One of the methods of their removal from soil is bioaugmentation, defined as a technique for improvement of the degradative capacity of contaminated areas by introduction of specific competent strains or consortia of microorganisms.
Unless the "secular democratic" opposition groups are better organized and have a plan for a new regime with specific, competent leaders, they may only make things worse, with better organized and committed groups like the Muslim Brotherhood waiting for the opportunity to take over.
The donor amplicon carries the mutant sequence and extensive flanking segments of homology, which ensure efficient and precise integration by the recombination machinery specific to competent cells.
The most appropriate locus specific marker competent to divulge the variation among the species and genotypes was determined by principle component analysis (PCA).
Intestinal epithelia generate specific and competent defensin weapon arsenals with activity against bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi reflecting the different threats and challenges, which are met at the mucosa.
For each topic, we asked which party is the most and which is least competent (general issue-specific competence); which party did the best and which did the worst job since the last election (past performance); and which party was likely to do the best job in the coming years and which was likely to do the worst (future/hypothetical performance).
Telomerase-specific replication-competent adenoviruses (Ads), i.e., TRADs, which possess an E1 gene expression cassette driven by the human telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter, are promising agents for cancer treatment.
This approach is known as a Tumour-specific Replication-competent ADdenoviral (hTERTp-TRAD) gene therapy approach (Keith et al, 2004, 2007).
In collaboration with J Nemuniatis of the Mary Crowley Medical Research Center (Dallas), the following clinical trial has recently opened: MCMRC IRB 06 12; a Phase I Dose-Escalation Study of Intratumoral Injection with Telomerase-Specific Replication-Competent Oncolytic Adenovirus, Telomelysin (OBP-301), for Various Solid Tumors (sponsor ID no. OBP-301-001).
OBP-401 (Telomescan) is a telomerase-specific replication-competent adenovirus, in which the hTERT gene promoter has been inserted upstream of the E1A and E1B genes linked with an internal ribosome entry site in the adenovirus type 5 genome, and the GFP gene is inserted under the cytomegalovirus promoter into the E3 region.
Each specific host is competent in maintaining the transmission cycle of a given species of Babesia[ 1].
