objective: approximately three-fourths of women experience an episode of vaginal candidiasis. candida albicans(c. albicans) is the etiological agent in over 80% of cases. c. albicans has numerous virulence factors such as the agglutinin-like sequence (als) genes which code the large glycoprotein family that has a role in the adherence of candida. the present study aims to evaluate expressions ...

channel activities, particularly those of calcium channels, have vital roles in the process of sperm maturation, motility and sperm-egg interaction. a group of the recently discovered ion channels associated with these processes is four novel channel-like proteins known as catsper (cation channel sperm) gene family. catsper1 and catsper2 show sperm specific expression patterns. however, neither...

The plant MADS-box regulatory gene family includes several loci that control different aspects of inflorescence and floral development. Orthologs to the Arabidopsis thaliana MADS-box floral meristem genes APETALA1 and CAULIFLOWER and the floral organ identity genes APETALA3 and PISTILLATA were isolated from the congeneric species Arabidopsis lyrata. Analysis of these loci between these two Arab...

introduction: although the initial hypothesis for the action of doxepin was based on the inhibition of the reuptake of neurotransmitters, it has been suggested that it may also involve other mechanisms. therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of doxepin on spatial memory, tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnf-α) level, expression of pro-apoptotic (bad and bax) and anti-apoptotic (bcl-2)...

We explored the composition and roles of protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) family in Paulownia fortunei. The genome P. fortunei harbored 91 PfPP2C genes, encoding proteins with 120–1107 amino acids (molecular weight range, 13.51–124.81 kDa). PfPP2Cs were distributed 12 subfamilies, 1–15 per subfamily. number types conserved structure domains differed among PP2Cs, but distribution motifs within each...

Channel activities, particularly those of calcium channels, have vital roles in the process of sperm maturation, motility and sperm-egg interaction. A group of the recently discovered ion channels associated with these processes is four novel channel-like proteins known as CatSper (cation channel sperm) gene family. CatSper1 and CatSper2 show sperm specific expression patterns. However, neither...