Pisang tongkat langit (Musa troglodytarum L.) is a banana cultivar originated from Eastern Indonesia. Previous studies showed that ACS1 and ACO1 are genes play an important role in ethylene biosynthesis. However, characterization analysis of M. have not been reported. This study aims to isolate characterize the gene expression profile during fruit ripening process. Gene fragment isolation was p...

Ripe banana fruit is used to isolate and identify native yeasts from the different cultivars of Musa sp. such as Champa kola, Malbhog/Sapri kola, Saiel kola, Geera kola and Jahaji kola which can be utilized for the preparation of beverages yeast. Highest mean counts of yeast were 56.3 ×103 CFU/mL in the Champa kola of Musa sp. The total 44 yeast strains were identified, comprising ascomycetes a...

Although the nuclear genome of banana (Musa spp.) is relatively small (1C approximately 610 Mbp for M. acuminata), the results obtained from other sequenced genomes suggest that more than half of the banana genome may be composed of repetitive and non-coding DNA sequences. Knowledge of repetitive DNA can facilitate mapping of important traits, phylogenetic studies, BAC-based physical mapping, a...

This work aimed to study the in vitro colonic fermentation profile of unavailable carbohydrates of two different kinds of unripe banana flour and to evaluate their postprandial glycemic responses. The unripe banana mass (UBM), obtained from the cooked pulp of unripe bananas (Musa acuminata, Nanicão variety), and the unripe banana starch (UBS), obtained from isolated starch of unripe banana, pla...

Genes coding for 45S ribosomal RNA are organized in tandem arrays of up to several thousand copies and contain 18S, 5.8S and 26S rRNA units separated by internal transcribed spacers ITS1 and ITS2. While the rRNA units are evolutionary conserved, ITS show high level of interspecific divergence and have been used frequently in genetic diversity and phylogenetic studies. In this work we report on ...

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of many cellular processes and exist in a wide range of eukaryotes. High-throughput sequencing is a mainstream method of miRNA identification through which it is possible to obtain the complete small RNA profile of an organism. Currently, most approaches to miRNA identification rely on a reference genome for the prediction of hairpin structures. Howev...

High Rate of Human Bocavirus and Adenovirus Co-infection in 1 Hospitalized Israeli Children 2 3 Musa Hindiyeh 1* , Nathan Keller 2 , Michal Mandelboim 1 , Daniela Ram 1 , Jana 4 Rubinov 1 , Liora Regev 1 , Virginia Levy 1 , Sara Orzitzer 1 , Hilda Shaharabani 1 , Roberto 5 Azar 1 , Ella Mendelson 1,3** and Zehava Grossman 1** 6 7 1 Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Min...