Influence of Pb and Cd on the Biochemical Indices of Avena sativa (Poaceae,Liliopsida)

Biology Bulletin - Abstract—This study was devoted to the investigation of changes of vegetable raw material under Pb and Cd translocation in the tissues of oat grown on turf and sand soils...     

Influence of 5 major Salmonella pathogenicity islands on NK cell depletion in mice infected with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salmonella enterica</Emphasis> serovar Enteritidis

Background  

In this study we were interested in the colonisation and early immune response of Balb/C mice to infection with Salmonella Enteritidis and isogenic pathogenicity island free mutants.     

A Comparative Study of Nitrilases Identified by Genome Mining

Escherichia coli strains expressing different nitrilases transformed nitriles or KCN. Six nitrilases (from Aspergillus niger (2), A. oryzae, Neurospora crassa, Arthroderma benhamiae, and Nectria haematococca) were arylacetonitrilases, two enzymes (from A. niger and Penicillium chrysogenum) were cyanide hydratases and the others (from P. chrysogenum, P. marneffei, Gibberella moniliformis, Meyerozyma guilliermondi, Rhodococcus rhodochrous, and R. ruber) preferred (hetero)aromatic nitriles as substrates. Promising nitrilases for the transformation of industrially important substrates were found: the nitrilase from R. ruber for 3-cyanopyridine, 4-cyanopyridine and bromoxynil, the nitrilases from N. crassa and A. niger for (R,S)-mandelonitrile, and the cyanide hydratase from A. niger for KCN and 2-cyanopyridine.     

Translocation D/D involving two homologous chromosomes of the pair 15

Summary A translocation between two homologues of chromosomes 15 was identified in a phenotypically normal female with the R-banding technique. The C-banding technique demonstrated an abnormally large band on the translocation chromosome. This finding suggests a possibility that the translocation might be due to breaks in the short arms or to fusion at telomeric ends. The patient had four spontaneous abortions and no normal pregnancy.