09.05.2013 | Laurie J. Reitsema, American Journal of Human Biology, 2013

ABSTRACT Analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes from soft or mineralized tissues is a direct and widely‐used technique for modeling diets. In addition to its continued role in paleodiet analysis, stable isotope analysis is now contributing to studies of physiology, disease, and ...

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02.05.2013 | Yanli Liu, Ming Li, Chao Han, Fengxia Wu, Bingkun Tu, Pingfang Yang, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2013

Abstract Consumption of arsenic contaminated water and cereals has been a seriously threat to humans all over the world. Rice, as a main cereal crop, can accumulate arsenic more than 10‐fold that of in other cereals. To gain a comprehensive understanding of the response of rice subjected ...

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01.05.2013 | Amit Sharma; Jithesh Kottur; Naveen Narayanan; Deepak T. Nair, Nucleic Acids Research, 2013

The Y-family DNA polymerase IV or PolIV (Escherichia coli) is the founding member of the DinB family and is known to play an important role in stress-induced mutagenesis. We have determined four crystal structures of this enzyme in its pre-catalytic state in complex with substrate DNA ...

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01.05.2013 | Marcelo Giachero; Silvia G. Bustos; Gaston Calfa; Victor A. Molina, Learning & Memory, 2013

The present study investigates the fear memory resulting from the interaction of a stressful experience and the retrieval of an established fear memory trace. Such a combination enhanced both fear expression and fear retention in adult Wistar rats. Likewise, midazolam intra-basolateral ...

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01.05.2013 | Roman H. Khonsari; Atsushi Ohazama; Ramin Raouf; Maiko Kawasaki; Katsushige Kawasaki; Thantrira Porntaveetus; Sarah ..., Human Molecular Genetics, 2013

Polycystin 2 (Pkd2), which belongs to the transient receptor potential family, plays a critical role in development. Pkd2 is mainly localized in the primary cilia, which also function as mechanoreceptors in many cells that influence multiple biological processes including Ca2+ influx, ...

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26.04.2013 | Nan Liu et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Nan Liu, Lin-Hui Wang, Ling-Ling Guo, Guo-Qing Wang, Xi-Ping Zhou, Yan Jiang, Jing Shang, Koji Murao, Jing-Wei Chen, Wen-Qing Fu, Guo-Xing Zhang Backgrounds Solid evidence has demonstrated that psychoemotional stress induced alteration of hair cycle through neuropeptide substance P (SP) ...

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18.04.2013 | Jose Antonio Lucas, Ana García‐Villaraco, Beatriz Ramos, Jorge García‐Cristobal, Elena Algar, Javier Gutierrez‐Mañero, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2013

Abstract Aims A structural and functional study has been carried out in the rice production area of the Guadalquivir marshes in Southern Spain aiming to increase knowledge of rice rhizosphere structure and function for further application on integrated management practices. Methods ...

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12.04.2013 | M. Vitali, W. Chitarra, L. Galetto, D. Bosco, C. Marzachì, M.L. Gullino, F. Spanna, C. Lovisolo, Annals of Applied Biology, 2013

Abstract Flavescence dorée (FD) is among the major grapevine diseases causing high management costs; curative methods against FD are unavailable. In FD‐infected plants, decrease in photosynthesis is usually recorded, but deregulation in stomatal control of leaf gas exchange during FD ...

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11.04.2013 | Voraratt Champattanachai, Pukkavadee Netsirisawan, Parunya Chaiyawat, Thanong Phueaouan, Ratana Charoenwattanasatien ..., PROTEOMICS, 2013

O‐GlcNAcylation is a dynamic posttranslational modification of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins, regulated by O‐GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and O‐GlcNAcase (OGA), which catalyze the addition and removal of O‐GlcNAc, respectively. This modification is associated with glucose metabolism, which ...

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08.04.2013 | Saba Shamim, Abdul Rehman, Journal of Basic Microbiology, 2013

Abstract Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 and Pseudomonas putida mt2 were used as cadmium (Cd) resistant and sensitive bacteria, respectively to study the effect of Cd on physicochemical surface properties which include the study of surface charge and hydrophobicity which are subjected to ...

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