Aquaporin proteins (AQPs) have been shown to be involved in abiotic stress responses. However, the precise role of AQPs, especially in response to cold stress, is not understood in wheat (Triticum aestivum). In the present study, quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that TaAQP7 expression increased in leaves, but decreased in roots after cold treatment. E...

to find the protective role of exogenous nitric oxide (no) on salinity-stressed rice seedlings, a crd-based factorial experiment with three replications was conducted in agronomy laboratory of the faculty of agricultural sciences, university of guilan, in 2012. the experimental design consisted of healthy and vigorous seedlings of two rice cultivars, khazar and goohar, the last already known as...

background: atp-binding cassette transporter a1 (abca1) is a membrane integral protein which plays a vital role in high density lipoprotein (hdl) metabolism and exerts a protective effect against hypoalphalipoproteinemia (ha) by mediation of rate-limiting step in hdl biogenesis. in addition, this protein possesses anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the production of some inflammatory cytok...

the pomegranate fruits of cvs. malas yazdi and malas ashkezar were immersed in sa (1 and 2 mm from source of acytyl salicylic acid) for five minutes, in ja (0.3 and 0.4 mm from source of n-propyl dihydrojasmonate) for fifteen minutes, in cacl2 (1 and 2%) for five minutes, and in distilled water for five minutes as control. then, the fruits were stored in cold storage at 1.5±0.5ºc and 85±5% rela...

Hemorrhage following whole-body γ-irradiation in a combined injury (CI) model increases mortality compared to whole-body γ-irradiation alone (RI). The decreased survival in CI is accompanied by increased bone marrow injury, decreased hematocrit, and alterations of miRNA in the kidney. In this study, our aim was to examine cytokine homeostasis, susceptibility to systemic bacterial infection, and...

Exposure to non-freezing temperatures below 10 °C causes an increase in the subsequent rate of ion leakage from chilling sensitive tissue (e.g. tomato fruit). The conditions of tissue preparation and conductivity measurements necessary to accurately calculate the rate of ion leakage from excised discs of tomato pericarp tissue were determined. Under the proper conditions, the rate of leakage ex...