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Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers | |
Genre | Adventure Comedy Drama Mystery Science fiction |
Format | Animated series |
Created by | Tad Stones Alan Zaslove |
Written by | Mark Mueller (theme song) |
Voices of | Corey Burton Peter Cullen Jim Cummings Tress MacNeille Rob Paulsen Alan Oppenheimer Noelle North |
Composer(s) | Glen Daum (for Score Productions) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 65 (List of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | The Disney Channel (spring 1989) Syndication (1989–1990) |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo Mono (some episodes) |
Original run | March 4, 1989 – November 19, 1990 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.[1] Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on The Disney Channel on March 4, 1989,[2] after a preview episode ("Catteries Not Included") was aired on August 27, 1988.[3] The series premiered with a two-hour movie special, Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue, which was later broken up into five parts to air as part of the weekday run.[4] The final episode aired on November 19, 1990.
On September 18, 1989, the series entered national syndication. From 1998 to 1999, reruns of the show were aired as a part of the Disney Afternoon line up.[2]
Chip and Dale are two chipmunks who start a detective agency, Rescue Rangers, along with their friends Gadget, Monterey Jack, and Zipper. The pint-sized detectives deal with crimes that are often "too small" for the police to handle, usually with other animals as their clients. The gang frequently find themselves going up against two particular arch-villains: Mafia-style tabby cat Fat Cat and mad scientist Norton Nimnul.
Rescue Rangers was originally conceived as the first of three new companion shows to Disney's popular DuckTales series, which had more than doubled the ratings among child audiences in its time slots after its debut in the fall of 1987.[5] Disney had originally invested $20,000,000 in DuckTales and then invested $28,000,000 in Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers.[6]
It, along with TaleSpin and a third series, Double-O Duck (which ultimately became Darkwing Duck),[7] would round out a programming block later known as "The Disney Afternoon" along with the previously established Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears to capitalize on DuckTales' success.[5]
When Tad Stones first came up with the idea for the Rescue Rangers series, Chip and Dale were not part of the show. In the original draft, the main character was an Indiana Jones-type mouse named Kit Colby who sported a fedora and a fluffy collared leather jacket, and the rest of the team included a chameleon, an earlier version of Gadget, and a character resembling Monterey Jack with a different name. When he proposed the show in a meeting with Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the idea was well received except for the character of Kit. At Eisner's suggestion, they replaced him with the chipmunk duo to give the show some established Disney characters to work with.[8] By late 1987, two years before its television debut, the show was announced under its original proposed title of "Chip 'n Dale and the Rescue Rangers".[9]
While Chip and Dale were established characters, in order to bring them into the series only their general appearance and basic personality traits were kept. Unlike their appearances in Disney shorts, in the Rescue Rangers the chipmunk duo are very verbal, with Chip voiced by Tress MacNeille and Dale voiced by Corey Burton.[4] Audio processing was used to speed-up the voice recordings and give the voices a higher pitch, particularly Chip's.[10] The pair were given clothes—Chip the clothing of the original concept Kit, while the goofier Dale was modeled after Magnum, P.I. with his Hawaiian shirt.[8][10]
The series premiered in 1989 on The Disney Channel before moving into a regular slot in the Disney Afternoon line up the next year.[4][10] On October 2, 1995, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers began reruns on The Disney Channel as part of a two-hour programming block called "Block Party" which aired on weekdays in the late-afternoon/early-evening and which also included Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, and DuckTales.[11]
The show's opening theme was performed by the pop group The Jets. It was written by Mark Mueller, an ASCAP award-winning pop music songwriter who also wrote the theme song to Duck Tales.
Chip is the leader of the Rescue Rangers.[10] Loosely modeled after Indiana Jones, Chip wears a fedora and a bomber jacket and frequently uses rope to lasso or swing to other spots.[8] Chip is serious and has a strong sense of responsibility, to the point that he is sometimes accused of not knowing how to have fun. He can be domineering and often ends up in squabbles with Dale over his more laid back manner. At times, though, he also lets himself go and joins Dale in some frivolity. He and Dale have a crush on Gadget. Voiced by Tress MacNeille.[10]
Dale is the co-founder of the rescue rangers. He wears a red and yellow Hawaiian shirt reminiscent of Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. Though dedicated to the job, he is a fun-loving, mischievous prankster who is sometimes irresponsible and forgets to think before he acts. He spends his free time reading comic books and playing video games. A known candy addict, Dale has "chocolate attacks" similar to Monterey Jack's cheese attacks (ironically, Monty finds it disgusting that Dale can't control himself over candy).[10][12] He frequently finds himself being knocked on the head by Chip when he says or does something foolish. Voiced by Corey Burton.[10]
Monterey Jack, or "Monty" to his friends and called "Cheeser" by his mother, is an adventure-loving Australian mouse who spent years traveling the world before a chance meeting with Chip and Dale during their first case. After Fat Cat destroyed his home, Monty and his sidekick Zipper decided to join the group in their detective work.[13] Stronger and larger than the others, Monty can be quick to anger if he, or his friends, had been offended. This trait sometimes leaves him ready to do battle with a much larger opponent, and the others having to calm him down.[10] Monty has an overpowering addiction to cheese, and the sight or smell of cheese causes him to be almost hypnotically drawn to it in a so-called "cheese attack". Monty loves to tell stories of his travels, even if the others often stop his reminiscing, and he often uses colorful "pseudo-australianisms" while talking, such as "Strike me starkers."[10]
