarming clinical problems. In the search for novel antimicrobial compounds, snake venoms represent a rich source for such compounds, which are produced by specialized glands in the snake’s jawbone. Several venom compounds have been used for antimicrobial effects. Among them are phospholipases A2, which hydrolyze phospholipids and could act on bacterial cell surfaces. Moreover, metalloproteinases and l-amino acid oxidases, which represent important enzyme classes with antimicrobial properties, are investigated in this study. Finally, antimicrobial peptides from multiple classes are also found in snake venoms and will be mentioned. All these molecules have demonstrated an interesting alternative for controlling microorganisms that are resistant to conventional antibiotics, contributing in medicine due to their differential mechanisms of action and versatility. In this review, snake venom antimicrobial compounds will be focused on, including their enormous biotechnological applications for drug development. 相似文献