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PHANTOMMusic and lyrics by Maury Yeston
Book by Arthur Kopit
Based on The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
MainStage Irving-Las Colinas
Director – Michael Serrecchia
Music Director – Adam C. Wright
Choreographer – Megan Kelly Bates
Scenic Design – Joseph Cummings
Lighting Design – Sam Nance
Costume Design – Michael Robinson, Dallas Costume Shoppe
Properties – JoAnne Hull
Projection Design and Animation – Nate Davis
Sound Design – Robin Stephens
Stage Manager – Jill Stephens
Patrick Jones – The Phantom/Erik
Kristen Lassiter – Christine Daeé
Kourtney Kimbrough – Carolotta
John Wenzel – The Count de Chandon/Philippe
James Williams – Gerard Carriere
Tony Adams – Inspector LeDoux
Martin Guerra – Jean-Claude/Stage Manager
Preston Isham – Minister of Culture
Ika Chigogidze – Belladova
Matt Rafanelli – Young Erik
Dan Servetnick – Cholet
Wes Cantrell – Young Carriere
Male Ensemble – Magdiel Carmona, Bolt Harvey, Bronze Chance Hill, Alexandru Istrate
Female Ensemble – Sarah Comley Caldwell, Vicki Dean, Caroline Dubberly, Jacie Hood, Rachel Leigh Marek
Opera Ballet Corp – Michael Albee, Wes Cantrell, Claire DeJean, Preston Isham, Jennifer Obeney, Heather Shore.
Ellen Kaner and Jennifer Hunter – Flute/piccolo
Christy Springer – Clarinet
Nathaniel T. Collins – Percussion
Adam C. Wright – Piano
Reviewed Performance: 7/25/2014
Reviewed by Charlie Bowles, Associate Critic for John Garcia's THE COLUMN
But there was another musical score about Leroux's Phantom that was being written around the same time Webber and Hart wrote theirs, this one by Maury Yeston, with book by Arthur Kopit. When Webber's musical came to Broadway in 1986, Yeston stopped writing, but took it up again in 1991 with Kopit after they collaborated on the Tony Award -winning musical, Nine. Yeston and Kopit's Phantom opened in Houston in 1991 and this is the version playing in the Dupree Theater at MainStage Irving-Los Colinas.
Whereas Webber's musical focuses on Christine's story, Yeston and Kopit tell Erik's (The Phantom) story; where he came from, why the mask, and why he grew up in the catacombs below the Paris Opera House. This helps put the Phantom's relationships with everyone in perspective and follows Gaston Leroux's novel more closely.
Director Michael Serrecchia pulled together an outstanding cast and production crew, including Adam C. Wright as Musical Director and Megan Kelly Bates as Choreographer. Serrecchia commands respect just based on his background, but he's also one of several directors in DFW who regularly create watchable and enjoyable productions, often award winning. Phantom certainly fits that pattern.
Technically, Phantom was fairly simple. Stage sets were basic and movable and the artistic setting was mostly created by projections. Joseph Cummings gets credit for scenic design and made it so understated on the deep Dupree Theater stage that the few pieces were easily moved on and off by the ensemble as part of the continuing action. The most complex stage piece consisted of two linked stairways allowing actors to ascend and descend to every height and depth of the Opera House. Lighting for various stage areas were straight forward most of the time, except for some special lighting effects. But where Sam Nance, Lighting Designer, really let his lights shine was in making the lighting interact smoothly with the scrims and screens on which scenery was projected, such as a frequent interplay of a front scrim through which one sees actors playing, while moving images were also projected into the scene.
The projections were designed by Nate Davis in what was one of the most innovative slide shows I've seen on a local stage. Scenes of the exterior and interior of the Opera House, the Phantom's cave, the tunnels and waterways in the catacombs, multiple moving images on the same surface, projections that enveloped the stage to make it look larger - all of these tricks set the atmosphere for each scene and allowed us to instinctively identify with a location. Images started small and grew to fill the space, making the stage area pulsate with the action and the music. All of this was coordinated with Nance's lighting in a kind of dance. As a techie at heart, the whole process fascinated me.
Sound design for a stage show is often complex, made more so by live musicians and many actors using microphones onstage. Robin Stephens and his crew did a fantastic job of controlling this technical challenge. The sound balance between live music and actors singing was always right and the balance between singing and talking was perfect, as was the balance between soloists and ensemble singers. Of course, as in any good phantom story, there were sound effects and these coordinated well with stage action and lighting effects.
JoAnne Hull and her team provided a large number of simple props for the actors that blended seamlessly into the story without stealing focus from the acting. Michael Robinson of Dallas Costume Shoppe outdid himself with a large number of costumes reflecting Paris of the 1870's. They filled the stage with a cornucopia of colors, styles and textures. Each actor wore multiple costumes, including some spectacularly quick changes. The large ensemble played different characters in different costumes, but I saw no scrimping and saving there. Each fit the period credibly and lavishly. Christine, for instance, radiated in simple, floor-length dresses in lighter shades which contrasted with Erik's long black cape, black pants and red accents. His mask covered most of his face but cleverly allowed him space to sing without obstruction. And diva Carlotta dressed in elegant gowns, often outlandish in coloring and accessories.
Five musicians made up the orchestra. Musical Director Adam C. Wright conducted while also playing piano. Flute and piccolo were played by Ellen Kaner and Jennifer Hunter with clarinet played by Christy Springer. Nathaniel T. Collins created the many percussive sounds in the score. Playing from the orchestra pit, the group was not seen, but created music for twenty complex orchestrations and they deserved great credit for sounding larger than merely five. The score is different from what we've come to know in Webber's Phantom, and Wright directed this cast to sing these new complex songs with operatic precision. Most of the cast are likely not trained in opera, though all were outstanding, musical theater singers. Opera singers blended extraordinarily well with the rest and the overall effect was credibly operatic in style.
