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The application of lettuce in the qualitative and quantitative detection of Rhizoctonia Solani AG- 1 IA toxins
The toxins produced by Rhizoctonia solani are important causal agents of rice sheath blight. Effective detection of such toxins could improve the determination of the virulence of this agronomically important fun...
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Human Pathogenic Fungi in China—Emerging Trends from Ongoing National Survey for 1986, 1996, and 2006
This epidemiological survey was a retrospective study on three nodes during the past three decades on fungal infections representing the China, including Taiwan. Owing to rare publications reporting on dynamic...
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Cell growth suppression by thanatos-associated protein 11(THAP11) is mediated by transcriptional downregulation of c-Myc
Thanatos-associated proteins (THAPs) are zinc-dependent, sequence-specific DNA-binding factors involved in cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle, chromatin modification and transcriptional regulation. THAP...
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Expression and significance of PTEN and VEGF in canine mammary gland tumours
To investigate the relationship between the expression of the PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosometen) and VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) and the clinicopathological features i...
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Comparison of the effects of salt-stress and alkali-stress on photosynthesis and energy storage of an alkali-resistant halophyte Chloris virgata
Seedlings of Chloris virgata were treated with varying (0–160 mM) salt-stress (SS; 1: 1 molar ratio of NaCl to Na2SO4) or alkali-stress (AS; 1: 1 molar ratio of NaHCO3 to Na2CO3). To compare these effects, relati...
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Comparison of effects of salt and alkali stresses on the growth and photosynthesis of wheat
The seedlings of wheat were treated by salt-stress (SS, molar ratio of NaCl: Na2SO4 = 1: 1) and alkali-stress (AS, molar ratio of NaHCO3: Na2CO3 = 1: 1). Relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area, and water content d...
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Prevention of glutamate excitotoxicity in motor neurons by 5,6-dihydrocyclopenta-1,2-dithiole-3-thione: implication to the development of neuroprotective drugs
Glutamate-induced excitotoxicity and oxidative damage are believed to play an important role in the development of a number of central nerve system disorders. Nuclear-factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)...
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Photosynthetic responses of Populus przewalski subjected to drought stress
Cuttings of P. przewalski were exposed to two different watering regimes which were watered to 100 and 25 % of field capacity (WW and WS, respectively). Drought stress not only significantly decreased net photosy...
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EDAG regulates the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells and resists cell apoptosis through the activation of nuclear factor-κB
Erythroid differentiation-associated gene (EDAG) is considered to be a human hematopoiesis-specific gene. Here, we reported that downregulation of EDAG protein in K562 cells resulted in inhibition of growth an...
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Estrogen and "Exercise" Have a Synergistic Effect in Preventing Bone Loss in the Lumbar Vertebra and Femoral Neck of the Ovariectomized Rat
This study was designed to study the individual or combined effects of estrogen and bipedal stance "exercise" on the lumbar vertebral body (LVB) and femoral neck (FN). At 6 months of age, six rats were sacrifi...
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Molecular map** of the reverse thermo-sensitive genic male-sterile gene (rtms1) in rice
TGMS (thermo-sensitive genic male-sterile) rice is widely used in hybrid rice production. Because of a specific temperature requirement, it can be used only in a narrow rice-growing zone in Asia. A newly disco...
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Structural aspects of Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] tuberculate ectomycorrhizae
Tubercles of Pseudotsuga menziesii consisted of clusters of ectomycorrhizae surrounded by a peridiumlike rind. Energy dispersive spectroscopy demonstrated that crystals found in the zone of loose hyphae extending...
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Nitrogen-fixing Bacillus sp. associated with Douglas-fir tuberculate ectomycorrhizae
Nitrogenase activities, measured by acetylene reduction, were detected under microaerophilic field conditions in Douglas-fir tuberculate ectomycorrhizae. Tuberculate ectomycorrhizae consist of densely packed c...
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Actinomycetes inducing phytotoxic or fungistatic activity in a Douglas-fir Forest and in an adjacent area of repeated regeneration failure in Southwestern Oregon
Actinomycetes were isolated from the upper 1 - 3 cm of the soil layer in a well-developed forest and in an adjacent clearcut area where Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (MIRB.) Franco] regeneration had been imp...
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Occurrence of nitrogen-fixing Azospirillum in vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Nitrogenase activity measured by acetylene reduction, was detected when surface-sterilized spores of vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus fasciculatum, G. intraradices, G. scientillans, G. mosseae,...
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Nitrogen-fixing (acetylene-reducing) bacteria associated with ectomycorrhizae of Douglas-fir
Nitrogenase activity, measured by acetylene reduction, was detected on nursery-grown, surface-sterilized ectomycorrhizae of Douglas-fir, formed withLaccaria laccata, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Rhizopogon vinicolor
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Nitrate-reducing capacity of roots and nodules ofAlnus rubra and roots ofPseudotsuga menziesii
Nitrate-reducing capability was demonstrated for root segments of red alder and, at more than twice that rate, for alder nodules. Root segments of Douglas-fir failed to reduce nitrate despite various treatment...