Tumeur du mésencéphale d’un chien et épilepsie

Fontaine M., Labié Ch. Tumeur de mésencéphale d’un chien et épilepsie. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 113 n°6, 1960. pp. 355-359

A propos de la Maladie des tremblements du Porcelet

Fontaine M., Labié Ch., Brion Abel. À propos de la maladie des tremblements du Porcelet. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 115 n°6, 1962. pp. 247-249

Conséquences de l’incorporation en excès de déchets de poisson dans la ration de porcs à l’engrais

Des pores à l’engrais, recevant une ration trop riche en déchets de poisson ont présenté une odeur etunecouleur jaune-brun anormales qui les ont ren dus impropres à la consommation. Ces défauts sont dus à la présence, dans le tissu adipeux de ceroïdes, formes peroxydées de lipides à forte teneur en acides gras hautement non-saturés. Ces chromolipoïdes s’accumulent dans certaines cellules seulement du tissu adipeux qui sont vraisemblablement dérivées des histiocytes du tissu conjonctif. Il convient de faire preuve de prudence dans l’alimentation des porcs à l’aide de déchets de poisson. L’ad ministration de vitamine E semble être indiquée comme mesure de pré caution complémentaire

Rhinite atrophite du porc. Lésions histologiques du système nerveux ganglionnaire

Labié Ch., Fontaine M., Brion Abel. Rhinite atrophique du porc. Lésions histologiques du système nerveux ganglionnaire. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 115 n°6, 1962. pp. 251-254

Enzooties de cataracte chez les volailles. Note préliminaire

Brion Abel, Fontaine M., Fontaine M.-P., Labié Ch. Enzooties de cataracte chez les Volailles (Note préliminaire). In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 113 n°6, 1960. pp. 349-353

The Agenda and Relevance of Recent Research in Microfinance

This paper studies recent research efforts in the field of microfinance. Two questions guide the study: What is the agenda of recent research efforts? And, for who is the research relevant? As for the agenda the “yin and yang” of microfinance; impact and sustainability, continue to influence most research efforts. The study illustrates that microfinance attracts mainly the interest of development researchers and journals. Accordingly the researchers seem mainly to interact with the donors’ and practitioners’ communities. The research produced seems to be relevant for them and less so for the governmental and banking communities. The paper concludes proposing the design of a new research agenda, this time in cooperation with the banking community

Deinococcus geothermalis: The Pool of Extreme Radiation Resistance Genes Shrinks

Bacteria of the genus Deinococcus are extremely resistant to ionizing radiation (IR), ultraviolet light (UV) and desiccation. The mesophile Deinococcus radiodurans was the first member of this group whose genome was completely sequenced. Analysis of the genome sequence of D. radiodurans, however, failed to identify unique DNA repair systems. To further delineate the genes underlying the resistance phenotypes, we report the whole-genome sequence of a second Deinococcus species, the thermophile Deinococcus geothermalis, which at its optimal growth temperature is as resistant to IR, UV and desiccation as D. radiodurans, and a comparative analysis of the two Deinococcus genomes. Many D. radiodurans genes previously implicated in resistance, but for which no sensitive phenotype was observed upon disruption, are absent in D. geothermalis. In contrast, most D. radiodurans genes whose mutants displayed a radiation-sensitive phenotype in D. radiodurans are conserved in D. geothermalis. Supporting the existence of a Deinococcus radiation response regulon, a common palindromic DNA motif was identified in a conserved set of genes associated with resistance, and a dedicated transcriptional regulator was predicted. We present the case that these two species evolved essentially the same diverse set of gene families, and that the extreme stress-resistance phenotypes of the Deinococcus lineage emerged progressively by amassing cell-cleaning systems from different sources, but not by acquisition of novel DNA repair systems. Our reconstruction of the genomic evolution of the Deinococcus-Thermus phylum indicates that the corresponding set of enzymes proliferated mainly in the common ancestor of Deinococcus. Results of the comparative analysis weaken the arguments for a role of higher-order chromosome alignment structures in resistance; more clearly define and substantially revise downward the number of uncharacterized genes that might participate in DNA repair and contribute to resistance; and strengthen the case for a role in survival of systems involved in manganese and iron homeostasis