Of course, the Paris Opera House was about dance as well, and Megan Kelly Bates created lavish and ornate choreography and stage movement for players who often played several parts and danced several styles, including some wonderful ballet sequences. A shining example was a dance performed by Ika Chigogidze, who played Belladova, Erik's mother, during "The Story of Erik." This long story involved the youthful Erik, Gerrard Carriere and Belladova in the catacombs and Chigogidze performed an interpretive dance through several sequences that contrasted a sad story with evoking beauty. The sequence ended with a candle light chant and dance number by the ensemble that was mesmerizing.
Phantom is the story of Erik and so we should start with him. Erik was played by Patrick Jones. A recent voice Masters graduate of UNT, his operatic training gave him both a powerful stage presence and magnificent voice for the songs, ten of which were either solos by him or duets with him. He was precise with his musicality and embodied each song like it was a comfortable suit. His wide vocal range from baritone to tenor gave him no trouble in the highs and lows of his songs, even when he sang quietly and tenderly. As an actor, he embraced the pathos of the phantom, from his inner rage against his deformity, especially as it played out with Christine, to the deep love he felt for her and for Carriere. "My Mother Bore Me" is Erik's lament, a song he sings after he reveals his face to Christine, and probably the signature song for this Phantom. Like Javert singing "Stars" in Les Miserables, Jones powerfully expressed his deep anguish – emotionally and operatically perfect. This could be the song you remember when you leave the performance.
Erik's love, of course, is the young ingénue, Christine Daeé. She is the main subject of the Webber Phantom, but she's a love interest in Yeston's version, albeit the critical catalyst forcing Erik to self-discovery. Kristen Lassiter played Christine with the innocence of a girl from the French countryside. Lassiter is a trained opera singer in the cast, but she also has a wide experience in local theater acting roles. Her soprano voice was pure of tone and precise in her phrasings, every word understandable as well as touching. She had a powerful vocal range that could hit the highest soprano notes without strain. She sang either lead or duet in many songs and, especially in those with Jones' Erik, her voice was sweet and blended smoothly with him like they'd sang together for years. Lassiter also showed a wide range in her acting, playing Christine as innocent and naïve, as when she was first invited to "audition" for the opera, and tender and loving when she learned Erik's story. But she also displayed a strength and confidence when she dueled with Carlotta during "The Bistro."
Carlotta was played by Kourtney Kimbrough. As the new Diva of the Opera House, she both enrages the Phantom and thwarts Christine's efforts. Kimbrough is not an operatic singer but had a powerful voice with a broad, ballsy alto range that could shake the rafters. She commanded the stage with a presence that made you sit up in your chair and then she stole your heart. Kimbrough was delightfully evil - when she poisons Christine, we knew exactly what she was doing and loved watching her do it. She embraced Carlotta fully, allowing her to be the laughing stock of the opera company and comic relief for an appreciative audience. Sounds crazy, but I kept seeing Thenardier, not Madame Thenardier, but him. She had that much fun! When she belted "This Place is Mine," we understood her. "A Diva's work is never done."
There were other good singers and songs in Phantom. Philippe, the Count de Chandon, is the alternate suitor for Christine. Played by John Wenzel, he sang a wonderful duet with Christine. Gerard Carriere, played by James Williams, was the displaced manager of the Opera House and many things were revealed about him as he confronts Erik and tells the catacombs story to Christine. Williams has a duet with Patrick Jones in "You Were My Own" which was a touching moment of people finding each other after years of absence. The supporting cast was so good, both acting and singing, I could write another review on them alone.
And the ensemble of fifteen actors who played the minor roles danced, sang, and acted their hearts out to support the story. Together they gave this musical the magnificent sense of a full out, Broadway production.
MainStage Irving-Los Colinas' Phantom is tremendous entertainment. It'll tell you more about the story you might have guessed, but never got to know from the Webber version. And it will introduce you to a whole new score of Phantom songs. Under bold direction, the outstanding cast of actors, singers, and dancers may have you standing at the end shouting, "Bravo! and Brava!" It's opera, you know. I heartily recommend this show.
MainStage Irving-Los Colinas
Dupree Theater, Irving Arts Center
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, TX 75062
Plays through August 9th
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm, and Sunday at 2:30 pm. An additional performance is Thursday, August 7th at 8:00 pm.
Ticket prices on Friday, Saturday and Sunday are $24.00 and $22.00 for seniors/students. Thursday prices are $21.00 and $19.00 for seniors and students.
For information and to purchase tickets, go to at www.irvingtheatre.org or call the box office at 972-252-2782.


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Re: Hatchback vs Compact SUV
- Leave TUV out of the equation
- Betwen Figo and the Brezza: Figo for better interiors and the 1.5 Diesel. Gets a good low end as well.
- Between Figo and Ecosport : I dont have an answer, as its a subjective assessment between one and another.
- Between Figo and an I20, I would go with I20 for better interiors.
- As regards to Compact X-Overs, compared to Brezza I would prefer the S-Cross for better quality of build. (Yes looks are subjective).
- You may want to check your boot space requirements and throw that in to your decision making process.
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If you decide on a CSUV, you might want to look at the Ecosport. I feel it is superior than the Brezza in terms of the build quality (and equal on all other fronts).
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Will not suggest these half boiled SUVs. SUVs like TUV are prone to roll over. A short wheel base, high seating position is a sure shot way of increasing body roll many folds.
Full blown SUVs have a much larger wheel base and can compensate the height.
The built quality and the proven safety record of the figo cannot be overlooked. The pricing is also great.
If a proper SUV is needed will suggest Ecosport or Duster.
Automatics are a personal choice. Never felt the manual gear box as a distraction. From my experience I can drive the way I want with a manual. For me manual gives me a bit more control in heavy traffic. Most automatics without hill hold roll back a few inches and can be a bit frustrating. Of course, many believe automatics are the future. So it depends on the driver.
From the given choices figo is the better built, cheaper car.
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You may look at the Jazz, which offers great space (comparable to compact SUVs.) The Baleno and i20 are also great cars.
