African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (19), 2011

Contents:


Wisal M. Khan, Iqbal Munir, Farhatullah, M. Arif, Aqib Iqbal, Ijaz Ali, Dawood Ahmad, Mushtaq Ahmad, Afaq Mian, Jehan Bakht, Inamullah and Zahoor A. Swati

Assessment of genetic diversity of Brassica juncea germplasm using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Linus Moses Kosambo-Ayoo, Maram Bader, Horst Loerz and Dirk Becker

Transgenic sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) developed by transformation with chitinase and chitosanase genes from Trichoderma harzianum expresses tolerance to anthracnose


Abdullah Abdlulaziz Al-Doss, Adel Ahmed Elshafei, Khaled Ahmed Moustafa, Mohamed Saleh and Mohamed Najeb Barakat

Comparative analysis of diversity based on morpho-agronomic traits and molecular markers in durum wheat under heat stress


Sandigawad, A. M. and Patil, C. G.

Genetic diversity in Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume. (Lauraceae) using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Funda Dogulu, Mehtap Özkur, Ebru Dikensoy, Muradiye Nacak, Necla Benlier and Ahmet Sükrü Aynacioglu

Association of Gln27Glu polymorphism of the ß-2-adrenergic receptor with preeclampsia


Hongmei Zhang, Yuanyuan Gong, Xingwei Wu, Yuhua Shi, Lili Yin and Yating Qiu

Erythropoietin protects the retinal pigment epithelial barrier against non-lethal H2O2-induced hyperpermeability


Hongwei Qi, Zhentian Xiang, Guoquan Han, Bing Yu, Zhiqing Huang and Daiwen Chen

Effects of different dietary protein sources on cecal microflora in rats


ShiZhan Du, Qi-lin Dai, ChenChen Bin Feng, Ting-ting Liu, Xia Tian, Yuan-ya Gong, Ying-kun Sun and JinWang

Molecular cloning and characterization of the plasma membrane aquaporin gene (OvPIP) from Orychophragmus violaceus


Lili Guo, Dandan Wang, Hongshuang Ma, Weilun Yin and Xinli Xia

Complementary DNA-amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP-cDNA) analysis of differential gene expression from the xerophyte Ammopiptanthus mongolicus in response to cold, drought and cold together with drought


Murat Tunçtürk, Rüveyde Tunçtürk, Bünyamin Yildirim and Vahdettin Çiftçi

Changes of micronutrients, dry weight and plant development in canola (Brassica napus L.) cultivars under salt stress


Li Xia, Sun Zhiwei, Jin Lei, Han Lei, Ren Chenggang, Wang Man and Lu Chuangen

High/low nitrogen adapted hybrid of rice cultivars and their physiological responses


Yusuf Yanar and Abdurrahman Onaran

Mycelial compatibility groups and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) De Bary causal agent of white mold disease of greenhouse grown cucumber in Antalya-Turkey


Muhammad Ali, Marvin Paul Scott and Jehan Bakht

Molecular mechanism of methionine differentiation in high and low methionine maize lines


Wenping Zhang, Hanglian Lan, Tao Wu, Caiying Jiang, Zhengbing Lv, Zuoming Nie, Xiangfu Wu and Yaozhou Zhang

Expression analysis and characteristics of hypothetical protein BmLOC778500 from silkworm, Bombyx mori


Elena Kutas

Adaptation of regenerants of Vaccinium corymbosum L. and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. to ex vitro conditions


Erdal Tasgin, Sefa Lok and Nagehan Demir

Combined usage of testosterone and nandrolone may cause heart damage


Maryam Khavarpour, Ghasem D. Najafpour, Ali-Asghar Ghoreyshi, Mohsen Jahanshahi and Bijan Bambai

Enhanced Fe2+ oxidation by mixed culture originated from hot spring: Application of response surface method


Aydin Özlük, Nursel Gül and Ahmed Muhammed

Ultrastructural description of the corpora allata of Pimpla turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)


Ridvan Arslan

Emission characteristics of a diesel engine using waste cooking oil as biodiesel fuel


Amel A.Tammam, Eman M. Fakhry and Mostafa El-Sheekh

Effect of salt stress on antioxidant system and the metabolism of the reactive oxygen species in Dunaliella salina and Dunaliella tertiolecta


