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wtorek, 13 listopada 2012

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology - 55 (1), 2012




Contents:

 Agriculture, Agribusiness and Biotechnology
    
 A rapid and reliable method for the clonal isolation of Acanthamoeba from environmental samples
Zanella, Janice; Costa, Sergio Olavo Pinto da; Zacaria, Jucimar; Echeverrigaray, Sergio

 Extraction of lipase from Burkholderia cepacia by PEG/Phosphate ATPS and its biochemical characterization
Padilha, Giovana da Silva; Santana, José Carlos Curvelo; Alegre, Ranulfo Monte; Tambourgi, Elias Basile

 Induction of xylanase in thermophilic fungi Scytalidium thermophilum and Sporotrichum thermophile
Joshi, Chetna; Khare, Sunil Kumar

 Recent developments in microbial oils production: a possible alternative to vegetable oils for biodiesel without competition with human food?
Christophe, Gwendoline; Kumar, Vinod; Nouaille, Régis; Gaudet, Genevieve; Fontanille, Pierre; Pandey, Ashok; Soccol, Carlos Ricardo; Larroche, Christian

 Side-effects of pesticides used in the organic system of production on Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Efrom, Caio Fábio Stoffel; Redaelli, Luiza Rodrigues; Meirelles, Rafael Narciso; Ourique, Cláudia Bernardes

 Human and Animal Health
    
 Dental pulp vascular permeability changes induced by dental bleaching
Costa, Cristiane da; Miyagi, Sueli Patricia Harumi; Santos, Marcelo dos; Machado, Manoel Eduardo de Lima; Marques, Márcia Martins

 Fibromyalgia and the relevance of the whole-body vibration exercises in vibratory platforms: a short review
Pinto, Nelson de Souza; Monteiro, Milena de Oliveira Bravo; Paiva, Dulciane Nunes; Santos-Filho, Sebastiao David; Misssailidis, Sotiris; Thompson, Diane; Cabezuelo, Pedro Marín; Bernardo-Filho, Mario

 Production of rabbit antibodies against purified Glucose oxidase
Zia, Muhammad Anjum; Ain, Qurat-ul; Iftikhar, Tehreema; Abbas, Rao Zahid; Rahman, Khalil-ur

 Biological and Applied Sciences
    
 Control of papaya fruits anthracnose by essential oil of Ricinus communis
Siqueira Júnior, César Luis; Freire, Maria das Graças Machado; Moreira, Antônio Sérgio Nascimento; Macedo, Maria Ligia Rodrigues

 Effects of oral L-carnitine and DL-carnitine supplementation on alloxan-diabetic rats
Bazotte, Roberto Barbosa; Lopes-Bertolini, Gisele

 Influence of light intensity on growth and physiological characteristics of common sage (Salvia officinalis L.)
Zervoudakis, George; Salahas, George; Kaspiris, George; Konstantopoulou, Eleni

 Maize-Dwelling insects omnivory in Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) egg masses
Menezes-Netto, Alexandre Carlos; Varella, Andrea Correa; Fernandes, Odair Aparecido

 Testicular morphology of adult wistar rats treated with Rudgea viburnoides (Cham.) Benth. leaf infusion
Monteiro, Juliana Castro; Matta, Sérgio Luis Pinto da; Predes, Fabrícia Souza; Paula, Tarcízio Antônio Rego de

 Food/Feed Science and Technology
    
 Effect of freezing and processing technologies on the antioxidant capacity of fruit pulp and jelly
Bof, Cristine Maso Jeusti; Fontana, Roselei Claudete; Piemolini-Barreto, Luciani Tatsch; Sandri, Ivana Greice

 Use of food wastes for the production of lactic silage
Martínez, Ricardo Murray; Mezquita, Pedro Cerezal; Bermúdez, Paulina; Munoz, Richard Bugueno

 Yellow passion fruit seed oil (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa): physical and chemical characteristics
Malacrida, Cassia Roberta; Jorge, Neuza

 Engineering, Technology and Techniques
    
 Immobilization of Bacillus megaterium MTCC 2444 by Ca-alginate entrapment method for enhanced alkaline protease production
Mrudula, Soma; Shyam, Nidhi

 Environmental Sciences
    
 Bioremediation of herbicide velpar K® in vitro in aqueous solution with application of EM-4 (effective microorganisms)
Ramos, Márcio Antônio Gomes; Yoshioka, Sergio Akinobu

 Biomonitoring of microcystin and aflatoxin co-occurrence in aquaculture using immunohistochemistry and genotoxicity assays
Hashimoto, Elisabete Hiromi; Kamogae, Márcia; Vanzella, Tatiana Perez; Cólus, Ilce Mara Syllus; Bracarense, Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Lourenço; Bittencourt-Oliveira, Maria do Carmo; Itano, Eiko; Kuroda, Emília Kiyomi; Kato, Hajime; Nagata, Satoshi; Ueno, Yoshio; Harada, Ken-Ichi; Hirooka, Elisa Yoko

 Cadmium and Chromium Toxicity to Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and Microcystis aeruginosa
Rodgher, Suzelei; Espíndola, Evaldo Luiz Gaeta; Simoes, Fernanda Cristina Fonseca; Tonietto, Alessandra Emanuele

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poniedziałek, 12 listopada 2012

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology - 54 (6), 2011




Contents:

Agriculture, Agribusiness and Biotechnology
    
 Formulated products containing a new phytase from Schyzophyllum sp. phytase for application in feed and food processing
Salmon, Denise Naomi; Piva, Luíza Cesca; Binati, Renato Leal; Vandenberghe, Luciana Porto de Souza; Soccol, Vanete Thomaz; Soccol, Carlos Ricardo; Spier, Michele Rigon

 Galactans: an overview of their most important sourcing and applications as natural polysaccharides
Delattre, Cedric; Fenoradosoa, Taratra Andrée; Michaud, Philippe

 In Vitro antifungal potency of plant extracts against five phytopathogens
Tapwal, Ashwani; Nisha; Garg, Shipra; Gautam, Nandini; Kumar, Rajesh

 Molecular Analysis in the differentiation of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolates from the cashew and mango trees
Serra, Ilka Márcia Ribeiro de Souza; Menezes, Maria; Coelho, Rildo Sartori Barbosa; Ferraz, Gabriela Moraes Guerra; Montarroyos, Angélica Virginia Valois; Martins, Luiza Suely Semem

 Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of the partial tams1 gene sequence of a vaccine strain of Theileria annulata
Esmaelizad, Majid; Niaraki, Saber Jelokhani; Fesharaki, Reza Hashemi

 Optimization of Fermentation Medium for Enhanced Glucansucrase and Glucan Production from Weissella confusa
Shukla, Shraddha; Goyal, Arun

 Scale up of dextran production from a mutant of Pediococcus pentosaceus (SPAm) using optimized medium in a bioreactor
Patel, Seema; Kothari, Damini; Shukla, Rishikesh; Das, Debasish; Goyal, Arun

Human and Animal Health
    
 A Reassessment of the in vitro total protein content determination (TPC) with SIRC and 3T3 cells for the evaluation of the ocular irritation potential of shampoos: comparison with the in vivo Draize rabbit test
Costa, Rodrigo Netto; Abreu, Clarice Lima do Canto; Presgrave, Rosaura Farias; Alves, Eloisa Nunes; Presgrave, Octavio Augusto França; Delgado, Isabella Fernandes

 Embryo transfer in no cycling Crioula and Quarter horse breeds treated with estradiol cipionate and long-acting progesterone
Kaercher, Fernanda; Siqueira, Marlon; Mercadante, Alessandro; Figueiredo, Tatiana; Weiss, Romildo Romualdo; Siqueira, Felipe; Kozicki, Luiz Ernandes

 Prevalence of estrogen receptor alpha PvuII (c454-397T>C) and XbaI (c454A>G) polymorphisms in a population of Brazilian women
Araújo, Karine Lourenzone; Rezende, Lucas Cunha Dias de; Souza, Letícia Soncini; Daltoé, Renata Dalmaschio; Madeira, Klesia Pirola; Paes, Marcela Ferreira; Herkenhoff, Fernando Luiz; Rangel, Letícia Batista Azevedo; Silva, Ian Victor

 The cytogenetic effects of black tea and green tea on cultured human lymphocytes
Eroglu, Halil Erhan

 Biological and Applied Sciences
    
 Antioxidant activity of the extracts from Pycnoporus sanguineus mycelium
Borderes, Josiane; Costa, Alessandra; Guedes, Alessandro; Tavares, Lorena Benathar Ballod

 A practical culture technique for enhanced production of manganese peroxidase by Anthracophyllum discolor Sp4
Acevedo, Francisca; Pizzul, Leticia; Castillo, María del Pilar; Rubilar, Olga; Lienqueo, María Elena; Tortella, Gonzalo; Diez, María Cristina

 Alkaline phosphatase activity in plasma and liver of rats submitted to chronic exposure to fluoride
Fernandes, Mileni da Silva; Iano, Flávia Godoy; Rocia, Vivian; Yanai, Marcela Mitsuko; Leite, Aline de Lima; Furlani, Tatiana Almeida; Buzalaf, Marília Afonso Rabelo; Oliveira, Rodrigo Cardoso de

 Macroinvertebrates inhabiting the tank leaf terrestrial and epiphyte bromeliads at Reserva Adolpho Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas
Torreias, Sharlene Roberta da Silva; Ferreira-Keppler, Ruth Leila

 The effect of phosphoethanolamine intake on mortality and macrophage activity in mice with solid ehrlich tumors
Arruda, Maria Sueli Parreira de; Correa, Mara Adriana; Venturini, James; Félix, Maira Camila; Rosis, Ana Maria Bormio De; Galhiane, Mário Sérgio; Chierice, Gilberto Orivaldo; Costa, Maria Renata Sales Nogueira

 Xylitol inhibits J774A.1 macrophage adhesion in vitro
Ferreira, Aline Siqueira; Souza, Maria Aparecida de; Raposo, Nádia Rezende Barbosa; Ferreira, Ana Paula; Silva, Silvio Silvério da

 Engineering, Technology and Techniques
    
 A Biosensor Using Poly(4-Aminophenol)/acetylcholinesterase modified graphite electrode for the detection of dichlorvos
Melo, Edmar Isaías; Franco, Diego Leoni; Afonso, André Santiago; Rezende, Hélen Cristine; Brito-Madurro, Ana Graci; Madurro, Joao Marcos; Coelho, Nívia Maria Melo

 Properties of extruded xanthan-starch-clay nanocomposite films
Melo, Cristina de; Garcia, Patrícia Salomao; Grossmann, Maria Victória Eiras; Yamashita, Fábio; Dall'Antônia, Luiz Henrique; Mali, Suzana

 Food/Feed Science and Technology
    
 Beer Clarification with polysulfone membrane and study on fouling mechanism
Oliveira, Ricardo Cardoso de; Barros, Sueli Teresa Davantel de

 Effect of gamma radiation on lipids by the TBARS and NMR
Silva, Adriana Cristina de Oliveira; Mársico, Eliane Teixeira; Jesus, Edgar Francisco Oliveira de; Guimaraes, Carlos Frederico; Cortez, Marco Antonio Sloboda

 Evaluation of red cabbage anthocyanins after partial purification on clay
Lopes, Toni Jefferson; Yaginuma, Sandra Regina; Quadri, Mara Gabriela Novy; Quadri, Marintho Bastos

 Growth characteristics modeling of Bifidobacterium bifidum using RSM and ANN
Meena, Ganga S.; Gupta, Suneel; Majumdar, Gautam C.; Banerjee, Rintu

 Environmental Sciences
    
 Biodegradation of blend films PVA/PVC, PVA/PCL in soil and soil with landfill leachate
Campos, Adriana de; Marconato, José Carlos; Martins-Franchetti, Sandra Mara

 Effect of soil contaminated by diesel oil on the germination of seeds and the growth of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) Seedlings
Bona, Cleusa; Rezende, Igor Mendonça de; Santos, Gedir de Oliveira; Souza, Luiz Antônio de

 
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poniedziałek, 23 kwietnia 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (83), 2011






Contents:

Research Articles

   
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Wenwen Wang and Ming Zhang

A combinatorial enumeration problem of RNA secondary structures

 
Jianyong Liu, Bijian Zeng, Tao Du and Yingzhu Rao

Low genetic diversity and genetic differentiation among domesticated stocks of the small abalone Haliotis diversicolor in China


Liu Mengpei, Fu Dali, Fu Jianmin and TianMin

A new DNA band display technology of microsatellite DNA


Hongfei Gao, Bingsheng Liang, Dongwen Wang, Weibing Shuang, Xuezhi Liang, Zhifang Ma and Li Zhang

