African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (52-53), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (52), 2011


Contents:


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Faiza Masmoudi-Allouche, Radhia Gargouri-Bouzid, Walid Kriaâ, Mohammed Najib Saidi, Hajer Jamoussi, Yosr Abdelkefi and Noureddine Drira

Investigation of genetic variability related to the in vitro floral hermaphrodism induction in Date palm (Phonix dactylifera L.)


Qian Wang, Jianli Sun, Li Bao, Jinpan Lian and Huixian Zhao

Twenty putative palmitoyl-acyl transferase genes with distinct expression patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Abdollah Bahrani, Hosein Heidari, Sharif Abad and Amir Aynehband

Nitrogen remobilization in wheat as influenced by nitrogen application and post-anthesis water deficit during grain filling


Iram Fatma Jafri, Ainul Haq Khan and Mohd Gulfishan

Genotoxic effects of 5-bromouracil on cytomorphological characters of Cichorium intybus L.


Periasamy Suranthran, Uma Rani Sinniah, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Maheran A. Aziz, Nordin Romzi and Saikat Gantait

Effect of plant growth regulators and activated charcoal on in vitro growth and development of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq. var. Dura) zygotic embryo


Nasser E. Ibrahim, Hanan Shaaban and Andreas Krell

Studies on new antifreeze protein from the psychrophilic diatom, Fragilariopsis cylindrus


Sudarat Thanonkeo, Nuttaporn Chamnipa and Pornthap Thanonkeo

Induced accumulation of 20-hydroxyecdysone in cell suspension cultures of Vitex glabrata R.Br.


Junejo, N., Khanif, M. Y., Hanfi, M. M., Dharejo, K. A. and Wan, Z. W. Y.

Reduced loss of NH3 by coating urea with biodegradable polymers, palm stearin and selected micronutrients

 
Mostafa Ebadi and Alireza Iranbakhsh

The induction and growth of potato (Solanum tuberosum. L) microtubers (sante cultivar) in response to the different concentrations of 6-benzylaminopurine and sucrose

 
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Soumaya Arraouadi, Mounawer Badri, Wael Taamalli, Thierry Huguet and Mohamed Elarbi Aouani

Variability salt stress response analysis of Tunisian natural populations of Medicago truncatula (Fabaceae) using salt response index (SRI) ratio

     
Shu-Cheng Liang, Min Zhao, Lei Lu, Chun-Lei Wang, Li-Yan Zhao and Wen-Jin Liu

Isolation and characteristic of an aerobic denitrifier with high nitrogen removal efficiency

   
Jaime Alioscha Cuervo-Parra, Montserrat Ramírez-Suero, Vladimir Sánchez-López and Mario Ramírez-Lepe

Antagonistic effect of Trichoderma harzianum VSL291 on phytopathogenic fungi isolated from cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) fruits


Shazia Nouren, Haq Nawaz Bhatti and Sadia Ilyas

Bioleaching of copper, aluminum, magnesium and manganese from brown shale by Ganoderma lucidum


Ghafoori, M., Nik M. Majid, Islam, M. M. and Sylvia Luhat

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by Dyera costulata cultivated in sewage sludge contaminated soil

  
INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Ahmed M. El-Bondkly, Aboshosha, A. A. M., Radwan, N. H.2 and Dora, S. A.

Application and comparison of two different intraspecific protoplast fusion methods in Trichoderma harzianum and their effect on ß-glucosidase activity

   
Pornthap Thanonkeo, Sudarat Thanonkeo, Kannikar Charoensuk and Mamoru Yamada

Ethanol production from Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) by Zymomonas mobilis TISTR548

  
FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Zi-Gang Li, Xiao-Yu Yue, Yan-Juan Liu and Yi-Xing Zhang

Effect of calcium salts and tri-sodium citrate on certain properties of calcium-fortified soy milk


Teramoto, Y., Koguchi, M., Wongwicharn, A. and Saigusa, N.

