African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (34), 2011

Contents:


Hamid Reza Ahmadi Ashtiani, Ali Karimi Bakhshandi, Mohammad Rahbar, Akram Mirzaei, Akram Malek pour and Hossein Rastegar

Glutathione, cell proliferation and differentiation


Hongyan Wu, Kejie Wang, Lin Zhang, Xihuan Zhang, Lei Wang and Weihong Yang

Genetic polymorphisms of 17 Y-chromosome STRs in Han population from Henan province of China


Li Zhang, Tao Sun, Ennian Yu, Lingzhi Yu, Jiangang Luo, Hui Li and Zhijian Fu

TNF-X expression, not iNOS expression, is correlated with NF-?B activation in the spinal cord of rats following peripheral nerve injury


P. Radha and Rita Singh

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) studies on Indian Cycas species


Eunice Apio Olet, Kare Arnstein Lye and Manfred Heun

Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) analysis of species of Solanum section Solanum (Solanaceae) from Uganda


Shamim Saleha, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Jamil, Muhammad Nasir and Abdul Hameed

A nonsense (c.3978G>A) abnormal spindle-like, microcephaly associated (ASPM) gene mutation is a major cause of primary microcephaly in Pashtoon ethnic group of Pakistan


Mahmoud M. Saker, Amal A. Mohamed and Amina A. Alyr

Comparative analysis of transformed potato microtubers and its non-transformed counterpart using some biochemical analysis along with inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) marker


Ai Lin, Wang Huiyuan, Hu Hua, Liu Yanqing , Ma Tiehua and Zhai Jingyun

Preliminary research of recombinant matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) mineralization ability in vitro


Chinnadurai Immanuel Selvaraj Subramanian Babu, Parasurama Deepa Sankar, Pothiraj Nagarajan and Muthukumaran Sabesan

Genome scanning for identification of resistance gene analogs (RGAs) in a highly durable blast resistance rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar, Moroberekan


Davood Naderi, Amir Mousavi, Ali Akbar Habashi and Mahmood Lotfi.

Optimization of somatic embryogenesis induction in Iranian melon (Cucumis melo cv. Khatooni)


Eva Guadalupe Lizárraga-Paulín, Irineo Torres-Pacheco, Ernesto Moreno-Martínez, Susana Patricia Miranda-Castro

Chitosan application in maize (Zea mays) to counteract the effects of abiotic stress at seedling level


Jin Kaina, Zhang Jie, Liu Junli, Geng Hui,Shen Hongxiang and Yao Yuncong

Establishment of high effective regeneration and propagation system for ornamental crabapple (Malus spp.)


Xueguang Wang, Xugang He, Baixiang Chen and Congxin Xie

Rice field for the treatment of pond aquaculture effluents


Kai Gao, Tiexia Zhu and Guodong Han

Water and nitrogen interactively increased the biomass production of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) in semi-arid area


Orcun Burak Savur and Semra Demir

Detection of species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) classic and molecular methods from the melon (Cucumis melo L.) plants in Van and its districts


Yin Wang, Wen-Jia Xu, Xiu-Feng Yan and Yang Wang

Glucosinolate content and related gene expression in response to enhanced UV-B radiation in Arabidopsis


Sobiya Shafique, Rukhsana Bajwa, Shazia Shafique* and Arshad Javaid

Herbicidal effects of aqueous extracts of three Chenopodium species on Avena fatua


Ulas Senyigit, Abdullah Kadayifci, F. Ozge Ozdemir, Hasan Oz and Atilgan Atilgan

Effects of different irrigation programs on yield and quality parameters of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) under greenhouse conditions


Iraj Alahdadi, Hussein Oraki, Fataneh Parhizkar khajani

Effect of water stress on yield and yield components of sunflower hybrids


Saime Seferoglu

Effects of olive oil solid waste on growth and nutrient uptake of faba bean, onion, and radish plants


Seyed Jamal Hosseini, Somaeih Esmaeeli and Bahereh Ansari

Challenges in commercialization of nano and biotechnologies in agricultural sector of Iran


Hatice Filiz Boyaci, Asu Oguz, Keziban Meryem Yazici and Ahmet Eren

The efficacy of endogenous gibberellic acid for parthenocarpy in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)


Fakhfakh, M. M., Yahyaoui, A., Rezgui, S., Elias, E. M. and Daaloul, A.