Monterey Jack is the only Rescue Ranger known to have two living parents, Cheddarhead Charlie and Camembert Kate, who are also travelers.[14] Also, names of his entire family, including his own, have references to various types of cheese. Monty is most frequently found in the company of either Zipper or Dale, whose fun-loving nature matches his own. He also seems to consider Gadget to be something of a surrogate daughter, most likely due to his long friendship with her late father.[13] Due to his traveling experience, Monty often handles the traveling arrangements for the group. Peter Cullen voices Monterey Jack in seasons 1-3 excluding the 5-episode pilot. Jim Cummings voices him in the pilot and seasons 4-5.[10][15]
Gadget Hackwrench[16] is a young female mouse and the team's pilot, mechanic and inventor. The daughter of deceased inventor and aviator Geegaw Hackwrench, who was a good friend of Monterey Jack. She first met Chip and Dale when Monty brought them to Geegaw's in search of an airplane. At loose-ends since her father's death and eager to help, she joins the team.[13] Known to say "Golly", whenever she's surprised by something. Gadget moves, thinks, and talks quickly, sometimes leaving the others looking dazed and confused.[10]
In addition to building and maintaining the Ranger Plane, Gadget is the one responsible for the various technological items used by the team and is regularly inventing new vehicles and tools for the team's use.[10] She has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items, and invent nearly anything with them, which she attributes to the fact that she has a "mind-bashingly high IQ" and is easily bored. Unfortunately, her creations don't always work the way she intends and have sometimes failed at just the wrong moment to cause the team trouble. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, but she doesn't seem to notice in many cases. She is voiced by Tress MacNeille.[10]
Gadget's personality was based upon the inventive female character Jordan in the 1985 movie, "Real Genius"[17]
Zipper is a tiny bluish-green housefly and a long time friend and sidekick of Monterey Jack.[13] With his tiny size and flying abilities, Zipper often handles little jobs that the rest of the Rescue Rangers cannot. He speaks in unintelligible buzzes that only Monty and other insects are able to understand, although in later episodes, he talks more clearly. Despite his tiny size, Zipper occasionally has impressive displays of strength which are matched only by his unwavering loyalty to his friends. Voiced by Corey Burton.[10]
Fat Cat is a felonious grey tabby cat and one of the Rescue Rangers' most frequent antagonists. Formerly owned by criminal Aldrin Klordane, Fat Cat became an independent agent and animal world crime boss after Klordane's incarceration.[13] Inordinately proud of his appearance, he keeps his whiskers clean, wears a purple business suit, and has a taste for expensive things.
Fat Cat is a ruthless criminal mastermind, and his plans, though sometimes bizarre, are nevertheless dangerous and sadistic.[10] He hates dogs and several of his schemes have been attacks against them. The only thing he hates more than dogs are the Rescue Rangers, which he always tries to get rid of using an elaborate and slow methods, rather than killing them immediately. The complexity of his plans usually ends up being his downfall.[10] Has a cousin who lives in Paris, France. Voiced by Jim Cummings,[10] who described Fat Cat as a combination of Zero Mostel and Dom DeLuise.
Fat Cat is usually accompanied by four henchmen. In spite of their combined stupidity, Fat Cat almost always sends them out to do his dirty work for him, as he is too smart, or lazy to get his paws dirty.
- Wart, a lizard, who dresses in a gangster-style suit and hat similar to his boss. Voiced by Jim Cummings.[10]
- Mole, slow witted but cheerful, this overweight mole wears an undersized red t-shirt and a yellow hat. When plans go wrong, Mole usually is the one who Fat Cat chooses to use as a punching bag.[10] Voiced by Corey Burton.
- Mepps, a thin, yellow alley cat dressed in a ratty blue vest and toboggan who speaks with a whiny voice.[10] Voiced by Peter Cullen.
- Snout, a rat that wears a short sleeved red turtle neck with a black vest and a dark blue hat that covers his eyes. He is usually only seen briefly.[10] Voiced by Corey Burton.
Professor Norton Nimnul, the Rangers' other major enemy, is a mad scientist who once worked for Aldrin Klordane.[13] Though Nimnul is an intelligent and creative scientist, his plans often lack any trace of logic and tend to be extremely convoluted. For example, he kidnapped all the cats in the city to make an immense amount of static electricity,[18] and in his appearance in the pilot he constructed a laser cannon designed to create a giant gelatin mold which would be used to cause an earthquake under the United States Gold Reserve.[13] Nimnul has receding red hair, wears very thick glasses, and a high-pitched laugh. Unlike other humans in the series, Nimnul is aware of the Rescue Rangers and their interference in his plans. Voiced by Jim Cummings and physically modeled on Disney animator Bruce Talkington.[10]
The Siamese Twin Gang, two siamese cats that own a laundromat and an illegal underground casino. Though not major villains, these two characters have been considered as Asian Stereotypes due to the fact that they own a laundromat and speak in horrible English. Both of the cats are voiced by Tress MacNeille.
Except for the five-part set of episodes made from the pilot movie, each 22 minute episode of the series was self-contained. Plot points introduced in each episode stayed in the episode and any character development did not appear to continue through to future episodes. Most of the episodes followed a similar format, where in the next case was presented at the start of the episode, then the bulk of the episode had the sleuths gathering clues and investigating the situation. In the last few minutes of the episode, the case was resolved, usually in dramatic fashion and the final moments would have a humorous wrap up scene between the Rangers.
- Darkwing Duck (1991-1992): In the episode "Twitching Channels," the voices of Monterey Jack and Chip are briefly heard through an audio-reception helmet-device that can tune into sounds from other universes.[19]
- Raw Toonage (1992-1993): In the episode hosted by Jitters A. Dog, Jitters serves as Dale's stunt double.