If you don't really require too much of space, the Figo is a great buy.
The TUV is an old-school body-on-frame SUV, weighing about 1.5 tons. It's diesel engine is short on power.
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I would buy the EcoSport Top Spec Petrol 1 litre EcoBoost Titanium if I were choosing between the three vehicles you've zoomed in on.
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These days every car maker wants a pie in the "extremely HOT" mini SUV segment. Its like if you're not there you are not a force to reckon with.
Some car maker or the other is launching a new mini SUV every fortnight, claiming it to be "first class first among the crowd" and the right one for prospective buyers. We would earlier see Padminis and Ambassadors with "L" plates (Learning licence) in the olden days. The Maruti 800 reigned in the "L" segment for decades (entry level) and upgrades would be to the 1000, Zen, Esteem, Wagon R , Swift, DZire and so on. The Santro also was popular with "L" plates. The Accent from Hyundai was rarely seen with "L" plates. Lately, we find many of the above (only those surviving) models as entry level cars for buyers with "L" plates.
But from now on, we will commonly see the mini SUV's as entry level cars. That's because the buyers are getting enticed towards the lure of owning a SUV that is as easy to maintain as a B or C segment car.
Rightly as GTO has said, a car (only specific ones vis a vis mini SUV's) is any day more comfortable for the driver as well as passengers for commuting. And the choice must zero upon the right variant for e.g. Ford Ecosport over the other Fords. The Hyundai Creta is much overpriced, but has a huge booking list. Even parked aside the Maruti Vitara Breeza, the Ford Ecosport (please refer to the teambhp test drive of the Maruti Vitara Breeza) does not look dated, apart from it being fine in the workmanship and packaging departments. Buyers are just regaining their composure after the price shock and price wars/ price cuts by Maruti and Ford in this mini SUV segment. And the Mahindra three cylinders ( TUV /KUV) are a pain to manoeuvre in the fast moving traffic on express-ways and highways above 100 kmph, as these run out of breath. Mahindra and Tata inch towards perfection only two or three years after the model launch, to rectify defects and indulge in corrections, based on feedbacks.
The greatest entertainment for onlookers were the companies that did not have a mini-SUV when others were all launching newer ones and getting a slice of the market pie. The birth of the Fiat Avventura and the i 20 Active (were the earlier ones inactive?) were owed to the sudden sighting of this niche mini SUV segment by the car makers and buyers. The car makers unveiled every strategy to mark their attendance in this niche. Tata is among the ones who have not yet ventured here.
The main reason for the mushrooming of the mini-SUV segment is the mini muscles and the road presence the products offer. In our country's "might is right" traffic any large and aggressive looking vehicle is given the right of way by most traffic users. And the perception that these can off-road and have high ground clearance are partially true in select cases but mostly myths that can be disproved with factual data.
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I would like to say this is not purely a phenomenon in India. There is a clear rise of this CUV's across the world in terms of consumer preference. Indeed there is even another thread on this forum about this phenomenon.
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This might sound a bit weird but why don't you consider entry level petrol hatchback like Eon or Datsun Go and use the saved money for the extra liters of petrol consumed. Petrol engines are far smoother, punchier, give better response, cheaper to maintain. They are also a bliss in rush hour traffic with light clutch, immediate response and so you can block an auto who cuts into your lane and there is no lag so overtaking will not require lot of planning and no need to change gears more often. And Eon is really compact with small footprint is city-friendly.
Actually I recommend petrol because diesel requires more maintenance in terms of oil and other things. I mean a synthetic oil in a petrol engine runs for longer before it degrades than in a turbo-diesel of today. So, less price of maintenance. And the clutch of a petrol is cheaper and there is no need of replacing the gear linkage cables unlike in a diesel where even the gear rubber bushes wear out sooner. Add all of that and you end up spending all the money you saved from lesser diesel bills.
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I am just wondering whether it is not worth continuing to run your Esteem for another couple of years. Even assuming increased maintenance costs, you would save around 5L or so over buying a new vehicle. In another couple of years, when you have saved more money, then go ahead and get another vehicle, especially when the Esteem is nearing the end of it's life.
If you are insistent on getting a new vehicle, perhaps look at the Baleno too. I test drove the vehicle and loved the seating space. I would suggest that you don't gain a great deal from the pseudo-SUV's unless you need the additional GC
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I did a test drive of Baleno also. I loved the weight and peppiness of petrol one. Looks decent and runs well. MID on the 3rd model is fun. Delta one is worth buying. Sigma is too basic.
But one thing, Titanium is the variant worth buying. I was surprised when I noticed that the base one hasnt got ABS and not even a tacho . ABS starts with Titanium, which puts it in brezza LDi (o), Baleno (delta) territory. But no doubt titanium is well equipped for the price.
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Personally I find S Cross very appealing if I go by the looks. Will test drive one.
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In kerala we have mostly two lane highways SUVs have an unnerving feel when flicked in quick lane changes here. That is why the Innova is the weapon of choice for most long distance tours here. XUV is also good in this aspect.
This is not a problem pertaining to TUV or Mahindras even my Wagon r suffers from quite a lot of body roll at higher speeds.
In the North this issue may go unnoticed mostly because the highways are a bit wider.
Figo, is a vast improvement in this department and while there is a lot of emphasis given on active safety devices it also depends on the overall dynamics of the car.
I think with tall boy hatches and narrow track mini SUVs handling has taken a back seat.
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Remember the wiring might not have been performed by BT, as I had extension wires attached to the ones at the main wall instead of the faceplate. I also had a local builder to come around to tune my Sky as I complained to the building company that my Sky was blocked by their scaffolding. Such a pest me. But anyhow he came in and said, no signal, funny that I was getting 75% on my box; I will have to go and bigger brackets and mount to the front of your house. I said shouldnt you get into one of your hidden menus and do a reboot (which i know of), bingo mate your a star, saved me so much work. And rest of appartment could watch champions league. Also google Fujitsu broadband UK. They will get to you before BT 🙂
If you have a poratbale radio then try tuning to MW612 and move it around check for interference. That will give you some idea of how much and where there is interference
Could you please post the pics of that on you tube please, I could use a laugh. That teletubby springs to mind.
