Dr. Melissa Rose Briones M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
2160 S 1st Ave Luhs Dept. Of Medici Maywood IL, 60153About
Dr. Melissa Briones is a rheumatologist practicing in Maywood, IL. Dr. Briones specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Briones treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Identification of two novel Mycobacterium avium allelic variants in pig and human isolates from Brazil by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis.
- The evolution of two Trypanosoma cruzi subgroups inferred from rRNA genes can be correlated with the interchange of American mammalian faunas in the Cenozoic and has implications to pathogenicity and host specificity.
- Typing of Candida glabrata in clinical isolates by comparative sequence analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 gene distinguishes two clusters of strains associated with geographical sequence polymorphisms.
- Epidemiology, biochemistry and evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi lineages based on ribosomal RNA sequences.
- PCR-restriction enzyme analysis of a bone marrow isolate from a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient discloses polyclonal infection with two Mycobacterium avium strains.
- Maximum-likelihood divergence date estimates based on rRNA gene sequences suggest two scenarios of Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific evolution.
- Leishmania tarentolae taxonomic relatedness inferred from phylogenetic analysis
- The Candida albicans AAA ATPase homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rix7p (YLL034c) is essential for proper morphology, biofilm formation and activity of secreted aspartyl proteinases.
- Minimization of transcriptional temporal noise and scale invariance in the yeast genome.
- Identification of midgut microvillar proteins from Tenebrio molitor and Spodoptera frugiperda by cDNA library screenings with antibodies.
- Association of loss of heterozygosity with cytogenetic abnormalities in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
- Decoherence in yeast cell populations and its implications for genome-wide expression noise.
- Haplotype distribution of five nuclear genes based on network genealogies and Bayesian inference indicates that Trypanosoma cruzi hybrid strains are polyphyletic.
- Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase gene lacking C-terminal repeats and expressed in epimastigote forms.
- Trans-sialidase genes expressed in mammalian forms of Trypanosoma cruzi evolved from ancestor genes expressed in insect forms of the parasite.
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