Production and antioxidative activity of alcoholic beverages made from Thai ou yeast and black rice (Oryza sativa var. Indica cv. Shiun)


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Minoo Yaghmaei, Saeedeh Salimi, Mojgan Mokhtari, Anoosh Naghavi, Mohsen Saravani, and Farzaneh Farajian- Mashhadi

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene Glu298Asp polymorphism and risk of preeclampsia in South East of Iran


Nazmi Saritaş, Kadir Yildiz, Serdar Büyükipekci and Betül Coşkun

Effect of different levels of royal jelly on biochemical parameters of swimmers


Byung Hoon Park, Deok Jung Kim, Kun Woo Park, Mun Soo Park, Yo Han Son, Na Yeon Woo, Yoo Jin Yi, Hyoung Jun Lee, Yong Min Lee, In Sub Choi, Hyo Jeong Lee, Jae Won Park, Sung Mook Yoo, Su Chan Lee, Jae Deok Lee, Jae Shin Lim and Sangdeog A. Kim

Iron content in forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) measured on different slit widths with atomic absorption spectrometry

  
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Salwa M. Abdel Rahman, Sawsan A. Abd-Ellatif, Sahar F. Deraz and Ashraf A. Khalil

Antibacterial activity of some wild medicinal plants collected from western Mediterranean coast, Egypt: Natural alternatives for infectious disease treatment


Swee Keong Yeap, Abdul Rahman Omar, Wan Yong Ho, Boon Kee Beh, Abdul Manaf Ali and Noorjahan Banu Alitheen

Immunomodulatory effect of Rhaphidophora korthalsii on mice splenocyte, thymocyte and bone marrow cell proliferation and cytokine expression


Ghaffari, J., Naghshvar, F., Nazari, Z.1, Farid, R., Torabizadeh, J. and Madani, F.

Seroprevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection (HTLV1) in different patients in the north of Iran


Ruzanna Ab Kadir, Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin, Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab, Sahidan Senafi and Fahrul Zaman Huyop

Differentiation potential of human suspension mononucleated peripheral blood cells


FISHERY SCIENCE


Muhammad Naeem and Abir Ishtiaq

Proximate composition of Mystus bleekeri in relation to body size and condition factor from Nala Daik, Sialkot, Pakistan


BIOTECHNIQUES


Rodrigo da Silva Guedes, Tatiane Loureiro da Silva, Zanderluce Gomes Luis and Jonny Everson Scherwinski-Pereira

Initial requirements for embryogenic calluses initiation in thin cell layers explants from immature female oil palm inflorescences

   
Dongwu Liu, Xue Wang, Yousheng Lin, Liying Sun, Zhiwei Chen and Hongzhi Xu

Analysis of the effects of cerium on calcium ion in the protoplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana with confocal microscopy


Zhen Feng, Jing Ren, Yanhe Zhang and Sen Hu

Improved secretory production of calf prochymosin by codon optimization and disruption of PMR1 in Kluyveromyces lactis GG799


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE


M. Afzal, F. S. Mehdi, Fida M.Abbasi, Habib Ahmad, R. Masood, Inamullah, Jan Alam, Gul Jan, M. Islam , Noor Ul Amin , A. Majid1 , M. Fiaz and A.H.Shah

Efficacy of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. leaves extracts against some atmospheric fungi

 
ANIMAL SCIENCE


Saied Habibian Dehkordi, Fatemeh Hosseinpour and Azizollah Ebrahimi Kahrizangi

An in vitro evaluation of antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles on Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine subclinical mastitis

 
GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY


Lejla Duraković, Andrea Skelin, Sanja Sikora, Frane Delaš, Mirna Mrkonjić-Fuka, Katarina Huić-Babić and Mihaela Blažinkov

Impact of new synthesized analogues of dehydroacetic acid on growth rate and vomitoxin accumulation by Fusarium graminearum under different temperatures in maize hybrid

       

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (53), 2011


Contents:

Review


Susan Mir Najd Gerami, Safar Farajnia and Feridoun Mahboudi

Co-solute assistance in refolding of recombinant proteins


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Işil Aydemir and Beyhan Gürcü

