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Candidal vaginitis in hormone-treated mice: Prevention by a chitin extract
In view of findings from previous studies that a chitin soluble extract (CSE) blocked adhesion of Candida albicans in vitro and in vivo and prevented thereby a short lived candidal infection in naive mice, we att...
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Channel reconstitution in liposomes and planar bilayers with HPLC-purified MIP26 of bovine lens
The major intrinsic protein (MIP26) of bovine lens membranes, purified by HPLC, was incorporated into liposomes and planar bilayers. Permeability of MIP26 channels was studied in liposomes by a spectrophotomet...
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A New Breeding Line of Tobacco Selected by Somatic Hybridization between N. Tabacum and N. Rustica
The interspecific somatic hybrid plant was produced by protoplast fusion between N. tabacum and N. rustica. After it was backcrossed to N. tabacum, and some effective selections were made a new breeding line w...
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Regeneration of fertile transgenic indica (group 1) rice plants following microprojectile transformation of embryogenic suspension culture cells
Regenerable embryogenic suspensions of elite Indica (group 1) rice varieties IR24, IR64, IR72 and an advanced Indica rice breeding line IR57311-95-2-3 were established within 6–8 weeks from 3–4 week old calli ...
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A comparison of lycopene and canthaxanthin absorption: Using the rat to study the absorption of non-provitamin a carotenoids
The purpose of this study was to validate the use of the mesenteric lymph duct cannulated rat to study the absorption of carotenoids which do not have provitamin Activity. The absorption of two carotenoids, a ...
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Expression of truncated and fused green fluorescent protein genes and analysis of their properties
The green fluorescent protein (GFP) of the jellyfishAequorea victoria is an unusual protein with strong visible absorbance and fluorescence from a chromophore, which is generated by cyclization and oxidation of t...
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Molecular mechanism of diapause in insect (I)
The embryonic diapause of the silkworn,Bombyx mori, is induced by the diapause hormone (DH) which is secreted from the suboesophageal ganglion of pupae. The diapause nature of bivoltine strains uses environmental...
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Studies on graft copolymerization of acrylic acid onto ramie fibers with chromic acid initiation system
The graft copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) with unswollen and swollen ramie fibers using chromic acid (H2CrO4) as the initiator has been studied in the presence of air. The effects of initiator concentration...
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Expression and inheritance of multiple transgenes in rice plants
The ability to control integration, inheritance, and expression of multiple transgenes is a prerequisite for manipulating biosynthetic pathways and complex agronomic characteristics in plants. One hundred and ...
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Transgenic elite Indica rice varieties, resistant to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
The agronomically important Indica (group 1) rice varieties IR64, IR72, hybrid restorer line Minghui 63, and BG90-2 were co-transformed by microbombardment of embryogenic suspensions with plasmids that contain...
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Alteration of cytoskeletal structure, integrin distribution, and migratory activity by phagocytic challenge in cells from an ocular tissue—The trabecular meshwork
The trabecular meshwork is a specialized tissue in the anterior chamber of the eye that regulates the aqueous humor outflow and controls the intraocular pressure. Cells in the trabecular meshwork are believed ...
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Microemulsion of seal oil markedly enhances the transfer of a hydrophobic radiopharmaceutical into acetylated low density lipoprotein
Four different microemulsions differing in their core lipid component (triolein, canola oil, squalene, or seal oil) and containing 1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-one 1,3-diiopanoate (DPIP), a potential radioimaging pro...
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Analysis of nucleotide sequence of wheat yellow mosaic virus genomic RNAs
Wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV) isolate HC was used for viral cDNA synthesis and sequencing. The results show that the viral RNAl is 7 629 nucleotides encoding a polyprotein with 2 407 amino acids, from which...
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A comparison of lycopene and astaxanthin absorption from corn oil and olive oil emulsions
The effect of different oils on the absorption of carotenoids was investigated in mesenteric lymph duct cannulated rats. Sixteen treatment emulsions containing increasing concentrations of either lycopene (LYC...
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Purification and enzymatic characterization of PgcM: a β-phosphoglucomutase and glucose-1-phosphate phosphodismutase of Bacillus subtilis
Phosphoglucomutases catalyze the reversible conversion of D-glucose 1-phosphate to D-glucose 6-phosphate, a key metabolic step in all cells. Two classes of phosphoglucomutases have been described so far, using e...
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Meiotic metaphase I pairing behavior of a 5BL recombinant isochromosome in wheat
A recombinant isochromosome i5BLrec of wheat was developed with one arm and the proximal 36% of the other arm of Chinese Spring (CS) origin and the distal 64% of the recombined arm of Triticum turgidum subsp. dic...
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Selection of Antagonists of Fibroblast Growth Factor from a Phage-Display Peptide Library
The family of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) plays important roles in various development and pathological states such as wound healing, tissue repair, and growth of some solid tumors [1], Because the abnorm...
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Analysis of Nonessential Gene Function in Recombinant MHV-JHM
The large size of the Coronavirus genome has made reverse genetics difficult. Targeted recombination, a technique developed by Masters and colleagues, has facilitated the introduction of mutations into the Cor...
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Disulfide Bond Formation of a Hydrophobic Peptide by Dimethyl Sulfoxide
Although air oxidation in aqueous medium is the most common method for the formation of disulfide bonds, the formation of disulfide bonds of hydrophobic peptides is limited by poor solubility. Addition of dime...
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Development of transgenic rice plants expressing maize anthocyanin genes and increased blast resistance
The functional association of flavonoids with plant stress responses, though widely reported in the literature, remains to be documented in rice. Towards this end we chose a transgenic approach with well chara...
