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Changes in the serum concentrations of gonadotrophins and oestradiol in peripubertal Chinese Bei**g Black gilts
Four gilts of the Chinese Bei**g Black breed, all from the same litter, had their blood serum concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and oestrogens (E2) measured by radioi...
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PCR-mediated analysis of transcription of CBH I and II genes from Trichoderma pseudokoningii and Penicillium janthinellum
PCR-based technology utilizing pairs of primers specific for CBH I and II genes showed that transcripts of cbh1 were detected when Trichoderma pseudokoningii was grown on sophorose and cellulose, but not when ...
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Detection and Differentiation of CAV-1 and CAV-2 by Polymerase Chain Reaction
Canine adenovirus type 1 (CAV-1) and type 2 (CAV-2) can be categorized in the laboratory by haemagglutination and neutralization tests, but they are difficult to differentiate from each other in specimens, esp...
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Cytosine Methylation Changes in Rice Centromeric and Telomeric Sequences Induced by Foreign DNA Introgression
Cytosine methylation changes (hyper- or hypomethylation) in centromeric and telomeric sequences were observed in all three studied rice introgression lines containing DNA from wild rice, Zizania latifolia Griseb....
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Expression profiling of the schizont and trophozoite stages of Plasmodium falciparumwith a long-oligonucleotide microarray
The worldwide persistence of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, the most lethal variety of human malaria, is a global health concern. The P. falciparum sequencing project has brought new opportunities for iden...
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The genetic diversity of cultivated soybean grown in China
Cultivated soybean (Glycine max) is an economically important crop that is grown for its oil and protein products. A better knowledge of its genetic diversity will be valuable for the utilization, conservation, a...
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Activation of a rice endogenous retrotransposon Tos17 in tissue culture is accompanied by cytosine demethylation and causes heritable alteration in methylation pattern of flanking genomic regions
Tos17 is a copia-like, cryptic retrotransposon of rice, but can be activated by tissue culture. To study possible epigenetic mechanism controlling activity of Tos17, we subjected three ri...
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Effects of silver nitrate on the tissue culture of immature wheat embryos
The immature embryos of four common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes with desirable agronomic traits were evaluated for their tissue culture response to ethylene antagonist, silver nitrate, added to callus-...
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Genomic diversity within Taxus cuspidata var. nana revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA markers
Taxus cuspidata var. nana is a cultivated variety of Taxus cuspidata and contains taxol, a valuable secondary metabolite of medical importance, both in their stems and leaves. In this pap...
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Genomic instability in phenotypically normal regenerants of medicinal plant Codonopsis lanceolata Benth. et Hook. f., as revealed by ISSR and RAPD markers
Codonopsis lanceolata Benth. et Hook. f., commonly known as bonnet bellflower, is a high-valued herb medicine and vegetable. In this study, a large number of plants were regenerated via organogenesis from immatur...
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Changes in photosynthetic and growth characteristics of Leymus chinensis community along the retrogression on the Songnen grassland in northeastern China
Net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, ratio of sub-stomatal to atmospheric CO2 concentration, transpiration rate, and water use efficiency changed significantly and assimilation capacity dropped continuo...
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Abnormal changes of plasma acute phase proteins in schizophrenia and the relation between schizophrenia and haptoglobin (Hp) gene
In this study we focused on detecting schizophrenia related changes of plasma proteins using proteomic technology and examining the relation between schizophrenia and haptoglobin (Hp) genotype. We investigated pl...
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Endosperm-specific hypomethylation, and meiotic inheritance and variation of DNA methylation level and pattern in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) inter-strain hybrids
Understanding dynamics and inheritance of DNA methylation represents important facets for elucidating epigenetic paradigms in plant development and evolution. Using four sets of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) inter...
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Tissue culture-induced locus-specific alteration in DNA methylation and its correlation with genetic variation in Codonopsis lanceolata Benth. et Hook. f
We have reported recently that tissue culture induced a high level of genetic variation at the primary nucleotide sequence in regenerants of medicinal plant Codonopsis lanceolata. It is not known, however, whethe...
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Changes in photosynthesis, xanthophyll cycle, and sugar accumulation in two North Australia tropical species differing in leaf angles
Two tropical species of North Australia, Acacia crassicarpa and Eucalyptus pellita, have similar leaf size and leaf structure but different leaf angles. A. crassicarpa with near vertical leaf angle directly reduc...
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Tomato rootstock effects on gene expression patterns in eggplant scions
The grafting technique has been used in agriculture since ancient time to improve horticultural crops. Nonetheless, the mechanism by which the rootstocks impact the traits of scions remains elusive. Here, usin...
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In Vitro Inhibition of Oral Candida albicans by Chicken Egg Yolk Antibody (IgY)
This study was conducted to measure Candida albicans-specific chicken egg yolk antibody (IgY) inhibition of fluconazole-sensitive and resistant strains of C. albicans in order to assess potential use in the preve...
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Comparative effects of salt-stress and alkali-stress on the growth, photosynthesis, solute accumulation, and ion balance of barley plants
We compared the effects of salt-stresses (SS, 1: 1 molar ratio of NaCl to Na2SO4) and alkali-stresses (AS, 1: 1 molar ratio of NaHCO3 to Na2CO3) on the growth, photosynthesis, solute accumulation, and ion balance...
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Effects of buffer capacity on growth, photosynthesis, and solute accumulation of a glycophyte (wheat) and a halophyte (Chloris virgata)
Two species with different resistances to alkaline pH, the glycophylic Triticum aestivum (wheat) and the halophilic Chloris virgata, were chosen as test organisms. The salt-alkaline (SA) mixed stress conditions w...
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Open AccessStatistical identification of gene association by CID in application of constructing ER regulatory network
A variety of high-throughput techniques are now available for constructing comprehensive gene regulatory networks in systems biology. In this study, we report a new statistical approach for facilitating in silico