Molecular mechanism of leaf adaxial upward curling caused by suppression in .

Leaves are one of the vegetative organs of plants that are essential for plant growth and development. () gene is an indoleacetic acid (IAA) transporter that plays a critical role in leaf development. To determine the function of in leaf polarity formation in , the transgenic lines with overexpression (OE) and reduced expression (RE) were analyzed using the -mediated method.

Role of PsnWRKY70 in Regulatory Network Response to Infection with (Fr.) Keissl in .

WRKY is an important complex family of transcription factors involved in plant immune responses. Among them, plays an important role in the process of the plant defense response to the invasion of pathogens. However, the defense mechanism of is not clear in .

[Outcome of surgery for interrupted aortic arch combined cardiac anomaly].

Objective: To retrospectively review the experience in repair of interrupted aortic arch (IAA) and associated cardiac anomaly.

Methods: From January 1997 to January 2008, 36 patients with interrupted aortic arch and associated cardiac anomaly underwent surgical treatment. There were 22 male and 14 female.

[Surgical treatment of aortic coarctation with intracardiac anomaly in infants and toddlers].

Objective: To review the experience in repair of aortic coarctation with intracardiac anomaly in infants and toddlers.

Methods: From January 2000 to December 2006, 84 infants and children diagnosed as aortic coarctation with intracardiac anomaly underwent surgical treatment. Mean age of the patients was 13.

Three-dimensional images of choanoflagellate loricae.

Choanoflagellates are unicellular filter-feeding protozoa distributed universally in aquatic habitats. Cells are ovoid in shape with a single anterior flagellum encircled by a funnel-shaped collar of microvilli. Movement of the flagellum creates water currents from which food particles are entrapped on the outer surface of the collar and ingested by pseudopodia.

[Radionuclide pulmonary perfusion imaging in evaluating pulmonary hypertension in patients with rheumatic heart disease].

Objective: To evaluate the degree of pulmonary hypertension in patients with rheumatic heart disease using radionuclide pulmonary perfusion imaging.

Methods: The pulmonary perfusion in 25 patients with rheumatic heart disease was examined using scintigram with macroaggregates of (99m)Tc-labeled human serum albumin (PPS) before and 7 days after operation. PPS was analyzed for (1) pulmonary perfusion steady time (PT), right upper and lower lung count ratio (RULR).