One hundred and twenty-one strains of ballistoconidiogenous yeasts were isolated from plant materials collected in Cuc Phuong National Park of Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Eighty-five strains selected for the morphology of their ballistoconidia and colony appearances were assigned to four genera: Bullera (39 strains), Kockovaella (5 strains), Sporobolomyces (39 strains) and Tilletiopsis (2 stra...

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Analysis of plasma microRNAs (miRNAs) by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) provides a potential approach for cancer diagnosis. However, absolutely quantifying low abundant plasma miRNAs is challenging with qPCR. Digital PCR offers a unique means for assessment of nucleic acids presenting at low levels in plasma. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of digital PCR for quantifica...

Fermentation is one of the industrially important processes for the development of microbial metabolites that has immense applications in various fields. This has prompted to employ fermentation as a major technique in the production of phytase from microbial source. In this study, a comparison was made between submerged (SmF) and solid-state fermentations (SSF) for the production of phytase fr...

Site-directed mutagenesis was used to investigate whether phenylalanine residues in predicted transmembrane sequences play essential roles in the function of human P-glycoprotein. Mutant cDNAs, in which codons for each of the 31 phenylalanine residues were changed to alanine, were expressed in mouse NIH 3T3 cells and analyzed with respect to their ability to confer resistance to various drugs. ...

AIM The aim of this study was to determine the effect of inhibition of TGF-β/smad signaling on the expression profiles of miR-335, miR-150, miR-194, miR-27a, miR-199a of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). BACKGROUND Liver fibrosis is excessive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins due to ongoing inflammation and HSC activation that occurs in most types of chronic liver diseases. Recent stud...

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T-cell recognition of peptides that are bound and presented by class I major histocompatibility complex molecules is highly specific. At present it is unclear what role class I peptide binding plays relative to T-cell receptor specificity in determination of immune recognition. A previous study from our group demonstrated that the HLA-A2.1 molecule could bind to 25% of the members of a panel of...

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