Myogenic conversion of bladder fibroblasts by construction and expression of eukaryotic expression vector of myod1 gene


Li Liu, Zhiming Zhang, Maojun Zhao, Jing Wang, Hai-jian Lin, Ya-ou Shen and Guangtang Pan

Molecular cloning and characterization of pathogenesis-related protein 5 in Zea mays and its antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani


Wenqi Zhu, Huifang Li, Weitao Song, Yan Hu,Chunhong Zhu, Chi Song, Jingting Shu and Kuanwei Chen

Four new single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of toll-like receptor 7 gene discovered in Chinese ducks


Olívia Pedro, Dacia Correia, Elisabeth Lie, Janneche U. Skare, Joelma Leao, Luís Neves, Morten Sandvik and Knut G. Berdal

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of the predominant microcystin-producing genotype of cyanobacteria in Mozambican lakes


Hidayat Ullah, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Iltafullah, Hayat Badshah, Durrishahwar and David A Lightfoot

Location effect on heritability estimates of yield traits in mungbean derived from F2 populations


Guozheng Zhang, Yadong Wei, Dingguo Xia, Yeshun Zhang, Bo Deng, Ziyu Liu, Jiekui Zhang and Chengfu Lou

Differentially expressed genes in white egg 2 mutant of silkworm, Bombyx mori, at early embryo development stages


Muthu Thiruvengadam and Ill-Min Chung

Establishment of an efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated leaf disc transformation of spine gourd (Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd)


Zhou Shu, Yi Lai, Ting-He Yu, Ling-Juan Ling Hu and Yi Zhang

Shear stress and interleukin-8 (IL-8) on the proliferation, differentiation and tube formation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)


Kadri Karim, Cheikh-Mhamed Hatem, Trifi Mokhtar and Ben-Naceur Mbarek

Identification of salt stress-induced transcripts in barley leaves by differential display reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR)


Tao Hu, Huiying Li, Deying Li, Jianming Sun and Jinmin Fu

Assessing genetic diversity of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) from four continents by inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Ömer Faruk Karamürsel and Ismail Hakki Kalyoncu

Nursery growing of some apple varieties using different grafting methods in greenhouse and orchard


Funda Eryilmaz Acikgoz and Murat Deveci

Comparative analysis of vitamin C, crude protein, elemental nitrogen and mineral content of canola greens (Brassica napus L.) and kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)


Branka Kalanović–Bulatović, Bojan Dimitrijević, Zorica Vasiljević, Zoran Rajić, Nebojša Ralević and Mladen Grbović

Decision making analysis of walnut seedling production on a small family farm in Serbia


M. Djurić, J. Mladenović, B. Radovanović, S. Murtić, G. Aćamović-Djoković, R. Pavlović and Lj. Bošković-Rakočević

Effect of liming on the molybdenum content in the root and leaf of tomato grown on pseudogley under controlled conditions


Parvin Ramak, Mozafar Sharifi, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Hassan Ebrahimzadeh and Mehrdad Behmanesh

Studies on seed germination and in vitro shoot multiplication of Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad, an important medicinal plant


Guo Xiao-Si and Chen Jian-Ping

Structural characters of leaf epidermis in Neolepisorus (Polypodiaceae)


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Mozhgan Partoazar, Mehran Hoodaji and Arezoo Tahmourespour

The effect of glyphosate application on soil microbial activities in agricultural land


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Sara Alaei Shehni, Mohammad Reza Soudi, Saman Hosseinkhani and Niloufar Behzadipour

Improvement of xanthan gum production in batch culture using stepwise acetic acid stress


Boublenza Faiza, Zadi-karam Halima and Karam Nour-Eddine

Physiological responses of salt stress and osmoprotection with proline in two strains of lactococci isolated from camel’s milk in Southern Algeria


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Mohammad Mirjalili, Saeb Sharif Nasirian and Loghman Karimi

Effects of corona discharge treatment on some properties of wool fabrics


Huabing Yan, Litao Yang and Yangrui Li

Improved growth and quality of Dioscorea fordii Prain et Burk and Dioscorea alata plantlets using a temporary immersion system


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Wei Zhou, Youdi Xue, Xubiao Ji, Guoyong Yin, Ning Zhang and Yongxin Ren

A novel injectable and degradable calcium phosphate/calcium sulfate bone cement


Wilfred Mbeng Otang, Donald Scott Grierson and Roland Ndip Ndip

Prevalence, perceived benefits and effectiveness of herbal medicine in the management of symptoms of opportunistic fungal infections in HIV/AIDS patients in the Eastern Cape, South Africa


Baizhi Li, Yuequn Cao, Lijuan Zhou, Chongyang Liang and Fei Sun

A novel protein expression system-PichiaPink™- and a protocol for fast and efficient recombinant protein expression


Ilham Zahir, Abdellah Houari, Mohammed Iraqui and Saad Ibnsouda

Aerococcus sp. with an antimycobacterial effect


Fatemeh Kazemi, Nosratollah Zaraghami, Sedighe Fekri aval and Amir Monfaredan

ß-Cyclodextrin-curcumin complex inhibit telomerase gene expression in T47-D breast cancer cell line


ENTOMOLOGY

 
A. Payandeh and A. Dehghan

Life table parameters of the dubas bug, Ommatissus lybicus (Hem: Tropiduchidae) at three constant temperatures


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Yan-zhen Bi, Jia-nong Zhang, Jun Ma, Hui-Wu Ou-yang, Xin-min Zheng and Xian-feng Qiao

One-stop polymerase chain reaction (PCR): An improved PCR method with speedy operation and comparable efficiency

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (82), 2011





Contents:

Review


R. O. Anyasi and H. I. Atagana

Biological remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in the environment by microorganisms and plants


Bing-Hua Liao, Sheng-Yan Ding, Nan Hu, Yan-Fang Gu, Xun-Ling Lu, Guo-Fu Liang, Jin Liu, Yu-Long Fan,Yan-Jie Zhai, Shun-Ping Ding and Sheng Ding

Dynamics of environmental gradients on plant functional groups composition on the northern slope of the Fu-Niu Mountain Nature Reserve


Research Articles

  
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


JIANG Xiang-Hui, Zhu Young-Hua, Xuan Ming Liu and SHE Chao-Wen

Karyotype analysis of three Solanum plants using combined PI-DAPI staining and double fluorescence in situ hybridization with 45S and 5S rDNA probes


Farhad Ali, Jehan Bakht, Saleem Khan, Muhammad Ali, Tahir Hussain, Muhammad Ali, Wajid Khan, Bilal Muhammad Khan and Muhammad Maroof Shah

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based molecular characterization of popular wheat varieties of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KPK) region of Pakistan


Behrouz Golein, Reza Fifaei and Malek Ghasemi

Identification of zygotic and nucellar seedlings in citrus interspecific crosses by inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers


Dong-hui Cao, Xiang Gao, Jie Liu, Josphert N. Kimatu, Shu-juan Geng, Xiao-ping Wang, Jing Zhao and De-cheng Shi

Methylation sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) reveals that alkali stress triggers more DNA hypomethylation levels in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) roots than salt stress


Saeidnia Soodabeh, Faraji Hoda, Sarkheil Pantea, Moradi-Afrapoli Fahimeh, Amin Gholamreza

Genetic diversity and relationships detected by inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis among Polygonum species growing in North of Iran


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Puspasree Puhan and Thirunavoukkarasu, M.

Direct organogenesis of Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. from cotyledon explants


Yan Jin, Caohao Zhang, Hui Yang, Yuhong Yang, Chengjiang Huang, Yun Tian and Xiangyang Lu

Proteomic analysis of cold stress responses in tobacco seedlings


Yinshan Guo, Yuhui Zhao, Kun Li, Zhendong Liu, Hong Lin, Xiuwu Guo and Chengxiang Li

Embryo rescue of crosses between diploid and tetraploid grape cultivars and production of triploid plants


Xibing Jiang, Yuepeng Song, Xiaojun Xi, Bin Guo, Kaifeng Ma, Zeliang Wang, Bo Li, Deqiang Zhang, Xinmin An and Zhiyi Zhang

Physiological and biochemical responses to low temperature stress in hybrid clones of Populus ussuriensis Kom. × P. deltoides Bartr


Allah Wasaya, Muhammad Tahir, Abdul Manaf, Mukhtar Ahmed, Shuaib Kaleem and Ijaz Ahmad

Improving maize productivity through tillage and nitrogen management


Huanhuan Shao, Qinghua Cao, Xiang Tao, Yinghong Gu, Mengjie Chang, Chenglin Huang, Yizheng Zhang and Hong Feng

Cloning and characterization of ATP synthase CF1 ? gene from sweet potato


Shoufeng Sha, Juncai Li, Jun Wu and Shaoling Zhang

Effect of metabolic enzyme on organic acids in developing ‘Dangshansuli’ pear leaf


Vera Stojšin, Dragana Budakov, Barry Jacobsen, Ferenc Bagi, Eva Grimme and Oliver Neher

Analysis of Rhizoctonia solani isolates associated with sugar beet crown and root rot from Serbia


J. Emanuel de A. Bojórquez-Quintal, Lucila A. Sánchez-Cach, Naivy F. Gamboa-Tec, Fausto Quintal-Tun, Yereni Minero-García, Manuel Martínez-Estévez, Carlos F. de J. Fuentes-Cerda and César De los Santos-Briones.

Effect of plant growth regulators on in vitro germination of coffee zygotic embryos


Aihua Shen, Haibo Li, Ke Wang, Hongmei Ding, Xin Zhang, Lin Fan and Bo Jiang


Sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers-based rapid molecular typing and identification of Cunninghamia lanceolata


Gul Jan, Mir Ajab Khan, Aman khan, Farzana Gul Jan, Rafiullah Khan1, Mushtaq Ahmad, Atta-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad Danish, Muhammad Asif, Saimdad Khan, Muhammad Zafar and Masood Jan

An Ethnobotanical Survey on Fuel Wood and Timber plant Species of Kaghan Valley, Khyber pakhtoonkhwa Province, Pakistan


Hossein Reza Rouhi, Mohammad Ali Aboutalebian, Ali Sepehri, Fatemeh Karim and Seyed Amir Moosavi

Effect of osmopriming on antioxidant activity of Bersim clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.)


Mouaad Amine Mazri, Ahmed Elbakkali, Mouhssine Belkoura and Ilham Belkoura

Embryogenic competence of calli and embryos regeneration from various explants of Dahbia cv, a Moroccan olive tree (Olea europaea L.)


Behzad Babazadeh Darjazi

Morphological and pomological characteristics of fig (Ficus carica L.) cultivars from Varamin, Iran


Lei Wang, Ke Zhang, Wei Huang, Wei Han and Chang-Yan Tian

Seed oil content and fatty acid composition of annual halophyte Suaeda acuminata: A comparative study on dimorphic seeds


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Tawadchai Suppadit, Napassawan Sunthorn and Pakkapong Poungsuk

Use of anthocyanin extracted from natural plant materials to develop a pH test kit for measuring effluent from animal farms


Kekan Yao, Siming Song, Zhenming Zhang, Jing Xu, Rong Zhang, Jiakai Liu, Lixia Cheng and Jinglan Liu

Vegetation characteristics and water purification by artificial floating island


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Esref IŞIK and Halil UNAL.