This Darth reminds me of BT:
I have just had a phone call from BT who have informed me that they have reset the line (on the 3rd May) and NOT to turn off my Hub for 10 days (ending on the 13th May). I asked if it was still ok to unplug my modem lead and replug into the test socket, but was advised not to. I can only keep my fingers crossed that if I wait the ten days, the situation will be improved on completion. Otherwise there will have to be more fiddling and phone calls followed by further waiting for this dam adaptive adsl profiling to settle down again.
Meanwhile the online training program, the management and admin of various websites that i run, the Job searching, shopping, banking and everything else that we iliving in a rural community so much have come to rely on, will have to be put on hold!
These problems I am sure are related to BT's use of this automated adsl profiling system, as do many of the increasing daily desperate reports of 'slow broadband' and 'disconnection' problems that honest folk are writing on this very forum.
When are BT going to wake up and find a way around the ten day wait, or the 72 hour wait for the sytem to recallibrate? In the meantime BT are going to loose customers in droves! Even a few hours offline or with a compromised speed issue, is too much for someone who relies on access to the internet.
This wouldn't happen with other domestic services such as electricity or gas, why should we tolerate it with broadband?
I am informed that SKY Broadband for instance will callibrate their Broadband up to speed almost imediately!
I dont have a portable medium wave radio anymore and I can't (for another week) try any of the earlier suggestions.
Above all I don't mind putting some hard effort at my end to get this situation sorted and believe me I have put days and days into it so far, but really I have enough on my plate to get my head around, I really don't want to gain a degree in the intricacies of adsl and broadband, I just want it to effing work properly. I am sure the same could be said for many others suffering these same issues!
Many Thanks for all your help
looks like you need to make sure you don't manually reset the hub until the 13th and see if waht yo have been told actually helps your connection. you can still check your stats regularly to see if any changes/improvement
HI all isps apart from those offering LLU services have 10 day line training periods and 3/5 day ip profile resetting periods you just have to be patient and wait Remember there are still some people using dial up internet services as they cannot gety broadband at all and they are in rural areas and they still do all they need day to day at 56k or lower we all did at one time before broadband speed is just a part ofmodern day life but not everything
Ok thanks, I will just have to cross the 't's and dot the'i's, hang on in grim hopefullness and pray for a miracle to happen on the 13th..what a 'pants' system this is! ...Despair!!!
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No I am not reseting the hub or nor switching it off!
It seems to be randomly reseting itself, last night for instance I kept getting the "Broadband offline" page whilst trying to use the internet. When I looked at the hub, the orange lights were flashing. It would settle back to blue for a few mins then the same thing would happen again. I am sure its dissconnecting itself quiet often actually. I was asked not to turn off the hub by a caller from BT.
The engineer that came round read a lot of electrical inteferance coming from the hubs own power supply! Having mentioned that, we had the same (loss of speed) problem with the earlier mark one hub.
We did have stable line for 3 months running at 1.5mbps and our next door neighbours have a stable connection, so I dont know why I shouldn't also get a stable connection?
Anything you could do to help get us a stable connection would greatly be appreciated!
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Oh and John 46
"Remember there are still some people using dial up internet services as they cannot gety broadband at all and they are in rural areas and they still do all they need day to day at 56k or lower we all did at one time before broadband speed is just a part ofmodern day life but not everything "
Yes I understand what your saying but I think most will agree that just like the motor car, the supermarket, the PC, mobile phone or come to that electricity or gas...we have come to rely on all these things in todays age. The broadband powered internet is increasingly gaining importance in the running of daily life. I started with dial-up 12 years ago, I became one of the first BB customers. At that time websites were built smaller to accomodate dial-up speeds, today wesite builders assume, everyone has fast BB and stack their sites to the max.
Living in a Rural location means you have to rely on the internet even more than living in a city.
Remember John, we have actually had a stable 1.5mgps connection here and at the end of the day, we actually made the choice of moving to this location because, on BT's own BB post code checker (and others) it suggested that we should be able to get imbetween 1 - 1.5mgps speed !! We are not in the mountains of wales or the highlands of scotland, we are just 3 miles from rushden. The are large towns all around us.
I have been a happy customer of BT's for over 12 years now and would really like to remain one ideally, .
Thanks for your advice all the same mate!
Absolutely appaling here. Had BT broadband boost in on the act. Engineers says I should receive a 3Mg connection. It's half of that now and every day I have to reboot the hub as it's running at 300K.
I feel that I'm being punished for complainint about an aceptable service I used to receive a year ago!


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My Life as a Rat
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There are moments when even the most jaded and experienced reader of serious epic dramatic literary fiction might feel the pages of a new book glowing and expanding their notions of what they might expect to receive from a contemporary novel. Before we look at those particular moments, let's think about the intimidation factor. Readers of Oates understand that the ride through her expansive and exhausting canon over the past 55 years is bumpy, perilous, dark, gothic, and filled with families brooding over actions that caused irreparable harm. Her women are fully realized independent agents of desire, power, lust, and fate. Her men wander through her stories and novels as manipulators, submissives, power brokers, and means to an end.
The option of sampling Oates's novels (let alone her scores of short stories) in small doses is always there, but that's a loser's game. A reader can start with her latest offering (and one will never be at a loss for options), but the tight and polished control Oates demonstrates from her opening scenes to the end require the reader's commitment. Consider the monumental world-building Oates has developed through fictional upstate New York locales in novels and stories too numerous to mention and how it's matched only by the fierce determination of her characters. Oates has populated her novels with all manner of people, but it's her women that resonate strongest with any reader, longtime devotees or first-timers.
