User talk:NighthawkJ

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[edit] DNA recombination

Hi there, I was trying in this section to discuss homologous recombination such as occurs between sister chromatids. I don't think this involves double-strand breaks. Is it not clear which type is being discussed? TimVickers 22:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, I see. I've replaced your change in the article. Thanks for spotting my error! :) TimVickers 23:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for Autism contribution

Thanks for your recent edit to Autism#Genetic component. You saved me a lot of work; one of these days I was going to wade into that part of the article, which was quite messy, and your rewrite is better than what I would have done. I just now added some wikilinks to it. Please edit more, if you can spare the time!

Perhaps the point is moot now but what I was going to add is a brief summary of Beaudet AL (2007). "Autism: highly heritable but not inherited". Nat Med 13 (5): 534–6. doi:10.1038/nm0507-534. PMID 17479094. . Beaudet covers both Jacquemont et al. and Sebat et al. I'm a sucker for memorable phrases like "highly heritable but not inherited". Eubulides 07:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lyme disease microbiology

Thanks for your excellent contributions to this article. In this edit [1] you expanded the explanation of the Osp proteins, but also deleted the Bergstrom(1989) citation and associated text. I don't understand your reason for this deletion from your edit summary (Osps are lipoproteins presumed to play a role not only in virulence, but also in persistence in the tick). Why did you delete Bergstrom(1989)? - Neparis 00:39, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

That was a mistake on my part -- sorry about that. I restored the Bergstrom 1989 citation, which supports the statement that the sequences of OspA and B are similar. I deleted the statement about the similarity to prokaryotic lipoprotein signal sequences because most of the Osps, not only OspA and B, have been shown experimentally to be lipoproteins in various papers published since 1989. There is now a general statement in the first paragraph of the Osp section, and I plan to enter the appropriate citations soon. NighthawkJ 01:07, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok, no problems; thanks for restoring it. I look forward to the additional citations. Keep up the good work! - Neparis 03:47, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hepatitis B virus

  • Thank you for your very helpful comments. I'll make a new diagram of the genome incorporating your suggestions. Best wishes GrahamColmTalk 11:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)