Some engineering properties of white kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)


José Luis Montanez Soto, José Venegas González, Aurea Bernardino Nicanor and Emma Gloria Ramos Ramírez

Enzymatic production of high fructose syrup from Agave tequilana fructans and its physicochemical characterization


Yan Jin, Mu Wang, Songyi Lin, Yang Guo, Jingbo Liu and Yongguang Yin

Optimization of extraction parameters for trehalose from beer waste brewing yeast treated by high-intensity pulsed electric fields (PEF)


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Qiang Tan, Yewang Zhang and Dongzhi Wei

Characterization and stability of D-amino acid oxidase and catalase within the permeabilized recombinant Pichia pastoris cells


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Tanmoy Sinha and A. Bandyopadhyay

Induction of callogenesis in Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl, a little known medicinal plant


Yong Peng, Qing-Wang Li and Jian Li

Antitumor activity of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi total flavonoids on mice bearing U14 cervical carcinoma


Jinous Asgarpanah, Saeed Mohammadi Motamed, Avishan Farzaneh, Bahareh Ghanizadeh and Simin Tomraee

Antioxidant activity and total phenolic and flavonoid content of Astragalus squarrosus Bunge


FISHERY SCIENCE


Hadi Raeisi, Moslem Daliri, Seyed Yousef Paighambari, Mohamad Javad Shabani, Mehdi Bibak and Reza Davoodi

Length-weight relationships, condition factors and relative weight of five fish species of Bushehr waters, Northern Persian Gulf


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Norha Saifudin, Nurina Anuar and Nazlina Ibrahim

Long-term stability of ß-galactosidase protein expression in the absence of selective growth conditions in transfected Chinese hamster ovary cell


Jinfeng Yang, Ju-Sung Kim, Hyun Ju Jeong, Hak-Hee Kang, Jun-Cheol Cho, Hun-Myeong Yeom and Myong Jo Kim

Determination of antioxidant and ?-glucosidase inhibitory activities and luteolin contents of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat extracts


Shih-Chun Yang, Wenny M. Kao, Chyi-Jang Wu, Yenliang Kuo, Gwan-Han Shen, Chwen-Jen Shieh, Shiou-Ping Yu and Jiann-Hwa Chen

Detection and partial identification of proteins in pearls formed in Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea)


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES


Mahrukh Sanai and Nageen Hussain

Levels of inflammatory markers (complement C3, Complement C4 and C-reactive protein) in smokers


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
N. Najafi, A. R. Seidavi, S. Z. Mirhosseini, S. Gharahveysi, M. Mavvajpour and M. Salehi Nezhad

Analysis of genetic divergence for classification and evaluation of 37 productive performances in 54 oval cocoon strains of Iran silkworm germplasm


Hamideh Hashemipour, Vahid Khaksar and Hassan Kermanshahi

Application of probiotic on egg production and egg quality of chukar partridge


Sayyed Shahram Miraghaee, Behzad Heidary, Hossein Almasi, akbar shabani, Mazda Elahi and Mohamad Hadi Modaber Nia

The effects of Nigella sativa powder (black seed) and Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench extract on performance, some blood biochemical and hematological parameters in broiler chickens


WORD PRESERVATION

 
Ergun Baysal

Combustion properties of wood impregnated with commercial fertilizers

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środa, 18 kwietnia 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (75-76), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (75), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Jinsong Chen, Conglin Huang, Xiuhai Zhang, Rong Yu and Zhongyi Wu

Detection of herbicide-resistant maize by using loop-mediated isothermal amplification of the pat selectable marker gene


Qian Wang, Yucheng Zhang, Min Gao, Chen Jiao and Xiping Wang

Identification and expression analysis of a pathogen-responsive PR-1 gene from Chinese wild Vitis quinquangularis


Musa Hasan Abu Zarga and Mukaram Shikara

NADP+- dependent isocritrate dehydrogenase from human kidney mitochondria


Avinash Pandey, Amit Kumar and Ramya P

Genetic diversity in green gram accessions as revealed by STMS markers


Yongxin Liu, Guixing Wang, Yi Liu, Jilun Hou, Yufen Wang, Fei Si, Zhaohui Sun, Xiaoyan Zhang and Haijin Liu

Production and verification of heterozygous clones in Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus by microsatellite marker


Ahmed Nagib Sharaf, Ahmed Gaber, Abdelhadi Abdallah Abdelhadi Abdelshafy Ibrahim Ragab and Walid Ahmed Korani

Induction, characterization and genetic analysis of Aspergillus flavus resistant mutants in Arachis hypogaea


Zhiyong Wang, Li Liao, Xuejun Yuan, Aigui Guo and Jianxiu Liu

Genetic relationships of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon) from different countries revealed by sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) analysis
 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Hatira Taşkin, Saadet Büyükalaca, Davut Keleş and Ercan Ekbiç

Induction of microspore-derived embryos by anther culture in selected pepper genotypes


Kalpana Sengar, R. S. Sengar and Sanjay Kumar Garg

The effect of in-vitro environmental conditions on some sugarcane varieties for micropropagation


Yousaf Jamal, Muhammad Shafi and Jehan Bakht

Effect of seed priming on growth and biochemical traits of wheat under saline conditions


Zhenming Zhang, Siming Song, Hailong Wu, Xinxiao Yu and Qian Zhang

Factors affecting soil erosion in Beijing mountain forestlands


Sureyya Altintas

Effects of prohexadione-calcium with three rates of phosphorus and chlormequat chloride on vegetative and generative growth of tomato


Özlem Tuncay

Relationships between nitrate, chlorophyll and chromaticity values inrocket salad and parsley


Sureyya Altintas

Effects of chlormequat chloride and different rates of prohexadione-calcium on seedling growth, flowering, fruit development and yield of tomato


Funda Eryilmaz Acikgoz

Mineral, vitamin C and crude protein contents in kale (Brassica oleraceae var. acephala) at different harvesting stages


Mahdi, Babaeian, Yasser, Esmaeilian, Abolfazl, Tavassoli and Mehdi, Javaheri

Interaction of micro and macro elements with manure on barley feed yield and soil nutrient content in Sistan region


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Tong Bao, Tieheng Sun and Lina Sun

Low molecular weight organic acids in root exudates and cadmium accumulation in cadmium hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L. and non-hyperaccumulator Solanum lycopersicum L.


Tian-Nv Wang, Lei Lu, Guo-Fu Li, Jun Li, Teng-Fei Xu, Min Zhao

Decolorization of the azo dye reactive black 5 using laccase mediator system


Rafi Ullah, Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Shafi, Madiha Iqbal, Ayub Khan and Muhammad Saeed

Phyto-accumulation of heavy metals by sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) grown on contaminated soil


Zheng Zi-Cheng, LI Ting-Xuan, Xiao Guang-Li, Zhang Xi-Zhou, Yu Hai-Ying and Wang Yong-Dong

Mineral composition of dominant plant species growing in a phosphorus mining area


Oguz Kurdoglu and Başak Avcioglu Çokçalişkan

Assessing the effectiveness of protected area management in the Turkish Caucasus


Ali BÜLBÜL, Tugbanur ÖZEN and Gültekin TARCAN

Hydrogeochemical and hydrogeological investigations of thermal waters in the Alasehir-Kavaklidere area (Manisa-Turkey)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Shi-jun Yu, Ying Zhang, Chun-ru Li, Qian Zhang, Zhong-you Ma and Mei-zhen Fan

Optimization of ultrasonic extraction of mycelial polysaccharides from Paecilomyces hepiali using response surface methodology and its antioxidant activity


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Farid Bensalah, Asmaa Labtar, Christine Delorme and Pierre Renault

Occurrence, isolation and DNA identification of Streptococcus thermophilus involved in Algerian traditional butter ‘Smen’


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Omojola, Moses O., Afolayan, Michael O., Adebiyi, Adedayo B., Orijajogun, Joyce O., Thomas, Sunday A. and Ihegwuagu, Nnemeka E.

Further physicochemical characterization of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth fruit pulp as a mineral supplement


Farzana Siddique, Kiran Sultan Khan, Asif Ahmad, Anwaar Ahmed, Muhammad Gulfraz and Feroza Hamid Wattoo

Development and optimization of sweet cream butter from buffaloes at cottage scale


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Margaret Oluwatoyin Sofidiya, Busola Oduwole, Elizabeth Bamgbade, Olukemi Odukoya and Sunday Adenekan

Nutritional composition and antioxidant activities of Curculigo pilosa (Hypoxidaceae) rhizome


Yun Liu, Junkai Wang, Yunjun Yan and Jiangchuan Li

Biocatalytic synthesis and antioxidant capacities of ascorbyl esters by Novozym 435 in tert-butanol system using different acyl donors


He Ying, Zhang Nian-zhang, Zhao Ping, Chu Yue-feng, Gao Peng-cheng, Zhang Jian-jun and Lu Zhong-xin

Improvement of specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the identification of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Olayinka A. Aiyegoro and Sandra van Dyk

The antioxidant properties, cytotoxicity and monoamine oxidase inhibition abilities of the crude dichloromethane extract of Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. leaves


Saadia Shahzad Alam, Samreen Riaz and M. Waheed Akhtar

Effect of high dose thiamine therapy on activity and molecular aspects of transketolase in Type 2 diabetic patients


D. O. Awoniyi, Y. G. Aboua, J. L. Marnewick, S. S. du Plesis and N. L. Brooks

Protective effects of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), green tea (Camellia sinensis) and commercial supplements on testicular tissue of oxidative stress-induced rats


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Gong Cheng, Fangrong Ding, Yunping Dai and Ning Li

Targeting the human lysozyme gene on bovine ?s1-casein gene locus in fibroblasts


Yingchun Qi, Yaomei Ye and Manzhu Bao

Establishment of plant regeneration system from anther culture of Tagetes patula


Kuen-Chang Hsieh, Ming-Feng Kao, Tsong-Rong Jang, Wen-Lang Lin, Hsueh-Kuan Lu and Yu-Yawn Chen

Estimation of segmental fat free mass in Taiwanese elderly females by bioelectrical impedance analysis with new mathematical model


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Farjad Rafeie, Cyrus Amirinia, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Seyed Ziaeddin Mirhoseini and Nour Amirmozafari

A study of patrilineal genetic diversity in Iranian indigenous horse breeds


Wang Hong, Zan LinSen, Cheng Gong, Wang HongBao and Fu ChangZhen

Molecular cloning, expression analysis and sequence prediction of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta gene of Qinchuan cattle


Muhammad Naeem, Amina Zuberi, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Riaz-ul-Haq, Muhammad Khalid, Mudasra Mehreen, Muhammad Farhan Nasir, Saeed Akhtar Rasool and Abir Ishtiaq

Some morphometric relationships of hatchery reared male population of Oreochromis mossambicus from Pakistan


Mingyan Shi, Xue Gao, Hongyan Ren, Zhengrong Yuan, Huiguang Wu, Jiao Li, Lupei Zhang, Huijiang Gao, Junya Li and Shangzhong Xu

Association analysis of CAPN1 gene variants with carcass and meat quality traits in Chinese native cattle


Navid Mogadam and Aidin Azizpour

Ameliorative effect of glucomannan-containing yeast product (Mycosorb) and sodium bentonite on performance and antibody titers against Newcastle disease in broilers during chronic aflatoxicosis


Maryam Royan, Goh Yong Meng, Fauziah Othman, Awis Qurni Sazili and Bahman Navidshad

Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), n-3 and n-6 fatty acids on performance and carcass traits of broiler chickens

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (76), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
Suchitra Muenthaisong, Andras Dinnyes and Tshimangadzo Lucky Nedambale

Review of somatic cell nuclear transfer in pig


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
F. Ebrahimi, G. Mohammadi-Nejad, A. Baghizadeh and M. Abdolinejad

Genetic diversity evaluation of rapeseed genotypes (Brassica napus L.) based on phenotypic traits and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Gerald Otti, Ayodele Fakoya, Ikpan Andrew and Melaku Gedil

Development of genomic tools for verification of hybrids and selfed progenies in cassava (Manihot esculenta)


Ping Cao, Jing Sun, Peng Zhao, Heng Liu and Guochang Zheng

A new putative plasmodesmata-associated protein, At1g19190, in Arabidopsis


Jiali Dong, Yunyun Jiang, Rongjun Chen, Zhengjun Xu and Xiaoling Gao

Isolation of a novel xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (OsXET9) gene from rice and analysis of the response of this gene to abiotic stresses


Sun, Y. L., Wang, D., Lee, H. B., Park, W. G., Kwon, O. W. and Hong, S. K.,

Phylogeny of Korean Hornbeam (Carpinus turczaninovii) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Liqing Du, Hui Zeng, Minghong Zou, Hanzhou Zhang, Lianfang Luo and Chaozhong Lu

Characters analysis of the Macadamia cv. Ikaika (333) germplasm resource


JIN Xiao-Ming, AI Lin, LIU Ji-Dong and LU Xin-Shi

The dynamics of age structures on Agropyron michnoi and Leymus chinensis in community with two dominant species populations


Süleyman Korkut

Physical and mechanical properties and the use of lesser-known native Silver Lime (Tilia argentea Desf.) wood from Western Turkey


Li Xia, Wang Chao and Ren Chenggang

Effects of 1-butanol, neomycin and calcium on the photosynthetic characteristics of pepc transgenic rice


Maheshwari .R. Bhadragoudar and Chandrashekhar .G. Patil

Assessment of genetic diversity among Capsicum annuum L. genotypes using RAPD markers


Agathar Kamota, Pardon Muchaonyerwa and Pearson N. S. Mnkeni

Effects of ensiling of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize (MON810) on degradation of the crystal 1Ab (Cry1Ab) protein and compositional quality of silage


Ruo-Fei Yang, Wan-Chen Li, Jing He, Shu-Feng Zhou, Yue-Hui She and Feng-Ling Fu

Inducement and identification of an endosperm mutant in maize


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Yanling Li, Zhijun Gong and Ji Shen

Diatom distribution in the surficial sediments of Lake Fuxian, Yunnan Plateau, China


Nannan Zhang, Yawen Fan and Yixin Liu

Relationship between diatom communities and environmental conditions at Honghe wetland, China


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Jinpeng Wang, Xuexia Ji, Yuxiang Bai, Zhengyu Jin1, Xueming Xu and Yin Li

Effects of fermentation conditions on the production of 4-?-glucanotransferase from recombinant Escherichia coli


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Saleh A. Mohamed, Azza M. Abdel-Aty, Mohamed Belal Hamed, Mohamed O. El-Badry and Afaf S. Fahmy

Ficus sycomorus latex: A thermostable peroxidase


Horieh Saderi and Maryam Abbasi.

