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Anna Pick-Kiong Ling
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Plant Molecular Farming: Concept and Strategies
Plant molecular farming refers to a plant-based approach to produce recombinant proteins and secondary metabolites. The utilization of plants as a bioreactor for the production of valuable recombinant proteins...
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Open AccessBioinformatics approaches and applications in plant biotechnology
In recent years, major advance in molecular biology and genomic technologies have led to an exponential growth in biological information. As the deluge of genomic information, there is a parallel growth in the...
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Open AccessGene introduction approaches in chloroplast transformation and its applications
Chloroplast is a type of plastid that is believed to be originated from ancestral cyanobacteria. Chloroplast besides being a major component for photosynthesis, also takes part in another major plant metabolis...
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Mechanisms of action of amyloid-beta and its precursor protein in neuronal cell death
Extracellular senile plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles are the neuropathological findings of the Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Based on the amyloid cascade hypothesis, the main component of senile ...
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Anticancer Potential of Syzygium Species: a Review
Cancer is a preventable and treatable disease, however, the incidence rates are on the rise. Classical treatment modalities for cancer include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, these are associa...
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Effect of plant growth regulators on direct regeneration and callus induction from Sargassum polycystum C. Agardh
Seaweed tissue culture is one of the potential technologies that can be used to increase seaweed production to cope with increasing demand. Seaweed tissue culture can be divided into two methods, namely, direc...
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Therapeutic potential of combined viral transduction and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in treating neurodegenerative diseases
The central nervous system (CNS) faces unique difficulties in attaining permanent therapy for neurodegenerative disorder (ND). Genomic level forms of therapy have garnered interest in the recent decade, with t...
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Anti-adipogenic effects of extracts of Ficus deltoidea var. deltoidea and var. angustifolia on 3T3-L1 adipocytes
Objective: This study examined the anti-adipogenic effects of extracts of Ficus deltoidea var. deltoidia and var. angustifolia, a natural slimming aid, on 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Methods: Methanol and water extracts o...
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Morphological and biochemical responses of Oryza sativa L. (cultivar MR219) to ion beam irradiation
Heavy ion beam, which has emerged as a new mutagen in the mutation breeding of crops and ornamental plants, is expected to result in the induction of novel mutations. This study investigates the morphological ...
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Comparative effects of plant growth regulators on leaf and stem explants of Labisia pumila var. alata
Labisia pumila var. alata, commonly known as ‘Kacip Fatimah’ or ‘Selusuh Fatimah’ in Southeast Asia, is traditionally used by members of the Malay community because of its post-partum ...
