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Congenital insensitivity of pain with anhidrosis
Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder included in a group of rare diseases termed as hereditary sensory-motor neuropathies. The diagnosis is made usually in early ...
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Open AccessAn ABRE-binding factor, OSBZ8, is highly expressed in salt tolerant cultivars than in salt sensitive cultivars of indica rice
The bZIP class Abscisic acid Responsive Element (ABRE)-binding factor, OSBZ8 (38.5 kD) has been considered to regulate ABA-mediated transcription in the suspension cultured cells of japonica rice. Still, nothi...
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Word boundary detection based on suprasegmental features: A case study on Bangla speech
This paper proposes a method for detecting word boundaries in continuous speech signal for Standard Colloquial Bengali (SCB), commonly referred to as Bangla. Bangla is a bound stress language with stress on th...
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Trans-acting factor designated OSBZ8 interacts with both typical abscisic acid responsive elements as well as abscisic acid responsive element-like sequences in the vegetative tissues of indica rice cultivars
Specific cis-acting elements, identified in the stress-regulated promoters, can respond to the changes in the levels of abscisic acid. Most of our previous works were done with ACGT-containing typical abscisic ac...
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Measurement of PO2 during vitrectomy for central retinal vein occlusion, a pilot study
In this pilot study the effects of vitrectomy on PO2 in the vitreous cavity in CRVO were investigated.
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Directivity of Radiation from a Localized Source Coupled to Electromagnetic Crystals
Directivity of radiation from a localized source coupled to electromagnetic crystals is investigated theoretically using a two-dimensional model. The closed form expression for the far field of radiation is de...
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Intravitreal bevacizumab to facilitate vitrectomy in idiopathic ischaemic retinal vasculitis
To describe the use of intravitreal bevacizumab in idiopathic retinal vasculitis prior to vitrectomy and delamination. A young healthy male presented with idiopathic retinal vasculitis. His condition was refra...
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Spermidine and abscisic acid-mediated phosphorylation of a cytoplasmic protein from rice root in response to salinity stress
Importance of higher polyamines, spermidine, and spermine, in relation to the mechanism and adaptation to combat abiotic stress has been well established in cereals. Owing to their polycationic nature at physi...
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Spermidine-mediated in vitro phosphorylation of transcriptional regulator OSBZ8 by SNF1-type serine/threonine protein kinase SAPK4 homolog in indica rice
Plants respond to abiotic stresses such as salinity, extreme temperature and drought by the activation of complex intracellular signaling cascades that regulate acclimatory biochemical and physiological change...
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Isolation and characterization of heavy metal tolerant Gram-positive bacteria with bioremedial properties from municipal waste rich soil of Kestopur canal (Kolkata), West Bengal, India
The present study was conducted to determine the culturable bacterial profile from Kestopur canal (Kolkata, India) and analyze their heavy metal tolerance. In addition to daily sewage including solid and solub...
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Lipase production by Serratia marcescens strain SN5gR isolated from the scat of lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) in Silent Valley National Park, a biodiversity hotspot in India
An extracellular lipase-producing bacterium was isolated from a fecal sample of lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), an endangered Old World monkey that is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. Morphologi...
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Plant polyamines in abiotic stress responses
Significance of naturally occurring intracellular polyamines (PAs), such as spermine, spermidine, and putrescine, in relation to the mechanism and adaptation to combat abiotic stress has been well established ...
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Open AccessHuman GMDS gene fragment hypermethylation in chronic high level of arsenic exposure with and without arsenic induced cancer
Arsenic, though a poor mutagen, is an accepted environmental carcinogen. Perturbation of DNA methylation pattern leading to aberrant gene expression has been hypothesized as the mechanism for arsenic induced c...
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A new insight into the phylogeny of vascular cryptogams with special reference to Selaginella and Isoetes inferred from nuclear ITS/5.8S rDNA sequences
In order to provide a better understanding of the evolutionary history of vascular cryptogams, phylogenetic framework was developed based on ITS1, ITS2 and 5.8S rDNA sequences of 102 extant taxa of vascular crypt...
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Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism, galactosemia and biotinidase deficiency in Uttar Pradesh, India
To assess feasibility and recall rates for newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism, galactosemia and biotinidase deficiency in a predominantly rural and inner city population in and around the City of ...
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Phylogenetic analyses and evolutionary relationships of Saraca asoca with their allied taxa (Tribe-Detarieae) based on the chloroplast matK gene
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde, (Ashok) is a plant native to India and is popular for its anti-cancer, anti-menorrhagic, anti-oxytocic, anti-microbial activities having extended uses in ayurveda, una...
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Erratum to: Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism, galactosemia and biotinidase deficiency in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Open AccessProduction of putrescine-capped stable silver nanoparticle: its characterization and antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant bacterial strains
Integration of biology with nanotechnology is now becoming attention-grabbing area of research. The antimicrobial potency of silver has been eminent from antiquity. Due to the recent desire for the enhancement...
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Open AccessWhat does IGRA testing add to the diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis? A Bayesian latent class analysis
To evaluate the contribution made to the diagnostic work-up for patients with suspected ocular tuberculosis (TB) by QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) tests using latent class analysis model.
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Zadoff–Chu Sequence Based Timing Offset Estimation for OFDM Systems
In this article, timing synchronization in OFDM is attained with the help of Zadoff–Chu sequence as a training symbol. An algorithm based on the cross-correlation property of fractional Fourier transform (FRFT...