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Matías Maggi Natalia Damiani Sergio Ruffinengo David De Jong Judith Principal Martín Eguaras 《Experimental & applied acarology》2010,50(3):269-279
We undertook a field study to determine whether comb cell size affects the reproductive behavior of Varroa destructor under natural conditions. We examined the effect of brood cell width on the reproductive behavior of V. destructor in honey bee colonies, under natural conditions. Drone and worker brood combs were sampled from 11 colonies of Apis mellifera. A Pearson correlation test and a Tukey test were used to determine whether mite reproduction rate varied with brood cell
width. Generalized additive model analysis showed that infestation rate increased positively and linearly with the width of
worker and drone cells. The reproduction rate for viable mother mites was 0.96 viable female descendants per original invading
female. No significant correlation was observed between brood cell width and number of offspring of V. destructor. Infertile mother mites were more frequent in narrower brood cells. 相似文献
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K. Škrlep M. Bergant G. M. De Winter B. Bohanec J. Žel R. Verpoorte F. Van Iren M. Camloh 《Biologia Plantarum》2008,52(2):329-333
Different lines of cell suspension cultures of Taxus × media Rehd. and Taxus floridana Nutt. were cryopreserved with a two-step freezing method using a simple and inexpensive freezing container instead of a programmable
freezer. Four to seven days old suspension cell cultures were precultured in growth medium supplemented with 0.5 M mannitol
for 2 d. The medium was then replaced with cryoprotectant solution (1 M sucrose, 0.5 M glycerol and 0.5 M dimethylsulfoxide)
and the cells incubated on ice for 1 h. Before being plunged into liquid nitrogen, cells were frozen with a cooling rate of
approximately −1 °C per min to −80 °C. The highest post-thaw cell viability was 90 %. The recovery was line dependent. The
cryopreservation procedure did not alter the nuclear DNA content of the cell lines. The results indicate that cryopreservation
of Taxus cell suspension cultures using inexpensive freezing container is possible. 相似文献
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Lei Lv Zhaoxiong Zhou Xiaozhong Huang Yingping Zhao Lan Zhang Yaxue Shi Mingli Sun Jiwei Zhang 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2010,15(1):41-54
This study was undertaken to determine the in vitro effect of lentivirus-mediated siPin1 on cell cycle and apoptosis of vascular
smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Further we sought to provide insight into the mechanisms behind these processes. Human umbilical
artery smooth muscle cells (HUASMCs) were transfected with lentiviral siPin1. Real-time RT–PCR and Western blotting were used
to examine Pin1 mRNA and protein expression. MTT and [3H]thymidine incorporation assays were employed to observe cell proliferation status. The apoptotic rate and cell cycle were
analyzed by Hoechst33258 staining and flow cytometry. Finally we measured the expression of cyclin D1, β-catenin, CDK4, cytochrome
c, procaspase-3, cleaved caspase-3, procaspase-9, cleaved caspase-9, Bcl-2, Bax, STAT3, phosphorylated STAT3 and VEGF in lentiviral
siPin1 infected VSMCs. Lentivirus-mediated siPin1 effectively diminished endogenous Pin1 expression in VSMCs resulting in
cell cycle arrest and enhancement of apoptosis. This was accompanied by downregulation of cyclin D1, β-catenin, CDK4, increase
of Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, release of cytochrome c, and activation of caspase-3 and -9. We concluded that this effect was mediated, at least in part, via the β-catenin/cyclin
D1/CDK4 cascade, and that the mitochondrial pathway was responsible for VSMC apoptosis in the absence of Pin1. Our observations
raised the possibility that Pin1 might be a potential therapeutic target to prevent stenosis. 相似文献
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Konstantin V. Kiselev Anna V. Turlenko Yuri N. Zhuravlev 《Plant Growth Regulation》2009,59(3):237-243
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The lipase Lip2 of the edible basidiomycete, Pleurotus sapidus, is an extracellular enzyme capable of hydrolysing xanthophyll esters with high efficiency. The gene encoding Lip2 was expressed
in Escherichia coli TOP10 using the gene III signal sequence to accumulate proteins in the periplasmatic space. The heterologous expression under
control of the araBAD promoter led to the high level production of recombinant protein, mainly as inclusion bodies, but partially
in a soluble and active form. A fusion with a C-terminal His tag was used for purification and immunochemical detection of
the target protein. This is the first example of a heterologous expression and periplasmatic accumulation of a catalytically
active lipase from a basidiomycete fungus. 相似文献
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Dana Bernátová 《Biologia》2008,63(2):175-176
The paper brings information on an isolated occurrence and morphological characters of Carex × involuta and C. juncella populations in the Vel’ká Fatra Mts. Their presence has been known neither from the territory of Slovakia nor from the whole
Western Carpathians till now. 相似文献
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Bimal Kumar Ghimire Eun Soo Seong Jung Dae Lim Kweon Heo Myong Jo Kim Ill-Min Chung John A. Juvik Chang Yeon Yu 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2008,95(3):265-274