Yu Zhou, Xiongwu Qiao, Wenjun Li, Junfeng Xu, Wei Wang and Xiaoyun Chen

Phyllosphere bacterial communities associated with the degradation of acetamiprid in Phaseolus vulgaris


G. R. Sharifi-Sirchi, B. Beheshti, A. Hosseinipour and M. Mansouri

Priming against Asiatic citrus canker and monitoring of PR genes expression during resistance induction


Xenia Mena-Espino, Felipe Barahona-Pérez, Liliana Alzate-Gaviria, Refugio Rodríguez-Vázquez, Miguel Tzec- Simá, Jorge Domínguez-Maldonado and Blondy B. Canto-Canché

Saccharification Withwith Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Pleurotus ostreatus enzymatic extracts of pretreated banana waste


Asma Bashir, Bushra Saeed, Talat .Y. Mujahid and Nayar Jehan

Comparative study of antimicrobial activities of Aloe vera extracts and antibiotics against isolates from skin infections


Eşref Işik, Nazmi Izli, Gamze Bayram and Ilhan Turgut

Drying kinetic and physical properties of green laird lentil (Lens culinaris) in microwave drying


Murat Tas

Comparison of two different endurance training methods on glutathione s-transferase level


Jiayi Li, Xue Li, Mengqi Wei, Hongliang Zhao and Minwen Zheng

Diagnostic accuracy of dual-source computed tomography in the detection of coronary chronic total occlusion: Comparison with invasive angiography


Zuraida A. R., Nurul Shahnadz A. H., Harteeni A., Roowi S., Che Radziah C. M. Z. and Sreeramanan S.

A novel approach for rapid micropropagation of maspine pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) shoots using liquid shake culture system


Muhammad Naeem, Azhar Rasul, Abdus Salam, Shahid Iqbal, Abir Ishtiaq, Muhammad Khalid and Mohammad Athar

Proximate analysis of female population of wild feather back fish (Notopterus notopterus) in relation to body size and condition factor


Saud Alarifi

Assessment of MCF-7 cells as an in vitro model system for evaluation of chemical oxidative stressors


Sawsan S. Moawad, Soad A. Hassan, Amal M. Al Barty

Enumeration and estimation of insect attack fruits of some cultivars of Punica granatum


Jun Fan, Xuan Zhang, Yaping Huang, Xiaoming Chen, Jianhua Hu, Minhuan Li, Yadan Ma, Hangping Yao and Weihang Ma

A novel polyclonal antibody against human cytomegalovirus: General characteristics and potential application in diagnosis


Keivan Beheshti Maal, Giti Emtiazi and Iraj Nahvi

Increasing the alkaline protease activity of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus polymyxa simultaneously with the start of sporulation phase as a defense mechanism


Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Uma Rani Sinniah, Amir Ali Khoddamzadeh, Suranthran Periasamy and Jessica Jeyanthi James

Fundamental concept of cryopreservation using Dendrobium sonia-17 protocorm-like bodies by encapsulation-dehydration technique


Adel Kadri, Zied Zarai ,Ines Ben Chobba, Ahmed Békir, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Radhouane Gdoura

Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of Marrubium vulgare L. essential oil from Tunisia


Ahmet Yildirim, Özlem Ateş Sönmezoglu, Sabri Gökmen, Nejdet Kandemir and Nevzat Aydin

Determination of genetic diversity among Turkish durum wheat landraces by microsatellites


Hizbullah, Sarwat Jahan and Shakeel Ahmed

Obestatin induces testosterone secretion from rat testis in vitro


Mihailo Radivojević, Goran Grubić, Horea Šamanc, Milan Adamović and Nenad Đorđević

Heat treated soybeans in the nutrition of high producing dairy cows


M. Naeem, I. Ahmed, I. Hussain and M. S. Ahmedani

Performance of taste enhancers mixed with cereal bases and evaluation of the most preferred bait composition for Bandicota bengalensis (Gray)


Wu-Shan Chu, Jiang-Ping Wang, Yi-You Hou, Yih-Tsong Ueng and Pen-Hsun Chu

Length-weight relationships for fishes off the southwestern coast of Taiwan



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