Genome-wide screening and characterization of long noncoding RNAs involved in flowering/bolting of Lactuca sativa.

Background: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is considered the most important vegetable in the leafy vegetable group. However, bolting affects quality, gives it a bitter taste, and as a result makes it inedible.

The effect of empowerment counseling on stress and self-esteem of mothers with hospitalized premature infants.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effect of counselling on stress and self-esteem of mothers with hospitalized premature infants.

Materials And Methods: This parallel randomized clinical trial was conducted on 80 primigravida mothers aged 18-40 years, gestational age of 28-34 weeks in 2021 in Iran. The women were randomly assigned to two groups by blocked randomization.

Identification of the Complex Interplay Between Nematode-Related lncRNAs and Their Target Genes in L.

Soybean () is a major plant protein source and oilseed crop. However, plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) affect its annual yield. In the current study, in order to better understand the regulation of defense mechanism against PPNs in soybean, we investigated the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in response to two nematode species, (SCN: soybean cyst nematode) and (reniform).

Global identification of long non-coding RNAs involved in the induction of spinach flowering.

Background: Spinach is a beneficial annual vegetable species and sensitive to the bolting or early flowering, which causes a large reduction in quality and productivity. Indeed, bolting is an event induced by the coordinated effects of various environmental factors and endogenous genetic components. Although some key flowering responsive genes have been identified in spinach, non-coding RNA molecules like long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) were not investigated yet.

Altered -glycan composition impacts flagella-mediated adhesion in .

For the unicellular alga the presence of -glycosylated proteins on the surface of two flagella is crucial for both cell-cell interaction during mating and flagellar surface adhesion. However, it is not known whether only the presence or also the composition of -glycans attached to respective proteins is important for these processes. To this end, we tested several insertional mutants and a CRISPR/Cas9 knockout mutant of xylosyltransferase 1A, all possessing altered -glycan compositions.

Trichomonas Vaginalis Infection Among Women Attending Laboratory Centers in Ilam, Iran.

Background: Trichomoniasis is known as a common venereal disease. It is estimated that 180 million people in the world are infected with this disease. The present study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of (Trichomonas vaginalis) T.

Asymmetric Ionic Conditions Generate Large Membrane Curvatures.

Biological membranes possess intrinsic asymmetry. This asymmetry is associated not only with leaflet composition in terms of membrane species but also with differences in the cytosolic and periplasmic solutions containing macromolecules and ions. There has been a long quest for understanding the effect of ions on the physical and morphological properties of membranes.

The Small-RNA Profiles of Almond (Prunus dulcis Mill.) Reproductive Tissues in Response to Cold Stress.

Spring frost is an important environmental stress that threatens the production of Prunus trees. However, little information is available regarding molecular response of these plants to the frost stress. Using high throughput sequencing, this study was conducted to identify differentially expressed miRNAs, both the conserved and the non-conserved ones, in the reproductive tissues of almond tolerant H genotype under cold stress.

Phage display: development of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery to the brain.

The blood brain barrier represents a formidable obstacle for the transport of most systematically administered neurodiagnostics and neurotherapeutics to the brain. Phage display is a high throughput screening strategy that can be used for the construction of nanomaterial peptide libraries. These libraries can be screened for finding brain targeting peptide ligands.

Bacteriophages and medical oncology: targeted gene therapy of cancer.

Targeted gene therapy of cancer is of paramount importance in medical oncology. Bacteriophages, viruses that specifically infect bacterial cells, offer a variety of potential applications in biomedicine. Their genetic flexibility to go under a variety of surface modifications serves as a basis for phage display methodology.

Study of Organic Solvent Tolerance and Increased Antibiotic Resistance Properties in E. coli gyrA Mutants.

Ciprofloxacin is one of the most widely used antibiotics for the treatment of several infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, like E. coli. Changes in gyrA, encoding GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase, cause the resistance to ciprofloxacin.