African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (64), 2011

Contents:

 
Review

 
Chong Zhao, Xiaoxu Li, Shibin Luo and Yaqing Chang

Assessments of lysosomal membrane responses to stresses with neutral red retention assay and its potential application in the improvement of bivalve aquaculture


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
ZXiaoMing Wu, JianQiang Du, Shuang Wang, Min Zhang, Xuanqi Wang and Xiong Guo

DNA regulatory motif selection based on support vector machine (SVM) and its application in microarray experiment of Kashin-Beck disease


Ji Qian-hua, Zeng Ji-wu and Guo Yan-jun

Using optimized random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers to identify the category status of Citrus nobilis Lour. Gonggan


Saikat Gantait and Uma Rani Sinniah

Morphology, flow cytometry and molecular assessment of ex-vitro grown micropropagated anthurium in comparison with seed germinated plants


Yapan Song, Liping Sun, Hongzhen Yang, Guohua Hua, Aizhen Guo and Liguo Yang

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphism is associated with abortion in Chinese Holstein cows


Wei Yu, Yue Ma and Yao-Zhou Zhang

Expression and functional analysis of apoptosis-related gene BmICAD in silkworm, Bombyx mori


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Ragbet Ezgi Duran, Yasemin Coskun and Cigdem Savaskan

The examination of Na-Ca effect on some qualitative and quantitative characters in durum wheat plants


Hui-Mei Wang, Ya-Jie Chen, Hai-Di Yu and Yuan-Gang Zu

Adventitious shoot regeneration from in vitro stem explants of Phellodendron amurense


Maqsood Ahmed, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Mohammad Jamil Ahmed, Ghulam Mustafa Sajid, Abid Yoqub and Muhammad Shafqat

Role of plant growth regulators in preservation of Pyrus germplasm in vitro


Abdul Qayyum, Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Ahmad and Matthew A. Jenks

Water stress causes differential effects on germination indices, total soluble sugar and proline content in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes


Weiwei Ren, Lingxia Zhao, Yuliang Wang, Lijie Cui, Yueli Tang, Xiaofen Sun and Kexuan Tang

Overexpression of homogentisate phytyltransferase in lettuce results in increased content of vitamin E


Rizwan Alam, Aqib Iqbal, Ikhtiar Khan, Ijaz Ali, Iqbal Munir, Arshad Javed, Inayat-ur-Rehman and Zahoor Ahmad Swati

Enhanced antioxidant defense after exogenous application of Ca2+ and K+ in Brassica napus seedlings under water deficit stress


Hua Cai, Imran Haider Shamsi, Haijun Zhao, Huabing Meng, Ghulam Jilani, Qin Zou, Xuefeng Xu and Lixin Zhu

Cytological evidences of pollen abortion in Ornithogalum caudatum Ait


Khosro Mohammadi, Mokhtar Eskandari, Gholamreza Heidari and Mohammad Tahsin Karimi Nezhad

Canola traits and some soil biological parameters in response to fertilization and tillage management


Ozlem Onal Asci

Biodiversity in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) collected from Turkey. I: Morpho-agronomic properties


Neriman Tuba Barlas, Mehmet Eşref Irget and Mahmut Tepecik

Mineral content of the rocket plant (Eruca sativa)


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Dayong Jin, Siyuan Liu, Lei Xu and Hui Ye

Study of a cleaner extraction of pyruvic acid from fermentation broth


Yekeen, Taofeek A. and Fawole, Olatunde O.

Toxic effects of endosulfan on haematological and biochemical indices of Clarias gariepinus


Mostafa Ahmadizadeh, Ali Nori and Hossein Shahbazi

Effects of drought stress on some agronomic and morphological traits of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) landraces under greenhouse condition


Seyed Ataollah Hosseini, Reza Lotfi, Majid Lotfalian, Ataollah Kavian and Aidin Parsakhoo

The effect of terrain factors on landslide features along forest road


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Uaboi-Egbenni, P. O., Bessong, P. O., Samie, A.1 and Obi, C. L.

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Campylobacter jejuni and coli isolated from diarrheic and non-diarrheic goat faeces in Venda region, South Africa


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Chong Chiao-Wei, Hii Siew-Ling and Wong Ching-Lee1,

Antibacterial activity of Sargassum polycystum C. Agardh and Padina australis Hauck (Phaeophyceae)


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Xiuting Li, Baoguo Sun, Jin Zhao, Yuegang Lv, Hongxia Song1 E. Li and Yunping Zhu

Production and improved bleaching abilities of a thermostable xylanase from a newly isolated Streptomyces chartreusis strain


Wei Jin, Dai-di Fan, Yan-e Luo, Lei Chi, Jia-qing Guo, Gao-ping Zhang and Chen-hui Zhu

Optimizing the feeding operation of recombinant Escherichia coli during fed-batch cultivation based on Pontryagin's minimum principle


Tayebeh Baghipour, Mohammad A. Khalilzadeh, Mehdi Rajabi and Jamshid Mehrzad

Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of diethyl 5-acetyl-4-methyl- 6-(2-fluorophenylimino)-6H-thiopyran-2,3-dicarboxylate (3TM)


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Hamuel James Doughari, Patrick Alois Ndakidemi, Izanne Susan Human and Spinney Benade

Virulence factors and antibiotic susceptibility among verotoxic non O157: H7 Escherichia coli isolates obtained from water and wastewater samples in Cape Town, South Africa


Yong Peng, Qingwang Li, Kun Li, Hongwei Zhao, Zengsheng Han, Fenglin Li, Man Sun and Yanxia Zhang

Antitumor activity of baicalein on the mice bearing U14 cervical cancer


Peng Chen, Yu Yun, Bo He, Shaobin Ma and Zhiqiang Shen

Preventive effect of polydatin against thrombosis: and its mechanism


Abdullah A. Al-Arfaj, Abdelnasser S.S. Ibrahim, Ali Mohammed Somily and Ali A. Al-Salamah

Genetic basis of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter clinical isolates in Saudi Arabia


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Milena O. B. Monteiro, Nelson de Souza Pinto, Pedro J. Marin, Sebastiao David Santos-Filho, Mario Bernardo-Filho

Effect on osmotic fragility of red blood cells of whole blood submitted to vibrations in an oscillating platform


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
C. S. Gajana, T. T. Nkukwana, M. Chimonyo and V. Muchenje

Effect of altering the starter and finisher dietary phases on growth performance of broilers


A Reum Kim, Seong Hwa Park, Juhyun Nam, Joseph Kwon, Min Hwa Park, Sang-Oh Kwon, Eun Jung Kwon, Jong Hyun Jung, Hwa Choon Park, Beom Young Park, Geum Sook Hwang, Ik Soon Jang, Woo Young Bang, Chul Wook Kim and Jong-Soon Choi

Determination of free amino acids of porcine serum responsible for the meat quality by 1H NMR and HPLC analyses


Bakhshali Khodaparast, Ramin Salamat Doust-Nobar, Naser Maheri-Sis, Mohammad Salamat Azar and Mohammad Taher Maddah

Nutritional evaluation of treated canola straw for ruminants using in vitro gas production technique


Matshidiso Bailekae Masenya, M. L. Mphaphathi, M. H. Mapeka, P. H. Munyai, M. B. Makhafola, F. V. Ramukhithi, P. P. Malusi, D. O. Umesiobi and T. L. Nedambale

Comparative study on semen characteristics of Kolbroek and Large White boars following computer aided sperm analysis® (CASA)


Amata, I. A. and Lebari, T.

Comparative evaluation of the nutrient profile of four selected browse plants in the tropics, recommended for use as non-conventional livestock feeding materials