Scientific Commons: L. M. Ferreira

A total of 72 strains of Staphylococcus aureus were examined for the production of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) A, B, C, D and toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1). The strains were isolated from...

Vertical growth phase and positive sentinel node in thin melanoma (2003)

Oliveira Filho,R.S., Ferreira,L.M., Biasi,L.J., Paiva,G.R., Wagner,J.

Sentinel node (SN) status is the most important prognostic factor for localized melanoma. Usually, patients with Breslow thickness of less than 1.0 mm are not included in SN protocols. However, the...

Aplicação clínica do retalho fáscio-cutâneo da região posterior da coxa em V-Y (2001)

CALIL,J. A., FERREIRA,L. M., NETO,M. S., CASTILHO,H. T. DE, GARCIA,E. B.

OBJETIVO: Analisar a aplicabilidade do retalho fáscio-cutâneo em V-Y da região posterior da coxa na reparação de lesões isoladas ou múltiplas nas regiões glútea e perineal. MÉTODO: Foram...

Fraturas de mandíbula: análise de 166 casos (2000)

Fadul Jr,R., Santos,R. De A., Toledo,S.R., ...

Histiocitose das células de Langerhans na região anogenital (1998)

S. Neto,M., Carvalho,C. H., Fadul Jr.,R., Ambrogini,C., Ferreira,L. M.

A Histiocitose das células de Langerhans (HCL) acometendo o trato genital tem uma incidência rara com apenas 48 casos relatados na literatura1-5 . Considerando somente as lesões da região...

Tratamento cirúrgico da ptose palpebral adquirida (linfocitoma cútis) (1997)

Ferreira,L.M., Duarte,I.S.

Os autores descrevem um caso clínico de ptose palpebral causada por uma patologia rara, o linfocitoma cútis. A paciente apresentava o quadro clínico do linfocitoma cútis em sua forma disseminada,...

Estudo anatômico do músculo levantador do lábio superior (1997)

Ferreira,L.M., Minami,E., Pereira,M.D., Chohfi,L.M.B., Andrews,J. De M.

Os autores descrevem as características anatômicas do músculo levantador do lábio superior por meio de dissecações em cadáveres. OBJETIVO. Contribuir ao estudo dos músculos da mímica,...

Reconstrução total de lábio superior e columela com retalho musculocutâneo em ilha do depressor do ângulo da boca (1997)

Sabino Neto,M., Castilho,H.T. De, Garcia,E.B., Ferreira,L.M.

Os autores relatam caso de paciente que, após várias ressecções prévias de carcinomas de face, evoluiu com deformidade do lábio superior, com comprometimento estético e funcional....

Spatial separation of protein domains is not necessary for catalytic activity or substrate binding in a xylanase.

Ferreira, L M, Durrant, A J, Hall, J, Hazlewood, G P, Gilbert, H J

Xylanase A (XYLA) from Pseudomonas fluorescens subspecies cellulosa shows sequence conservation with two endoglucanases from the same organism. The conserved sequence in XYLA, consisting of the...

Characterization of the gene celD and its encoded product 1,4-beta-D-glucan glucohydrolase D from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa.

Rixon, J E, Ferreira, L M, Durrant, A J, Laurie, J I, Hazlewood, G P, Gilbert, H J

A genomic library of Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa DNA constructed in pUC18 and expressed in Escherichia coli was screened for recombinants expressing 4-methylumbelliferyl beta-D-glucoside...

A modular esterase from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa contains a non-catalytic cellulose-binding domain.

Ferreira, L M, Wood, T M, Williamson, G, Faulds, C, Hazlewood, G P, Black, G W, ...

The 5' regions of genes xynB and xynC, coding for a xylanase and arabinofuranosidase respectively, are identical and are reiterated four times within the Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa...

The non-catalytic cellulose-binding domain of a novel cellulase from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa is important for the efficient hydrolysis of Avicel.

Hall, J, Black, G W, Ferreira, L M, Millward-Sadler, S J, Ali, B R, Hazlewood, G P, ...

A genomic library of Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa DNA, constructed in lambda ZAPII, was screened for carboxymethyl-cellulase activity. The pseudomonad insert from a recombinant phage...

Xylanase B and an arabinofuranosidase from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa contain identical cellulose-binding domains and are encoded by adjacent genes.

Kellett, L E, Poole, D M, Ferreira, L M, Durrant, A J, Hazlewood, G P, Gilbert, H J

The complete nucleotide sequence of the Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa xynB gene, encoding an endo-beta-1,4-xylanase (xylanase B; XYLB) has been determined. The structural gene consists of...

Homologous xylanases from Clostridium thermocellum: evidence for bi-functional activity, synergism between xylanase catalytic modules and the presence of xylan-binding domains in enzyme complexes.

Fernandes, A C, Fontes, C M, Gilbert, H J, Hazlewood, G P, Fernandes, T H, Ferreira, L M

Clostridium thermocellum produces a consortium of plant-cell-wall hydrolases that form a cell-bound multi-enzyme complex called the cellulosome. In the present study two similar xylanase genes, xynU...

The cellodextrinase from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa consists of multiple functional domains.

Ferreira, L M, Hazlewood, G P, Barker, P J, Gilbert, H J

A genomic library of Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa DNA was constructed in pUC18 and Escherichia coli recombinants expressing 4-methylumbelliferyl beta-D-cellobioside-hydrolysing activity...