Protein targeting to the nucleus has been studied extensively in animal and yeast systems; however, nothing is known about nuclear targeting in plants. The Opaque-2 (02) gene produces a regulatory protein that is responsible for inducing transcription of the a-zein class of storage proteins in maize kernels. The cloned 02 gene encodes a protein that contains a leucine zipper DNA binding domain ...

Monoamine oxidase (MAO) [EC 1.4.3.4 monoamine: oxygen oxidoreductase (deami nating)] has been shown to be firmly bound to the mitochondrial membrane (1-4), and its solubilization causes changes in its properties (5-7). This paper describes the solubilization of MAO from mitochondria of hog kidney cortex by a mixture of Triton-X 100 and sodium cholate and changes in the substrate specificities o...

Most mushrooms are thermo-sensitive to temperatures over 23°C, which greatly restricts their agricultural cultivation. Understanding mushroom's innate heat-tolerance mechanisms may facilitate genetic improvements of their thermotolerance. Agaricus bisporus strain 02 is a relatively thermotolerant mushroom strain, while strain 8213 is quite thermo-sensitive. Here, we compared their responses at ...

A prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label, controlled clinical trial was performed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the homeopathic product ZinCyp-3-02 in children with sleep disorders for ≥ one month compared to glycine. Children ≤ six years old received either ZinCyp-3-02 (N = 89) or comparator glycine (N = 90). After treatment for 28 days, total sleep-disorder-associated ...

The crank of an integer partition is an integer statistic which yields a combinatorial explanation of Ramanujan’s three famous congruences for the partition function. The existence of such a statistic was conjectured by Freeman Dyson in 1944 and realized 44 years later by George Andrews and Frank Gravan. Since then, groundbreaking work by Ken Ono, Karl Mahlburg, and others tells us that not onl...

Address for Correspondence: Dr.Vijaya Ramanathan, Department of Anatomy, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India. E-Mail: [email protected] Background: Students in many Asian countries are qualified to seek admission to undergraduate medical degree soon after they leave the secondary schools. Selection criteria vary in different countries. ...