Efficient transformation of leaf disc-derived callus of Codonopsis lanceolata was obtained using Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 harboring a binary vector, pYBI121, that carries the neomycin phosphotransferase (npt II) gene as a selectable marker. The green shoots recovered from agroinfected explants on selection medium (containing 0.1 mg/l
α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 1 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), 100 mg/l kanamycin, and 250 mg/l cefotaxime) were rooted
on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 2 mg/l IBA and 10 mg/l kanamycin. To optimize the transformation conditions,
several factors were assessed, including the co-cultivation period, the duration of pre- and post-culture in darkness and
light, the kanamycin concentration, and the Agrobacterium densities. We produced transgenic Codonopsis lanceolata overexpressing γ-tocopherol methyltransferase (γ-TMT) by this protocol. Moreover, the α-tocopherol content of the plants was enhanced by the overexpression of this gene.
Bimal Kumar Ghimire and Eun Soo Seong contributed equally to this work. 相似文献
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Pueyo A Figueiras AM Benito C 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2002,104(4):513-517
The menadione reductase (MNR), the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase (NDH) and diaphorase (DIA) isozymes were
studied in the allohexaploid Triticum aestivum cv ”Chinese Spring” and in five diploid Triticeae species. The Mnr1, Ndh3 and Dia1 loci were located on the chromosome arms 3AL, 3BL and 3DL of T. aestivum, respectively. These loci were also located on the 3H chromosome of Hordeum vulgare cv ”Betzes”, the 3L chromosome of Aegilops longissima and the 6RL chromosome arm of Secale cereale cv ”Imperial”. The chromosomal location results together with the segregation studies support a tetrameric behaviour of the
MNR1, NDH3 and DIA1 isozymes. The Ndh1 and Dia3 loci were located on homoeologous group 4 showing a monomeric behaviour. The chromosomal locations and linkage data of the
Mnr, Ndh and Dia loci suggest that Mnr1=Ndh3=Dia1; Ndh1=Dia3 and Ndh2=Dia2.
Received: 3 June 2001 / Accepted: 11 July 2001 相似文献
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Prabakaran Ravichandran Sudhakar Baluchamy Bindhu Sadanandan Ramya Gopikrishnan Santosh Biradar Vani Ramesh Joseph C. Hall Govindarajan T. Ramesh 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2010,15(12):1507-1516
Our previous report on multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) has demonstrated the generation of reactive radicals and depletion
of intracellular antioxidants which in turn cause cell death through activation of caspases. The molecular mechanism of cellular
death due to MWCNT is not clear yet. In this study, we investigated the signaling pathways implicated in MWCNT-induced apoptosis
in rat lung epithelial cells. First, we assessed the DNA damage in response to MWCNT treatment and showed the significant
DNA damage as compared to control. The collapse of the mitochondrial membrane integrity, release of cytochrome c into the
cytosol, reduction in cellular ATP content, increased levels of mitochondrial apoptogenic factor and activation and nuclear
translocation of NF-κB were observed in MWCNT treated cells. In addition, a time-dependent induction of phosphorylated IκBα and its degradation
were detected in cells exposed to MWCNT. Furthermore, MWCNT activated several death related proteins including apoptosis inducing
factor, p53, p21 and bax. Together, our results suggest that signaling pathways such as NF-κB and AP-1 are activated upon MWCNT treatment for cellular cytotoxicity. 相似文献
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An efficient regeneration protocol for genetic transformation was developed from the leaves of an 11-year-old Phtinia × fraseri “Red Robin” tree. A high frequency of adventitious buds (88.63 ± 1.38%) and the highest maximum mean number of adventitious
buds per explant (4.65 ± 0.48) were obtained in light conditions on Murashige–Skoog (MS) medium containing 2 mg l−1 benzyladenine (BA) and 0.2 mg l−1 α-Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). After preculturing for 6 days, over 95% of the shoots successfully rooted on 1/2 MS medium
supplemented with 0.3 mg l−1 indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) within 3 weeks. For genetic transformation, two crucial parameters (30 mg l−1 kanamycin for selection and 30-min suspension time) were optimized. Taken together, a reliable transformation system with
an efficiency of more than 5% was established. This genetic transformation protocol can be utilized for further genetic manipulation
of the Photinia tree. 相似文献
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Background
The presence of β-lactamases in Y. enterocolitica has been reported to vary with serovars, biovars and geographical origin of the isolates. An understanding of the β-lactamases in other related species is important for an overall perception of antibiotic resistance in yersiniae. The objective of this work was to study the characteristics of β-lactamases and their genes in strains of Y. intermedia and Y. frederiksenii, isolated from clinical and non-clinical sources in India. 相似文献14.