In her latest novel, My Life as a Rat, Violet Rue Kerrigan is the seventh (and last) child of an Irish-Catholic family where loyalty is valued above and beyond everything. Violet is the light in her father's eyes, a short-tempered patriarch who cannot and will not see the truth about some of his children. Oates begins her story in 1991. Violet is 12-years-old. She witnesses her older brothers (Jerome and Lionel) disposing of the weapon they'd used to beat (and kill) 17-year-old Hadrien Johnson, an African-American teen.
It's the spark that ignites her impulsive testimony to the police. Lionel assaults her, Violet testifies to the truth as she saw and knew it, and it starts over a decade of exile and isolation. Violet testified. Violet became a rat. Her life as she knew it (proud youngest daughter of the Kerrigan clan) was over.
What we know from a premise like this is that it would be nothing and go nowhere without location and atmosphere, and Oates has always been a master when it comes to connecting her characters with the seductive lure of their surroundings. Violet has no choice but to uproot herself after she is sent to live 80 miles away with an aunt in upstate New York. She thinks about her plight:
"No matter how far I came to live from the Niagara River, it has gotten into my dreams… The river is turbulent like a living thing shivering inside its skin. Miles from the thunderous falls like a nightmare that calls… Strife and suffering are absolved here!"
The voice in this novel shifts from third to first person as we read Violet telling her story, and it can initially prove confusing. Eventually, however, it becomes clear. We are following Violet (not coincidentally referred to in some dialogue as "Vio-let", a variation of "Violent") from the initial stages of her family unravelling once Jerome and Lionel are charged and convicted of Johnson's murder. Violet's mother becomes more religious, appearing at church in full public view with her red-lipstick mouth that "stood out like a cutout mouth in her pale, fleshy face…" Rumors swirl around the town "…like rotted leaves in the wind… A plague of rumors and a stink of rumors…" Before Violet's first excursion into a world outside her immediate family, Oates paints a picture of a family ruled by a father prone to unexpected and cruel acts of violence against his children:
"That is the sick, melancholy secret of the family -- you shrink in terror from a parent's blows, and yet, if you are not the object of the blows, you swell with a kind of debased pride."
Violet's brothers are charged, convicted, and sentenced, largely based on her testimony. She is beaten by one of them prior to his incarceration, and she starts a life of foster homes followed by time with the aunt. Violet escapes the foster home with nothing but the clothes on her back. In the first year of exile, she sends homemade cards back to her family. She concludes that within families "…it's best not to think at all. Just not at all." Violet understands that "the years of waiting" had begun and they didn't have to make themselves known. Contact with her sisters is unilateral, only originating from Violet. It was "Withered, desiccated. Barely alive. But still, it existed." Hope stays hidden from the beginning of this novel and throughout the story, with a barely discernible pulse, and we keep reading for the possibility that it might rise from the dead.
The most difficult part of this novel comes probably a third of the way through and lasts nearly 50 pages, bringing us to the halfway point. Oates cleverly calls it "Mr. Sandman Bring Me a Dream", and the creep factor is carefully unraveled like a large rug fraying at the edges. Think of Pat Ballard's pop song from which she takes the chapter's title, and imagine horror beneath the sweetness. It's classic Oates; alarming, fatalistic, at times unbearably gloomy, and a fully realized dark character so horrible that the reader might find themselves wanting him excised from this text and concurrently revived for his own series of dark adventures. Mr. Sandman is a math teacher. He takes measurements. He has a library in his home filled with images of drugged, sleeping, naked young girls, "'Sleeping Beauties,' Violet thinks: No one else seemed to see me." Mr. Sandman measures skulls, spine lengths, height, weight, the color of skin. Violet tries to convince herself of her encounters with Mr. Sandman that "Each time was a rescue." "Don't worry dear," he says. "I'll protect you."
Again, this section might prove to test even the most patient reader. How dark will it get? Have we entered a different story? Violet reflects on the life in exile she's experiencing with her Aunt Irma and Uncle Oscar:
"Living with adults you live with the husks of their old, lost lives. Like snakes' husks or the husks of locusts underfoot. The fiction between you that you must not allow them to know."
We get a full account of the titles in Mr. Sandman's massive library, and they reflect his adoration of Adolph Hitler. Violet meets and connects with Tyrell, an African-American fellow student in Mr. Sandman's math class, a young man who would prove to be that possible glimmer of hope by the final scenes of this novel. The seeds for salvation are planted here, but not without having to wander through the sludge of Mr. Sandman. Again, whether he proves to come off as an exaggerated intrusion in this dark story or a necessary element to Violet's eventual rise from the ashes will depend on the reader's patience and acceptance of a writing style which, for some readers, might seem anachronistic. For this reader, Mr. Sandman was unforgettable.
By Part III, Violet has been exiled from her immediate family for telling the truth about two of her brothers and their involvement in the beating and murder, endured calculated sexual abuse from a tyrannical Math teacher, and equally brutal (yet more immediate) domination from her Uncle Oscar. Thirteen years have passed since we first met her as a defiant 12-year-old, and she is rebuilding her life, finding work as a housekeeper. There is more abuse, but she finds solace. She finds good people. She's a college student. Another man, Orlando Metti, starts a complicated relationship with Violet. As with most relationships in this novel (and really par for the course in the literary world of Oates), what might seem like a connection between two adults with a subjective level of consent is not always what it seems:
"Maybe instead of marrying her he will murder her."
Again, this relationship does not end well. Violet runs for her life and ends up as a student at a state university. Tyrell Jones, the student persecuted years prior by Mr. Sandman, is now an assistant professor in the Math department. The past is never far behind for any character in this novel. Violet's brothers will not always be in jail. Her parents will fade away, the love she might find with Tyrell is not guaranteed. Take this line, close to the end, and understand how determined Oates is not to provide a tidy ending:
"Happiness is not reliable. Melancholy is reliable."
