The bacteriophage P1 recombination enhancement function (Ref) protein is a RecA-dependent programmable endonuclease. Ref targets displacement loops formed when an oligonucleotide is bound by a RecA filament and invades homologous double-stranded DNA sequences. Mechanistic details of this reaction have been explored, revealing that (i) Ref is nickase, cleaving the two target strands of a displac...

Redox factor-1 (Ref-1) is a multifunctional protein involved in DNA base excision repair (BER) and transcription factor modification. By the use of retrovirus-delivered shRNA, we effectively suppressed endogenous Ref-1 expression in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells. Our results showed that downregulation of Ref-1 rendered cells more sensitive to H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis. In this process...

سابقه و هدف: ورود گونه­­ های ماهی مهاجم دراکوسیستم ­های آبی، سبب بروز انواع اثرات منفی اکولوژیکی اقتصادی-اجتماعی می ­­شود. اولین گام در تجزیه تحلیل مخاطرات ناشی از گونه­ غیر­بومی، شناسایی خطر است بر این اساس ابزارهای متعددی برای ارزیابی خطرات تهاجمی غیربومی به منظور پشتیبانی تصمیم گیرندگان گونه ­­ها ایجاد شده است. هدف پژوهش قدرت تیلاپیای شکم قرمز (Coptodon zillii) حوضه آبریز تالاب شادگان (حوضه‌...

Although the etiology of obesity is complex, social disparities are gaining attention for their contribution to obesity. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of obesity and to explore the associations between socio-demographic characteristics and obesity by race in Mississippi. Data from the 2014 Mississippi Behavior Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS) were used in this study (...