Histochemical determination of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in normal and ethanol-induced chick embryo during neural tube development


Syed M. Shahid, Abid Azhar, Syeda N. Nawab, Rozeena Shaikh, Muhammad Ismail and Azam J. Samdani

Single nucleotide substitution mutations and polymorphisms in ECM1 gene in lipoid proteinosis in siblings of a Pakistani family

    
Ahmad-Reza Mehrabian, Masoud Sheidai, Zahra Noormohammadi, Younes Asrei and Valeyollah Mozafarian

Inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and morphological diversity in Onosma L. (Boraginaceae) species in Iran

    
Saber Khederzadeh

Polymorphism of Calpastatin Gene in Crossbreed Dalagh Sheep Using PCR-RFLP

   
PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Montaser Fawzy Abdel- Monaim

Role of riboflavin and thiamine in induced resistance against charcoal rot disease of soybean


Tieniu Wu, Yunqiang Wang, Junwei Lv and Bo Zhang

Soil water characteristics of Middle Pleistocene paleosol layers on the loess Plateau


Sivanaswari, Chalaparmal, Thohirah, L. A., Fadelah, A. A., and Abdullah, N. A. P

Hybridization of several Aerides species and in vitro germination of its hybrid


Theerawut Wongwarat, Suchirat Sakuanrungsirikul and Piyada Theerakulpisut

Effective methods of preserving SCWL-diseased sugarcane leaves for genomic DNA extraction and molecular detection of phytoplasma

   
Seyed Habib Shojaei, Khodadad Mostafavi, Manouchehr Khodarahmi and Mohammad Zabet

Response study of canola (Brassica napus L.) cultivars to multi-environments using genotype plus genotype environment interaction (GGE) biplot method in Iran


Muammer Tepe and Tülin Aydemir

Antioxidant responses of lentil and barley plants to boron toxicity under different nitrogen sources


Liu Sheng-hui, Zang Xiao-ping and Sun Guang-ming

Changes in endogenous hormone concentrations during inflorescence induction and development in pineapple (Ananas comosus cv. Smooth Cayenne) by ethephon


Johari-Pireivatlou, Moharram and Maralian, Habib

Evaluation of 10 wheat cultivars under water stress at Moghan (Iran) condition

 
Xuan Chen, Tongkun Liu, Shan Hao, Wanping Fang, Yuhua Wang and Xinghui Li

Differential gene expression analysis of self-incompatible lines in tea by cDNA-AFLP


Mehrdad Yarnia, Narges Arabifard, Farrokh Rahimzadeh Khoei and Peiman Zandi

Evaluation of drought tolerance indices among some winter rapeseed cultivars

   
Lixia Zhang, Yajun Zhang and Liping Zhang

Structure and immunological activity of a novel polysaccharide from the spores of Ganoderma lucidum

   
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Xue Hongqin, Jing Zhaoqian and Liu Xiaodong

Cr (VI) removal from aqueous solutions by fly ash and fly ash composite filter material: Factorial experimental design

   
Ihab Mohamed Ibrahim Moussa

Finger printing of community acquired-methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus recovered from King Saudi Arabia

  
Jing-wei Jin, Hui-chun Ye, Yue-fei Xu, Chong-yang Shen and Yuan-fang Huang

Spatial and temporal patterns of soil fertility quality and analysis of related factors in urban-rural transition zone of Beijing

 
Sema Alikamanoglu and Ayse Sen

Stimulation of growth and some biochemical parameters by magnetic field in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) tissue cultures


Myung Ja Kwak, Seong Han Lee and Su Young Woo

Growth and anatomical characteristics of different water and light intensities on cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings

 
FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Olutayo Sunday Shokunbi, Ogochukwu Augustine Anionwu, Oluwatosin Sarah Sonug and Grace Oluwatoyin Tayo

Effect of post-harvest processing on the nutrient and anti-nutrient compositions of Vernonia amygdalina leaf

 
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Otitoju, O., Onwurah, I. N. E., Otitoju, G. T. O., Ndem, J. I. and Uwah, A. F.