Evaluation of anti-adenovirus activity of some plants from Lamiaceae family grown in Iran in cell culture


Joseph M. K. Mulema, Patrick Okori and Katherine J. Denby

Proteomic analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana-Botrytis cinerea interaction using two-dimensional liquid chromatography


Muhammad Rashid Khan, Azra Memon, Gul Nabi Khan, Maria Shabbir, Naima Saeed, Naseer Ali Shah, Jasia Bokhari, and Umbreen Rashid

Protective effects of Digera muricata (L.) Mart. against carbon tetrachloride induced oxidative stress in thyroid of rat


Chuanhui Fan, Zhanmin Liu and Lifeng Yao

Medium optimization for protopectinase production by batch culture of Aspergillus terreus


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Tao Kong, Yusen Jia, Jingzhe Yang, Xin Wang, Chunsong Jia and Limin Liao

Down-regulation of Notch-1 by ?-secretase inhibitor suppress the proliferation and migration of prostate cancer cells


Ying Yang, Bo Yu, Yuan Gao and Guiping Wu

Atorvastatin reverses the effects of interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) on membrane potential in cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells by activating big conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (BK) and scavenging hydrogen dioxide


Parnian Alizadeh Oskoee, Elmira Jafari Navimipour, Siavash Savadi Oskoee, Mahmoud Bahari and Fatemeh Pournaghiazar

Effect of different adhesion strategies on push-out bond strength of fiber reinforced composite posts


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Miao Xie, Min-sheng You, Juan Cheng and Liette Vasseur

A proteomic analysis of short-term exposure to fipronil in larvae of Plutella xylostella


FISHERY SCIENCE


H. Raeisi, S. A. Hosseini, S. Y. Paighambari, S. A. A. Taghavi and R. Davoodi

Species composition and depth variation of cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus L. 1785) trawl bycatch in the fishing grounds of Bushehr waters, Persian Gulf


Hangjun Wang, Liyan Zhang, Xiaowan Chen and Shaoxiong Ding

Characterization of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for the Chinese black sleeper, Bostrychus sinensis


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Mukesh, Ruheena Javed, Uma Gaur, Han Jianlin and S. Sathyakumar

Cross-species applicability of chicken microsatellite markers for investigation of genetic diversity in Indian duck (Anas platyrhynchos) populations


Gholamreza Kavoosi

Zataria multiflora essential oil reduces diabetic damages in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats


Houda Bouraoui, Elena Vendramin, Andrea Squartini, and Mohamed-Laid Haddi

Taxonomical analysis of the suspended bacterial fraction in the dromedary rumen fluid

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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

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (63), 2011




Contents:


Review


Ali Mansour Ali Saad, Noresah Mohd Shariff and Sanjay Gairola

Nature and causes of land degradation and desertification in Libya: Need for sustainable land management


Jin Ho Cho and In Ho Kim

Effect of stocking density on pig production


Mohammad Sayyar Khan

Role of sodium and hydrogen (Na+/H+) antiporters in salt tolerance of plants: Present and future challenges


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Zhao-Lun Li, Wu-Jun Xue, Pu-Xun Tian, Tie Chong, Wei-Min Gan and Zhi-Ming Wang

Adenovirus vectors can induce activation of endothelial cells: CD40-CD40L interactions partly participate in the endothelial cells activation induced by adenovirus vectors in an NF-kappaB-dependent manner


Guanyu Hou, Meng Huang, Xue Gao, Junya Li, Huijiang Gao, Hongyan Ren and Shangzhong Xu

Association of Calpain 1 (CAPN1) and HRSP12 allelic variants in beef cattle with carcass traits


Yang Liu, Xiaojing Zhou, Jianhua Zhang, Huaizhi Li, Tianming Zhuang, Runqing Yang and Huoying Chen

Bayesian analysis of interacting quantitative trait loci (QTL) for yield traits in tomato


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
H. S. Rattanpal, Gagandeep Kaur and Monika Gupta

In vitro plant regeneration in rough lemon (Citrus jambhiri Lush) by direct organogenesis


Xing-jun Lin, Yin-li Liang and Ze-xiu Wei

Hysteresis of soil temperature under different soil moisture and fertilizer in solar greenhouse conditions


Wajad Nazeer, Jehanzeb Farooq, Muhammad Tauseef, Saghir Ahmed, Mueen Alam Khan, Khalid Mahmood, Altaf Hussain, Mohammad Iqbal and Hafiz Muhammad Nasrullah

Diallel analysis to study the genetic makeup of spike and yield contributing traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Yuyang Shan, Quanjiu Wang and Chunxia Wang

Simulated and measured soil wetting patterns for overlap zone under double points sources of drip irrigation


Yaghoob Tahery

Growth characteristics and biomass production of kenaf


Nor Azlina Hasbullah, Azani Saleh and Rosna Mat Taha

Establishment of somatic embryogenesis from Gerbera jamesonii Bolus EX. Hook F. through suspension culture


Beena Saeed, Hasina Gul, Said Wahab, Yasser Durrani, Bibi Haleema, Muhammad Ayub, Ali Muhammad, Ahmad Said and Ijaz Ahmad

Effect of phosphorus and potassium on seed production of berseem


Marike Trytsman, Abraham Erasmus van Wyk and Elizabeth Letty Masemola

Systematics, diversity and forage value of indigenous legumes of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland


Yaqing Chang, Shengbao Shi, Chong Zhao and Zhaoheng Han

Characteristics of papillae in wild, cultivated and hybrid sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus)


Bozoglu, Hatice and Sozen, Omer

A sample for biodiversity in Turkey: Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces from Artvin


Yaghoob Tahery

Comparative water relation of three varieties of Hibiscus cannabinus L. (Kenaf)


Hui Zhao, Huaxiao Yan, Shixue Zhou, Yanhui Xue, Chao Zhang, Lihuozhang, Xue Dong, Qing Cui, Yan Zhang, Baoqi Zhang and Zhe Zhang

The growth promotion of mung bean (Phaseolus radiatus) by Enterobacter asburiae HPP16 in acidic soils


Beena Saeed, Yasser Durrani, Hasina Gul, Ahmad Said, Said Wahab, Muhammad Ayub, Ali Muhammad, Bibi Haleema and Ijaz Ahmad

Forage yield of berseem (Trifolium alaxandrium) as affected by phosphorus and potassium fertilization


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Rashmi Saini, Manash C. Majhi, Rupam Kapoor, Rita Kumar and Anil Kumar

Carbon dioxide (CO2) utilizing strain database


Khannous, L., Abid, D., Gharsallah, N., Kechaou, N. and Boudhrioua Mihoubi, N.

Optimization of coagulation-flocculation process for pastas industry effluent using response surface methodology


Qixiang Sun, Zhenhua Peng, Jianfeng Zhang and Junming Jiang

Response of Oncomelania snail distribution on land use in Sichuan, China


Apichat Boontawan and Pailin Boontawan

Isolation and characterization of Jatropha oil-degradation by Enterococcus faecalis and Burkholderia cenocepacia W-1 under anaerobic condition


Zubair Ahmad

Acute toxicity and haematological changes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) caused by diazinon exposure


Khalid Abdullah Al-Ghanim

Impact of nickel (Ni) on hematological parameters and behavioral changes in Cyprinus carpio (common carp)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Ratanaporn Leesing and Phajongjit Karraphan

Kinetic growth of the isolated oleaginous yeast for microbial lipid production


Boubekeur Badji, Abdallah Mostefaoui, Nasserdine Sabaou and Florence Mathieu and Ahmed Lebrihi

Identification of a new strain of Actinomadura isolated from Saharan soil and partial characterization of its antifungal compounds


K. Nathiya, Sooraj S. Nath, J. Angayarkanni and M. Palaniswamy

Optimised production of L-glutaminase: A tumour inhibitor from Aspergillus flavus cultured on agroindustrial residues


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
S. K. Tavassoli, S. M. Mousavi, Z. Emam-Djomeh and S. H. Razavi

Chemical composition and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil


P. A. Asare, I. K. A. Galyuon, J. K. Sarfo and J. P. Tetteh

Morphological and molecular based diversity studies of some cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) germplasm in Ghana


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Pongthep Ariyajarearnwong, Lakkana Laopaiboon, Prasit Jaisil and Pattana Laopaiboon

Repeated-batch ethanol fermentation from sweet sorghum juice by free cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae NP 01


Marwah Mohamed, I. M. Moussa, Kh. F. Mohamed, Ahmed Samir, E. A. Nasr, M. H. Ashgan, Salim AlRejaie and M. E. Hatem

BACTEC MGIT 960 TM system for screening of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex among cattle


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Motshwari Obopile, Keamogetse Masiapeto and Chiyapo Gwafila

Variation in reproductive and developmental parameters of Callosobruchus maculatus (F) reared on ten Botswana cowpea landraces


Haibo Zhou, Julian Chen, Dengfa Cheng, Frédéric Francis, Yong Liu, Jingrui Sun, Ying Huang, Xiaosong Wang, Xingwang Liu, Liu Xiaoming and Jiandong Zeng

Evaluation on the resistance to aphids of wheat germplasm resources in China


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Tingming Liang, Ting Wu, Jie Du, Hong Ji, Yue Li, Wei Gu and Wen Wang

Characterization of a tailless white spot syndrome virus from diseased Penaeus vannamei and Procambarus clarkii in China


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Hao Zhou, Shenkui Liu and Chuanping Yang

Expression, purification and characterization of Oryza sativa L. NAD-malic enzyme in Escherichia coli


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Cem Aygen

Diversity of micro-crustaceans in temporary habitats of the province of Sasali (Izmir, Turkey)


S. Golchin-Gelehdooni, A. Teimouri-Yansari and A. Farhadi

The effects of alfalfa particle size and acid treated protein on ruminal chemical composition, liquid, particulate, escapable and non escapable phases in Zel sheep


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niedziela, 15 kwietnia 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (62), 2011






Contents:


Review



Huoying Chen, Rongrong Fu and Xiang Li

Tomato yellow leaf virus (TYLCV): The structure, ecotypes and the resistance germplasm resources in tomato


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Zhihua Ju, Jinming Huang, Qiuling Li, Hongmei Wang, Jifeng Zhong and Changfa Wang

The polymorphisms of ?-casein gene and their associations with milk production traits and expression analysis in Chinese Holstein cattle


Mervat S. Mohamed, Salwa F. Sabet, Mohamed M. Moustafa and Mohamed S. Salama

Correlation between a single nucleotide polymorphism (G/T at nt –88) in the Mx1 gene promoter and the response to interferon therapy for hepatitis C virus in Egyptian patients


James Ameh, Imade Godwin, Ikenna Obi, Fabian Puepet, Bunza Aminu and Tsamiya Suleiman

The search for mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) A3243G mutation among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in the Nigerian population


Devi Singh, Anuj Kumar, Navneet. Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Amal Bhardwaj, Preeti Sirohi and S. Chand

Comparison of traditional physico-chemical methods and molecular marker assays for characterization of Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.)


Han Yanqiu, Cao Linjuan, Wu Jin, Hao Hongjun, Shi Yongjin, Xu Guobin and Ren Hanyun

The effects of quercetin and kaempferol on multidrug resistance and the expression of related genes in human erythroleukemic K562/A cells


Liu Tian-long, Li Jin-cai, Gu Jun-tao, Lu Wen-jing, Guo Cheng-jin, Li Rui-juan and Xiao Kai

Cloning and molecular characterization of TaAGO1, a member of argonaute gene family in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


José Ramón Pacheco-Arjona, Nancy Ruiz-Lau, Fátima Medina-Lara, Yereni Minero-García, Ileana Echevarría-Machado, César De los Santos-Briones and Manuel Martínez-Estévez

Effects of ammonium nitrate, cesium chloride and tetraethylammonium on high-affinity potassium uptake in habanero pepper plantlets (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)


Deguo Lü, Zhixia Li, Sijun Qin, Huaiyu Ma and Guocheng Liu

Bacterial community structure in the Cerasus sachalinensis Kom. rhizosphere based on the polymerase chain reaction - denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) method


Asiegbu, J. E., Onyeonagu, C. C. and Anugwa, F. O. I.

