Calmodulin Gene Expression in Response to Mechanical Wounding and Botrytis cinerea Infection in Tomato Fruit.

Calmodulin, a ubiquitous calcium sensor, plays an important role in decoding stress-triggered intracellular calcium changes and regulates the functions of numerous target proteins involved in various plant physiological responses. To determine the functions of calmodulin in fleshy fruit, expression studies were performed on a family of six calmodulin genes (SlCaMs) in mature-green stage tomato fruit in response to mechanical injury and Botrytis cinerea infection. Both wounding and pathogen inoculation triggered expression of all those genes, with SlCaM2 being the most responsive one to both treatments.

Catheter-based drainage and agitation for definitive cytological diagnosis of a ciliated hepatic foregut cyst in a child.

Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst (CHFC) is an uncommon lesion, which rarely presents in the pediatric population. It is congenital in origin and manifests because of the migration of a bronchiolar bud of the foregut through the pleuroperitoneal canal. CHFC is accompanied by a broad list of differential diagnoses and is difficult to diagnose by means of radiologic evaluation.