9 articles in this issue
Ang Rou Ping, Teoh Leong Sin, Chan Mooi Kwai, Noorizan Miswan, Khoo Boon Yin
Background: Human is an essential cellular enzyme that is found in all human cells. As this enzyme is upregulated in cancer cells exceedingly, it is used as a target for cancer chemotherapeutic drug development. As such, producing the in-house enzyme for ... see more
Sulieman A Al-Faifi, Hussein M Migdadi, Salem S Algamdi, Mohammad Altaf Khan, Megahed H Ammar, Rashid S Al-Obeed, Mohammad I Al-Thamra, Ehab H EL-Harty, Jerenj Jakse
Background: The present study was undertaken towards the development of SSR markers and assessing genetic relationships among 32 date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) representing common cultivars grown in different geographical regions in Saudi Arabia. Resu... see more
Jinpeng Wang, Li Li, Haigang Qi, Xuedi Du, Guofan Zhang
Background: Reduced-representation sequencing technology is widely used in genotyping for its economical and efficient features. A popular way to construct the reduced-representation sequencing libraries is to digest the genomic DNA with restriction enzym... see more
Yuan yuan Jin, Ya dong Li, Wan Sun, Shuai Fan, Xiao zhou Feng, Kang You Wang, Wei Qing He, Zhao Yong Yang
Background: D-Hydroxyphenylglycine is considered to be an important chiral molecular building-block of antibiotic reagents such as pesticides, and ß-lactam antibiotics. The process of its production is catalyzed by D-hydantoinase and D-carbamoylase in a t... see more
Amene Nematollahi, Sara Sohrabvandi, Amir Mohammad Mortazavin, Sahar Jazaeri
Background: Increased popularity of vegetarianism, lactose intolerance, and the high cholesterol content in dairy products, are all factors that have recently increased the demand for nondairy probiotic products. The objective of this study is to evaluate... see more
Longfa Fang, Bo Wang, Zishan Zhou, Sujuan Yang, Changlong Shu, Fuping Song, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón, Jie Zhang
Background: Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins bind with different insect midgut proteins leading to toxin oligomerization, membrane insertion and pore formation. However, different Cry toxins had been shown to readily form high molecular weight oligomers ... see more
Abdul Latif Khan, Boshra Ahmed Halo, Ali Elyassi, Sajid Ali, Khadija Al-Hosni, Javid Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, In-Jung Lee
Background: Endophytic bacteria are ubiquitous in all plant species contributing in host plant's nutrient uptake and helping the host to improve its growth. Moringa peregrina which is a medicinal plant, growing in arid region of Arabia, was assessed for t... see more
Vincent Njung'e, Santosh Deshpande, Moses Siambi, Richard Jones, Said Silim, Santie De Villiers
Background: Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is a drought tolerant legume of the Fabaceae family and the only cultivated species in the genus Cajanus. It is mainly cultivated in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Oceania, Africa and America. In Malaw... see more
Zhongai Li, Jie Li, Yanhua Liu, Zicheng Wang
Background: Analytical techniques such as methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism and high-performance liquid chromatography were used to detect variation in DNA methylation of mature Chrysanthemum leaves during the floral transition induced by s... see more