Seasonal availability and physical and chemical characteristics of four major browse plants used for stall-feeding of livestock in Eastern Nigeria


Azhar H. Shah, Safdar H. Shah, Habib Ahmad, Ayesha Baig, Zahoor A. Swati, Umm-e-Aiman, Israr ud Din, Qudsia Khalid and Abrar Hussain Shah

Co adaptation of LiCl tolerant Solanum tuberosum L. callus cultures to NaCl stress


Wang Li-Feng, Ji Hong-Bing and Tian Wei-Min

Photosystem 2 photochemistry and pigment composition of Dicranopteris dichotoma Bernh under different irradiances


Ugur Basaran, Ilknur Ayan, Zeki Acar, Hanife Mut and Ozlem Onal Asci

Seed yield and agronomic parameters of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) genotypes grown in the Black Sea region of Turkey


Amsalu Nebiyu and Essubalew Getachew

Soaking and drying of cassava roots reduced cyanogenic potential of three cassava varieties at Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia


Zhaoyu Jiang, Juntong Yu, Sanmei Ma and Yongfei Wang

Dynamic changes of stomatal characteristics during the flower, fruit and leaf developments of Zephyranthes candida (Lindl.) Herb


Filipe Almendagna Rodrigues, Joyce Dória Rodrigues Soares, Roseneide Rocha dos Santos, Moacir Pasqual and Sebastiao de Oliveira e Silva

Colchicine and amiprophos-methyl (APM) in polyploidy induction in banana plant


Zahra Khodarahmpour and Jahad Hamidi

Evaluation of drought tolerance in different growth stages of maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines using tolerance indices


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGYbiotechnology

 
Farhat Ali Khan, Muneeb Ur Rehman Khattak and Muhammad Zahoor

Estimation of inorganic constituents in the seeds of blue and white flowering capitulum of Silybum marianum


Gretty K. Villena and Marcel Gutiérrez-Correa

Assessment of Aspergillus niger biofilm growth kinetics in minibioreactors by carbon dioxide evolution


Habibah Jamil, Lee Pei Theng, Khairiah Jusoh, Ahmad Mahir Razali, Fouzi B. Ali and Ismail B. S.

Speciation of heavy metals in paddy soils from selected areas in Kedah and Penang, Malaysia


Hanan M. Khairy, Elham M. Ali and Samha M. Dowidar

Comparative effects of autotrophic and heterotrophic growth on some vitamins, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity, amino acids and protein profile of Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck

 
INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Kianoush Khosravi-Darani, Fatemeh Seyed Reyhani, Bahram NaserNejad and Ghazaleh Baghi Nejad Farhadi

Bench scale production of xanthan from date extract by Xanthomonas campestris in submerged fermentation using central composite design


N. H. Shahidan, R. N. Z. A. Rahman, T. C. Leow, M. Rosfarizan, M. Basri and A. B. Salleh

The effect of carbon sources on the expression level of thermostable L2 lipase in Pichia pastoris


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof, Junaida@Maimunah Hassan Basari, Nor Ashikeen Mukti, Razali Sabuddin, A. Razak Muda, Suhaina Sulaiman, Suzana Makpol and Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah

Fatty acids composition of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris can be modulated by varying carbon dioxide concentration in outdoor culture


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Romaric G. Bayili, Fatoumata Abdoul-Latif, Oumou H. Kone, Mamounata Diao, Imael H. N. Bassole and Mamoudou H. Dicko

Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities in some fruits and vegetables from Burkina Faso


Sana Sadaf and Haq Nawaz Bhatti

Biosorption of Foron turquoise SBLN using mixed biomass of white rot fungi from synthetic effluents


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Sakine Serap Avgin and Enzo Colonnelli

Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) from southern Turkey


F. Perveen

Effects of sublethal doses of chlorfluazuron on the ovarian biochemical constituents of Spodoptera litura


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Kashif Umer, Muhammad Ali, Rehana Iqbal, Abdul Latif, Muhammad Naeem, Shazia Qadir, Muhammad Latif, Rehan Sadiq Shaikh and Furhan Iqbal

Effect of various nutrient combinations on growth and body composition of rohu (Labeo rohita)


Peng Luo, Chao-qun Hu, Jian-jun Xia, Chun-hua Ren and Xiao Jiang

Chemical constituent analysis of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci and potential utilization value of the starfish as feed ingredient for animals


BIOTECHNIQUES


Li Wang, Zhanjun Yao, Fang Zhao, Jihua Su and Ying Gao

Using orthogonal design to determine optimal conditions for intergeneric protoplasts fusion between Mingxian169 and Y2155a


Lijun Liu, Jiaqi Liu, Qinglei Wang, Pascal Ndayiragije, Anatole Ntahimpera, Evariste Nkubaye, Qianqian Yang and Zhihong Li

Identification of Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Burundi, based on morphological characteristics and DNA barcode


Esmaeil Fallah, Maryam Hajizadeh, Safar Farajnia and Majid Khanmahammadi

SAG2 locus genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in meat products of East Azerbaijan Province, North West of Iran During 2010-2011


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Gooraninejad Saad, Barati Farid, Najafzadeh varzi, Hossein and Asghari Mohammad Hassan

Serum testosterone in Arabian stallions during breeding and non-breeding seasons in Iran


Rouhollah Nourmohammadi, Seyed Mohammad Hosseini and Homayoun Farhangfar

Effect of citric acid and microbial phytase on serum enzyme activities and plasma minerals retention in broiler chicks


Muhammad Aasif Shahzad, Muhammad Sharif, Mahr un Nisa, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Farooq Khalid and Hafiz Abubaker Saddiqi

Changing certain dietary cationic and anionic minerals: Impact on blood chemistry, milk fever and udder edema in buffaloes during winter


Shahzad Akbar Khan Mughal, Gulzar Ahmed, Tarique Hussain, Sarfaraz Ali Fazlani, Ijaz Ahmed4 and Farhan Ahmed Khan

In vivo pathogenicity of hydropericardium hepatitis syndrome (Angara disease)


Luciano Bruno De Carvalho-Silva, Maysa Do Vale Oliveira, Danielle Taira Konichi, Mario Roberto Maróstica Junior, Pablo Christiano Barboza Lollo And Jaime Amaya-Farfán

Evaluation of mutagenic/antimutagenic activity of conjugated linoleic acid in mice by micronucleus test

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (60-61), 2011



African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (60), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Miro Ferreri, Weijie Qu2 and Bo Han

Phylogenetic networks: A tool to display character conflict and demographic history


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Jiandong Yang, Rong Hou, Fujun Shen, Xuyu Yang, Liang Zhang, Limin Chen, Wanli Chen, Wenping Zhang, Qing Zhu and Zhihe Zhang

Microsatellite variability reveals significant genetic differentiation of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in the Minshan A habitat


Zhang Bao-Yi, Wei Xiao-Lan, Yang Fu-Yu and Zhang Yun-Wei

Effects of space flight factors on genetic diversity of Buchloe dactyloides seeds


Abbas Doosti and Payam Ghasemi Dehkordi

The p53 codon 72 polymorphism and association to prostate cancer in Iranian patients


Bizhan Nomanpour, Arash Ghodousi, Toraj Babaei, Seyd AliJavad Mousavi, Soroor Asadi and Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi

Detection and quantification of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Iranian patients with pneumonia and individual carriers by real time PCR


Sanlei Li, Dongdong Xu, Bao Lou, Hanxiang Xu, Feng You, Wei Zhan and Zhi Geng

Genetic differentiation in Japanese flounder in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and mitochondrial DNA markers


Junwu Li, Junyuan Gong, Xin Liu, Qiuping Ye, Dong Song and Renjie Xiao

Construction of a fusion gene containing hepatitis B virus L gene and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85B gene and its expression in Pichia pastoris


Shengjie Guo, Yanmei Li, Jin Chu, Li Wang, Xihong Zhao, Nanjing Zhong,Shaopeng Qiu, Junxing Chen and Yanyan Li

First observation of excision and integration in Class 1 integron in staphylococci


Cheng-kui Qiang, Chang-chun Li, Ren-de Qi, Bao-ya Zhou, Yue-hua Qin and Yu-zhou Du

Cloning and bioinformatics analysis of an ubiquitin gene of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


Fang Li, Long Zhou, Fangquan Xiao, Kang Liao and Jianfang Hu

Characterization of the psoRPM1 gene for resistance to root-knot nematodes in wild myrobalan plum (Prunus sogdiana)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Cervenski Janko, Gvozdanovic-Varga Jelica, Glogovac Svetlana and Mladenovic Gojko

Stability of head weight in cabbage accessions (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.)


Amin Azadi, Eslam Majidi Hervan, Seyed Abolghasem Mohammadi, Foad Moradi, Babak Nakhoda, Mojtaba Vahabzade and Mohsen Mardi

Screening of recombinant inbred lines for salinity tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


M. Motior Rahman, Abdou A. Soaud, Fareed H. AL Darwish Faruq Golam and M. Sofian-Azirun

Growth and nutrient uptake of maize plants as affected by elemental sulfur and nitrogen fertilizer in sandy calcareous soil


Aysen Akay

Effect of zinc fertilizer applications on yield and element contents of some registered chickpeas varieties


M. M. A. Mondal, M. A. Hakim, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, M. A. K. Azad and M. R. Karim

Contribution of morpho-physiological attributes in determining the yield of mungbean


Emel Çolak, Recep Kara, Tülay Ezer, Gökçen Yuvali Çelik and Büşra Elibol

Investigation of antimicrobial activity of some Turkish pleurocarpic mosses


Majid Khayatnezhad and Roza Gholamin

Effects of salt stress levels on five maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars at germination stage


Alpaslan Kusvuran

The effects of different nitrogen doses on herbage and seed yields of annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba)


Busani Moyo, Patrick J. Masika, Arnold Hugo and Voster Muchenje

Nutritional characterization of Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaves


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Zhulai Wang

A research on ceramsite obtained from blast furnace slag and sewage sludge


Zhao-Xiang Han, Meng Zhang and Chun-Xia Lv

Toxicokinetic behaviors and modes of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctane acid (PFOA) on tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Rahim Saneifard and Nader Hassasi

Clinical effect of fuzzy numbers based on center of gravity


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Faten, S. Mansour, Khaled S.Nagy, Amal A.Taqi and Kasim Abass Askar

Factors affecting the fungal contamination of some fruit juices packaged in Tetra Pak


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Amal Taqi, Kasim Abass Askar, Khaled Nagy, Lucia Mutihac and Ioan Stamatin

Effect of different concentrations of olive oil and oleic acid on the mechanical properties of albumen (egg white) edible films


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Zaved Ahmed khan and Asit Ranjan Ghosh

Withaferin-A displays enhanced anxiolytic efficacy without tolerance in rats following sub chronic administration


Zahra Rodbari, Masoud Alipanah, Hamid Reza Seyedabadi and Cyrus Amirinia

Identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism of the pituitary-specific transcriptional factor 1 (Pit 1) gene and its association with body composition trait in Iranian commercial broiler line


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Alipour Mohammad Reza, Ahmadiasl Naser and Khamnei Saeed

Transient post-exercise hyper-perspiration of forehead area


Lan-jun Bai, Wings TY Loo, Yiding Dou, Min Wang, Hao Liang, Mary NB Cheung and Ziyuan Luo

Effects of various forms of lipopolysaccharide on the expression of inflammatory mediators and cardiac biomarkers in human cardiac fibroblasts and human coronary smooth muscle cells


Wei Ping and Jin Hong-mei

Blueberries extract supplementation improves physical performance and decreases oxidative stress in mice


Yuehong Wang, Zhangui Tang, Suping Zhao, Xiaoli Xie, Zhigang Yao, Chenghui Liu, Binbin Qu, Yan Chen, Zhixiang Xiao and Guiyuan Li

Proteomic analysis of human oral verrucous carcinoma


Juliana Soares Oliveira, Tatiana Araujo Aguiar, Hygor Mezadri and Orlando David Henrique dos Santos

Attainment of hydrogel-thickened nanoemulsions with tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) and retinyl palmitate


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Hu Jian-jiang, Zhang Qian, Hou Yan-ming, Wang Xin-rui, Ma Hui and Wang Yi

Studying arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis of Colo-16 cells with two-photon and confocal laser scanning microscopy


G. O. Adewuyi, A. O. Abafe and A. I. Ayede

Development and validation of a thin layer chromatographic method for the determination of artesunate and amodiaquine in tablet formulations


