Analysis of Dental Arch Symmetry of Children With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: Seven-Year Follow-Up.

Background: Orofacial cleft is the most common craniofacial deformity, resulting in facial anatomical disorders.

Aim: To evaluate maxillary dental arch symmetry of children with unilateral complete cleft lip, alveolus, and palate before and after primary surgeries.

Design: A total of 27 dental casts were analyzed: (T1) Presurgical; (T2) Postsurgical 1; and (T3) Postsurgical 2.

Rli51 Attenuates Transcription of the Pathogenicity Island 1 Gene and Functions as a -Acting sRNA in Intracellular Bacteria.

pathogenicity island 1 (LIPI-1) is a genetic region containing a cluster of genes essential for virulence of the bacterial pathogen . Main virulence factors in LIPI-1 include long 5' untranslated regions (5'UTRs), among which is Rli51, a small RNA (sRNA) in the 5'UTR of the Zn-metalloprotease-coding . So far, Rli51 function and molecular mechanisms have remained obscure.

Fluctuating arch symmetry: a comparison of two methods of assessment - applicability and efficiency.

Introduction: Symmetry is balance, some correspondence in the size, form, and arrangements of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point. The opposite of this concept is asymmetry, or imbalance.

Objective: This retrospective study compared two methods for assessing arch symmetry with linear measurements based on triangles, to determine their applicability and efficiency.

Experimental evidence of d-glutamate racemase activity in the uncultivated bacterium Candidatus Saccharimonas aalborgensis.

The Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) encompasses widespread uncultivated bacteria with reduced genomes and limited metabolic capacities. Most CPR bacteria lack the minimal set of enzymes required for peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis, leaving it unclear how these bacteria produce this essential envelope component. In this study, we analysed the distribution of d-amino acid racemases that produce the universal PG components d-glutamate (d-Glu) or d-alanine (d-Ala).

Kinetic and proteomic studies in milk show distinct patterns among major Listeria monocytogenes clones.

Listeria monocytogenes, a contaminant of raw milk, includes hypervirulent clonal complexes (CC) like CC1, CC4, and CC6, highly overrepresented in dairy products when compared to other food types. Whether their higher prevalence in dairy products is the consequence of a growth advantage in this food remains unknown. We examined growth kinetics of five L.