- Bonkers (1993-1995): In one episode, Bonkers mentions the Rescue Rangers.
- Aladdin (1994-1995): In the episode "Strike Up the Sand," the Genie transformed into Zipper.
- Robot Chicken (2012): In the episode "Disemboweled by an Orphan," Gadget goes without pants to challenge the double standard of the males going without pants.
In fall of 1989, McDonald's produced a series of Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers themed Happy Meal that included toy versions of the main characters riding small vehicles. Scenes from series were incorporated into the TV commercials advertising the Happy Meals.
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Disney Comics |
Genre | |
Publication date | June 1990 – December 1991 |
Number of issues | 19 |
A monthly comic book based on the show was published by Disney Comics in 1990, that ran for 19 issues. Subsequent comic stories were printed in Disney Adventures from 1990 to 1995, as well as in the Disney Afternoon comic book published by Marvel Comics. They also had a series from Boom Studios that was published for 8 issues from December 2010 to June 2011.
Cameo appearances[edit]
In the first Darkwing Duck comic story from Kaboom!, Gadget makes a cameo gag.
BOOM! Revival[edit]
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Boom! Studios |
Genre | |
Publication date | September 2010 – May 2011 |
Number of issues | 8 |
From September 2010, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers was revived by comics publisher Boom! Studios, as an ongoing monthly series slated to begin in December of the same year. This choice was based on the extreme and unexpected popularity of Darkwing Duck, another Disney Afternoon property which BOOM! revived earlier in 2010. The series featured comics writer Ian Brill, and artist Leonel Castellani.[20][21][22][23] 8 issues were published, collecting the two 4-part stories into two trade paperback books. The comic series was cancelled May 2011, to be replaced by the launch of DuckTales.
Revival/Film adaptation[edit]
A 1990 issue of Comics Scene magazine reported that a theatrical feature film based on the series was planned for a 1991 release, however the film never saw the light of day, possibly due to the lackluster performance of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp. Afterwards, the film was never rescheduled.[citation needed]
On January 31, 2014, it was announced that Disney is adapting the show for a live action/CGI movie. The film will be produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films. No release date has been announced.[24]
Video games[edit]
In 1990, Capcom released a video game based on the show called Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers for Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a platform game featuring single and 2-player cooperative modes, allowing players to choose which levels to access via a map, giving them access to various locations in the city. Each individual stage is set up as a side-scrolling action game where Chip and Dale can walk, jump, duck, and pick up objects such as acorns, crates, and barrels to throw at enemies and bosses. In the game, the Rangers must stop another of Fat Cat's schemes, only to have his kidnapping of Gadget send Chip and Dale to the rescue.
A second NES game, titled Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2, was released by Capcom in 1993. The sequel features additional incentives for cooperative play, such as mini-games that can only be played by two players, and the ability to throw one's partner as a weapon.
An unofficial Mega Drive sequel to these games, titled Squirrel King, was produced by the Taiwanese developer Gamtec. This game was later the basis of the unofficial Mega Drive Super Mario World game.
Also released in 1990, Hi Tech Expressions's PC game Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Adventures in Nimnul's Castle saw the Rangers having to rescue Monterey Jack, who is caught in a mousetrap in Professor Norton Nimnul's castle. To rescue him, the chipmunks must infiltrate the castle to collect various parts so Gadget can build a flying machine to reach Monterey Jack.
A Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers hand-held LCD game was released by Tiger Electronics.[25]
Mobile game[edit]
In May 2010, Dynamic Pixels Ltd. released a mobile game Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers - Fat Cat kidnapped Zipper and imprisoned him on a distant island. The team have to repair their legendary plane to get it but unfortunately, they have no spare parts so the Rescue Rangers have to use their investigating skills together with enterprising skills as only their plane will help them to get to Fat Cats den. The story is divided into 27 non-linear missions that can be reached via a city map. Every mission is one of 3 different mini-games. The game can be downloaded free of charge and players use micro transactions to purchase in game money to spend it on different in game content like upgrades, additional equipment, power ups, bonuses etc. if needed.
Home video releases[edit]
VHS releases[edit]
On February 22, 1991, Walt Disney Home Video released 10 select episodes from the series on five VHS cassettes in the United States, containing a pair of episodes each.
VHS Name | Episode Titles | Release Date |
Double Trouble | "Dale Beside Himself" & "Flash the Wonder Dog" | February 22, 1991 |
Crimebusters | "Catteries Not Included" & "Piratsy Under the Seas" | February 22, 1991 |
Undercover Critters | "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" & "Three Men and a Booby" | February 22, 1991 |
Danger Rangers | "Kiwi's Big Adventure" & "Bearing Up Baby" | February 22, 1991 |
Super Sleuths | "Pound of the Baskervilles" & "Out to Launch" | February 22, 1991 |
Additionally, on December 14, 1994, the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Ghost of a Chance" was released together with the Goof Troop episode "Hallow-Weenies" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Boo-Busters.[26][27] On September 3, 1996, the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Good Times, Bat Times" was released together with the Darkwing Duck episode "Ghoul of My Dreams" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Witcheroo![28][29]
Several other episodes were available on international releases.
