BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cymbidium mastersii is an epiphytic orchid distributed mainly in Northeast India. Owing to its high commercial value in the floricultural industry, natural populations are under threat from over-exploitation. Mass propagation provides an alternative means of satisfying the demand. Unfortunately, conventional propagation is slow and difficult, suggesting in vitro methods for ...

Tc-85, an 85-kDa surface glycoprotein specific for the trypomastigote stage of Trypanosoma cruzi, has been implicated in the invasion of host cells by the parasite. Radioactive palmitic acid was incorporated into Tc-85 immunoprecipitated from the culture medium with the H1A10 monoclonal antibody, suggesting that shedding occurs with Tc-85 bearing its GPI anchor. In contrast to the glycoprotein ...

The solutions of a renormalized BCS equation are studied in three space dimensions in s, p and d waves for finite-range separable potentials in the weak to medium coupling region. In the weak-coupling limit, the present BCS model yields a small coherence length ξ and a large critical temperature, Tc, appropriate for some high-Tc materials. The BCS gap, Tc, ξ and specific heat Cs(Tc) as a functi...

This study aims to observe the effects of testosterone replacement therapy on glucose and lipid metabolism in middle-aged and elderly high-fat-fed male rats. This study established a high-fat-fed rat model and supplemented the rats with different doses of testosterone after castration. The rats were divided into control, complete lack of testosterone, low testosterone, medium testosterone, and ...

The electroreduction of the pertechnetate ions has been examined in sulfuric acid solutions (0.5-4 M) using optically transparent thin layer spectroelectrochemical (RVC-OTTLE) cell. Soluble Tc(III), TcO2+ and [Tc(μ-O)2Tc]3+/4+ species with absorption bands at 420-450, 400, and 502 nm, respectively, were found to be formed during the reduction of TcO4- ions. The strongly acidic medium was found ...

1 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China 2 Key Lab of Southwestern Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Innovation Ministry of Agriculture, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources, Yunnan Academy of Agr...

In the present study we searched for prolactin receptor (PRL-R) in porcine ovarian theca tissue (Tc) of small, medium and large follicles, as well as in early corpus luteum (ECL). The objectives of this investigation were: 1) comparison of the direct effect of PRL action on progesterone (P4) and estradiol (E2) secretion from Tc and ECL cells in culture with adequate effects caused by luteinizin...