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In Vitro Antibacterial Properties of Pexiganan, an Analog of Magainin by Ge, Y, MacDonald, D L, Holroyd, K J, Thornsberry, C, Wexler, H, Zasloff, M

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Randomised controlled trial of effects of coordinating care for terminally ill cancer patients by Addington-Hall, J. M., MacDonald, L. D., Anderson, H. R., Chamberlain, J., Freeling, P., Bland, J. M., Raftery, J.

“…OBJECTIVES--To measure effects on terminally ill cancer patients and their families of coordinating the services available within the NHS and from local…”
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Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley: writing lives by Buss, Helen M, Macdonald, D. L, McWhir, Anne Ruth

“…Pioneers in life writing, Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), and Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein (1818 ), are now…”
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A C-terminal glycine suppresses production of pleurocidin as a fusion peptide in Escherichia coli by Bryksa, Brian C., MacDonald, Lisa D., Patrzykat, Aleks, Douglas, Susan E., Mattatall, Neil R.

“…The winter flounder ( Pseudopleuronectes americanus) antimicrobial peptide pleurocidin was produced in Escherichia coli using a synthetic gene constructed by…”
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A randomized controlled trial of the cost-effectiveness of a district co-ordinating service for terminally ill cancer patients by Raftery, J P, Addington-Hall, J M, MacDonald, L D, Anderson, H R, Bland, J M, Chamberlain, J, Freeling, P

“…The objective of this paper is to compare the cost effectiveness of a co-ordination service with standard services for terminally ill cancer patients with a…”
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The relationship between severe asthma and social class by Littlejohns, P, Macdonald, L D

“…Asthma is one of the few diseases which has been reported to be common in the higher social classes. In order to assess the relationship between severe asthma…”
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Antiviral effects of synthetic membrane-active peptides on Herpes Simplex Virus, Type 1 by Egal, Mariam, Conrad, Monta, MacDonald, Dorothy L, Maloy, W.Lee, Motley, Milwood, Genco, Caroline Attardo

“…Magainins are cationic peptides with antimicrobial activity which were originally isolated from the skin of the African clawed frog ( Xenopus laevis). Several…”
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Can the Spitzer Quality of Life Index help to reduce prognostic uncertainty in terminal care? by Addington-Hall, J M, MacDonald, L D, Anderson, H R

“…Data from an on-going trial of co-ordinating care for terminally ill cancer patients are used to investigate whether the Spitzer Quality of Life (QL) Index can…”
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Effects of solvents and alcohols on the polar lipid composition of Clostridium butyricum under conditions of controlled lipid chain composition by MACDONALD, D. L, GOLDFINE, H

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Hydrophobicity, hydrophobic moment and angle subtended by charged residues modulate antibacterial and haemolytic activity of amphipathic helical peptides by Dathe, Margitta, Wieprecht, Torsten, Nikolenko, Heike, Handel, Liselotte, Maloy, W.Lee, MacDonald, Dorothy L, Beyermann, Michael, Bienert, Michael

“…The hydrophobicity (H), hydrophobic moment (μ) and the angle subtended by the positively charged helix face (Φ) of a set of model and magainin 2 amide peptides…”
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Peptide Hydrophobicity Controls the Activity and Selectivity of Magainin 2 Amide in Interaction with Membranes by Wieprecht, Torsten, Dathe, Margitta, Beyermann, Michael, Krause, Eberhard, Maloy, W. Lee, MacDonald, Dorothy L, Bienert, Michael

“…The magainins are antibacterial peptides from the skin of Xenopus laevis. They show a broad range of activity against prokaryotic cells but lyse eukaryotic…”
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Mutations in the fifth-position glutamate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pilin affect the transmethylation of the N-terminal phenylalanine by Macdonald, D L, Pasloske, B L, Paranchych, W

“…The pili of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are composed of 15-kDa pilin monomers that are synthesized in the cytoplasm and assembled in the membrane. Processing occurs…”
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Distress and delay associated with urinary incontinence, frequency, and urgency in women by Norton, P. A., MacDonald, L. D., Sedgwick, P. M., Stanton, S. L.

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The role of the specialist in community nursing: perceptions of specialist and district nurses by Haste, F H, MacDonald, L D

“…We investigated the management of specialist nurses and how district and specialist nurses perceived themselves and each other, in terms of responsibility,…”
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Acceptability and perceived effectiveness of a district co-ordinating service for terminal care: implications for quality assurance by MacDonald, L D, Addington-Hall, J M, Anderson, H R

“…As part of a randomized controlled trial of a new district co-ordinating service for the care of terminally ill cancer patients, the activities of the nurse…”
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Stigma in patients with rectal cancer: a community study by MacDonald, L D, Anderson, H R

“…A self-rating measure of stigma and several supplementary questions were devised in order to assess perceived stigma in a community survey of the quality of…”
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Responses to the institution among elderly patients in hospital long-stay care by Higgs, P F, MacDonald, L D, Ward, M C

“…The theory of the 'total institution' argues that institutions deliberately create dependency in individuals who would otherwise be self-determining. We…”
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Asymptotic properties of the exchange energy density and the exchange potential of finite systems : relevance for generalized gradient approximations by ENGEL, E, CHEVARY, J. A, MACDONALD, L. D, VOSKO, S. H

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Influence of the Angle Subtended by the Positively Charged Helix Face on the Membrane Activity of Amphipathic, Antibacterial Peptides by Wieprecht, Torsten, Dathe, Margitta, Epand, Richard M, Beyermann, Michael, Krause, Eberhard, Maloy, W. Lee, MacDonald, Dorothy L, Bienert, Michael

“…To investigate the influence of the angle subtended by the positively charged helix face on membrane activity, six amphipathic α-helical peptides with angles…”
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Modulation of membrane activity of amphipathic, antibacterial peptides by slight modifications of the hydrophobic moment by Wieprecht, Torsten, Dathe, Margitta, Krause, Eberhard, Beyermann, Michael, Maloy, W.Lee, MacDonald, Dorothy L, Bienert, Michael

“…Starting from the sequences of magainin 2 analogs, peptides with slightly increased hydrophobic moment ( μ) but retained other structural parameters were…”
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