UK, Australia & New Zealand releases[edit]
Eleven VHS cassettes containing 23 episodes of the series were released in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
VHS Name | Episode Titles | Release Date |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 1): Double Trouble | "Piratsy Under the Seas" & "Catteries Not Included" | September 11, 1992 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 2): The Pound of the Baskervilles | "Pound of the Baskervilles" & "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" | September 11, 1992 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 3): Risky Beesness | "Bearing Up Baby" & "Risky Beesness" | September 11, 1992 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 4): Crimebusters | "Dale Beside Himself" & "Flash the Wonder Dog" | September 11, 1992 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 5): Out to Launch | "Out to Launch" & "The Carpetsnaggers" | September 11, 1992 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 6): 3 Men and a Birdie | "Three Men and a Booby" & "Parental Discretion Retired" | April 2, 1993 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 7): Ghouls and Jewels | "Ghost of a Chance" & "A Wolf in Cheap Clothing" | April 2, 1993 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 8): Half-Size Heroes | "A Lad in a Lamp" & "Seer No Evil" | April 2, 1993 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 9): Flies in Disguise | "Chocolate Chips", "Gorilla My Dreams" & "A Creep in the Deep" | September 10, 1993 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 10): Danger Rangers | "Out of Scale" & "Kiwi's Big Adventure" | September 10, 1993 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 11): Duelling Dale | "Mind Your Cheese and Q's" & "The S.S. Drainpipe" | September 10, 1993 |
DVD releases[edit]
US (Region 1)[edit]
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released some of the series on DVD; two volumes have been released in Region 1 thus far featuring the first 51 episodes of the series. The first was released on November 8, 2005 (containing episodes 1-27) and the second on November 14, 2006 (containing episodes 28-51).[30][31] The episodes on the first volume are arranged by production date, while the episodes on the second volume are arranged by original air date. The sets were packaged in a box containing 3 slipcases, one for each disc. There has yet to be any word from Disney regarding the release of a third volume set for episodes 52-65.
DVD Name | Ep # | Release date |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Volume 1 | 27 | November 8, 2005 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Volume 2 | 24 | November 14, 2006 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Volume 3 | 14 |
International (Region 2)[edit]
In the United Kingdom, Disney released one Region 2 volume in 2007, titled Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers First Collection.[32] Despite the set being similar to the US version, the DVD contained only 20 episodes, while having 6 language tracks: English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian. Several other similar releases were then made to international countries, but only going up to episode #20. On December 5, 2012, a second DVD set of the series was released in the UK, but as a Region 2 version of Volume 2, titled Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers Season 2.[33] Unlike the first DVD, this 3-disc set includes a Fastplay mode and only two language tracks: English and German, but subtitles have not been added. As of yet, there are no plans to release the rest of the series, or the seven episodes missing between the first two sets.
DVD Name | Ep # | Release date | Language |
Walt Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, First Collection | 20 | February 12, 2007 | English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian |
Walt Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers - Season 2 | 24 | December 5, 2012 | English and German |
Video On Demand[edit]
The series was released on Amazon Instant Video in 2013 and is free for Amazon Prime members. [34]
In January 2009, IGN named Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers as the 60th best in the Top 100 Animated TV Shows.[35] Hal Erickson, author of Television Cartoon Shows, An Illustrated Encyclopedia compared the show to DuckTales, stating that it was "consummately produced and written" and it's animation "succeeded in putting most other overseas output to shame."[36]
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Further reading[edit]
- Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows 1 (2nd ed.). McFardland and Company. ISBN 07864-2255-6.
External links[edit]
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers at the Internet Movie Database
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers at TV.com
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June 10, 2011
© Taylor Newman
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But I got over it. Wanna know how? By channeling my own fawning instincts into crafting a perfect gift for Cleo's incoming bundle, of course! She and I had discussed, in practical terms, what kind of things were on her registry, and what would be most useful to her in the coming months; she gladly accepted my offer of our now-dormant Beco carrier (which we used a LOT in Brooklyn. Baby-wearing is a must in NYC, if you ask me; no way in hell I was hauling a stoller up subway platform stairs). I ordered some of our favorite, lesser-known children's books, as well, since you can never have too many books. Still, I wanted to send something personal. Well, what I really wanted was to take Cleo out for tea and cake and real-time talk on all things city-mama— but the next best option was spending some time down here in Tejas preparing to warmly welcome this baby into our community circle, with its expanded diameter and all.
Here's what I put inside.
I busted out some dye tubs and personally colorized two organic bamboo crib sheets, two infant tees, and one teeny-tiny ribbed tank. I also passed along a few of Kaspar's new-baby items that he's long since grown out of but I fancied enough to keep for a suitable pass-along moment: some colorful booties, a green tomato (or something) hat complete with a stem, a bamboo baby spoon. An infant massage DVD and a compilation album of appropriately mellow (and refreshingly non-annoying) lullabies, plus some bubble bath for the mama, topped the collection off nicely. Finally, several sheets of tissue paper, some twine and one shoebox later, and this gift is ready to go. (I think).
I feel better, too... connected to my friend, who I miss. It'll do for now, anyway, but I'll be looping back with Jet Blue soon enough; I really can't wait to meet this baby. Congratulations, Cleo—you're going to be a phenomenal mom!
What do you consider essential (whether practical or otherwise) to a new-baby present? Did I leave something out, some great final touch? I'm mailing this thing early next week, so there's still time! I'm placing private bets on some other bumps-to-come, too, so I'd love your input in a collective baby-gifting brainstorm.

