Overexpression of Tobacco Stimulates Multiple Physiological Changes Associated With Stress Tolerance.

General control non-derepressible-2 (GCN2) is a ubiquitous protein kinase that phosphorylates the α subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor, eIF2, preventing the initiation of a new cycle of protein synthesis, subsequently reducing the global protein biosynthesis. GCN2 can also regulate the response of plants to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, two GCN2 homologs, and , were cloned from , and were predicted to have been derived from their progenitors in and , respectively.

Comparison of total laparoscopic hysterectomy and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy.

We compare the surgical results of 60 women undergoing laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and 41 having total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) under the indications of uterine fibroids or adenomyosis. With similar specimen weight, TLH required longer surgery duration (140.4 vs.