Publications by authors named "Khaled M Amiri"
Background: Chickpea is prone to many abiotic stresses such as heat, drought, salinity, etc. which cause severe loss in yield. Tolerance towards these stresses is quantitative in nature and many studies have been done to map the loci influencing these traits in different populations using different markers.
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- Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) is crucial for brewing, as it produces valuable metabolites in its glandular trichomes, emphasizing the need to understand how these compounds are synthesized.
- Recent studies have identified the role of the Mediator complex (especially MED5a and MED5b) in regulating gene expression related to metabolite production, leading to efforts to create mutant hop lines using CRISPR/Cas9.
- The resulting Hlmed5a/med5b mutant lines showed altered phenotypes, including earlier flowering and changed floral structures, as well as significant reductions in key biosynthetic pathways, highlighting the importance of MED5 genes in hop development and secondary metabolite production.
Objective: The aim of this study is to define the epidemiology of the colorectal cancer in the United Arab Emirates and compare it with the other Gulf States and developed countries.
Methods: This study is a retrospective descriptive study that includes 114 patients who underwent surgeries for colorectal carcinoma at Al-Ain and Tawam Hospitals in the United Arab Emirates during the period 1985 through to 1998. These patients were under medical follow up for a mean period of 24 months (range 6-120 months) Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to assess predictors of recurrence and survival.
The aim of this study was to determine the exposure of child citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Plasmodium vivax, and to elucidate if it was related to place of residence or previous international travel to malaria-endemic areas. Blood samples were collected from 1010 primary schoolchildren resident in 7 out of 9 districts of the UAE during October and November 1999. Plasma samples were tested for antibodies against MAP4 (DGQPAGDR)3P2P30, a multiple antigen peptide containing the repeat amino acid sequences of P.
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