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Standard Name | MDL1 |
Systematic Name | YLR188W |
Feature Type | ORF, Verified |
Description | Mitochondrial inner membrane half-type ABC transporter; mediates export of peptides generated upon proteolysis of mitochondrial proteins; plays a role in the regulation of cellular resistance to oxidative stress (1, 2, 3, 4 and see Summary Paragraph) |
Name Description | MultiDrug resistance-Like 1 |
Chromosomal Location | |
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Molecular Function | |
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Biological Process | |
Manually curated | |
Cellular Component | |
Manually curated | |
High-throughput |
Regulators | 48 genes |
Resources |
Classical genetics | |
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overexpression | |
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102 total interaction(s) for 77 unique genes/features. | |
Physical Interactions |
Genetic Interactions |
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Length (a.a.) | 695 |
Molecular Weight (Da) | 75,949 |
Isoelectric Point (pI) | 10.61 |
Localization |
Phosphorylation | PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database |
Structure | |
Homologs |
Last Update | Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 1996-07-31 | ||||||||||||
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S288C vs. other species | |
S288C vs. other strains |
External Links | All Associated Seq | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | Search all NCBI (Entrez) | TCDB | UniProtKB |
Primary SGDID | S000004178 |
MDL1 and MDL2 encode members of the ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) transporter family that reside in the mitochondrial inner membrane (1, 2). They are classified as "half-molecule" family members because they are comprised of one transmembrane domain and one nucleotide-binding domain, in contrast to "full-size" family members in which this arrangement is repeated in tandem. Mdl1p and Mdl2p are similar to each other and to other ABC family members, in particular to human TAP1 and TAP2, which form a heterodimer that transports peptides from the cytoplasm into the endoplasmic reticulum (1). Defects in TAP1 and TAP2 are linked to bare lymphocyte syndrome (OMIM) and Wegener-like granulomatosis (OMIM).
Processing of Mdl1p during import into the mitochondrial inner membrane removes a 59-amino acid presequence (5). In the inner membrane, Mdl1p exists as a homodimer with the nucleotide-binding domains exposed to the mitochondrial matrix (2, 5). An mdl1 null mutation does not confer any obvious growth phenotypes and in particular does not affect respiratory growth; however, it does decrease the export of peptides 6-20 amino acids in length from mitochondria (2). Mutations in conserved regions of the ABC family (the Walker A or B motifs, or the C-loop motif) also block the export of such oligopeptides (2). These peptides are generated by the m-AAA protease (Afg3p and Yta12p) as it degrades unassembled or misfolded proteins in the mitochondrial matrix as part of the mitochondrial protein quality control system. The role of Mdl1p is thought to be the transport of these peptides across the inner membrane into the intermembrane space, from which they diffuse passively across the outer membrane through the TOM complex or via outer membrane channel proteins such as Por1p and Por2p (2). Purified Mdl1p reconstituted into liposomes does not transport random 8- or 23-amino acid peptides, suggesting that it may have a limited substrate specificity (6).
Null mutation or overexpression of MDL1 affects sensitivity to oxidative stress, and additionally the null mutant exhibits a genetic interaction with a null mutation in ATM1 encoding another mitochondrial ABC transporter that exports iron-sulfur clusters to the cytosol (3). These phenotypes could indicate a role for Mdl1p in oxidative stress resistance via export of peptides generated from the turnover of damaged proteins, or could indicate a functional interaction between Mdl1p and Atm1p (3).
1) | Dean M, et al. (1994) Mapping and sequencing of two yeast genes belonging to the ATP-binding cassette superfamily. Yeast 10(3):377-83 |
2) | Young L, et al. (2001) Role of the ABC transporter Mdl1 in peptide export from mitochondria. Science 291(5511):2135-8 |
3) | Chloupkova M, et al. (2003) MDL1 is a high copy suppressor of ATM1: evidence for a role in resistance to oxidative stress. J Mol Biol 331(1):155-65 |
4) | Galluhn D and Langer T (2004) Reversible assembly of the ATP-binding cassette transporter Mdl1 with the F1F0-ATP synthase in mitochondria. J Biol Chem 279(37):38338-45 |
5) | Gompf S, et al. (2007) Switching of the homooligomeric ATP-binding cassette transport complex MDL1 from post-translational mitochondrial import to endoplasmic reticulum insertion. FEBS J 274(20):5298-310 |
6) | Hofacker M, et al. (2007) Structural and Functional Fingerprint of the Mitochondrial ATP-binding Cassette Transporter Mdl1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 282(6):3951-61 |


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Cursive script 'l' and capital 'L'
L (named el[1] /ˈɛl/)[2] is the twelfth letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
Egyptian hieroglyph | Phoenician lamedh |
Etruscan L | Greek Lambda |
Lamedh may have come from a pictogram of an ox goad or cattle prod. Some have suggested a shepherd's staff.
Use in English[edit]
In English orthography, 'l' usually represents the phoneme /l/, which can have several sound values, depending on whether it occurs before or after a vowel. The alveolar lateral approximant (the sound represented in IPA by lowercase [l]) occurs before a vowel, as in 'lip' or 'please', while the velarized alveolar lateral approximant (IPA [ɫ]) occurs in 'bell' and 'milk'. This velarization does not occur in many European languages that use L; it is also a factor making the pronunciation of L difficult for users of languages that lack L or have different values for it, such as Japanese or some southern dialects of Chinese.
In English orthography, L is often silent in such words as 'walk' or 'could' (its presence can modify the preceding vowel letter's sound; otherwise 'walk' might be pronounced to rhyme with 'sock').[citation needed] L is usually silent in such words as 'palm' and 'psalm', however there is some regional variation.
Use in other orthographies[edit]
L usually represents the sound /l/ or some other lateral consonant.