Identification and pathogenicity assessment of Fusarium spp. sampled from durum wheat fields in Tunisia


A. Kadri Cetin, Nazmi Gur and Zehra Firat

Growth rate of Scenedesmus acutus in laboratory cultures exposed to diazinon


Nora A. Al-Faris, Zeid A. Al Othman and Dilshad Ahmad

Association of the Glu298›Asp polymorphism in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene with risk of coronary artery disease


Tang Yu-bin, Yang Xu, Chen Fang-yan, Jiang Rui-ling1 and Wang Xin-gang

Screening, identification and degrading gene assignment of a chrysene-degrading strain


Gadallah Abu-Elreesh, Sahar Zaki, Soha Farag, Marwa F. Elkady and Desouky Abd-El-Haleem

Exobiopolymer from polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing transgenic yeast


Bertrand Tatsinkou Fossi, Frederic Tavea, Celine Jiwoua and Robert Ndjouenkeu

Simultaneous production of raw starch degrading highly thermostable a-amylase and lactic acid by Lactobacillus fermentum 04BBA19


Simthembile Ngambu, Voster Muchenje, Michael Chimonyo and Upenyu Marume

Correlations among sensory characteristics and relationships between aroma scores, flavour scores, off-flavour scores and off-flavour descriptors of chevon from four goat genotypes


Xihong Li, Juan Yun, Xuetong Fan, Yage Xing and Yao Tang

Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene and modified atmosphere packaging on chilling injury and antioxidative defensive mechanism of sweet pepper


Emre Çevik, Mehmet Şenel and M. Fatih Abasiyanik

Immobilization of urease on copper chelated EC-Tri beads and reversible adsorption


Haruna Baba and Cyril O. Usifoh

Phytochemical investigation and anti-inflammatory property of ethanol-water extract of the roots of Anthocleista djalonensis A. Chev. (Gentianiaceae)



Mona Mohammadzadeh, Noor Amirmozafari, Nasrin Shayanfar, Reza Ranjbar and Mohammad Rahbar

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in symptomatic women by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) immunofluorescence and Giemsa stain


Jian-Hui Xiao, Dai-Min Xiao, Zhong-Hua Sun, Yu Xiao and Jian-Jiang Zhong

Antioxidative potential of polysaccharide fractions produced from traditional Chinese medicinal macrofungus Cordyceps jiangxiensis in vitro


Sumaira Shams, Sultan Ayaz, Sanaullah Khan, Shahid Niaz Khan, Irum Gul, Sobia Attaullah, Ruquia Parveez, Robeena Farzand and Mubbashir Hussain

Prevalence and detection of cytomegalovirus by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and simple ELISA in pregnant women


Mollaei Maedeh, Izadi Hamzeh, Dashti Hossein, Azizi Majid and Ranjbar Karimi Reza

Bioactivity of essential oil from Satureja hortensis (Laminaceae) against three stored-product insect species



M. P. Olgunoglu and I. A. Olgunoglu

Seasonal variation of trace elements in muscle tissues of two commercially valuable freshwater fish species (Silurus triostegus and Barbus grypus Heckel, 1843) from Atatürk Dam Lake (Turkey)


Naveeda Riaz, Ayma Aftab, Fouzia Malik, Ahsan Sheikh, Waseem Akram and Saima Kalsoom

Structural modeling of natural citrus products as potential cross-strain inhibitors of Dengue virus


Hong Wang, Kedong Song1, Ling Wang, Yan Liu, Yingchao Liu, Ruipeng Li, Shixiao Li, Hai Wang and Tianqing Liu

Measurement of oxygen consumption rate of osteoblasts from Sprague-Dawley rat calvaria in different in vitro cultures


Jiannan Bi, Yuan Ji, Jiao Pan, Yang Yu, Huang Chen and Xudong Zhu

A new taxol-producing fungus (Pestalotiopsis malicola) and evidence for taxol as a transient product in the culture


Ramin Bahadoran, Abasali Ghisari and Majid Toghyani

Effects of supplemental microbial phytase enzyme on performance and phytate phosphorus digestibility of a corn-wheat-soybean meal diet in broiler chicks


Mürsel Özdogan, Sibel Soycan Önenç and Alper Önenç

Fattening performance, blood parameters and slaughter traits of Karya lambs consuming blend of essential oil compounds


Iraj Ashrafi, Hamid Kohram, Hamid Naijian, Majid Bahreini and Mehdi Poorhamdollah

Protective effect of melatonin on sperm motility parameters on liquid storage of ram semen at 5°C



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