
Authors: C. Medri, E.A. Ruas, C.F. Ruas, P.S. Medri, M.E. Medri and P.M. Ruas
The Tibagi River, located in southern Brazil, is associated with a significant degree of environmental heterogeneity, along its 550 km extension. There is concern about the integrity of this river’s ecosystem, as human interference has been increasing. Aegiphila sellowiana (Lamiaceae) is an important pioneer tree species.. Read More»
Authors: Y.L. Tang, W.W. Ren, L. Zhang and K.X. Tang
γ-tocopherol methyltransferase is an important rate-limiting enzyme involved in tocopherol biosynthesis. The full-length cDNA encoding γ-tocopherol methyltransferase (designated as LsTMT) was cloned from Lactuca sativa for the first time by rapid amplification of cDNA ends and characterized by means of quantitative.. Read More»
Authors: L.A. Cassa-Barbosa, R.E.L. Proc�³pio, I.T.S.R. Matos and S.A. Filho
Few yeasts have shown the potential to efficiently utilize hemicellulosic hydrolyzate as the carbon source. In this study, microorganisms isolated from the Manaus region in Amazonas, Brazil, were characterized based on their utilization of the pentoses, xylose, and arabinose. The yeasts that showed a potential to assimilate these sugars were selected for .. Read More»
Authors: X.P. Hu, Z.Q. Li, J.Y. Zhou, Z.H. Yu, J.M. Zhang and M.L. Guo
Environmental influences on the development and progression of dental caries are well known; however, there is little evidence of a genetic component imparting susceptibility to dental caries. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the vitamin D receptor TaqI locus and dental caries susceptibi.. Read More»
Authors: H. Wei1, H.Q. Gao, H.B. Li, S.J. Qi1, W.L. Liu, L. Xu, H. Li, J.X. Liu and Z.M. Dong
The aim of this study was to characterize variations in Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) expression and related signaling molecules in gastric cardia adenocarcinoma. Cancerous and precancerous tissues were collected from patients with gastric cardia adenocarcinoma and normal tissue was collected from healthy controls. RKIP expression was detected in th.. Read More»
Authors: G.F. Cui*, L.F. Wu*, X.N. Wang, W.J. Jia, Q. Duan, L.L. Ma, Y.L. Jiang and J.H. Wang
Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers were used to discriminate 62 lily cultivars of 5 hybrid series. Eight ISSR primers generated 104 bands in total, which all showed 100% polymorphism, and an average of 13 bands were amplified by each primer. Two software packages, POPGENE 1.32 and NTSYSpc 2.1, were used to analyze the.. Read More»
Authors: B. Zhang, L. Gui, L. Zhu, X. Zhao, Y. Yang and Q. Li
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is an important pro-apoptotic cytokine, which performs a broad range of immune and inflammatory functions in several vital processes. TNF-α-induced apoptosis has been confirmed, however, relatively little is known regarding the role of forkhead box class-O 1 (FOXO1) in mediating TNF-α-induced apoptos.. Read More»
Authors: Y. Zhou, Z.J. Guo, L. Han, Y. Li and X.M. Wang
Chloroplast microsatellite primers were developed in order to provide more population genetic information of endangered Rheum officinale, R. palmatum, and R. tanguticum for conservation. The dried roots and rhizomes of these plants are important in traditional Chinese medicine. The results showed that the optimum concentrations .. Read More»
Authors: Development of SRS.php, a Simple Object Access Protocol-based library for data acquisition from integrated biological databases
Data integration has become an important task for biological database providers. The current model for data exchange among different sources simplifies the manner that distinct information is accessed by users. The evolution of data representation from HTML to XML enabled programs, instead of humans, to interact with biologica.. Read More»
Authors: R.R. Aspilcueta-Borquis, R. Di Palo, F.R. Araujo Neto, F. Baldi, G.M.F. de Camargo, L.G. de Albuquerque, L. Zicarelli and H. Tonhati
Buffalo milk has excellent physical and chemical qualities as a consequence of the high percentage of constituents. This milk property is desirable for the dairy industry because it facilitates manufacture of mozzarella cheese. We estimated genetic parameters for milk yield, milk fat and protein and their effects on mozzarella.. Read More»