Indeed, the strongest guarantee by the end of this book is the consistency of melancholy, the persistence of an existence where fate is determined by class, race, gender, economy, and geography. Violet misinterpreted her honesty as a 12-year-old as a betrayal, so for 25 years, she made sure never to tell again. My Life as a Rat shimmers with possibilities by the end of its story. Violet has survived. Tyrell has been transformed and triumphed over the "devil" that was Mr. Sandman. Most remarkable is that Oates has added another unforgettably strong woman character to her canon, another variation on a seemingly endless theme of possibilities. If happiness usually proves duplicitous, and melancholy a dependable constant, then the journey of an epic Joyce Carol Oates novel is always going to be a trip worth experiencing.
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Irish Times poll: Support for Varadkar and Government plummets again
Gap in backing for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil smallest in 2½ years while Sinn Féin also slips
Satisfaction with Leo Varadkar has fallen by seven points to 36%, the lowest level since he became Taoiseach in 2017.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's approval rating has plummeted again, while satisfaction with the Government has also fallen sharply in recent months, the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll has found.
Satisfaction with Mr Varadkar has fallen by seven points to 36 per cent, the lowest level since he became Taoiseach in 2017, and is the latest evidence of a continuing decline in his personal popularity from the high levels seen when he succeeded Enda Kenny.
The Government's approval rating is also down by seven points, from 38 per cent in March to 31 per cent today.
The poll shows support for Fine Gael is down marginally (by a point) while Fianna Fáil's backing is up by two points. While both movements are within the poll's margin of error, today's figures show the gap between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, at just three points, is at its smallest in 2½ years.
Elsewhere, the poll continues many of the trends of earlier this year, with a significant drop in support for Sinn Féin, and gains for the Greens, Labour and Independents.
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The state of the parties, when undecided voters are excluded, is: Fine Gael 29 per cent (down one point compared with the last poll in March); Fianna Fáil 26 per cent (up two); Sinn Féin 16 per cent (down five); Labour 7 per cent (up one); Independents/others 22 per cent (up three).
The "core" vote for the parties – that is, before undecided voters and those unlikely to vote were excluded – compared with the last Irish Times poll in March, was: Fine Gael 21 per cent (no change); Fianna Fáil 20 per cent (up two); Sinn Féin 12 per cent (down four); Labour 6 per cent (up one); Independents/others 18 per cent (up three). Undecided voters were at 23 per cent, down two points since the last poll.
Among the smaller parties and Independents, the Green Party is at 4 per cent (up two) among voters declaring a preference, Solidarity-People Before Profit are at 2 per cent (no change), the Social Democrats are at 2 per cent (up one), Independents4Change are at 2 per cent (no change), the Independent Alliance is at less than 1 per cent (down one), non-party Independents are on 9 per cent (down one) and other groups and parties are on 3 per cent (up one).
The poll was taken on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week among 500 voters in each of the three European Parliament constituencies, a total of 1,500 voters across 150 sampling points in all constituencies. The accuracy is estimated at plus or minus 2.5 per cent at the national level.
Voters were also asked how they intended to vote in the forthcoming local elections. The results largely mirrored general election voting intentions, but with the gap between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil even tighter and a higher level of support for Independents and small parties. Asked for their reasons for voting for a particular candidate in the local elections, the most popular choice was because the candidate was "from the local area".
Voters overwhelmingly back the referendum to liberalise Ireland's divorce laws, the poll finds. Asked if they would vote in favour of the constitutional changes proposed – which would remove the requirement for couples to be living apart for four years (the Government will propose legislation to reduce this to two years) and allow the recognition of foreign divorces, more than three-quarters (77 per cent) of voters say they will vote in favour of change.
Just 8 per cent of voters say they will vote against the proposal, while those who say they don't know or will not vote account for 15 per cent of respondents. Barring an unprecedented turnaround, the constitutional change will be approved comfortably.


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Myelin basic protein
Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a protein believed to be important in the process of myelination of nerves in the nervous system. The myelin sheath is a multi-layered membrane, unique to the nervous system, that functions as an insulator to greatly increase the velocity of axonal impulse conduction.[5] MBP maintains the correct structure of myelin, interacting with the lipids in the myelin membrane.[6][7]
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MBP was initially sequenced in 1971 after isolation from bovine myelin membranes.[8] MBP knockout mice called shiverer mice were subsequently developed and characterized in the early 1980s. Shiverer mice exhibit decreased amounts of CNS myelination and a progressive disorder characterized by tremors, seizures, and early death. The human gene for MBP is on chromosome 18;[9] the protein localizes to the CNS and to various cells of the hematopoietic lineage.
The pool of MBP in the central nervous system is very diverse, with several splice variants being expressed and a large number of post-translational modifications on the protein, which include phosphorylation, methylation, deamidation, and citrullination. These forms differ by the presence or the absence of short (10 to 20 residues) peptides in various internal locations in the sequence. In general, the major form of MBP is a protein of about 18.5 Kd (170 residues).
In melanocytic cell types, MBP gene expression may be regulated by MITF.[10]
Gene expressionEdit
The protein encoded by the classic MBP gene is a major constituent of the myelin sheath of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells in the nervous system. However, MBP-related transcripts are also present in the bone marrow and the immune system. These mRNAs arise from the long MBP gene (otherwise called "Golli-MBP") that contains 3 additional exons located upstream of the classic MBP exons. Alternative splicing from the Golli and the MBP transcription start sites gives rise to 2 sets of MBP-related transcripts and gene products. The Golli mRNAs contain 3 exons unique to Golli-MBP, spliced in-frame to 1 or more MBP exons. They encode hybrid proteins that have N-terminal Golli aa sequence linked to MBP aa sequence. The second family of transcripts contain only MBP exons and produce the well-characterized myelin basic proteins. This complex gene structure is conserved among species, suggesting that the MBP transcription unit is an integral part of the Golli transcription unit and that this arrangement is important for the function and/or regulation of these genes.[11]
Role in diseaseEdit
Interest in MBP has centered on its role in demyelinating diseases, in particular, multiple sclerosis (MS). The target antigen of the autoimmune response in MS has not yet been identified. However, several studies have shown a role for antibodies against MBP in the pathogenesis of MS.[12] Some studies have linked a genetic predisposition to MS to the MBP gene, though a majority have not.
