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Ambrosia pollen represents a significant allergenic risk for pollen-sensitive people also in Slovakia. The aim of this study
was to compare the results of the monitoring of Ambrosia pollen concentrations and pollen seasons in Bratislava during years
2002–2007. Measurements were performed by the volumetric method using Burkard volumetric spore trap at the height of 10 m
above ground level. During six monitored years, a total of 11,334 Ambrosia pollen grains per cubic meter of air were recorded.
The highest total ragweed pollen amount was detected in 2002 (2,577 pollen grains of the total annual pollen concentration)
and the lowest ragweed pollen concentration (1,213 pollen grains) was determined in 2007. However, mentioned year was represented
as the year with the longest pollen season among the all monitored years in Bratislava (41 days). The pollen season peak day
of 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 was recorded at the beginning of September; in 2003 and 2007 the peak was at the second half
of August. The highest daily amount of Ambrosia pollen grains (more than 100 grains per cubic meter of air) was in 2002 (12 days).
The results can be utilized to help to prevent symptoms of allergic reactions to Ambrosia pollen and improve quality of life
during seasonal allergic diseases in ragweed pollen-sensitive people. 相似文献
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Sameeullah Memon Guozhi Li Heli Xiong Liping Wang Xiangying Liu Mengya Yuan Weidong Deng Dongmei Xi 《Journal of genetics》2018,97(5):1131-1138
Resistance to fatal disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), due to misfolded prion protein in cattle, is associated with a 23-bp indel polymorphism in the putative promoter and a 12-bp indel in intron 1 of the PRNP gene. Gayal (Bos frontalis) is an important semiwild bovid species and of great conservation concern, but till today these indel polymorphisms have not been evaluated in gayals. Therefore, we collected 225 samples of gayals and evaluated the genetic indel polymorphism in the two regions of this PRNP gene. The results revealed high allelic frequencies of insertions at these indel sites: 0.909 and 0.667 for, respectively, the 23 bp and 12 bp indels, both also with significant genotype frequencies (\(\chi ^{2}\): 9.81; 23 bp and \(\chi ^{2}\): 43.56; 12 bp). At the same time, the haplotype data showed indel polymorphisms with extremely low deletion (0.01) in both regions of the PRNP gene. We compared these data with those reported for healthy and BSE-affected cattle (Bos taurus) breeds from two European countries, Germany and Switzerland, and significant difference (\(P\,{<}\,0.001\)) was observed between BSE-affected as well as the healthy cattle. Further, our data were also extensively compared with previous reports on BSE and highly significant (\(P\,{<}\,0.001\)) outcomes were observed. This result suggested negligible genetic susceptibility to BSE in gayals. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first comprehensive deciphering information about the PRNP indel polymorphisms of 23 bp and 12 bp in gayals, a semiwild species of China. 相似文献
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Emberlin J Smith M Close R Adams-Groom B 《International journal of biometeorology》2007,51(3):181-191
Previous work on Betula spp. (birch) in the UK and at five sites in Europe has shown that pollen seasons for this taxon have tended to become earlier
by about 5–10 days per decade in most regions investigated over the last 30 years. This pattern has been linked to the trend
to warmer winters and springs in recent years. However, little work has been done to investigate the changes in the pollen
seasons for the early flowering trees. Several of these, such as Alnus spp. and Corylus spp., have allergens, which cross-react with those of Betula spp., and so have a priming effect on allergic people. This paper investigates pollen seasons for Alnus spp. and Corylus spp. for the years 1996–2005 at Worcester, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. Pollen data for daily average counts were
collected using a Burkard volumetric trap sited on the exposed roof of a three-storey building. The climate is western maritime.
Meteorological data for daily temperatures (maximum and minimum) and rainfall were obtained from the local monitoring sites.
The local area up to approximately 10 km surrounding the site is mostly level terrain with some undulating hills and valleys.
