9 articles in this issue
Nadya Ilicheva, Aleksandra Travina, Alexey Voronin, Olga Podgornaya
Background TRF2 (telomeric repeat binding factor 2) is an essential component of the telomere-binding protein complex shelterin. TRF2 induces the formation of a special structure of telomeric DNA and counteracts activation of DNA damage-response pathways ... see more
Dongmei Liu, Hanyu Zhu, Yue Chen, Liesheng Zheng, Liguo Chen, Aimin Ma
Background Hydrophobins are small proteins secreted by filamentous fungi, which show a highly surface activity. Because of the signally self-assembling abilities and surface activities, hydrophobins were considered as candidates in many aspects, for examp... see more
Hu Zhao, Xueqin Zhang
Background: The suppression of cancer cell growth and invasion has become a challenging clinical issue. In this study, we used nanotechnology to create a new drug delivery system to enhance the efficacy of existing drugs. We developed layered double hydro... see more
Jiongming Sui, Pingping Jiang, Guilong Qin, Shupeng Gai, Dan Zhu, Lixian Qiao, Jingshan Wang
Background: Soil salinity can significantly reduce crop production, but the molecular mechanism of salinity tolerance in peanut is poorly understood. A mutant (S1) with higher salinity resistance than its mutagenic parent HY22 (S3) was obtained. Transcrip... see more
Qiong Xiao, Yanbing Zhu, Jiajia Li, Changzheng Wu, Hui Ni, Anfeng Xiao
Background: A new ?-carrageenase-producing strain was screened from mangroves and authenticated as Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora ASY5 in our laboratory. The potential application of this new strain was evaluated. Results: Medium compositions and cultur... see more
Sana Imran, Javed Maryam, Asif Nadeem, Madiha Iqbal
Background: Poor reproductive efficiency of river buffalos hampers the production capabilities of animals. Buffalos are mainly considered poor breeders owing to the constrained expression of estrus behavior. Failure to display heat signs is an indication ... see more
Katarzyna Ciemniak, Judyta Cielecka-Piontek, Daria Szymanowska, Gabriela Wiergowska
Background: In view of the current low efficacy of bacterial infection treatment the common trend towards searching for antibiotic systems exhibiting synergistic action is well justified. Among carbapenem analogues a particularly interesting option is pro... see more
Junying Wang, Yu Li, Fuping Lu
Background: a-Amylase is widely used in the starch processing, food and paper industries, hydrolyzing starch, glycogen and other polysaccharides into glucose, maltose and oligosaccharides. An a-amylase gene family from Aspergillus niger CBS513.88 encode e... see more
Quangang Chen, Renjin Chen, Honghua Yuan, Peng Liu, Ankang Hu, Lianlian Wu, Jing Liu
Background: Although immunosuppressive therapies have made organ transplantation a common medical procedure worldwide, chronic toxicity has a major issue for long-term treatment. One method to improve therapies and methods is the application of immunomodu... see more