Despite the widespread distribution of Astyanax bockmanni in streams from Upper Paraná River system in central, southeastern, and southern Brazil, just recently, it has been identified
as a distinct Astyanax species. Cytogenetic studies were performed in two populations of this species, revealing conservative features. A. bockmanni shows 2n = 50 chromosomes, a karyotypic formula composed of 10 M + 12SM + 12ST + 16A and multiple Ag-NORs. Eight positive signals
in subtelocentric/acrocentric chromosomes were identified by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA probes.
After FISH with 5S rDNA probes, four sites were detected, comprising the interstitial region of a metacentric pair and the
terminal region on long arms of another metracentric pair. Little amounts of constitutive heterochromatin were observed, mainly
distributed at distal region in two chromosomal pairs. Additionally, heterochromatin was also located close to the centromeres
in some chromosomes. No positive signals were detected in the chromosomes of A. bockmanni by FISH with the As-51 satellite DNA probe. The studied species combines a set of characteristics previously identified in
two different Astyanax groups. The chromosomal evolution in the genus Astyanax is discussed. 相似文献
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Nathaniel Liddy Peter E. Molloy Alan D. Bennett Jonathan M. Boulter Bent K. Jakobsen Yi Li 《Molecular biotechnology》2010,45(2):140-149
Previously, we have described the use of phage display to generate high affinity disulfide bond-linked T cell receptors (TCRs).
The affinities of the mutant TCRs were analysed after refolding of separately expressed α and β chains from Escherichia coli inclusion bodies. This approach is only suitable for the analysis of small numbers of TCR variants. An attractive alternative
would be soluble expression within the bacterial periplasm, but the generic production of TCRs within the E. coli periplasm has so far not proved successful. Here we show that functional, soluble TCR can be produced within the cytoplasm
of trxB gor mutant E. coli strains, with maximum yields of 3.4 mg/l. We also investigated the effect of coexpressing the folding modulators Skp and
DsbC finding that the TCR expression levels were largely unaffected by these chaperones. Importantly, we demonstrated that
the amount of protein purified from 50 ml starter cultures was sufficient to show functionality of the TCR by specific antigen
binding in both ELISA and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assays. This TCR production method has the potential to allow rapid
and medium throughput analysis of affinity-matured TCRs selected from TCR phage display libraries. 相似文献
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Rudolf Cejnar Kateřina Hložková Pavel Kotrba Pavel Dostálek 《Biotechnology letters》2016,38(12):2145-2151
Objectives
To convert α-acetolactate into acetoin by an α-acetolactate decarboxylase (ALDC) to prevent its conversion into diacetyl that gives beer an unfavourable buttery flavour.Results
We constructed a whole Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell catalyst with a truncated active ALDC from Acetobacter aceti ssp xylinum attached to the cell wall using the C-terminal anchoring domain of α-agglutinin. ALDC variants in which 43 and 69 N-terminal residues were absent performed equally well and had significantly decreased amounts of diacetyl during fermentation. With these cells, the highest concentrations of diacetyl observed during fermentation were 30 % less than those in wort fermented with control yeasts displaying only the anchoring domain and, unlike the control, virtually no diacetyl was present in wort after 7 days of fermentation.Conclusions
Since modification of yeasts with ALDC variants did not affect their fermentation performance, the display of α-acetolactate decarboxylase activity is an effective approach to decrease the formation of diacetyl during beer fermentation.17.