The local vegetation is mixed farmland and deciduous woodland. The pollen seasons for the two taxa investigated are typically
late December or early January to late March. Various ways of defining the start and end of the pollen seasons were considered
for these taxa, but the most useful was the 1% method whereby the season is deemed to have started when 1% of the total catch
is achieved and to have ended when 99% is reached. The cumulative catches (in grains/m3) for Alnus spp. varied from 698 (2001) to 3,467 (2004). For Corylus spp., they varied from 65 (2001) to 4,933 (2004). The start dates for Alnus spp. showed 39 days difference in the 10 years (earliest 2000 day 21, latest 1996 day 60). The end dates differed by 26 days
and the length of season differed by 15 days. The last 4 years in the set had notably higher cumulative counts than the first
2, but there was no trend towards earlier starts. For Corylus spp. start days also differed by 39 days (earliest 1999 day 5, latest 1996 day 44). The end date differed by 35 days and
length of season by 26 days. Cumulative counts and lengths of season showed a distinct pattern of alternative high (long)
and low (short) years. There is some evidence of a synchronous pattern for Alnus spp.. These patterns show some significant correlations with temperature and rainfall through the autumn, winter and early
spring, and some relationships with growth degree 4s and chill units, but the series is too short to discern trends. The analysis
has provided insight to the variation in the seasons for these early flowering trees and will form a basis for future work
on building predictive models for these taxa. 相似文献
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Özge Özden William M. Ciesla Wayne J. Fuller David J. Hodgson 《Biodiversity and Conservation》2008,17(12):2821-2832
We analysed the influence of contemporary geography on butterfly diversity for islands in the Mediterranean Basin. We found
that island size and distance from the mainland has a significant effect on the number of species. We also used butterflies
as an indicator group to identify the importance of forest habitats for biodiversity conservation in the island of Cyprus.
To understand the relative importance of local vegetation characteristics of butterflies in the Pentadaktylos mountains transect
counts were used to assess the abundance and butterfly diversity in two different forest types. A total of 1,602 butterflies
and 23 species were recorded during this research. We observed highly significant effects of forest type on abundance and
species richness of butterflies. For example, number of butterflies was significantly higher in old forest than young pine
forest. Also, the abundance of endemic butterflies was highest in old forest habitats. Therefore, the survival of the majority
of endemic butterflies in Cyprus may depend on conservation of old forests and their understorey plants. 相似文献
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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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Yali Xu Amrita Yasin Thomas Wucherpfennig C. Perry Chou 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2008,24(12):2827-2835
Functional expression of heterologous Pseudozyma antarctica lipase B (PalB) in the periplasm of Escherichia coli was explored using four fusion tags, i.e. DsbC, DsbA, maltose-binding protein (MBP), and FLAG in the sequence of increasing
expression efficacy. Amongst these fusion tags, FLAG and MBP appear to be the most effective ones in terms of boosting enzyme
activity and enhancing solubility of PalB, respectively. Overexpression of these PalB fusions often resulted in concomitant
formation of insoluble inclusion bodies. Coexpression of a selection of periplasmic folding factors, including DegP (and its
mutant variant of DegPS210A), FkpA, DsbA, DsbC, and a cocktail of SurA, FkpA, DsbA, and DsbC, could improve the expression performance. Coexpression
of DsbA appeared to be the most effective in reducing the formation of inclusion bodies for all the four PalB fusions, implying
that functional expression of PalB could be limited by initial bridging of disulfide bonds. Culture performance was optimized
by overexpressing FLAG-PalB with DsbA coexpression, resulting in a high volumetric PalB activity of 360 U/L. 相似文献
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G. I. Naumov M. Yu. Shalamitskiy E. S. Naumova 《Doklady. Biochemistry and biophysics》2016,467(1):89-91
Using yeast genome databases and literature data, we have conducted a phylogenetic analysis of pectinase PGU genes from Saccharomyces strains assigned to the biological species S. arboricola, S. bayanus (var. uvarum), S. cariocanus, S. cerevisiae, S. kudriavzevii, S. mikatae, S. paradoxus, and hybrid taxon S. pastorianus (syn. S. carlsbergensis). Single PGU genes were observed in all Saccharomyces species, except S. bayanus. The superfamily of divergent PGU genes has been documented in S. bayanus var. uvarum for the first time. Chromosomal localization of new PGU1b, PGU2b, and PGU3b genes in the yeast S. bayanus var. uvarum has been determined by molecular karyotyping and Southern hybridization. 相似文献
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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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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16.
