BACKGROUND Polyamines have various biological functions including marked effects on the structure and function of genomic DNA molecules. Changes in the higher-order structure of DNA caused by polyamines are expected to be closely related to genetic activity. To clarify this issue, we examined the relationship between gene expression and the higher-order structure of DNA under different polyamin...

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized by spray pyrolysis method using an aqueous solution of zinc acetate at various concentrations from 5 to 25 wt%. The decomposition of precursor solutions was carried out at 800, 1000 and 1200ºC under different atomizing pressures. The crystal structure and morphology of synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction ...

Background Nepenthes clipeata is a Critically Endangered plant species with the population at its only location in wild, Gunung (Mount) Kelam Kalimantan, Indonesia, under threat – nutrient relationships have not been studied.Aims To improve understanding of autecology N. by assessing current and providing information on mineral relationships.Methods A survey was undertaken 2019 when numbers hab...

When L cells were treated with anti-L-cell antibody in medium containing heat-inactivated fetal calf serum, nucleoside uptake and cell growth were stimulated. The response was markedly increased when fresh, unheated sera from calves, guinea pigs, humans, mice, or rabbits were also present. The factors in unheated serum responsible for the enhancement of immunostimulation were studied. Using low...

Background: Non-ionic surfactant, Tween-80 (TW80) is commonly used for drug delivery due to its effect on the cell membrane permeation. The change in permeability can also increase viral infectivity in cells. This study was undertaken to improve upon Newcastle disease virus (NDV) titer cultivated with embryonic chicken eggs. Methods: The toxicity of TW80 was investigated against chicken embryo...

this study was carried out to obtain quantitative relationships between zn in equilibrium solution and that retained by 20 calcareous soils. soils were brought into equilibrium with varying solution concentrations of zn, and the amounts removed from solution were used to check the fit to six adsorption isotherms, namely, freundlich, langmuir, temkin, gunary, two surface langmuir and adjusted fr...

Nitrogen requirements by S. cerevisiae during wine fermentation are highly strain-dependent. Different approaches were applied to explore the nitrogen of 28 yeast strains. Based on growth and behaviour displayed at different concentrations, high low nitrogen-demanding strains selected further verified competition fermentation. Biomass production with increasing concentrations in exponential pha...

Purified and partially purified ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) from rat heart was inhibited by basic polypeptides in vitro. Poly-L-arginine, the most effective, was inhibitory at a concentration as low as 0.1 microgram/ml; protamine and histone clearly inhibited ODC at concentrations higher than 2 micrograms/ml, but poly-L-lysine was less effective. The ability to inhibit ODC appeared to correla...

Hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol and caffeic acid effects on hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage, hydroperoxide generation and redox enzyme gene expression were studied in oxidative-stress-sensitive human prostate cells (PC3). Hydroxytyrosol led to lower levels of hydroperoxides, DNA damage, and mRNA levels of classic glutathione peroxidase (GPx) for all the studied concentrations. Only hydroxytyrosol ...