Bitter taste perception is a conserved chemical sense against the ingestion of poisonous substances in mammals. It could be mediated by G protein-coupled receptors that need the appropriate G proteins to transduce the signals. TAS2R receptors and a G protein α subunit, α–gustducin are believed to be key molecules for its perception (Margolskee, 2002; Montmayeur and Matsunami, 2002), but little ...

Bitter taste perception is a conserved chemical sense against the ingestion of poisonous substances in mammals. A multigene family of G-protein-coupled receptors, T2R (so-called TAS2R or TRB) receptors and a G-protein alpha subunit (Galpha), gustducin, are believed to be key molecules for its perception, but little is known about the molecular basis for its interaction. Here, we use a heterolog...

The purposes of this research were to evaluate phorbol esters (PEs) degradation rate and enzyme production yield using submerged fermentation (SMF) as screening method and further using solid-state fermentation (SSF) as pilot scale-up study. SMF was carried out with 20 g seed cake in 100 ml minimal salt medium for 7 days incubation, while SSF was done with 20 g seed cake at 50% moisture content...

Two lead (Pb)-resistant endophytic bacteria were isolated from rape roots grown in heavy metal-contaminated soils and characterized. A pot experiment was conducted for investigating the capability of the two isolates to promote the growth and Pb uptake of rape from Pb-amended soil. The two isolates were identified as Pseudomonas fluorescens G10 and Microbacterium sp. G16 based on the 16S rDNA g...

Due to the desire live a healthier lifestyle, search for nonglycosidic sweeteners has increased stevioside production in recent years. The main goal of this study was demonstrate that S. rebaudiana grown CO2-enriched environment can overcome stomatic, mesophilic and biochemical barriers limit photosynthesis (AN). We show an with atmosphere (800 1200 µmol CO2 mol?1), genotype 16 (G16) shows incr...

Microsatellite instability is a key mechanism of colon carcinogenesis. We have previously studied mutations within a (CA)13 microsatellite using an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-based reporter assay that allows the distinction of replication errors and mismatch repair (MMR) activity. Here we utilize this assay to compare mutations of mono- and dinucleotide repeats in human colorecta...

The present study aimed to evaluate productive characteristics and the physical, chemical sensory quality of juices elaborated from different genotypes ‘Bordô’ cv. produced in Vale do Rio Peixe-SC region, 2016/17. 11 clones evaluated were identified as: G03, G07, G08, G10, G12, G13, G15, G16, G17, G18 G19. At harvest, fruit production evaluated. mean productivity tested was 31.2 t ha-1, with a ...

This paper is concerned with the study of drum water level control using the well established single element and 3 element controllers. The study is based on the ÅströmBell (A-B) interpretation model of the boiler, which is used to simulate a 160 MW plant P16-G16 in Sweden and a 500 MW plant WW500 in Australia. Copyright c ©2005 IFAC

This is the first report of meiotic division in Uro-chloa adspersa (Trin.) collected from the Brazilian Chaco. Meiotic analyses were performed on three specimens of U. adspersa named G10, G15, and G16. Inflorescences were collected and fixed in a mixture of ethanol and acetic acid (3:1, v/v) for 24 h and then stored in 70% alcohol. Diakinesis revealed different chromosome numbers and ploidy lev...