Abdul Ghaffar Sher Afzal Khan Zahid Mukhtar Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka Farooq Latif 《Molecular biology reports》2011,38(5):3227-3233
We studied heterologous expression of xylanase 11A gene of Chaetomium thermophilum in Pichia pastoris and characterized the thermostable nature of the purified gene product. For this purpose, the xylanase 11A gene of C. thermophilum was cloned in P. pastoris GS115 under the control of AOX1 promoter. The maximum extracellular activity of recombinant xylanase (xyn698: gene with intron) was 15.6 U ml−1 while that of recombinant without intron (xyn669) was 1.26 U ml−1 after 96 h growth. The gene product was purified apparently to homogeneity level. The optimum temperature of pure recombinant
xylanase activity was 70°C and the enzyme retained its 40.57% activity after incubation at 80°C for 10 min. It exhibited quite
lower demand of activation energy, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, entropy, and xylan binding energy during substrate hydrolysis
than that required by that of the donor, thus indicating its thermostable nature. pH-dependent catalysis showed that it was
quite stable in a pH range of 5.5–8.5. This revealed that gene was successfully processed in P. pastoris and remained heat stable and may qualify for its potential use in paper and pulp and animal feed applications. 相似文献
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The blattisociid mite Lasioseius floridensis Berlese was found associated with the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks), on gerbera leaves in Mogi das Cruzes, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Blattisociid mites are not common on aerial plant
parts, except under high air humidity levels. Some Lasioseius species have been mentioned as effective control agents of rice pest mites, but nothing is known about the biology of L. floridensis. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the observed co-occurrence of L. floridensis and P. latus was just occasional or whether the latter could be important as food source for the former, assumed by laboratory evaluation
of the ability of the predator to maintain itself, reproduce and develop on that prey. Biological parameters of L. floridensis were compared when exposed to P. latus and to other items as food. The study showed that mating is a pre-requisite for L. floridensis to oviposit and that oviposition rate was much higher on the soil nematode Rhabditella axei (Cobbold) (Rhabditidae) than on P. latus. Ovipositon on the acarid mite Tyrophagus
putrescentiae (Schrank) was about the same as on P. latus, but it was nearly zero when the predator was fed the fungi Aspergillus
flavus Link or Penicillium sp., or cattail (Typha sp.) pollen. Survivorship was higher in the presence of pollen and lower in the presence of A.
flavus or Penicillium sp. than in the absence of those types of food. Life table parameters indicated that the predator performed much better on
R. axei than on P. latus. To evaluate the potential effect of L. floridensis as predator of P. latus, complementary studies are warranted to determine the frequency of migration of L. floridensis to aerial plant parts, when predation on P. latus could occur. 相似文献
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Giuliano M Schiraldi C Marotta MR Hugenholtz J De Rosa M 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2004,64(6):829-832
The industrial potential to use extreme thermophilic microorganisms and their enzymes lies in applications in which the temperature cannot be adjusted (cooled) at will. The production of enzymes from wild-type thermophiles is very low, therefore, for industrial applications, it is necessary to use recombinant microorganisms. In this paper, the cloning of a heat-stable -glucosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus using lactic acid bacteria as expression system is reported. The extremophilic -glucosidase was cloned in Lactococcus lactis and correctly folded despite being expressed at a lower temperature. The recombinant cells were assayed for enzyme residual activity at 75 °C in order to analyze the direct use of whole cells as biocatalysts. Maximum activity corresponded to 40 U/l in static cultures. The protein yield was further improved by optimizing fermentation and reached 600 U/l in batch mode. Microfiltration led to an even higher enzyme production of 850 U/l as a result of increased biomass. The overall production of -glucosidase using the engineered L. lactis strain in microfiltration fermentation is 1,000-fold higher than obtained using the wild-type. 相似文献
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Xyris irwinii (Xyridaceae), a new species from the cerrado of Goiás, Brazil is described and illustrated. The distribution, phenology, and conservation status of the new species are presented, as well as a comparison of a complex of morphologically related cerrado species. 相似文献