Background: In prostate cancer, mutated p53 alleles typically contain missense single-base substitution in codon 72 that resides within exons 5-8. Stable p53 proteins in tumor cell nuclei have been associated with malignancy. A role of p53 is the regulation of drug transporters like ABCC1 (MRP1) by an effect on promoter region. Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify association...

current investigations indicate different in vitro infection patterns for oka and dumas strains. infection of cells in culture with dumas strain produces lower number of infectious particles while the oka strain is highly infectious in vitro. it is postulated that weak expression of the replication genes in dumas strain may be the reason for the attenuated phenotype. the objective of this stud...

background: in prostate cancer, mutated p53 alleles typically contain missense single-base substitution in codon 72 that resides within exons 5-8. stable p53 proteins in tumor cell nuclei have been associated with malignancy. a role of p53 is the regulation of drug transporters like abcc1 (mrp1) by an effect on promoter region.objectives: the objective of this study was to identify association ...

κ-casein is a glycosilated protein belonging to a family of phosphoproteins (αs1,β, αs2,κ) that represents the major protein component in mammalian milk. κ-casein plays an essential role in the case of micelle stabilization, determining the size and the specific biological function. in the present study, we report the characterization of the partial sequence of κ-casein promoter region in the i...

identification of associated genes with energy balance, yield and feed intake are recent interests of the animal breeding researchers. najdi breed is the famous cattle breed in the khuzestan province. in this research for the investigation of leptin gene promoter ,from 15 najdi cows in the shushtar cattle center station was taken. dna from whole blood was extracted and 544bp and 566 bp two piec...

Background: Tumor necrosis factor-beta or lymphotoxin-alpha (LT-α), IL-4 and IL-10 are determining factors in immunity against BCG.  Allelic polymorphisms in the regulatory regions of their genes affect the rate of cytokine production and therefore, the host’s ability in BCG containment. Objective: To study the prevalence of –590 (C/T) and –592 (C/A) allelic distribution of IL-4 and IL-10 promo...

Background: BCL-2 is the most important anti-apoptotic regulator and Bax is a pro-apoptotic protein. The status of these parameters or the ration of BCL-2 to BAX is important in malignant cell fate as well as normal cells. Methods: Sixty-two ALL patients and 62 healthy sex-and age-matched controls were studied. After genotyping, the promoter region of the BAX and BCL-2 genes by RFLP-PCR meth...

Wheat is a crop with spring and winter types and wide adaptability to different climate conditions. The wide adaptability of wheat is mainly controlled by three groups of genetic factors and among them vernalization (VRN) genes play pivotal role in determining spring and winter types. In this study, 395 Iranian wheat landraces were characterized with specific primer pairs designed based on VRN-...

background: hypospadias is one of the most common congenital abnormalities in the male which is characterized by altered development of urethra, foreskin and ventral surface of the penis. androgen receptor gene plays a critical role in the development of the male genital system by mediating the androgens effects. objective: in present study, we looked for new variations in androgen receptor pro...

the plasmid palca1sifn containing cdna that encodes the human interferon a-2b was obtained from the atcc(no. 531667). in this system the expression of the gene is under the control of an alca promoter. alca p is a specific promoter for expression of different genes in aspergillusfilamentous. in this plasmid the coding region of ifn?-2b is preceded by the coding region of a synthetic signal pept...