Volume 2, Number 2, April 2012 (Special Issue on )

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The ATPase activity of molecular chaperone HSP60 is inhibited by immunosuppressant mizoribine

Masako Tanabe, Ryuichi Ishida, Fumiko Izuhara, Atsushi Komatsuda, Hideki Wakui, Kenichi Sawada, Michiro Otaka, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Hideaki Itoh

Abstract | References PDF (933KB), PP. 93-102, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22010, Downloads: 849 Google Scholar

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The effects of astragalus polysaccharide on zebrafish cell apoptosis and senescence

Guangqing Xia, Xiaojuan Han, Jie Qi, Wei Liu, Jinzhi Song, Jiamei Qin, Lihua Liu

Abstract | References PDF (394KB), PP. 103-109, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22011, Downloads: 681 Google Scholar

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Oxidized phospholipids modify plasminogen and apolipoprotein(a): Implications for vascular disease

Angelo M. Scanu, Diana M. Stafforini, Celina Edelstein

Abstract | References PDF (125KB), PP. 110-112, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22012, Downloads: 597 Google Scholar

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Modulation of gastric mucosal inflammatory responses to Helicobacter pylori by ghrelin: Role of cNOS-dependent IKK-β S-nitrosylation in the regulation of COX-2 activation

Bronislaw L. Slomiany, Amalia Slomiany

Abstract | References PDF (1084KB), PP. 113-123, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22013, Downloads: 580 Google Scholar

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Expression of the transcription factor Xvent-2 in Xenopus laevis embryogenesis

Elena Pshennikova, Anna Voronina

Abstract | References PDF (1791KB), PP. 124-131, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22014, Downloads: 540 Google Scholar

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Molecular cloning and characterization of fruit specific promoter from Cucumis sativus L.

Sindhu Chandrika Unni, Padmanabhan Jayanthikumari Vivek, Thakidiyil Thankappan Maju, Rintu Thundiyil Varghese, Eppurathumana Vasudevan Soniya

Abstract | References PDF (1938KB), PP. 132-139, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22015, Downloads: 964 Google Scholar

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Tandem repetitions in transcriptomes of some Solanaceae species

Atul Grover, Prakash C. Sharma

Abstract | References PDF (1228KB), PP. 140-152, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22016, Downloads: 735 Google Scholar

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Solving the independent set problem by sticker based DNA computers

Hassan Taghipour, Ahad Taghipour, Mahdi Rezaei, Heydar Ali Esmaili

Abstract | References PDF (215KB), PP. 153-158, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22017, Downloads: 790 Google Scholar

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A multi-criteria decision-making approach for comparing sample preservation and DNA extraction methods from swine feces

Sepideh Pakpour, Abbas S. Milani, Martin R. Chénier

Abstract | References PDF (463KB), PP. 159-169, Pub. Date: April 28, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2012.22018, Downloads: 937 Google Scholar