Effect of Bonny light crude oil contaminated diet on serum cholesterol and testosterone concentrations in Wistar albino rats

 
Shoeb Ahmad and Ravi Kant Upadhyay

Production of polyclonal antibodies against Indian honeybee (Apis indica) venom toxins and its efficacy in reversal of toxic effects

 
Guihong Lan, Zengting Li, Hui zhang, Changjun Zou, Dairong Qiao and Yi Cao

Relationship of microbial diversity from recycled injection water and high-temperature petroleum reservoirs analyzed by polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE)

     
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


T. A. Tor-Anyiin, M. U. Akpuaka and H. O. A. Oluma

Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies on stem bark extract of Sterculia setigera, Del.

     
Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Leopold Djomkam Tientcheu, Veronique Beng Penlap, Christopher Kuaban, Sara Eyangoh, Hubert Wang, Jean Bickii, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, William Titi Lembe, Olama Abega, Njikam Njifutie, Teyim Pride and Baldip Khan

Detection of resistance-associated mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Cameroon using a dot-blot hybridisation technique

       
Baokang Huang, Zhiyong Chu, Weiping He and Luping Qin

IChemical composition, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of the petrol ether extract of Pinellia cordata


HaiLin Ren, Yan Sun, XiaoNa Li, HaiLong Hu, ShiBing Li, EnLi Liang and RuiFa Han

Expression of E2F3, miR-17-5p, miR-20a and their interplay in bladder cancer

  
FISHERY SCIENCE


Huriye Ariman Karabulut and N. Mevlut Aras

Effects of different water temperatures and growth agent (recombinant human somatotropin) (r-hGH) on features such as growth, condition factor, feed conversion ratio, survival rate and meat composition of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fingerlings

  
Hmoud Fares Alkahemal-Balawi, Zubair Ahmad, Ali Suliman Al-Akel, Fahad Al-Misned, El-Amin Mohamad Suliman and Khalid Abdullah Al-Ghanim

Toxicity bioassay of lead acetate and effects of its sub-lethal exposure on growth, haematological parameters and reproduction in Clarias gariepinus

     
Muhammad Naeem, Amina Zuberi, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ashraf, Noor Elahi, Muzaffar Ali, Abir Ishtiaq, Tayyaba Malik, Muhammad Jamshed Khan, Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz, Muhammad Javed Iqbal and Bilal Ahmad

Induced spawning, fecundity, fertilization rate and hatching rate of Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) by using a single intramuscular injection of ovaprim–C at a fish hatchery Faisalabad, Pakistan


Muhammad Naeem, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Yunas Khokhar, Muhammad Farhan Nasir, Muhammad Fahad Nouman, Abir Ishtiaq and Razia Allah Yar

Evaluation of metal contents in female Oreochromis niloticus with emphasis on potential risk of consumption and relation to some biological aspects

     
BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Wen-rui Cao, Guo-li Gong, Xin-li Liu, Wei Hu, Zhi-feng Li, Hong Liu and Yue-zhong Li

Optimization of epothilone B production by Sorangium cellulosum using multiple steps of the response surface methodology


Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Anjum Zia, Muhammad Asghar and HaqNawaz Bhatti

Improving bio-ethanol yield: Using virginiamycin and sodium flouride at a Pakistani distillery

   
ANIMAL SCIENCE


Sawsan A. Omer, Wafa A. I. Al-Megrin, Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Mai A. Elobeid and Osama B. Mohammed

A new protocol for the treatment of Brucella melitensis in Neumann’s gazelle (Gazella erlangeri) from Saudi Arabia using oxytetracycline and streptomycin

     
Amina E. Essawy, Ashraf M. Abdel-Moneim, Ibrahim A. Gaaboub and Soad A. El-Sayed

Adverse effects of dimethyl disulphide on sciatic nerve of Swiss albino mice