Saccharomyces cerevisiae maintains a large family of hexose transporters encoded by the HXT genes. The major transporter genes, HXT1 through HXT7, were sequenced from four vineyard isolates and two commercial wine yeast strains and compared to the sequences in the Saccharomyces Genome Database for strain S288C and to those available for two additional wine strains V5 and RM11-1a. Base pair chan...

Propionic acid is a carboxylic acid produced by fermentation and widely used in chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. It is used primarily for animal feed preservation, including hay, silage, and grains, and in human foods (mainly in baked goods and cheeses). The growing demand of this acid draws attention towards a more economical energy efficient technology. The conventional methods f...

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in the research we try to introduce “network matrix” in selecting optimizing portfolio for active management in investment companies, to evaluating obtained portfolio of this, with this aim that have high efficiency in relation to market portfolio efficiency. first matrix (portfolio) is value-growth stocks that are classified by standards p/e and p/b and second matrix (portfolio) are an aggress...

This paper explains the fundamental concepts of resilience proposing a unified terminology and establishing a common frame of reference for quantitative evaluation of such seismic resilience. The evaluation is based on a non-dimensional analytical function based on loss recovery within a “recovery period”. Distinction is made between direct and indirect losses. The path to recovery is expressed...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether BSN272 could prevent the development of hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis in ApoE knockout mice fed a Western (high fat and cholesterol, high sugar) diet. Background: BSN272 is a combination drug therapy consisting of D-tagatose and polydatin. D-tagatose has been studied for the treatment of diabetes for several years and has been s...

Spawning activity of male skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis was examined from May 2005 to December 2007 in the tropical western and central Pacific Ocean. Testis maturity was classified into five stages (i.e., immature, early maturation, mid maturation, late maturation, and regression) on the basis of histological observation. The estimated minimum size at first maturity was 35.5cm FL and the si...