scholarly journals Analysis of Large Seeds from Three Different Medicago truncatula Ecotypes Reveals a Potential Role of Hormonal Balance in Final Size Determination of Legume Grains

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaustav Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Orhan Uluçay ◽  
Muhammet Şakiroğlu ◽  
Michael Udvardi ◽  
Jerome Verdier
Keyword(s):  
Medicago Truncatula ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Size Determination ◽  
Final Size ◽  
Hormonal Balance

Simultaneous determination of multiple cytokines reveals a pro-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic signature after major cardiothoracic surgery: Potential role of C-reactive protein

Cytokine ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 593-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Tisato ◽  
Lorenzo Monasta ◽  
Gianni Biolo ◽  
Francesco Donatelli ◽  
Paola Secchiero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simultaneous Determination ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Cardiothoracic Surgery ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein

Confirmation of hybridity using GISH and determination of 18S rDNA copy number using FISH in interspecific F1 hybrids of Tecoma (Bignoniaceae)

Genome ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 437-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan N. Contreras ◽  
John M. Ruter ◽  
Joann Conner ◽  
Yajuan Zeng ◽  
Peggy Ozias-Akins
Keyword(s):  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
F1 Hybrids ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Pistillate Parent ◽  
Fertile Hybrids ◽  
Species Hybrids ◽  
Rdna Copy

Interspecific hybridization in Tecoma Juss. was conducted to develop novel forms for the nursery industry. We report fertile hybrids from the cross T. garrocha Hieron. (pistillate parent) × T. stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth. Leaf morphology of the F1 hybrids of T. garrocha × T. stans was intermediate between the parents. GISH also confirmed hybridity. The F1 hybrids were successfully backcrossed to both parents and self-pollinated to produce BC and F2 progeny. Tecoma garrocha , T. stans, and T. guarume A. DC. ‘Tangelo’ were self-fertile. The F1 hybrids also were crossed with T. capensis (Thunb.) Lindl. and T. guarume ‘Tangelo’, resulting in three-species hybrids. FISH conducted on F1 hybrids identified four copies of the 18S internal transcribed spacer region. Further analysis using FISH has the potential to provide information on the evolution of Bignoniaceae and the potential role of polyploidy.

Ion-chromatographic determination of L-tartrate in urine samples

1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mlchele Petrarulo ◽  
Martino Marangella ◽  
Omalla Bianco ◽  
Franco Linari
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
Dicarboxylic Acids ◽  
Chromatographic Determination ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Coefficients Of Variation ◽  
Analytical Recovery

Abstract We propose using ion chromatography to determine tartrate concentration in urine. A 100-microL sample of urine is diluted and injected into the chromatograph. Tartrate is eluted within 11.5 min as a distinct and well-resolved peak. The sensitivity of the standard procedure (signal-to-noise ratio, 3/1) is 30 mumol/L. The intra-run and interrun coefficients of variation are 2.5% and 4.1%, respectively. Mean analytical recovery of known amounts of added tartrate ranges between 94.2% and 104.0%. We investigated the specificity of the procedure by analyzing urine containing added dicarboxylic acids structurally related to tartrate. The reliability of the procedure makes it suitable for investigating tartrate metabolism, e.g., the potential role of tartrate as an inhibitor of crystallization in calcium nephrolithiasis.

scholarly journals Annexins - calcium- and membrane-binding proteins in the plant kingdom: potential role in nodulation and mycorrhization in Medicago truncatula.

2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanuja Talukdar ◽  
Karolina Maria Gorecka ◽  
Fernanda De Carvalho-Niebel ◽  
J Allan Downie ◽  
Julie Cullimore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Medicago Truncatula ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungus ◽  
Calcium Signal ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Calcium Response ◽  
Nod Factor

Annexins belong to a family of multi-functional membrane- and Ca(2+)-binding proteins. The characteristic feature of these proteins is that they can bind membrane phospholipids in a reversible, Ca(2+)-dependent manner. While animal annexins have been known for a long time and are fairly well characterized, their plant counterparts were discovered only in 1989, in tomato, and have not been thoroughly studied yet. In the present review, we discuss the available information about plant annexins with special emphasis on biochemical and functional properties of some of them. In addition, we propose a link between annexins and symbiosis and Nod factor signal transduction in the legume plant, Medicago truncatula. A specific calcium response, calcium spiking, is an essential component of the Nod factor signal transduction pathway in legume plants. The potential role of annexins in the generation and propagation of this calcium signal is considered in this review. M. truncatula annexin 1 (MtAnn1) is a typical member of the plant annexin family, structurally similar to other members of the family. Expression of the MtAnn1 gene is specifically induced during symbiotic associations with both Sinorhizobium meliloti and the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices. Furthermore, it has been reported that the MtAnn1 protein is preferentially localized at the nuclear periphery of rhizobial-activated cortical cells, suggesting a possible role of this annexin in the calcium response signal elicited by symbiotic signals from rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi.

scholarly journals The blood resistin level in patients with DM2, depending on the duration of the disease

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Urbanovych
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Blood Level ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Resistin Level ◽  
Group I ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Resistin is still a little known hormone of the adipose tissue. The potential role of resistin in the development of DM2 has been currently investigated. The aim of our study was to detect the resistin blood level in patients with DM2, depending on the duration of the disease. In so doing, a determination of resistin and insulin blood level was conducted in 305 patients with DM2, and in a control group of 32 persons. Before testing, the patients were placed into four groups, depending on the duration of type 2 diabetes. Our results indicate that the resistin level was significantly lower in the control group of patients, in comparison with the DM2 patients groups. Moreover, a significantly lower resistin level was found in group I (firstly diagnosed DM2), in comparison with the groups of patients with a different duration of DM2. No correlation between resistin level and BMI, and between resistin and insulin blood level was found. However, a tendency towards increase of resistin blood level is noticeably evident in co-relation with increment of DM2 duration. In addition, the resistin level was considerably lower in patients with no DM2, when compared with patients with diagnosed DM2. Yet, there was no significant difference in the resistin blood level depending on the sex of the patients at the same duration of DM2

Determination of CSF shunt patency with a lumbar infusion test

1983 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hart Schutz ◽  
Karel G. Ter Brugge ◽  
Ming C. Chiu ◽  
Angele Mongul ◽  
Ferelith Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Csf Shunt ◽  
Csf Dynamics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lumbar Infusion Test ◽  
Method Of Assessment ◽  
Infusion Technique ◽  
Tomography Scanning

✓ The authors report on the potential role of the lumbar infusion technique in the determination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt patency. The test was performed in a series of 12 patients and reliably predicted shunt patency. This method of assessment proved to be superior to computerized tomography scanning because of its ability to demonstrate the CSF dynamics rather than the ventricular size.

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