Common digraphs include LL, which has a value identical to L in English, but has the separate value voiceless alveolar lateral fricative (IPA /ɬ/) in Welsh, where it can appear in an initial position.
A palatal lateral approximant or palatal 'L' (IPA /ʎ/) occurs in many languages, and is represented by 'GL' in Italian, 'LL' in Spanish and Catalan, 'LH' in Portuguese, and 'Ļ' in Latvian.
In phonetic and phonemic transcription, the International Phonetic Alphabet uses [l] to represent the lateral alveolar approximant.
Other uses[edit]
The capital letter 'L' is used as the currency sign for the Albanian lek and the Honduran lempira. It was often used, especially in handwriting, as the currency sign for the Italian lira. It is also infrequently used as a substitute for the pound sign (£), which is based on it.
In Roman numerals it represents 50.
Forms and variants[edit]
In some fonts, the lowercase letter L, 'l' may be difficult to distinguish from the digit one, '1' or an uppercase letter I, 'I'. In recent times, many new fonts have curved the lowercase form to the right, and it is increasingly common, especially on European road signs and advertisements. A more stylized version based on the handwritten letterlike 'ℓ' is sometimes used in mathematics and elsewhere. Its LaTeX command is \ell, its codepoint is U+2113, and its numeric character reference is "ℓ".
Related letters and other similar characters[edit]
- Ł ł : Latin letter L with stroke
- LL Ll ll : Latin digraph Ll
- ℒ ℓ : Script letter L
- £ : pound sign
- ₤ : lira sign
- Λ λ : Greek letter Lambda
- Л л : Cyrillic letter El
- ל : Hebrew letter Lamedh
Computing codes[edit]
Character | L | l | ||
Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L | LATIN SMALL LETTER L | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 76 | U+004C | 108 | U+006C |
Numeric character reference | L | L | l | l |
EBCDIC family | 211 | D3 | 147 | 93 |
- 1 Also for encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 and Macintosh families of encodings.
Other representations[edit]
External links[edit]
- Media related to L at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of L at Wiktionary
- The dictionary definition of l at Wiktionary
- The dictionary definition of ℓ at Wiktionary
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Letter L with diacritics
Ĺĺ | Ľľ | Ļļ | Ḷḷ | Ḹḹ | Ḽḽ | Ḻḻ | Łł | Ŀŀ | Ƚƚ | Ⱡⱡ | Ɫɫ | ɬ | ᶅ | ɭ | ȴ | |||||||||||


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Awards and Grants
Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision call for nominations
The deadline for nominations for the Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision is Friday, April 29 at 4:30 pm.
The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) provides this award to recognize those outstanding supervisors who demonstrate excellence in advising, monitoring and mentoring graduate students through their training. Excellence is judged on the quality of supervision and mentorship in facilitating the acquisition of skills and resources needed for the student to succeed as scholars and professionals.
Complete details and a nomination form can be found on the SGS website.
The Brockington Visitorship
The Senate Committee on Creative Arts and Public Lectures invites nominations for the Brockington Visitorship. The terms of reference are "to invite a person of international distinction to come to Queen's University to deliver a public lecture and to meet formally and informally with faculty and students." ONLINE Proposals will be accepted for up to $7,000. Details can be found online. Deadline: March 31.
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The Senate Committee on Creative Arts and Public Lectures invites nominations for the Chancellor Dunning Trust Lecture. The terms of reference are "to identify and invite a person of distinction to be the Chancellor Dunning Trust Lecturer. The Chancellor Dunning Lecturer will be expected to deliver a public lecture that promotes the understanding and appreciation of the supreme importance of the dignity, freedom and responsibility of the individual person in human society." ONLINE Proposals will be accepted for up to $16,000. Details can be found online. Deadline: March 31.
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This fund provides grants to support public performances and exhibitions for the benefit of the Queen's and broader Kingston communities. ONLINE Applications are welcome from Queen's community members. Course-related activities and projects that focus on research, composition, creation or production do not qualify for support. Details can be found online. Deadline: March 31.
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Nominations are open for the Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, given each year by the Queen's University Alumni Association. The $5,000 award recognizes Queen's professors who "show outstanding knowledge, teaching ability, and accessibility to students." Students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to submit nominations. Deadline is February 25. More information is available online.
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Bev Baines' term as head of the Department of Gender Studies is scheduled to end on December 31, 2011. Principal Daniel Woolf has appointed a selection committee to advise him on the appointment of the next head. The selection committee has the following membership:
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Annette Burfoot, associate professor
Margaret Little, professor
Margo Rivera, adjunct assistant professor
Jill Scott, associate professor
Susan Wilcox, associate professor
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Auden Neuman, graduate student
Thea Schmalenberger, undergraduate student
Terrie Easter Sheen, administrative assistant
Barrington Walker, cognate faculty, associate professor, Department of History
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Alistair MacLean, dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
David Rappaport, associate dean, School of Graduate Studies
Jim Lee Associate, dean (Research), Faculty of Arts and Science
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Pursuant to Articles 41.3 and 41.3.5 of the Collective Agreement between Queen's University Faculty Association and Queen's University at Kingston, comments on the present state and future prospects of the Department of Gender Studies can be submitted by March 10, 2011. You are also asked to submit names of possible candidates for the headship.
Please send all comments to the attention of Ms Reid. All letters will be reviewed by the selection committee and will become part of the record of decision-making. At the request of either the department members or the selection committee, a meeting can be arranged between the department and the committee to ascertain department members' views on the qualities required in a head. Once a short list has been established, it will be distributed to members of the department for further input on the merits of the respective candidate(s).