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Ali Asghar Saki, Pouya Zamani, Mojtaba Haghighat and Mohammad Kazemifard

Intestinal DNA concentration and protein synthesis in response to low quality diets in two strains of Leghorn layers


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (61), 2011


Contents:

 

Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Rongshu Zhang, Yucheng Wang, Chao Wang, Zhigang Wei, Dean Xia, Yuefeng Wang, Guifeng Liu and Chuanping Yang

Temporal expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of gibberellins in birch (Betula platyphylla)


Lucica Mihalte, Radu E. Sestras and Gyorgy Feszt

Morphological characterization and phylogenetic distance among several genotypes of Rebutia, Aylostera, Mediolobivia and Sulcorebutia (Cactaceae)


M. Kholghi, I. Bernousi, R. Darvishzadeh and A. Pirzad

Correlation and path-cofficient analysis of seed yield and yield related trait in Iranian confectionery sunflower populations


Haddad El Rabey and Abdulrahman L. Al-Malki

Application of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers and polyphenol oxidases (PPO) genes for distinguishing between the diploid (glaucum) and the tetraploid (leporinum) accessions in Hordeum murinum complex


Ezatollah Farshadfar, Mehrzad Allahgholipour, Laila Zarei and Masoud Kiani

Genetic analysis of field and physiological indicators of drought tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using diallel mating design


Greguła-Kania, Monika

New allelic variant of the ovine calpastatin gene


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Mohammad Ali Shirazi Kharrazi and Mohammad Reza Naroui Rad

Evaluation of sorghum genotypes under drought stress conditions using some stress tolerance indices


Aysen Akay

Effect of zinc fertilizer applications on yield and element contents of some registered chickpeas varieties


Chae-In Na, Muhammad Hamayun, Abdul Latif Khan, Yoon-Ha Kim, Kwang-Il Choi, Sang-Mo Kang, Sung-Il Kim, Jung-Tae Kim, Jong-Gun Won and In-Jung Lee

Influence of prohexadione-calcium, trinexapac-ethyl and hexaconazole on lodging characteristic and gibberellin biosynthesis of rice (Oryza sativa L.)


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Zheng Zi-Cheng, He Shu-Qin, LI Ting-Xuan and Wang Yong-Dong

Effect of land use patterns on stability and distributions of organic carbon in the hilly region of Western Sichuan, China


Zheng Jiang, Li Zhongbao, Lu Yinghua, Tang Xuemin, Lu Bin, Li Yuanyue, Lu Zhiqiang, Lin Yaojiang and Zhou Jixin

Cultivation of the microalga, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, in biogas wastewater


Mohamed Anwar K. Abdelhalim, Mohsen M. Mady, Magdy M. Ghannam, Mohammed S. Al-Ayed and A. S. Alhomida

The effects of gold nanoparticles size and concentration on viscosity, flow activation energy, dielectric and optical properties


Devgoswami, Ch.R., Kalita, M. C., Talukdar, J., Bora, R. and Sharma, P.

Studies on the growth behavior of Chlorella, Haematococcus and Scenedesmus sp. in culture media with different concentrations of sodium bicarbonate and carbon dioxide gas


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Muhannad I. Massadeh and Fatima M. Sabra

Production and characterization of lipase from Bacillus stearothermophilus


Tan Wee Yee, Nagendra G. Prabhu, Jain, K. and Darah Ibrahim

Process parameters influencing tannase production by Aspergillus niger using mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata) bark in solid substrate fermentation


Hu Jian-jiang, Zhang Qian, Hou Yan-ming, Wang Xin-rui, Ma Hui and Wang Yi

Studying arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis of Colo-16 cells with two-photon and confocal laser scanning microscopy


Wei-wei Huang, Bing-zhi Dong, Zhuo-ping Cai and Shun-shan Duan

Growth effects on mixed culture of Dunaliella salina and Phaeodactylum tricornutum under different inoculation densities and nitrogen concentrations


Wang Gang, Chen Guang and Wu Ming

Biochemical properties and potential applications of an organic solvent-tolerant lipase isolated from Bacillus cereus BF-3


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Yang Zhou, Hong Wang, Ruili Yang, Hui Huang, Yuanming Sun, Yudong Shen, Hongtao Lei and Hong Gao

Effects of Litchi chinensis fruit isolates on prostaglandin E2 and nitric oxide production in J774 murine macrophage cells


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


S. Kassouar and M. B. Baba Hamed

Heterologous expression and partial purification of calcium and calmodulin dependant protein kinase (CCaMK) of Medicago truncatula


Baoming Tian, Fang Wei, Haiyan Shu, Qiaoling Zhang, Xin Zang and Yuli Lian

Decreasing erucic acid level by RNAi-mediated silencing of fatty acid elongase 1 (BnFAE1.1) in rapeseeds (Brassica napus L.)


Rosa del Carmen Rocha-Gracia, María Miriam Hernández Arroyo, Patricia Lozano Zaraín, Beatriz Hernández Carlos, Héctor Santiago Romero, Ernestina Cedillo Portugal, María Teresa Zayas Pérez and Jesús Francisco López-Olguín

Antibacterial activity of crude extracts from Mexican plants against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus


Mukun Wang, DaShi Yu, Xinhong Guo, Yi Cui, Xiushan Li, Jihong Zhang, Lijian Zhao, Hongping Chang, Shuai Hu, Chao Zhang, Junchao Shi and Xuanming Liu

Casein kinase 1-Like 3 is required for abscisic acid regulation of seed germination, root growth, and gene expression in Arabidopsis


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Qin Zhang, Yue-Min Xu, Hong-Bin Li, Min-Kai Xie and Ji-Hong Wang

Adipose tissue-derived stem cells in oral mucosa tissue engineering: Enhanced migration and proliferation in co-culture with oral keratinocytes in vitro


Oguntibeju, O. O., Akinola, F. F. and Okonkwo, K. G.

Effect of artemether on rat hepatocytes during acute damage


Xin Ge, Xifeng Luo, Yinggang Chen, Mingqi Li, Shixiong Jiang, and Xishan Wang

Rhein induces apoptosis of HCT-116 human colon cancer cells via activation of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Senol Yildiz

Rotational and nematicidal effect of lupine (Lupinus albus L.: Leguminosae)


Orouj Valizadegan, Ali Asghr Pourmirza and Mohammad Hassan Safaralizadeh

The impact of microwaves irradiation and temperature manipulation for control of stored-products insects


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Hongjian Lv, Xiumei Zhang, Peidong Zhang, Wentao Li and Zhenqing Miao

The implement of plastic oval tags for mark-recapture in juvenile Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) on the northeast coast of Shandong Province, China


BIOTECHNIQUES


Yuewei Zhang, Ping Fu, Jiahe Li, Fei Jiang, Jinxiang Li and Wenxue Wu

Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for visualization detection of the highly virulent strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in China


Muhammad Arif Nadeem Saqib, Munazza Fatima, Irum Nawaz Awan, Mirza Imran Shahzad, Syed Kumail Ali Rizvi, Muhammad Mukhtar and Azra Khanum

Optimized conditions for high-level solubilization and purification of recombinant camel growth hormone in Escherichia coli


Gökçen Yönter and Bülent Yagmur

Effect of Agri-SC as a soil conditioner on runoff, soil loss and crust strengths


Juan Men and Fa Cheng

Biodegradation and growth characteristics of a toluene-degrading strain


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 
Iqbal Hussain, Riaz Ullah, Jehangir Khan, Naeem Khan, Mohammad Zahoor, Naseem Ullah, Muneeb ur Rehman Khattak, Farhat Ali Khan, Abdul Baseer and Muhammad Khurram

Analysis of chemical constituents in medicinal plants of selected districts of Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan


Farah Mazhar, Mohtasheemul Hasan, Iqbal Azhar, M. Shaiq Ali, Misbah Zubair, Rabail Zahid and Muhammad Akram

Some biological studies on Hypnea pannosa J. Ag.


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Gholamreza Ghalamkari, Majid Toghyani, Ehsan Tavalaeian, Nasir Landy, Zahra Ghalamkari and Hadi Radnezhad

Efficiency of different levels of Satureja hortensis L. (Savory) in comparison with an antibiotic growth promoter on performance, carcass traits, immune responses and serum biochemical parameters in broiler chickens


S. Darmand, A. Lavvaf, A. R. Seidavi, N. Eila, S. Nematollahian and T. Farahvash

Estimation of genetic parameters in three commercial silk-worm lines of Iran


H. A. Abbasi, S. Gharavysi and R. Abdullahpour

Genetic polymorphism of exon 9-11 of the leptin gene receptor in breeder hens of Mazandaran native fowls


Jing Yuan, Chunlei Zhang, Xingtang Fang, Qin Wang, Lina Qian, Limin Shan Xiangyong Lan and Hong Chen

Determination of taste receptor type 1 member 1 (TAS1R1) gene polymorphism and association with some body measurements in goats


Nemat Ziaei, Hassan Kermanshahi and Mohammad PileVar

Effects of dietary crude protein and calcium/phosphorus content on growth, nitrogen and mineral retention in broiler chickens


H. A. Abbasi and M. Kazemi

Detection of polymorphism of the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) gene in Mazandaran native chicken using PCR-RFLP method


FOOD AND NUTRITION SCIENCE

 
Hacer Savurdan and Nazan Aktaş

Developing knowledge level scale of functional foods: Validity and reliability study


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (58-59), 2011



African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (58), 2011


Contents:

 
Workshop on Social Impact of Biotechnology, Bangi, Malaysia, 5th to 7th April, 2011
Special Issue

 
Introduction


Latifah Amin


Review

 
Zinatul A. Zainol, Latifah Amin, Kamaruzaman Jusoff, Anowar Zahid and Frank Akpoviri

Pharmaceutical patents and access to essential medicines in sub-Saharan Africa


Zinatul A. Zainol, Latifah Amin, Noor Sharizad Rusly, Hasrizul Hashim, Nik Marzuki Sidik, Frank Akpoviri and Rosli Ramli

The need for biosafety regulation in developing countries: Benefits and controversies


Zinatul A. Zainol, Latifah Amin, Frank Akpoviri and Rosli Ramli

Biopiracy and states’ sovereignty over their biological resources


Latifah Amin, Hasrizul Hashim, Nik Marzuki Sidik, Zinatul A. Zainol and Nurina Anuar

Public attitude towards modern biotechnology


Latifah Amin, Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol, Noor Sharizad Rusly, Frank Akpoviri and Nik Marzuki Sidik

Risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Latifah Amin, Zinatul A. Zainol, Jamaluddin Md. Jahi, Abd. Rahim Md Nor, Mohamad Osman and Nor Muhammad Mahadi

Effect of demographic variables on public attitudes towards genetically modified insulin


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Hasrizul Hashim and Jamil Ahmad

Ethical perception of modern biotechnology


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Mohd Fadhli Hamdan, Abdul Latif Samian and Mohamad Sabri Haron

Awareness and knowledge on modern biotechnology


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan and Hasrizul Hashim

Ethical perception of cross-species gene transfer in plant


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Jamil Ahmad, Hasrizul Hashim, Abdul Latif Samian and Mohamad Sabri Haron

Ethical perception of synthetic biology

 
Latifah Amin, Fadhli Hamdan, Roosfa Hashim, Mus Chairil Samani, Nurina Anuar, Zinatul A. Zainol and Kamaruzzaman Jusoff

Risks and benefits of genetically modified foods


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan and Jamil Ahmad

Ethical perception of human gene in transgenic banana


Mus Chairil Samani, Nurul Ilyana Rezali, Latifah Amin and Zaharah Hassan

Biotechnology issues in four Malaysian mainstream newspapers

   

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (59), 2011


Contents:


Markers


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Haeyoung Na, Guiyoung Hwang, Jung-Ho Kwak, Moo Koung Yoon and Changhoo Chun

Microspore derived embryo formation and doubled haploid plant production in broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var italica) according to nutritional and environmental conditions


Wu, H. C. and du Toit, E. S.

Role and significance of total phenols during rooting of Protea cynaroides L. cuttings


Cai Hong-Guang, Gao Qiang, Mi Guo-Hua and Chen Fan-Jun

Effect of environmental conditions on the genotypic difference in nitrogen use efficiency in maize


Cervenski Janko, Gvozdanovic-Varga Jelica, Glogovac Svetlana and Dragin Sasa

Variability of characteristics in new experimental hybrids of early cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.)


