Research Articles

 

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Wenwen Wang and Ming Zhang

A combinatorial enumeration problem of RNA secondary structures
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19261-19266

DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.609

 

Jianyong Liu, Bijian Zeng, Tao Du and Yingzhu Rao

Low genetic diversity and genetic differentiation among domesticated stocks of the small abalone Haliotis diversicolor in China
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19267-19275

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2344

 

Liu Mengpei, Fu Dali, Fu Jianmin and TianMin

A new DNA band display technology of microsatellite DNA
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19276-19279

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2627

 

Hongfei Gao, Bingsheng Liang, Dongwen Wang, Weibing Shuang, Xuezhi Liang, Zhifang Ma and Li Zhang

Myogenic conversion of bladder fibroblasts by construction and expression of eukaryotic expression vector of myod1 gene
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19280-19279

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.625

 

Li Liu, Zhiming Zhang, Maojun Zhao, Jing Wang, Hai-jian Lin, Ya-ou Shen and Guangtang Pan

Molecular cloning and characterization of pathogenesis-related protein 5 in Zea mays and its antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19286-19293

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.696

 

Wenqi Zhu, Huifang Li, Weitao Song, Yan Hu,Chunhong Zhu, Chi Song, Jingting Shu and Kuanwei Chen

Four new single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of toll-like receptor 7 gene discovered in Chinese ducks
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19294-19298

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1219

 

Olívia Pedro, Dacia Correia, Elisabeth Lie, Janneche U. Skåre, Joelma Leão, Luís Neves, Morten Sandvik and Knut G. Berdal

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of the predominant microcystin-producing genotype of cyanobacteria in Mozambican lakes
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19299-19308

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1521

 

Hidayat Ullah, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Iltafullah, Hayat Badshah, Durrishahwar and David A Lightfoot

Location effect on heritability estimates of yield traits in mungbean derived from F2 populations
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19309-19317

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2197

 

Guozheng Zhang, Yadong Wei, Dingguo Xia, Yeshun Zhang, Bo Deng, Ziyu Liu, Jiekui Zhang and Chengfu Lou

Differentially expressed genes in white egg 2 mutant of silkworm, Bombyx mori, at early embryo development stages
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19318-19336

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2241

 

Muthu Thiruvengadam and Ill-Min Chung

Establishment of an efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated leaf disc transformation of spine gourd (Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19337-19345

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2377

 

Zhou Shu, Yi Lai, Ting-He Yu, Ling-Juan Ling Hu and Yi Zhang

Shear stress and interleukin-8 (IL-8) on the proliferation, differentiation and tube formation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19346-19355

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2512

 

Kadri Karim, Cheikh-Mhamed Hatem, Trifi Mokhtar and Ben-Naceur Mbarek

Identification of salt stress-induced transcripts in barley leaves by differential display reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19356-19364 [Article Not Available]

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1284

 

Tao Hu, Huiying Li, Deying Li, Jianming Sun and Jinmin Fu

Assessing genetic diversity of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) from four continents by inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19365-19374

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1575

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Ömer Faruk Karamürsel and Ismail Hakki Kalyoncu

Nursery growing of some apple varieties using different grafting methods in greenhouse and orchard
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19375-19384

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2518

 

Funda Eryilmaz Acikgoz and Murat Deveci

Comparative analysis of vitamin C, crude protein, elemental nitrogen and mineral content of canola greens (Brassica napus L.) and kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19385-19391

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2275

 

Branka Kalanović–Bulatović, Bojan Dimitrijević, Zorica Vasiljević, Zoran Rajić, Nebojša Ralević and Mladen Grbović

Decision making analysis of walnut seedling production on a small family farm in Serbia
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19392-19401

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.887

 

M. Djurić, J. Mladenović, B. Radovanović, S. Murtić, G. Aćamović-Djoković, R. Pavlović and Lj. Bošković-Rakočević

Effect of liming on the molybdenum content in the root and leaf of tomato grown on pseudogley under controlled conditions
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19402-19406

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1264

 

Parvin Ramak, Mozafar Sharifi, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Hassan Ebrahimzadeh and Mehrdad Behmanesh

Studies on seed germination and in vitro shoot multiplication of Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad, an important medicinal plant
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19407-19414

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1311

 

Guo Xiao-Si and Chen Jian-Ping

Structural characters of leaf epidermis in Neolepisorus (Polypodiaceae)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19415-19418

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2592

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Mozhgan Partoazar, Mehran Hoodaji and Arezoo Tahmourespour

The effect of glyphosate application on soil microbial activities in agricultural land
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19419-19424

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2440

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Sara Alaei Shehni, Mohammad Reza Soudi, Saman Hosseinkhani and Niloufar Behzadipour

Improvement of xanthan gum production in batch culture using stepwise acetic acid stress
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19425-19428

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1794

 

Boublenza Faiza, Zadi-karam Halima and Karam Nour-Eddine

Physiological responses of salt stress and osmoprotection with proline in two strains of lactococci isolated from camel’s milk in Southern Algeria
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19429-19435

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1807

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Mohammad Mirjalili, Saeb Sharif Nasirian and Loghman Karimi

Effects of corona discharge treatment on some properties of wool fabrics
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19436-19443

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1716

 

Huabing Yan, Litao Yang and Yangrui Li

Improved growth and quality of Dioscorea fordii Prain et Burk and Dioscorea alata plantlets using a temporary immersion system
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19444-19448

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2684

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Wei Zhou, Youdi Xue, Xubiao Ji, Guoyong Yin, Ning Zhang and Yongxin Ren

A novel injectable and degradable calcium phosphate/calcium sulfate bone cement
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19449-19457

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.139

 

Wilfred Mbeng Otang, Donald Scott Grierson and Roland Ndip Ndip

Prevalence, perceived benefits and effectiveness of herbal medicine in the management of symptoms of opportunistic fungal infections in HIV/AIDS patients in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19458-19463

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1239

 

Baizhi Li, Yuequn Cao, Lijuan Zhou, Chongyang Liang and Fei Sun

A novel protein expression system-PichiaPink™- and a protocol for fast and efficient recombinant protein expression
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19464-19472

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1513

 

Ilham Zahir, Abdellah Houari, Mohammed Iraqui and Saad Ibnsouda

Aerococcus sp. with an antimycobacterial effect
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19473-19480

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2473

 

Fatemeh Kazemi, Nosratollah Zaraghami, Sedighe Fekri aval and Amir Monfaredan

β-Cyclodextrin-curcumin complex inhibit telomerase gene expression in T47-D breast cancer cell line
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19481-19488

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1228

 

 

ENTOMOLOGY

 

A. Payandeh and A. Dehghan

Life table parameters of the dubas bug, Ommatissus lybicus (Hem: Tropiduchidae) at three constant temperatures
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19489-19493

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1155

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Yan-zhen Bi, Jia-nong Zhang, Jun Ma, Hui-Wu Ou-yang, Xin-min Zheng and Xian-feng Qiao

One-stop polymerase chain reaction (PCR): An improved PCR method with speedy operation and comparable efficiency
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 19494-19498

DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2268