In this study, 145 peaches and nectarines displaying typical brown rot symptoms were collected from multiple provinces in China. A subsample of 26 single-spore isolates were characterized phylogenetically and morphologically to ascertain species. Phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions 1 and 2, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH), β-tubulin (TUB2) reveale...

Skin fibroblasts from two cases of autosomal recessive cutis laxa (CL), having insignificant elastin production and mRNA levels, were challenged with transforming growth factor beta-i (TGF-fi1). Elastin production was brought from undetectable values to amounts typical of normal human skin fibroblasts in a dose-dependent fashion. Basic fibroblast growth factor (100 ng/ml) alone or in combinatio...

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Cutis laxa (CL) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by phenotypic appearance of loose and redundant skin. CL can be congenital or acquired. Congenital forms include autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive. Apart from cutaneous abnormalities, CL can present with visceral involvement. In this article, we report a case of CL presenting as recurrent ileus.

One of the diseases that has greatest negative effect on peach production is brown rot, produced by fungus, Monilinia spp. The way to diminish this disease selection genotypes with a high tolerance while maintaining fruit quality. In study, laxa and agronomic biochemical characteristics forty-two hybrids derived from ‘Andross’ × ‘Calante’ cross were studied under controlled conditions during tw...

To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of impaired elastic fiber formation in recessive cutis laxa, we have investigated two disease-causing missense substitutions in fibulin-5, C217R and S227P. Pulse-chase immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that S227P mutant fibulin-5 was synthesized and secreted by skin fibroblasts at a reduced rate when compared with the wild-type protein. Both mutants...

PURPOSE AMD has a complex etiology with environmental and genetic risk factors. Ten fibulin 5 sequence variants have been associated with AMD and two other fibulin 5 mutations cause autosomal-recessive cutis laxa. Fibulin 5 is a 52-kDa calcium-binding epidermal growth factor (cbEGF)-rich extracellular matrix protein that is essential for the formation of elastic tissues. Biophysical techniques ...