A "molecular mimicry" hypothesis of multiple sclerosis has been suggested, in which T cells are, in essence, confusing MBP with human herpesvirus-6. Researchers in the United States created a synthetic peptide with a sequence identical to that of an HHV-6 peptide. Elevated levels of MBP have been found in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with HIV infections and signs of encephalopathy, and although MBP does not seem to be a sensitive diagnostic marker of HIV encephalopathy, it has been suggested that it may serve a role as a prognostic indicator of disease progression.[13] It is able to show that T cells were activated by this peptide. These activated T cells also recognized and initiated an immune response against a synthetically created peptide sequence that is identical to part of human MBP. During their research, they found that the levels of these cross-reactive T cells are significantly elevated in multiple sclerosis patients.[14]
Some research has shown that inoculating an animal with MBP to generate an MBP-specific immune response against it increases blood–brain barrier permeability. Permeability is enhanced when the animal is inoculated against non-specific proteins.[15]
A targeted immune response to MBP has been implicated in lethal rabies infection. The inoculation of MBP generates increases the permeability of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), allowing immune cells to enter the brain, the primary site of rabies virus replication. In a study of mice infected with Silver-haired bat rabies virus (SHBRV), the mortality rate of mice treated with MBP improved 20%-30% over the untreated control group. It is significant to note that healthy uninfected mice treated with MBP showed an increase in mortality rate between 0% and 40%.[16]
Myelin basic protein has been shown to interact in vivo with proteolipid protein 1,[17][18] and in vitro with calmodulin, actin, tropomyosin, tubulin, clathrin, 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase and multiple molecules of the immune system.[19]
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- ^ Deber CM, Reynolds SJ (April 1991). "Central nervous system myelin: structure, function, and pathology". Clinical Biochemistry. 24 (2): 113–34. doi:10.1016/0009-9120(91)90421-a. PMC 7130177. PMID 1710177.
- ^ Inouye H, Kirschner DA (January 1991). "Folding and function of the myelin proteins from primary sequence data". Journal of Neuroscience Research. 28 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1002/jnr.490280102. PMID 1710279. S2CID 8598890.
- ^ Eylar EH, Brostoff S, Hashim G, Caccam J, Burnett P (September 1971). "Basic A1 protein of the myelin membrane. The complete amino acid sequence". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 246 (18): 5770–84. PMID 5096093.
- ^ Saxe DF, Takahashi N, Hood L, Simon MI (1985). "Localization of the human myelin basic protein gene (MBP) to region 18q22----qter by in situ hybridization". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 39 (4): 246–9. doi:10.1159/000132152. PMID 2414074.
- ^ Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, Widmer DS, Praetorius C, Einarsson SO, Valgeirsdottir S, Bergsteinsdottir K, Schepsky A, Dummer R, Steingrimsson E (December 2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971. S2CID 24698373.
- ^ "Entrez Gene: myelin basic protein".
- ^ Berger T, Rubner P, Schautzer F, Egg R, Ulmer H, Mayringer I, Dilitz E, Deisenhammer F, Reindl M (July 2003). "Antimyelin antibodies as a predictor of clinically definite multiple sclerosis after a first demyelinating event". The New England Journal of Medicine. 349 (2): 139–45. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa022328. PMID 12853586.
- ^ Pfister HW, Einhäupl KM, Wick M, Fateh-Moghadam A, Huber M, Schielke E, Goebel FD, Matuschke A, Heinrich B, Bogner JR (July 1989). "Myelin basic protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients infected with HIV". Journal of Neurology. 236 (5): 288–91. doi:10.1007/bf00314458. PMID 2474637. S2CID 12178626.
- ^ Tejada-Simon MV, Zang YC, Hong J, Rivera VM, Zhang JZ (February 2003). "Cross-reactivity with myelin basic protein and human herpesvirus-6 in multiple sclerosis". Annals of Neurology. 53 (2): 189–97. doi:10.1002/ana.10425. PMID 12557285. S2CID 43317994.
- ^ Namer IJ, Steibel J, Poulet P, Armspach JP, Mohr M, Mauss Y, Chambron J (February 1993). "Blood-brain barrier breakdown in MBP-specific T cell induced experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. A quantitative in vivo MRI study". Brain. 116 ( Pt 1) (1): 147–59. doi:10.1093/brain/116.1.147. PMID 7680933.
- ^ Roy A, Hooper DC (August 2007). "Lethal silver-haired bat rabies virus infection can be prevented by opening the blood-brain barrier". Journal of Virology. 81 (15): 7993–8. doi:10.1128/JVI.00710-07. PMC 1951307. PMID 17507463.
- ^ Wood DD, Vella GJ, Moscarello MA (October 1984). "Interaction between human myelin basic protein and lipophilin". Neurochemical Research. 9 (10): 1523–31. doi:10.1007/BF00964678. PMID 6083474. S2CID 9751765.
- ^ Edwards AM, Ross NW, Ulmer JB, Braun PE (January 1989). "Interaction of myelin basic protein and proteolipid protein". Journal of Neuroscience Research. 22 (1): 97–102. doi:10.1002/jnr.490220113. PMID 2467009. S2CID 33666906.
- ^ Harauz G, Ishiyama N, Hill CM, Bates IR, Libich DS, Farès C (2004). "Myelin basic protein-diverse conformational states of an intrinsically unstructured protein and its roles in myelin assembly and multiple sclerosis". Micron. 35 (7): 503–42. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2004.04.005. PMID 15219899.
Further readingEdit
- Boylan KB, Ayres TM, Popko B, Takahashi N, Hood LE, Prusiner SB (January 1990). "Repetitive DNA (TGGA)n 5' to the human myelin basic protein gene: a new form of oligonucleotide repetitive sequence showing length polymorphism". Genomics. 6 (1): 16–22. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(90)90443-X. PMID 1689270.
