Protein content is one of the main factors determining end-use quality wheat. NO APICAL MERISTEM-B1 (NAM-B1) a major gene regulating wheat grain protein content. The present study aimed to identify new genetic resources using wild-type NAM-B1 allele breed high-protein-content cultivars. We genotyped HIGH GRAIN PROTEIN CONTENT-B1 (GPC-B1) locus and in 165 A kompetitive allele-specific polymerase...

The degree of genetic diversity in 45 Bordetella (B.) bronchiseptica strains comprised of a vaccine strain (N = 1), reference strains (N = 3) and field isolates (N = 41) was evaluated using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Three candidate primers were selected for RAPD analysis after screening 20 random decamer oligonucleotides ...

Red blood cells (RBC) become sensitized following the elution of strain 575 Newcastle disease virus (NDV). The neuraminidase (NA) in the haemagglutinin (HA)-sialic acid configuration is inactive. The HA on sensitized RBC agglutinates normal RBC. The sialic acid on normal RBC initiated reactivation of the NA-a newly described function. Then normal-sensitized RBC agglomerates separated at 37 degr...

zataria multiflora essential oil possesses immunomodulatory effects and the present study investigatesits effect on immune responses to live newcastle disease (nd) vaccines and faecal shedding period ofvaccine strain virus in chickens. one hundred and eighty chickens from both sexes were divided into 6 equalgroups: group 1: unvaccinated, group 2: vaccinated (b1 vaccine followed by la sota 10 da...

This paper describes a method for merging behavior specifications modeled by transition systems. Given two behavior specifications B1 and B2, Merge(B1, B2) defines a new behavior specification that extends B1 and B2. Moreover, provided that a necessary and sufficient condition holds, Merge(B1, B2) is a cyclic extension of B1 and B2. In other words, Merge(B1, B2) extends B1 and B2, and any cycli...

Abstract Coxsackievirus Bs (CVBs) are common human RNA viruses that belong to the enterovirus genus of Picornaviridae. Most commonly, infections with these manifest mild flu-like symptoms. However, CVBs also known cause severe diseases, including aseptic meningitis, myocarditis, and chronic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), encephalitis, pancreatitis, hand-foot-and-mouth disease. In this study, we ...

Kinins exert cardioprotective effects via 2 G-protein-coupled receptors, B1 and B2. Using B1 kinin receptor gene knockout mice (B1-/-), we tested the hypotheses that the B1 receptor plays an important role in preservation of cardiac function, whereas lack of B1 may accelerate cardiac remodeling and dysfunction after myocardial infarction, and that B2 receptors may compensate for lack of B1, whe...