The phylogenetic relationship of five sturgeon species in the South Caspian Sea was investigated using mtDNA molecule. Sequence analysis of mtDNA D-loop region of five sturgeon species [Great sturgeon (Huso huso), Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus), Ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris), Stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus)] and DNA sequencing...

We investigate the flat phase of quenched disordered polymerized membranes by means a two-loop, weak-coupling computation performed near their upper critical dimension ${D}_{uc}=4$, generalizing one-loop Morse et al. [D. C. al., Phys. Rev. A 45, R2151 (1992); D. and T. Lubensky, 46, 1751 (1992)]. Our work confirms existence finite-temperature, finite-disorder wrinkling transition, which has bee...

BACKGROUND Mitochondrial displacement loop (D-loop) is the hot spot for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) alterations which influence the generation of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Association of D-loop alterations with breast cancer has been reported in few ethnic groups; however none of the reports were documented from Indian subcontinent. METHODOLOGY We screened the entire mitochondrial...

The ATP binding cassette (ABC) proteins make up a large superfamily with members coming from all kingdoms. The functional form of the ABC protein nucleotide binding domain (NBD) is dimeric with ATP binding sites shared between subunits. The NBD is defined by six motifs: the Walker A, Q-loop, Signature, Walker-B, D-loop, and H-loop. The D-loop contains a conserved aspartate whose function is not...