Huifang Yu, Zhenqing Zhao, Xiaoguang Sheng, Jiansheng Wang and Honghui Gu

Evaluation of genetic diversity in self-incompatible broccoli DH lines assessed by SRAP markers


Jong Myung Choi, Ahmed Latigui and Chiwon W. Lee

Growth and nutrient uptake responses of ‘Seolhyang’ strawberry to various ratios of ammonium to nitrate nitrogen in nutrient solution culture using inert media


Cetin Karademir, Emine Karademir, Remzi Ekinci and Kudret Berekatoglu

Yield and fiber quality properties of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under water stress and non-stress conditions


Quanzhen Wang, Tianming Hu, Jian Cui, Xianguo Wang, He Zhou, Jianguo Han and Tiejun Zhang

Modelling of seed yield and its components in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) based on a large sample


Sharif, M., Matiullah, K., Tanvir, B., Shah, A. H. and Wahid, F.

Response of fed dung composted with rock phosphate on yield and phosphorus and nitrogen uptake of maize crop


S. N. Emrani, A. Arzani and G. Saeidi

Seed viability, germination and seedling growth of canola (Brassica napus L.) as influenced by chemical mutagens


Lin Yang, Feng-Ling Fu, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Shu-Feng Zhou, Yue-Hui She and Wan-Chen Li

T-DNA integration patterns in transgenic maize lines mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens


Hasan Hüseyin Dogan and Ilgaz Akata

Ecological features of Tricholoma anatolicum in Turkey


Asia Nosheen, Asghari Bano, Faizan Ullah, Uzma Farooq, Humaira Yasmin and Ishtiaq Hussain

Effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on root morphology of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)


Lili Geng, Lihong Niu, Changlong Shu, Fuping Song, Dafang Huang and Jie Zhang

High-efficiency regeneration of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) plants from leaf discs


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Prakash Nathan, Xavier Rathinam, Marimuthu Kasi, Zuraida Abdul Rahman and Sreeramanan Subramaniam

A pilot study on the isolation and biochemical characterization of Pseudomonas from chemical intensive rice ecosystem


Shanooba Palamthodi, Dhiraj Patil2 and Yatin Patil

Microbial degradation of textile industrial effluents


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Awole, S., Woldetsadik, K. and Workneh, T. S.

Yield and storability of green fruits from hot pepper cultivars (Capsicum spp.)


Nomasonto M. Xazela, Voster Muchenje and Upenyu Marume

Effects of different cooking methods on the consumer acceptability of chevon


Tomislav Jurendić and Branko Tripalo

Biot number - lag factor (Bi-G) correlation for tunnel drying of baby food


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Zhonghai Tang, Shiyin Guo, Liqun Rao, Jingping Qin, Xiaona Xu and Yizeng Liang

Optimization of the technology of extracting water-soluble polysaccharides from Morus alba L. leaves


Ali Salehzadeh, Hamideh Ofoghi, Farzin Roohvand, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi and Kazem Parivar

Intracellular expression of human calcitonin (hCT) gene in the methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris


Mohammad Esmaeel Ebrahimi Chaharom, Mehdi Abed Kahnamoii, Soodabeh Kimyai and Mohammadreza Hajirahiminejad Moghaddam

Effect of sodium hypochlorite on the shear bond strength of fifth- and seventh-generation adhesives to coronal dentin


Maysoon Mohammad Najeeb Mohammad Saleem, Arieg Abdul Whab Mohammad, Jazaer Abdulla Al-Tameemi and Ghassan Mohammad Sulaiman

Biological study of the effect of licorice roots extract on serum lipid profile, liver enzymes and kidney function tests in albino mice


Ashok, G., Rajendran, P., Jayam, S., Karthika, R., Kanthesh, B. M., Vikram, Reddy, E., and Kulkarni, P. S.

Assessment of immune response and safety of two recombinant hepatitis B vaccines in healthy infants in India


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Givemore Munhenga and Lizette L. Koekemoer

Differential expression of cytochrome P450 genes in a laboratory selected Anopheles arabiensis colony


FISHERY SCIENCE


Farzad Ghiasi

Predominant lactic acid bacteria isolated from the intestines of silver carp in low water temperature


Shan-Hu Lai, Yao-Horng Wang, Kuo-Tai Yang, Chia-Hsuan Chen and Mu-Chiou Huang

Novel family- and genus-specific DNA markers in Mugilidae


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Shuang Zhong, Yingdui He, Huicai Zeng, Yiwei Mo, ZhaoXi Zhou, XiaoPing Zang and Zhiqiang Jin

Effects of banana wilt disease on soil nematode community structure and diversity


Aafia Aslam, Aamir Ali, Naima Huma Naveed, Asif Saleem and Javed Iqbal

Effect of interaction of 6-benzyl aminopurine (BA) and sucrose for efficient microtuberization of two elite potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars, Desiree and Cardinal


Kian Mau Goh, Charles Voon, Yen Yen Chai and Rosli Md. Illias

Meiothermus sp. SK3-2: A potential source for the production of trehalose from maltose


Yin-Chun Chao, Shuenn-Kung Su, Ya-Wun Lin, Wan-Ting Hsu and Kuo-Shien Huang

Synthesis and application of polyethylene glycol/vinyltriethoxy silane (PEG/VTES) copolymers


Abbas Doosti, Pejman Abbasi and Sadegh Ghorbani-Dalini

Fraud identification in fishmeal using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
G. Q. Lan, N. Abdullah, S. Jalaludin and Y. W. Ho

Purification and characterization of a phytase from Mitsuokella jalaludinii, a bovine rumen bacterium


Hamid Reza Ebadi Azar, Kambiz Nazer Adl, Yahya Ebrahim Nezhad and Mohammad Moghaddam

Effect of different levels and particle sizes of perlite on carcass characteristics and tibia ash of broiler chicks


Mehrdad Irani, Shahabodin Gharahveysi, Mona Zamani and Reza Rahmatian

The effect of butyric acid glycerides on performance and some bone parameters of broiler chickens


RunJun Yang , Meng Huang, JunYa Li , ZhiHui Zhao, ShangZhong Xu

Construction of a mammalian cell expression vector pAcGFP-FasL and its expression in bovine follicular granulosa cells


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (54-55), 2011



African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (54), 2011


Contents:

Review


Katarzyna Leja, Katarzyna Czaczyk and Kamila Myszka

Biotechnological synthesis of 1,3-propanediol using Clostridium ssp.


Bayram Sade, Süleyman Soylu and Elif Yetim

Drought and oxidative stress


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Ruijuan Li, Wenjing Lu, Juntao Gu, Xiaojuan Li, Chengjin Guo and Kai Xiao

Molecular characterization and functional analysis of OsPHY2, a phytase gene classified in histidine acid phosphatase type in rice (Oryza sativa L.)


Xiu Hua Zhao, Jin Yu Wang, Gen Xi Zhang, Yue Wei and Ya Bo Yu

Polymorphisms of two neuroendocrine–correlated genes associated with body weight and reproductive traits in Jinghai yellow chicken


Hai Thi Hong Truong, HakSoon Choi, Myoung Cheoul Cho and Hye Eun Lee

Conversion of the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker UBC#116 linked to Fusarium crown and root rot resistance gene (Frl) into a co-dominant sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker for marker-assisted selection of tomato


Mostafa Farajpour, Mohsen Ebrahimi, Reza Amiri, Seyed Ahmad Sadat Noori Sepideh Sanjari and Rasoul Golzari

Study of genetic variation in yarrow using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Chunyan Ma, Hongyu Ma, Lingbo Ma, Keji Jiang, Fengying Zhang and Wei Song

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from cDNA library of Scylla paramamosain

  
Dongming Lan, Huiling Yan, Bo Yang and Yonghua Wang

Blunt-end vectors generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for direct cloning of blunt-end DNA fragments

    
PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Rasool Asghari Zakaria, Maryam Haghighat Hour and Naser Zare

Callus production and regeneration of the medicinal plant Papaver orientale


S. H. Tabatabaei, Sh. Moslehi, P. Najafi and T. Raiesi

Management of water content of soil in cultivation of greenhouse cucumber (Cucumis sativus L, Nasim variety) in Isfahan- Iran

 
C. C. Nwangburuka, O. B. Kehinde, D. K. Ojo, O. A. Denton and A. R. Popoola

Morphological classification of genetic diversity in cultivated okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench using principal component analysis (PCA) and single linkage cluster analysis (SLCA)

     
Rasool Asghari-Zakaria, Shahla Razmi, Rosita Madadi and Mojtaba Fathi

Karyological study of the medicinal plant Papaver rhoeas from northwest of Iran


A. O. Eni, J. d’A. Hughes and M. E. C. Rey

Production of yam mosaic virus monoclonal antibodies in mice peritoneum


Barat Ali Siahsar, Simin Sarani and Maryam Allahdoo

Polypeptide electrophoretic pattern of Matricaria chamomilla and Anthemis nobilis under salt and Fe-deficiency stress


Vahid Mollasadeghi, Yaser Momeni Gizilasheg, Rogaye Hazrati Hazejan and Hadi Mazhabi

Evaluation of 14 winter bread wheat genotypes in normal irrigation and stress conditions after anthesis stage


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Bazgha Ahmad, Haq Nawaz Bhatti and Sadia Ilyas

Bio-extraction of metal ions from laterite ore by Penicillium chrysogenum


Du Fengqin, Li Shengrong, Yan Lina, Lv Wenjie, Lu Jing and Sun Wenyan

Relationship of phosphorus content in carp otoliths with that in ambient water in Xiaoxi Port of the Taihu Lake, East China


S.M.Ali Shah, Nadia Shamshad Malik, Asim Awan, Muneeb Ahmad Idrees, M. Akram, H.M. Asif and Shahzad Nawaz

Prevalence of amoebiasis in Gadap Town, Karachi


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Jianyou Long, Xiaoning Gao and Jianrong Xia

Enhancement production of qinlingmycin by a soil-derived Streptomyces No. 24 using protoplast fusion technology and assessment of antibacterial activity


V. Vasanthabharathi, R. Lakshminarayanan and S. Jayalakshmi

Melanin production from marine Streptomyces

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY


S. Elayaraja, T. Velvizhi, V. Maharani, P. Mayavu, S. Vijayalakshmi and T. Balasubramanian

Thermostable ?-amylase production by Bacillus firmus CAS 7 using potato peel as a substrate


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Nzewi, Daniel and Egbuonu, Anthony C. C.

Effect of boiling and roasting on the proximate properties of asparagus bean (Vigna Sesquipedalis)


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


C. Mahamadi, E. Togarepi and P. Dzomba

Extraction of phenolic compounds from Temnocalyx obovatus


Ana R. C. Nogueira, Arlete A. Soares, Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim and Francisco A.P. Campos

Analysis of organogenic competence of cotyledons of Jatropha curcas and their in vitro histological behavior


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Ngwuluka, Ndidi C., Ochekpe, Nelson A. and Odumosu, Patricia O.

An assessment of pharmaceutical waste management in some Nigerian pharmaceutical industries


Shahedur Rahman, Faizus Salehin and Asif Iqbal

Antibacterial efficacy of raw and commercially available honey


Yasemin Nasir, Yusuf Nergiz, Ayfer Aktaş and Nurten Akdeniz

Immunohistochemical evaluation of iron accumulation in term placenta of preeclamptic patients


Saied Habibian Dehkordi, Vajeh Fallah and Shohreh Habibian Dehkordi

Enhancement of broiler performance and immune response by Echinacea purpurea supplemented in diet


Jinous Asgarpanah, Gholamreza Amin and Malihe Parviz

In vitro antiglycation activity of Eremurus persicus (Jaub. Et Sp.) Boiss


BIOTECHNIQUES


Hossein Ahari Mostafavi, Seyed Mahyar Mirmajlessi, Hadi Fathollahi, Vaheh Minassyan and Seyed Mohammad Mirjalili

Evaluation of gamma irradiation effect and Pseudomonas flourescens against Penicillium expansum


Rosnani Alkarimiah, Siti Baizura Mahat, Ali Yuzir and Mohd. Fadhil Md. Din and Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan

Performance of an innovative multi-stage anaerobic reactor during start-up period


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Jing Wang, Haifeng Ji, Dongyan Zhang, Hui Liu, Sixin Wang, Dacong Shan and Yamin Wang

Assessment of probiotic properties of Lactobacillus plantarum ZLP001 isolated from gastrointestinal tract of weaning pigs


Junqing Lu, Shuisheng Hou, Wei Huang, Junying Yu and Wenwu Wang

Polymorphisms in the myostatin gene and their association with growth and carcass traits in duck


Jing-Hua Fu, Qing-You Liu, Min-Jun Xu, De-Shun Shi, Xian-Hui He, Yan Pan, Rui-Bin Guo, Qi Gao, Sheng-Xian Yi, Hua-Sheng Si and Xing-quan Zhu

Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma bovis infection in dairy cows in subtropical southern China


Slim Smaoui, Hajer Ben Hlima, Riadh Ben Salah and Raoudha Ghorbel

Effects of sodium lactate and lactic acid on chemical, microbiological and sensory characteristics of marinated chicken

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (55), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
A. M. Chapa-Oliver, R. G. Guevara-González, M. M. González-Chavira, R. V. Ocampo-Velázquez, A. A Feregrino-Pérez, L. Mejía-Teniente, G. Herrera-Ruíz and I. Torres-Pacheco

Analogies between geminivirus and oncovirus: Cell cycle regulation


 D. O. Ibitoye and P. E. Akin-Idowu

Marker-assisted-selection (MAS): A fast track to increase genetic gain in horticultural crop breeding


Mueen Alam Khan, Muhammad Iqbal, Moazzam Jameel, Wajad Nazeer, Sara Shakir, Muhammad Tabish Aslam and Bushra Iqbal

Potentials of molecular based breeding to enhance drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Yongzhong Lu and Zhijian Zhang

Bioinformatic identification of microRNAs and their targets in Aquilegia formosa x Aquilegia pubescens


Maria Selvaggi and Cataldo Dario

Analysis of two Pit-1 gene polymorphisms: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) distribution patterns in Podolica cattle breed


H. R. Singh, B. G. Unni, K. Neog and S. B. Wann

Isolating silkworm genomic DNA without liquid nitrogen suitable for marker studies


Leila Mirzaei and Fatemeh Rahmani

Genetic relationships among Rosa species based on random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Wei-Ming Li, Chun-Mei Qian, Yi-Wei Mo, Yu-Lin Hu and Jiang-Hui Xie

Tolerance of banana for fusarium wilt is associated with early H2O2 accumulation in the roots


Ahlam A. Abou Mossallam, Soheir M. El Nahas, Nevien M. Sabry, Eman R. Mahfouz and Amal A. Hassan

Partial characterization of three ß-defensin gene transcripts in river buffalo and cattle


Dinh Thi Phong, Vu Thi Thu Hien, Tran Thi Viet Thanh, Nguyen Tuong Van and Nguyen Quoc Binh

Genetic diversity on the tropical rare wood species of Dalbergia in Vietnam revealed by inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers


Assane Ndong, Toffene Diome, Cheikh Thiaw, Awa Ndiaye, Khadim Kébé, Ali Douma, Guillaume Ketoh, Antoine Sanon and Mbacké Sembene

Several haplotypes of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seed-beetle, Caryedon serratus Ol. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), in West Africa: Genetic identification using 28S sequences


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Leila Radhouane

Seedling characters at different temperatures in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)


N. M. Mkolo, K. B. Sako, J. O. Olowoyo1, S. Ndlovu and S. R. Magano

Variation in the repellency effects of the leaves of Mentha piperita against adults of Amblyomma hebraeum


Babakhani, B., Khavari-Nejad, R.A., Hassan sajedi, R., Fahimi, H. and Saadatmand S.

Biochemical responses of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars subjected to NaCl salinity stress


Bing-gan Lou, Ai-ying Wang, Chai Lin, Tong Xu, Xiao-dong Zheng

Enhancement of defense responses by oligandrin against Botrytis cinerea in tomatoes


Alphonsus K. Belane, Joseph Asiwe and Felix D. Dakora

Assessment of N2 fixation in 32 cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) genotypes grown in the field at Taung in South Africa, using 15N natural abundance


Issa Piri, Mohsen Moussavi Nik, Abolfazl Tavassoli, Fatemeh Rastegaripour and Mahdi Babaeian

Effect of irrigation frequency and application levels of sulphur fertilizer on water use efficiency and yield of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)


Jin Jia, Xiangjun Cui, Jinhua Wu, Jianying Wang and Guoze Wang

Physiological and biochemical responses of halophyte Kalidium foliatum to salt stress


Yue-Ning Yang, Ying-Fang Niu, Chao Xu, Yin Wang, Jie-Sheng Liu, Wei-Dong Yang and Hong-Ye Li

Characterization of upstream sequences from the 8S globulin gene of Vigna radiata


Kunlun Liu, Yan Zhao, Fusheng Chen, Zhenxin Gu and Guanhao Bu

Enhanced glutathione peroxidases (GPx) activity in young barley seedlings enriched with selenium


Funda Yoldas, Safak Ceylan, Nilgun Mordogan and Bihter Colak Esetlili

Effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on yield and mineral content of onion (Allium cepa L.)


Samake Gabriel, Traore Bakary M., Senou Hamidou and Wang Hua-Fang

In vitro regeneration of Acacia nilotica from nodes on MS medium


F. Saadati, Ali R. Bandani and A. Moslemi

Effect of plant seeds protein extract on the Sunn pest, Eurygaste integriceps Puton, growth and development and its gut serine protease activity


De Wet, H.

Antibacterial activity of the five South African Erythroxylaceae species


Fatemeh Nejatzadeh Barandozi, Sattar Tahmasebi Enferadi, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Younes Mostofi and Amir Mousavi

Survey of chemical manure on morphological traits in Iranian Aloe vera


Askif Pasaribu, Rosli B. Mohamad, Yahya Awang, Radziah Othman and Adam Puteh

Growth and development of symbiotic Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus mossea (Nicol. and Gerd.), in alachlor and glyphosate treated soils


Xiaoli Chen, Xining Zhao, Pute Wu, Zikui Wang, Fengyun Zhang and Yongyong Zhang

Water and nitrogen distribution in uncropped ridge-tilled soil under different ridge width


Farhad Lashgarara, Roya Mohammadi and Maryam Omidi Najafabadi

Identifying appropriate information and communication technology (ICT) in improving marketing of agricultural products in Garmsar City, Iran


Naushad Ali Turi, Farhatullah and Malik Ashiq Rabbani

Genetic diversity through stability analysis for various fatty acids profile in indigenous Brassica species


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


C. S. van Wyk

Removal of heavy metals from metal-containing effluent by yeast biomass


Abdulali Taweel, M. Shuhaimi-Othman and A. K. Ahmad

Heavy metals concentration in different organs of tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) from selected areas of Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia


Algasan Govender and Balakrishna Pillay

Characterization of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) degrading bacteria isolated from South African waste water


A. Govender and B. Pillay

Biochemical activities of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) degrading bacteria


Savar Sofla, S., Taheri Dezfuli, B. and Mirzaei, F.

Interaction between genotype and climates for Holstein milk production traits in Iran

Wen Guo-qin, Cai Liang, Liu Zhen, Li De-kuan, Luo Qin, Li Xu-feng, Wan Jian-mei and Yang Yi

Arabidopsis thaliana VDAC2 involvement in salt stress response pathway


Natesan Sivakumar, Muthuraman Sundararaman and Gopal Selvakumar

Efficacy of micro algae and cyanobacteria as a live feed for juveniles of shrimp Penaeus monodon


Xiaodong Deng, Bo Gu, Xinwen Hu, Jianchun Guo and Xiaowen Fei

Photosynthetic efficiency and lipid accumulation are affected by the concentration of carbon in microalgae Micractinium pusillum Y-002


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Ho Young Kang, Ki Hwan Moon, Se Won Kim, Jeong Dong Bahk, Sang Wan Gal, Kwang-Keun Cho, Chul-Wook Kim, John Hwa Lee and Sam Woong Kim

An efficient secretion of the protein fused to the AgfA signal sequence in Salmonella


Weibao Kong, Hao Song, Yuntao Cao, Hong Yang3, Shaofeng Hua and Chungu Xia

The characteristics of biomass production, lipid accumulation and chlorophyll biosynthesis of Chlorella vulgaris under mixotrophic cultivation


Chenyan Zhou, Yongtao Wang, Zhenhua Liu, Guanhua Fu, Duan Li, Weiyun Guo, Huigen Feng and Wu Wang

Acidic xylanase II from Aspergillus usamii: Efficient expression in Pichia pastoris and mutational analysis


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Jiangfei Meng, Yulin Fang, Jinshan Gao, Ang Zhang, Jinchuan Liu, Zhijun Guo, Zhenwen Zhang and Hua Li

Changes in aromatic compounds of cabernet sauvignon wines during ageing in stainless steel tanks


SongYi Lin, Yang Guo, JingBo Liu, Qi You, YongGuang Yin and Sheng Cheng

Optimized enzymatic hydrolysis and pulsed electric field treatment for production of antioxidant peptides from egg white protein


Zheng Lianhe, Wang Li, Huang Xing and Chen Zhengxing

Antioxidant activities of seed extracts from Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen


Dragan Tešanović, Bojana Kalenjuk, Dušanka Tešanović, Đorđe Psodorov, Zoran Ristić and Vladimir Marković

Changes of biochemical and sensory characteristics in the musculus longissimus dorsi of the fallow deer in the early phase post-mortem and during maturation


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


B. Banisalam, W. Sani, K. Philip, H. Imdadul and A. Khorasani

Comparison between in vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity of Curcuma zedoaria from Malaysia


Majeed Hussein Al-Sarry and Khitam Jassim Al-Karishy

Histopathological changes and metabolic gene polymorphism in experimental rats exposed to aramite


Weijun Chen, Chunmei Zhang, Yulin Huang, Fangfang Cheng, Songlin Zhao, Yan Shen and Jiangkang Liu

DNA damage protection and 5-lipoxygenase inhibiting activity of areca (Areca catechu L.) inflorescence extracts


Folasade M. Olajuyigbe and Ayodele O. Kolawole

Purification and partial characterization of a thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus licheniformis LHSB-05 isolated from hot spring


Ali Mostafaie, Kheirollah Yari and Sara Kiani

A comparative evaluation of rehydration and cup-loading sample application for modified two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of human serum proteins using immobilized pH gradient


Michele A. A. Lima, Francisco Fábio M. de Oliveira, Geovany A. Gomes, Patrícia L. Lavor, Gilvandete M. P. Santiago, Aparecida T. Nagao-Dias, Ângela M. C. Arriaga, Telma L. G. Lemos and Mário Geraldo de Carvalho

Evaluation of larvicidal activity of the essential oils of plants species from Brazil against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Yumei Liu, Ziqiang Zhang and Xuefeng Yang

Kinetin protects against lipid peroxidation and improves antioxidant status in cultured astrocytes and mouse brain exposed to D-galactose


Zunlai Sheng, Jichang Li and Yanhua Li

Optimization of forsythoside extraction from Forsythia suspensa by Box-Behnken design


Zhi Liu, Yueqiao Xu, Qi Hua,Yanling Wang, Rongkun Liu and Zheng Yang

Additive effects of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and hypertension on inflammatory reaction


ENTOMOLOGY


Dürdane Yanar, Izzet Kadioglu and Ayhan Gökçe

Acaricidal effects of different plant parts extracts on two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch)


FISHERY SCIENCE


Qian Yang, Yousheng Jiang, Hongxu Xu, Yan Chen, Lin Wang and Liqun Lu

Prokaryotic expression and immunodot-blot detection of Taura syndrome virus capsid proteins VP2 and VP3


Orhan Demir, Ali Günlü, Fahrettin KÜÇÜK, Iskender GÜLLE and Erkan GÜMÜŞ

Analysis of sarcoplamic proteins in natural populations of mountain trout (Salmo trutta macrostigma Dumeril, 1858) with SDS-PAGE


Omid Safari, Mehrdad Farhangi, Chris G. Carter, Bagher Yakhchali and Parvin Shawrang

Effect of sieve size on chemical composition and functional properties of canola meal (Brasscia napus) protein fractions as fishmeal replacement


Amina Zuberi, Muhammad Naeem and Samina Jalali

Relative in vitro effectiveness of several gonadal steroids on oocyte maturation in freshwater teleost Barilius vagra


Yildiz Bolat, Yavuz Mazlum, Aydin Demirci and Habil Ugur Koca

Estimating the population size of Astacus leptodactylus (Decapoda: Astacidae) by mark-recapture technique in Egirdir lake, Turkey


BIOTECHNIQUES


Sadia Javed, Muhammad Asgher, Munir A. Sheikh, Haq Nawaz and Amer Jamil

Enhanced citric acid production by Aspergillus niger EB-3 mutant using an inert solid support in molasses medium


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Piotr Ślósarz, Marek Stanisz, Piotr Boniecki, Andrzej Przybylak, Dariusz Lisiak and Agnieszka Ludwiczak

Artificial neural network analysis of ultrasound image for the estimation of intramuscular fat content in lamb muscle


Wang Ling-yun, Li Lu, Cheng Gong and Zhou Huan-min

Cell cycle regulation of human foreskin fibroblasts

      

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