cadmium effects on soil microbial indices and on the interaction of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (amf) and as well on plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) were investigated. the experiments were performed in the framework of a factorial design with levels of cadmium (0, 10, 30 and 100 mg kg-1 soil), and microbial inoculations (control, pgpr and amf) employing russian kanapweed as the expe...

objective(s): this study focused on determining cytotoxic effects of copper oxide nanoparticles (cuo nps) on chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) k562 cell line in a cell-specific manner and its possible mechanism of cell death. we investigated the cytotoxicity of cuo nps against k562 cell line (cancerous cell) and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (normal cell). materials and methods: the toxicity w...

abstract the purpose of this research was to transform two economically important cultivars of strawberry with p5cs gene, which encodes δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (p5cs), the key enzyme in proline biosynthesis. shoots were obtained on ms basal medium supplemented with 2% glucose and 4 mg/l tdz for camarosa and kurdistan cultivars. for genetic transformation, a binary vector pbi121 co...

background α-adrenergic receptor 2a (adra2a) and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ace) genes have been variably associated with obesity and its related phenotypes in different populations worldwide. objectives this cross-sectional study aims to investigate the association of adrenergic receptor α2a (adra2a) rs553668 and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ace) i/d single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps...

human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (her-2) as a new prognostic and predictive factor has been believed as an essential measurement in breast carcinoma. about 280 articles were reviewed and 115 were referred in this review article on her-2. her-2 is an oncoprotein epidermal growth factor receptor produced by a so-called cell surface oncogene. overexpression results in aggressive behavior, ...

in order to possibility of improving physiological traits, yield and yield components of safflower (carthamus tinctorius cv. sina) by anti-transpiration application in rainfed condition, a research was carried out in factorial based on randomized complete block design (rcdb) with three replications in miyaneh region (east azarbaijan province - iran) in 2011. the treatments antitranspirant rate ...

larger tumor burden leads to higher serum ca-125 levels and the ability to perform optimal tumor cytoreduction of advanced ovarian cancer is also a function of tumor bulk. the purpose of this study was to identify the ability of preoperative serum ca-125 to predict possibility of optimal primary tumor cytoreduction in epithelial ovarian carcinoma (eoc). a total of 90 patients with eoc were eval...

application of sewage sludge as a cheap and waste material is increasing for supporting plant essential elements especially in the soils of arid and semiarid regions. in the present greenhouse research, the effect of ardabil municipal sewage sludge on n, p, k, pb, cr, ni and cd concentrations in soil and plant and also spring wheat yield and growth indices was studied as a randomized complete b...

the new device made in this study could calculate the proper position of tillage tools relative to the land surface at each point, and hydraulic operator set its optimum position. the optimum position of tools is calculated by depth control software developed for this device, and its input data were depth for root development. the performance of device was tested on subsoiler for precision till...

background: copper-64 (t1/2=12.7 h) is an important radionuclide used both in pet imaging and therapy. [64cu]-pyruvaldehyde-bis (n4-methylthiosemicarbazone) ([64cu]-ptsm) is one of the most famous copper radiopharmaceuticals with unique specifications (suitable half life, stability, etc.). the wide range of 64cu applications arouse great interest for its production. materials and methods: cu-64...