Morphological studies and phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the nuclear ribosomal gene repeat, a partial sequence of RNA polymerase II subunit (rpb2), and a partial sequence of the large exon of tef1 (LEtef1) were used to investigate the taxonomy and systematics of nine Hypocrea species with anamorphs assignable to Trichoderma sect. Hyp...

Three new species of Phyllosticta, P. hostae on Hosta plantaginea (China), P. schimae on Schima superba (China), and P. ilicis-aquifolii on Ilex aquifolium (UK), are described and illustrated in this study. They are compared with morphologically similar and phylogenetically closely related species. A polyphasic approach using phylogeny, host association, disease symptoms, colony and morphologic...

Rhodactina is a small sequestrate genus in Boletaceae with two described species, R. himalayensis and R. incarnata. Phylogenetic analyses of a three-gene dataset including atp6, tef1 and rpb2 of Rhodactina species along with selected Boletaceae species showed that all Rhodactina species formed a monophyletic clade, sister to the genera Spongiforma and Borofutus in subfamily Leccinoideae with hi...

background the association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (tnf-α) (-308 g/a) gene polymorphisms and level of tissue destruction and periodontal disease progression is not proved. objectives the present study investigated the stereological parameters of interdental papilla in chronic periodontitis (cp) patients with tnf-α (-308 g/a) gene polymorphisms. materials and methods sixty gingiva sa...

interferon is a protein secreted by eucaryotic cells following stimulation by viruses, bacteria, and many other immunogenes. recent medical studies indicate that interferons have effective role in the treatment of virus infections, immunodeficiency and certain types of cancer such as hairy cell leukaemia (hcl). the aim of the present study is to apply yeast strain for secreting human ifnα2b fol...

introduction: follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) is one of the pituitary glycoproteines that it consists of two subunits alpha and beta. the beta subunit is responsible for the biological activity of fsh. the aim of present study was isolation of the β subunit coding sequence containing its signal sequence from human genome and then cloning of the isolated sequence in ppic9 shuttle vector under...

background: thalassemia syndromes are the most prevalent single gene disorders in iran. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of different types of beta-globin gene mutations, co-inheritance of alpha-globin gene mutations and/or xmn1 snp on disease phenotype in a large cohort of iranian patients. subjects and methods: in total, 433 patients were clinically classified into β-thalassemia major ...

Although the genus Pseudocercospora has a worldwide distribution, it is especially diverse in tropical and subtropical countries. Species of this genus are associated with a wide range of plant species, including several economically relevant hosts. Preliminary studies of cercosporoid fungi from Brazil allocated most taxa to Cercospora, but with the progressive refinement of the taxonomy of cer...

Abstract Chronic alcohol consumption is associated with significant mortality and morbidity in people affected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Our Lab previously reported that diet increased young mice infected Mtb an Interferon-α (IFN-α) dependent manner. We also found CD11b+Ly6g+ cells are major source for IFN-α. In the current study, using single cell RNA sequencing, we furthe...

Culm rhomboid rot is a new disease of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) and mainly occurs on grown at an altitude above 800 m. The typical symptoms start with black spots irregular shapes, which expand vertically into elongated, fusiform, or shape up to 15 cm in length. Eleven fungal isolates were isolated from infected tissue, the isolate BBB1 was confirmed as pathogen following Koch’s postul...