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The water-deficit stress- and red-rot-related genes in sugarcane
Sugarcane is an important international commodity as a valuable agricultural crop especially in develo** countries. Sequencing was carried out to generate >35,000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from healthy ...
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Adenosine kinase and ribokinase – the RK family of proteins
Ribokinase (RK) and adenosine kinase (AK) catalyze the phosphorylation of ribose and adenosine to ribose-5-phosphate and AMP, respectively. Belonging to the RK family of proteins, these enzymes share a number ...
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Mitochondrial Molecular Chaperones hsp60 and mhsp70: Are Their Roles Restricted to Mitochondria?
The 60-kDa heat shock protein (hsp60) and mitochondrial hsp70 (mhsp70) constitute two of the major molecular chaperones in eukaryotic organisms with essential functions in both stressed and non-stressed cells,...
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Effects of dihydropalmitinium hydroxide isolated from the roots ofBerberis chitria on intact/spayed/oestradiol dipropiosate/pregnant female gerbils (Meriones hurrianae Jerdon)
Ethanolic extract of the defatted roots ofB. chitria was chromatographed when a compound-I (C21H25O5N) characterised as dihydropalmitinium hydroxide was isolated. Chronic administration of DPH for 20 days reduces...
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Emetine, Cryptopleurine, Tylocrebrine and Other Functionally Related Alkaloids
Emetine, cryptopleurine and tylocrebrine are plant alkaloids which belong to two different chemical families, namely the benzoisoquinolines (emetine) and the phenanthrene (tylocrebrine and cryptopleurine) alka...
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The effect of maleic hydrazide on growth and mutation of a blue-green alga
Maleic hydrazide is mutagenic to the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans at pH 5.0, producing mutations to streptomycin-resistance and penicillin-resistance, and is non-mutagenic at pH 8.0, promoting growth in low...
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Action of mutagenic chemicals on Anacystis nidulans
A mutant strain of the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans showing a 1000-fold increased resistance to streptomycin over the parental strain was isolated following treatment with diethyl sulphate. The mutant strai...