Publications by authors named "D N Bown"
This Technical Resource describes genome sequencing data for 61 isolates of the bacterial pathogen pv. collected from and crops between 2010 and 2021 in Serbia. We present the raw sequencing reads and annotated contig-level genome assemblies and determine the races of ten isolates.
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- - Assault is a significant cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can lead to complex long-term effects like PTSD that traditional measures (e.g., GOS) may not fully address.
- - In a study of 256 TBI patients, about 21% had sustained injuries from assault, but outcome measures showed that while assaulted individuals reported worse symptoms, the differences were not statistically significant after considering demographic factors.
- - The study highlights that quality of life outcomes are closely linked to psychological health following TBI, with both assault and road traffic accidents resulting in worse self-reported outcomes compared to injuries from falls.
Background: Egg-laying animals, such as insects, ensure the survival of their offspring by depositing their eggs in favorable environments. To identify suitable oviposition sites, insects, such as the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, assess a complex range of features. The fly selectively lays eggs in fermenting fruit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn expression construct encoding chicken (Gallus gallus) avidin was assembled from amplified fragments of genomic DNA. Recombinant, functional avidin was produced in Pichia pastoris, with yields of up to 80 mg/l of culture supernatant. The recombinant avidin had similar insecticidal activity to egg white avidin when assayed against larvae of a lepidopteran crop pest, cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae), causing >90% reduction in growth and 100% mortality when fed in optimised diets at levels of 1.
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