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5. The Wilcoxon rank-sum non-parametric test for equal means between normal and deficient diet groups [ 13 ] was performed.
Much to our surprise, expression levels of 5 genes in 11 additional MeCP2-deficient and 11 additional MeCP2-positive clones from two Rett individuals, one with a missense and one with a truncating mutation, showed tremendous variation.
"The space presently occupied by the School of Law and Law Library is deficient both in quality and quantity."
In response to a 60-min treatment with anti-μ, ERK activation was detected in parental but not in PLCγ2-deficient cells (Fig 5A, lanes 3-4 and 8-9), but control PMA treatment activated ERK in both cell types (Fig 5A, lanes 5 and 10).
It is likely that growth inhibition is attributable to metabolic causes arising from both oxygen delivery and mitochondrial insufficiencies associated with iron deficiency [ 14 ] . The growth data for both the control and iron deficient groups are also similar to that reported for male Wistar rats fed an iron and copper deficient diet [ 15 ] , but the iron deficient rats at 52 days of age were larger than reports of 10 week old Harlan Sprague-Dawley rats fed an AIN-76 iron deficient diet [ 17 ] .