Staphylococci are ubiquitous colonizers of the skin and mucous membranes and
Staphylococus aureus is the most pathogenic species. The spread of antibiotic resistance�…

Significant advances have been made in recent years in our understanding of how
methicillin resistance is acquired by Staphylococcus aureus. Integration of a staphylococcal�…

The phenomenal rate of increase in the integration density of silicon chips has been
sustained in large part by advances in optical lithography—the process that patterns and�…

Protein–protein interactions play crucial roles in the execution of various biological
functions. Accordingly, their comprehensive description would contribute considerably to the�…

Half a century ago, thalidomide was widely prescribed to pregnant women as a sedative but
was found to be teratogenic, causing multiple birth defects. Today, thalidomide is still used in�…

OBJECTIVES We sought to elucidate the long-term prognostic importance of angiographic
no-reflow phenomenon after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for�…

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec) is a mobile genetic element
composed of the mec gene complex, which encodes methicillin resistance, and the ccr gene�…

The β-lactam resistance gene mecA of Staphylococcus aureus is carried by a novel mobile
genetic element, designated staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec)�…

Negative information tends to influence evaluations more strongly than comparably extreme
positive information. To test whether this negativity bias operates at the evaluative�…

Protein–protein interactions play pivotal roles in various aspects of the structural and
functional organization of the cell, and their complete description is indispensable to�…