African Journal of Biotechnology: October 2004; 3(10)

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Table of Contents: October 2004; 3(10)

Reviews

Jonathan H. Crouch and Rodomiro Ortiz

Applied genomics in the improvement of crops grown in Africa

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Research Articles

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Francis M. Mathooko, Yuki Tsunashima, Yasutaka Kubo and Akitsugu Inaba

Expression of a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase gene in peach (Prunus persica L.) fruit in response to treatment with carbon dioxide and 1-methylcyclopropene: possible role of ethylene

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INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ghasem Najafpour, Ku Syahidah Ku Ismail, Habibollah Younesi, Abdul Rahman Mohamed and Azlina Harun Kamaruddin

Hydrogen as clean fuel via continuous fermentation by anaerobic photosynthetic bacteria, Rhodospirillum rubrum

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A. I. Okoh, A. O. Olaniran and P. Golyshin

Dechlorination of 1,2– dichloroethane by Pseudomonas aeruginosa OK1 isolated from a waste dumpsite in Nigeria

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ZAMBOU NGOUFACK François, NOUR EL-NODA AHMED, MBIAPO TCHOUANGUEP Félicité, MORSI EL- SODA

Effect of ropy and capsular exopolysaccharides producing strain of Lactobacillus plantarum 162RM on characteristics and functionality of fermented milk and soft Kareish type cheese

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P. V. Dharani Aiyer

Effect of C:N ratio on alpha amylase production by Bacillus licheniformis SPT 27

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APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

Sheikh M. Basha, Mitwe Musingo and Violeta S. Colova

Compositional differences in the phenolics compounds of muscadine and bunch grape wines

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Lucien Patrice Kouame, Edmond Dué Ahipo, Sebastien Lamine Niamke, Françoise Akissi Kouame and Alphonse Kamenan

Synergism of cockroach (Periplaneta americana) a-amylase and a-glucosidase hydrolysis of starches

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PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

Indra D. Bhatt and Uppeandra Dhar

Factors controlling micropropagation of Myrica esculenta buch. – Ham. ex D. Don: a high value wild edible of Kumaun Himalaya

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IKECHUKWU O. AGBAGWA and BENJAMIN C. NDUKWU

The value of morpho-anatomical features in the systematics of Cucurbita L. (Cucurbitaceae) species in Nigeria

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Agbaje G. O. and Akinlosotu T. A.

Influence of NPK fertilizer on tuber yield of early and late-planted cassava in a forest alfisol of South-Western Nigeria

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Onyeagba R.A., Ugbogu O.C., Okeke C.U. and Iroakasi .O.

Studies on the antimicrobial effects of garlic (Allium sativum Linn), ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and lime (Citrus aurantifolia Linn)

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MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Pascal Obong Bessong, Chikwelu Larry Obi, Eunice Igumbor, Marie-Line Andreola, Simon Litvak

In vitro activity of three selected South African medicinal plants against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase

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Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga, Gabriel Isamah and Onyebiguwa Patrick Nmorsi

Lipid peroxidation and ascorbic acid levels in Nigeria children with acute falciparum malaria

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