- Kishimoto A, Nishiyama K, Nakanishi H, Uratsuji Y, Nomura H, Takeyama Y, Nishizuka Y (October 1985). "Studies on the phosphorylation of myelin basic protein by protein kinase C and adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260 (23): 12492–9. PMID 2413024.
- Saxe DF, Takahashi N, Hood L, Simon MI (1985). "Localization of the human myelin basic protein gene (MBP) to region 18q22----qter by in situ hybridization". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 39 (4): 246–9. doi:10.1159/000132152. PMID 2414074.
- Kamholz J, de Ferra F, Puckett C, Lazzarini R (July 1986). "Identification of three forms of human myelin basic protein by cDNA cloning". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 83 (13): 4962–6. Bibcode:1986PNAS...83.4962K. doi:10.1073/pnas.83.13.4962. PMC 323864. PMID 2425357.
- Scoble HA, Whitaker JN, Biemann K (August 1986). "Analysis of the primary sequence of human myelin basic protein peptides 1-44 and 90-170 by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry". Journal of Neurochemistry. 47 (2): 614–6. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1986.tb04544.x. PMID 2426402. S2CID 22531833.
- Roth HJ, Kronquist K, Pretorius PJ, Crandall BF, Campagnoni AT (1986). "Isolation and characterization of a cDNA coding for a novel human 17.3K myelin basic protein (MBP) variant". Journal of Neuroscience Research. 16 (1): 227–38. doi:10.1002/jnr.490160120. PMID 2427738. S2CID 38277667.
- Popko B, Puckett C, Lai E, Shine HD, Readhead C, Takahashi N, Hunt SW, Sidman RL, Hood L (February 1987). "Myelin deficient mice: expression of myelin basic protein and generation of mice with varying levels of myelin". Cell. 48 (4): 713–21. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(87)90249-2. PMID 2434243. S2CID 25224473.
- Kamholz J, Spielman R, Gogolin K, Modi W, O'Brien S, Lazzarini R (April 1987). "The human myelin-basic-protein gene: chromosomal localization and RFLP analysis". American Journal of Human Genetics. 40 (4): 365–73. PMC 1684086. PMID 2437795.
- Roth HJ, Kronquist KE, Kerlero de Rosbo N, Crandall BF, Campagnoni AT (1987). "Evidence for the expression of four myelin basic protein variants in the developing human spinal cord through cDNA cloning". Journal of Neuroscience Research. 17 (4): 321–8. doi:10.1002/jnr.490170402. PMID 2442403. S2CID 37138877.
- Shoji S, Ohnishi J, Funakoshi T, Fukunaga K, Miyamoto E, Ueki H, Kubota Y (November 1987). "Phosphorylation sites of bovine brain myelin basic protein phosphorylated with Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase from rat brain". Journal of Biochemistry. 102 (5): 1113–20. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a122149. PMID 2449425.
- Wood DD, Moscarello MA (March 1989). "The isolation, characterization, and lipid-aggregating properties of a citrulline containing myelin basic protein". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264 (9): 5121–7. PMID 2466844.
- Edwards AM, Ross NW, Ulmer JB, Braun PE (January 1989). "Interaction of myelin basic protein and proteolipid protein". Journal of Neuroscience Research. 22 (1): 97–102. doi:10.1002/jnr.490220113. PMID 2467009. S2CID 33666906.
- Streicher R, Stoffel W (May 1989). "The organization of the human myelin basic protein gene. Comparison with the mouse gene". Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 370 (5): 503–10. doi:10.1515/bchm3.1989.370.1.503. PMID 2472816.
- Lennon VA, Wilks AV, Carnegie PR (November 1970). "Immunologic properties of the main encephalitogenic peptide from the basic protein of human myelin". Journal of Immunology. 105 (5): 1223–30. PMID 4099924.
- Carnegie PR (June 1971). "Amino acid sequence of the encephalitogenic basic protein from human myelin". The Biochemical Journal. 123 (1): 57–67. doi:10.1042/bj1230057. PMC 1176899. PMID 4108501.
- Baldwin GS, Carnegie PR (February 1971). "Specific enzymic methylation of an arginine in the experimental allergic encephalomyelitis protein from human myelin". Science. 171 (3971): 579–81. Bibcode:1971Sci...171..579B. doi:10.1126/science.171.3971.579. PMID 4924231. S2CID 36959912.
- Baldwin GS, Carnegie PR (June 1971). "Isolation and partial characterization of methylated arginines from the encephalitogenic basic protein of myelin". The Biochemical Journal. 123 (1): 69–74. doi:10.1042/bj1230069. PMC 1176900. PMID 5128665.
- Wood DD, Vella GJ, Moscarello MA (October 1984). "Interaction between human myelin basic protein and lipophilin". Neurochemical Research. 9 (10): 1523–31. doi:10.1007/BF00964678. PMID 6083474. S2CID 9751765.
- Gibson BW, Gilliom RD, Whitaker JN, Biemann K (April 1984). "Amino acid sequence of human myelin basic protein peptide 45-89 as determined by mass spectrometry". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259 (8): 5028–31. PMID 6201481.
- Pribyl TM, Campagnoni CW, Kampf K, Kashima T, Handley VW, McMahon J, Campagnoni AT (November 1993). "The human myelin basic protein gene is included within a 179-kilobase transcription unit: expression in the immune and central nervous systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 90 (22): 10695–9. Bibcode:1993PNAS...9010695P. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.22.10695. PMC 47844. PMID 7504278.
- Shanshiashvili L, Mikeladze D (2003). "Some aspects of myelin basic protein". J. Biol. Phys. Chem. 3 (3): 96–9. doi:10.4024/18SH03R.jbpc.03.03.
External linksEdit
- Media related to Myelin basic proteins at Wikimedia Commons
- Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P02686 (Myelin basic protein) at the PDBe-KB.
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