Cognitive dysfunction due to higher blood glucose level has been reported previously. Genistein (GEN) is a phytoestrogen that we hypothesized might lead to improved memory, despite elevated blood glucose levels at the time of memory consolidation. To investigate this hypothesis, we compared the effects of orally administered GEN on the central nervous system in normal versus glucose-loaded adul...

In the Oriental Region, the large, basically Northern Hemisphere family Trichopolydesmidae is shown to currently comprise 18 genera and 43 species. Based mainly on gonopod structure, all of them, as well as the whole family, are (re)diagnosed, including five new genera and seven new species. These new taxa are keyed, also being the first to be described from Indochina in general and from Vietna...

We propose a measurement of the neutron electric form factor GEn at high four– momentum transfer values of Q = 1.3, 2.4, and 3.4 (GeV/c) in double polarized semi-exclusive 3 He( e, e′n) scattering in quasi–elastic kinematics by measuring the asymmetry AT of the cross section. Results from the recent JLab experiment E93-027 for elastic electron-proton scattering, using a recoil polarization tech...

Genistein (GEN) is one of the isoflavones that has effect on male reproduction. However, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. miRNAs are a type of small non-coding RNAs that play important roles in spermatogenesis. We measured the GEN levels and miR-17-92 cluster expression in infertile subjects and found that miR-17-92 might be involved in GEN induced abnormal spermatogenesis. To clarify,...

BACKGROUND Genistein (GEN), a naturally occurring flavonoid present in soy bean, has attracted scientific interest for its possible benefits in cancer. OBJECTIVE The potential immunomodulatory effects of genistein on the immune system and against TC-1 tumor cell line were evaluated in adult female C57BL/6 mice. METHODS Mice were treated with GEN 10 days before to 10 days after the tumor ind...

Two new genera, Sylvathelphusa n. gen. and Tzotzilthelphusa n. gen., and three new species, Sylvathelphusa kalebi n. sp., S. cavernicola n. sp. and Tzotzilthelphusa villarosalensis n. sp., of the tribe Potamocarcinini, family Pseudothelphusidae, are described from Chiapas, Mexico. Sylvathelphusa n. gen. is characterized by a male gonopod with the marginal plate between the caudal and mesial sur...

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) can be repaired by homologous recombination (HR), which can involve Holliday junction (HJ) intermediates that are ultimately resolved by nucleolytic enzymes. An N-terminal fragment of human GEN1 has recently been shown to act as a Holliday junction resolvase, but little is known about the role of GEN-1 in vivo. Holliday junction resolution signifies the completio...

BACKGROUND Preimplantation embryo loss during oviduct transit has been observed in adult mice after a 5-day neonatal exposure to the phytoestrogen genistein (Gen; 50 mg/kg/day). OBJECTIVE We investigated the mechanisms underlying the contribution of the oviduct to infertility. METHODS Female mice were treated on postnatal days 1-5 with corn oil or Gen (50 mg/kg/day). We compared morphology,...

On ly recen tly h as it becom e common to determ in e eukaryotic gen om ic sequen ces large en ough to con tain several gen es. With th ese data com es a n ew problem for gen e fin din g program s: to partit ion a set of exon s correctly am on g several gen es. On e lin e of developm en t in eukaryot ic gen e iden tification begin s with codin g region iden tificat ion by statist ical m ean s a...