The evolution of fungus-growing termites is supposed to have started in the African rain forests with multiple invasions of semi-arid habitats as well as multiple invasions of the Oriental region. We used sequences of the mitochondrial COII gene and Bayesian dating to investigate the time frame of the evolution of Macrotermes, an important genus of fungus-growing termites. We found that the gen...

Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII), encoded by the mitochondrial genome, exhibits one of the most heterogeneous rates of amino acid replacement among placental mammals. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that cytochrome c oxidase has undergone a structural change in higher primates which has altered its physical interaction with cytochrome c. We collected a large data set of COII sequences ...

The design of advanced metal–organic framework (MOF) catalysts for solar-driven conversion CO2 into syngas (CO/H2 mixture) is beneficial. Herein, the a joint MOF heterostructure consisting orderly assembled CoII- and CoIII-based Prussian blue analogs (PBAs) driven by their spontaneous lattice match in growth process reported. As-prepared H/CoIII[email protected]II-PBA cage mesocrystal exhibits ...

b a ckground: anoph eles culicifacies, a major malarial vector has been recognized as a complex of five sibling species, a, b, c, d and e. these sibling species exhibit varied vectorial capacity, host specificity and susceptibility to malarial parasites/ insecticides. in this study, a pcr assay developed earlier for distinguishing the five individual species was validated on samples of a n . cu...

The structure of the title compound, di-mu3-acetato-1kappa2O,O':2kappaO';2kappaO:3kappa2O,O'-di-mu2-acetato-1kappaO:2kappaO';2kappaO:3kappaO'-octapyridyl-1kappa3N,2kappa2N,3kappa3N-tricobalt(II) bis(hexafluorophosphate), [Co3(C2H3O2)4(C5H5N)8](PF6)2, consists of divalent multinuclear cations in which three CoII ions are bridged by four mu2-acetate groups. The CoII ions are arranged in an approx...

BACKGROUND Anopheles culicifacies, a major malarial vector has been recognized as a complex of five sibling species, A, B, C, D and E. These sibling species exhibit varied vectorial capacity, host specificity and susceptibility to malarial parasites/ insecticides. In this study, a PCR assay developed earlier for distinguishing the five individual species was validated on samples of An. culicifa...

The evolution of the Old World monkey tribe Papionini, composed of macaques, baboons, mandrills, drills, and mangabeys, was examined using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence data on the cytochrome oxidase subunit II gene. When analyzed cladistically, these data support a baboon clade of savannah (Papio) plus gelada (Theropithecus) baboons, as well as a clade containing drill (Mandrillus) plus m...

Trypanosoma brucei has three distinct approximately 20S editosomes that catalyze RNA editing by the insertion and deletion of uridylates. Editosomes with the KREN1 or KREN2 RNase III type endonucleases specifically cleave deletion and insertion editing site substrates, respectively. We report here that editosomes with KREPB2, which also has an RNase III motif, specifically cleave cytochrome oxi...

This study reports a novel approach utilizing an octahedral CoII(HAPP)(TFA)2 reagent in the presence of H2O2 with analysis by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) to serve as an efficient probe for bulged DNA structures. Elucidation of DNA bulge-specific recognition pathways and cleavage mechanisms is demonstrated by characterization of bulg...