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At a GlanceTo build a strong continuing care network, leaders at Spectrum Health:
Less than a decade ago, the continuing care business for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health was fractured and weak. Most of its assets were in the red, bleeding $300,000 to $600,000 a month on net revenues of $74 million. After seven years, losses totaled about $31.2 million.
Yet it wasn't all bad news for the system. Unlike its competitors in western Michigan, Spectrum Health already owned many of the assets required for an effective continuing care network. Specifically, Spectrum Health operated a long-term care hospital, five skilled nursing facilities, a home health agency, and a hospice program. Such a network, executives believed, would be critical for a future payment system defined by risk-based contracting and partnerships with post-acute providers.
But before executives could consider creating a continuing care network, they needed to reverse the financial decline in the organization's post-acute care portfolio. In 14 months, they were able to get these assets back in the black, thanks to a combination of new leaders, new programs, and greater alignment throughout the system.
In February 2006, a new president of Spectrum Health Continuing Care (SHCC) was hired to turn around the system's post-acute care portfolio. One of his first tasks was to conduct a thorough assessment of top leaders in the post-acute care businesses.
Through the assessment, SHCC's president found that most of the existing leaders lacked experience in the post-acute care arena, particularly in long-term care and home health. As a result, he replaced several unit leaders with seasoned industry veterans, including two key hires from the for-profit side. He believed their experience in responding quickly to market changes would be critical to Spectrum Health as its market shifted from fee-for-service to risk-based payments.
Employment changes also were made in operational leadership—even down to the bedside level—to ensure that staff members had the knowledge and skills to manage the post-acute care businesses appropriately.
Spectrum Health executives also realized they needed to unite the organization's fractured post-acute care assets under the same corporate umbrella. Some of these businesses did not include Spectrum Health in the company name or even in the collateral material.
For example, none of the ads or brochures for Spectrum Health's home health subsidiary, the Visiting Nurse Association of Western Michigan, let patients and families know that a $4 billion health system was behind it. Ultimately, leaders renamed the business the Spectrum Health Visiting Nurse Association and made similar changes to other assets to improve the visibility of the parent brand. Yet to truly unite the assets, Spectrum Health executives realized they needed to bring the businesses in greater alignment with the system.
One obstacle that hindered alignment was a lack of understanding. Seven years previously, not all system executives realized that each post-acute care asset was like a boutique business, subject to its own regulatory and compliance requirements, quality standards, and metrics of success.
To increase understanding throughout the system, SHCC leaders trained their colleagues on "post-acute care 101." They discussed the competitive landscape, particularly the presence of national, for-profit providers, as well as the unique regulatory environments that differed greatly from the acute care space.
Raising awareness of the system's extensive post-acute care resources was another goal. For instance, many administrators were unaware that Spectrum had its own hospice program, part of the Visiting Nurse Association. (In 2007, hospital leaders spun off the hospice unit into a separate subsidiary corporation with new leadership. Since then, Spectrum Health Hospice and Palliative Care has grown considerably—from an average census of 20 to about 250 today.)
In addition to gaining greater buy-in from administrators, leaders at SHCC have spent several years working to engage physicians, including members of the system's 700-provider medical group. The addition of physician leaders to key continuing care initiatives has helped get physicians more involved. One such initiative has focused on expanding post-acute care services for neurological and neurosurgery patients to meet high patient demand. New leadership positions for physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists were created so that these individuals could provide the necessary oversight. Today, the program, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, handles about 200 neurological patients each day, on average.
Another strategy to promote engagement has involved sharing the continuing care group's quality and safety metrics with physicians. Each month, SHCC issues a dashboard that monitors its post-acute care assets using several criteria related to clinical indicators, infection control, patient safety, patient satisfaction, and environmental safety. (See a sample dashboard that SHCC uses to monitor quality and safety in its post-acute care assets, along with definitions for key metrics.)
Today, leaders at SHCC believe they have one of the most complete continuing care networks in the country. And although they were fortunate to own many parts of the puzzle, they were missing a few crucial pieces.
One gap was home medical equipment. Although Spectrum Health executives were keen to enter this market, they didn't want to secure the $3 million to $5 million in startup revenue they needed to build a new business. After conducting 18 months of due diligence, they chose to pursue a 51 percent/49 percent joint venture with another company, Home Care of America. The company provided the startup capital and procured the inventory. Previously, leaders also had established a home infusion business from the ground up, which is now part of the joint venture. In early 2012, an orthotics and prosthetics service line was added to the venture. Today, the company manages Spectrum Health Home Medical Equipment, Spectrum Health Orthotics and Prosthetics Services, and Spectrum Health Infusion Pharmacy Services through a management service agreement.
Since leaders at Spectrum Health set out to build a post-acute care network, the health system's finance team has been responsible for assessing the system's own assets as well as those of potential partners. One challenge was securing adequate quality and outcomes data. Because the post-acute care providers' data collection efforts were far less rigorous than those of hospitals, the finance team had to recreate a lot of the data themselves—mostly by skimming their own data warehouse for rehospitalization rates from nursing homes and other providers. By reviewing these discharge and admissions data and referral data within the system, the finance team could determine which post-acute care facilities and services were preferred by physicians and which seemed to take the best care of patients.
Between owned and managed assets across the system, Spectrum's post-acute care portfolio is now consistently profitable, with annual revenues of about $170 million to $180 million. Still, finance executives at SHCC must continue to "sell" the benefits of investing system capital in these assets. Over the past few years, the system has spent almost $500 million on new acute care facilities. Soon, it will be time for continuing care to receive a boost of system capital.