Annaliese S. Mason Erin E. Higgins Rod J. Snowdon Jacqueline Batley Anna Stein Christian Werner Isobel A. P. Parkin 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2017,130(4):621-633
The Brassica napus 60K Illumina Infinium? SNP array has had huge international uptake in the rapeseed community due to the revolutionary speed of acquisition and ease of analysis of this high-throughput genotyping data, particularly when coupled with the newly available reference genome sequence. However, further utilization of this valuable resource can be optimized by better understanding the promises and pitfalls of SNP arrays. We outline how best to analyze Brassica SNP marker array data for diverse applications, including linkage and association mapping, genetic diversity and genomic introgression studies. We present data on which SNPs are locus-specific in winter, semi-winter and spring B. napus germplasm pools, rather than amplifying both an A-genome and a C-genome locus or multiple loci. Common issues that arise when analyzing array data will be discussed, particularly those unique to SNP markers and how to deal with these for practical applications in Brassica breeding applications. 相似文献
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Chaoyi Liu Huanwen Xu Jing Jiang Sui Wang Guifeng Liu 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2018,132(1):191-199
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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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Chin-Hong Ng Soon-Leong Lee Kevin Kit-Siong Ng Norwati Muhammad Wickneswari Ratnam 《Journal of genetics》2009,88(1):25-31
The mating system and seed variation of Acacia hybrid (A. mangium × A. auriculiformis) were studied using allozymes and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers, respectively. Multi-locus outcrossing
rate estimations indicated that the hybrid was predominantly outcrossed (mean±s.e. t
m = 0.86±0.01). Seed variation was investigated using 35 polymorphic RAPD fragments. An analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA)
revealed the highest genetic variation among seeds within a pod (66%–70%), followed by among pods within inflorescence (29%–37%),
and the least variation among inflorescences within tree (<1%). In addition, two to four RAPD profiles could be detected among
seeds within pod. Therefore, the results suggest that a maximum of four seeds per pod could be sampled for the establishment
of a mapping population for further studies. 相似文献
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Daniel Winkler 《Economic botany》2008,62(3):291-305
Yartsa Gunbu (Cordyceps sinensis) and the Fungal Commodification of Tibet’s Rural Economy. Cordyceps sinensis is a mushroom that parasitizes larvae of Thitarodes (Hepialus) moths, which inhabit the alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. Tibetans have used the mushroom, which they call yartsa gunbu (“summer-grass, winter-worm”) for many centuries, if not millennia. A 350% increase in the price paid to pickers between
1997 and 2004 has turned this tiny mushroom into the single most important source of cash for rural households in contemporary
Tibet. On average, 40% of the rural cash income in the Tibet Autonomous Region is derived from its collection, which government
statistics figured at 50,000 kg in 2004, contributing at least CNY (Chinese yuan) 1.8 billion (USD 225 million) to the Tibet
Autonomous Region’s GDP. A dramatic fungal commodification of the rural Tibetan economy is occurring, as the income from sale
of Cordyceps often accounts for 70%–90% of a family’s annual cash income in areas where it grows. The ever-increasing harvesting pressure
raises the question of sustainability. The fact that Cordyceps has been collected for centuries and is still common argues for its resilience, but the lack of harvest studies for C. sinensis precludes a definite answer as to whether the harvest can be sustained at its current level. 相似文献