In the next 12 months, Spectrum Health's post-acute team hopes to gain approval on a capital project to replace a 165-bed skilled nursing facility (SNF) with a new nursing home. Within three to five years, the post-acute care team also hopes to gain approval to replace an aging, 278-bed SNF with several new, smaller nursing homes. The nursing homes each would have 60 to 80 beds and would be located throughout the health system's service area. In addition, Spectrum Health is developing plans to add a new, 42-bed sub-acute care unit in vacant space at one of its acute care hospitals, allowing patients to remain in the facility as they transition through the various levels of care. The hospital is already home to a new 30-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility, which was added 18 months ago. Over the next five or six years, the system will likely spend as much capital on continuing care as it did in the previous 15 years combined.
In addition to making critical capital investments, Spectrum Health Continuing Care is trying to more closely align with the system's nationally recognized health plan, Priority Health. The plan, which has 600,000 members, still maintains an open panel of post-acute providers. However, leaders in the continuing care group are working with health plan executives to develop a common list of preferred post-acute care providers using standardized outcomes, such as readmissions rates. By developing a preferred provider list, executives hope to more tightly control quality and costs.
Executives also are piloting new ways to improve case management across the continuum. Priority Health and Spectrum Health Visiting Nurse Association have developed a daily home telemonitoring program for patients with heart failure who have had at least one unplanned hospitalization in the past 12 months. The program, which currently enrolls several hundred patients, has cut inpatient days by 44.8 percent and emergency department visits by 26 percent, resulting in more than $1.4 million in total cost savings to the system.
Similarly, Priority Health, Spectrum Health Visiting Nurse Association, and Spectrum Health's medical group have developed a program that utilizes primary care physicians to make house calls to chronically ill members. So far, 50 patients are enrolled in the program, which is designed to keep patients out of the hospital.
Unlike many parts of the country, western Michigan has been relatively untouched by risk-based contracting. But Spectrum leaders recognize that they cannot rely on fee-for-service payment arrangements for much longer. SHCC likely will pilot some risk-based contracts with Priority Health in the months to come. These contracts will probably focus on long-term care and sub-acute care. The system already has had some success targeting specific high-risk populations, such as heart surgery patients. By having hospitalists manage these patients before they move to a skilled nursing setting, Spectrum Health has been able to shave about six days off the average length of stay in a SNF.
With a strong portfolio, greater alignment, and new programs and services, Spectrum Health is well positioned to meet the challenges ahead. But until risk-based contracting becomes a reality, the full benefits of creating a viable continuing care network remain to be seen. Until then, there is plenty of work to do.
Jeffery S. Lemon, FACHE, is the former president, Spectrum Health Continuing Care, and is currently vice president of business and program development, Spectrum Health (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Larry Oberst, CPA, is vice president of finance, Spectrum Health Continuing Care, and a member of HFMA's Western Michigan Chapter (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Kathleen M. Griffin, PhD, is national director of post-acute and senior services, Health Dimensions Group, Scottsdale, Ariz. (email@example.com).
About Spectrum Health
Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in Western Michigan that offers a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group. The group comprises nine hospitals, including Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, a state-of-the-art children's hospital that opened in January 2011, and 140 service sites; two physician groups—Spectrum Health Medical Group and West Michigan Health—with more than 700 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with 600,000 members.
Spectrum Health Continuing Care is the post-acute care subsidiary of Spectrum Health. Its assets include the only not-for-profit long-term acute care hospital in Grand Rapids, as well as the Spectrum Health Visiting Nurse Association, five rehabilitation and nursing centers, and hospice and palliative care, neuro-rehabilitation, home infusion, home medical equipment, and orthotics and prosthetics services.
Qualities of Viable Post-Acute Care Providers
When building Spectrum's continuing care network, leaders needed to evaluate their owned assets—as well as those of potential partners—according to a set of cost and quality metrics. These metrics included:
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A MAN has been jailed for 19 weeks after he defied two court orders and threatened his ex-girlfriend while she was working at a city centre hairdresser's.
Steve Ovenden, prosecuting, said the woman started to shake and felt sick when her ex-partner Richard Stewart Hurst banged on the window of the salon in Coppergate Walk and stood in its open doorway.
Hurst's violence towards her ended their relationship last July.
In August, to protect her, York magistrates had banned him from going into the salon or contacting her in any way under a 12-month restraining order.
"I didn't know what he was going to do," the woman later told police.
"I could hear him saying 'you are a slag' and 'I would love to know who your new boyfriend is".
Mr Ovenden said the hairdresser heard the word "kill" and wasn't sure who Hurst wanted to kill.
Describing the effect of the incident on her, she said: "I am constantly worried about what he may do. I don't come into York drinking because I fear I might bump into him. He won't leave me alone," she told police.
Hurst's outburst came two days after York magistrates imposed a 17-week prison sentence on him for theft and making off without payment and suspended it for 12 months on condition he stayed out of trouble, said Mr Ovenden.
Hurst, 29, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to breaching the restraining order. Magistrates extended the order indefinitely and ordered him to serve the suspended sentence, plus two weeks for the salon incident.
His solicitor Andrew Craven said he denied using the word "kill" and claimed the hairdresser was shouting back at Hurst.
Hurst had been out for a drink with his new partner and when they went past the salon and saw the hairdresser through the window the "temptation just proved too much," said the solicitor.
"He just made a fool of himself. He didn't make any threats of violence. "


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