Identification of drought-induced transcription factors in Sorghum bicolor using GO term semantic similarity.

Stress tolerance in plants is a coordinated action of multiple stress response genes that also cross talk with other components of the stress signal transduction pathways. The expression and regulation of stress-induced genes are largely regulated by specific transcription factors, families of which have been reported in several plant species, such as Arabidopsis, rice and Populus. In sorghum, the majority of such factors remain unexplored.

Can the chemotherapeutic agents perform anticancer activity through miRNA expression regulation? Proposing a new hypothesis [corrected].

In the recent advancement of cancer therapy, mortality of the immortal cancer cells begins to decline, and it shows great promise for the chemotherapy regimen supported by targeted therapy. In this post-genomic era boosted by the discovery of microRNA (miRNA), it has been understood that miRNA regulates gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. On the other hand, some studies have also indicated that miRNA expression level has changed during the treatment of chemotherapy.

Identification of salt treated proteins in sorghum using gene ontology linkage.

Sorghum bicolor (L.) is an important crop of arid and semi arid zones with most of its varieties tolerant to drought, heat and salt stress. Functional identification of many salt tolerant proteins has been reported in Arabidopsis, rice and other plants, however only little functional information has been predicted in sorghum till date.

Identification of MFS proteins in sorghum using semantic similarity.

The antiporters, uniporters and symporters are the functional classes of MFS that play major role in ions homeostasis, regulation of pumps and channels, membrane structure, transporters activity in tolerance to abiotic stresses. Major facilitator superfamily (MFS) encodes Na(+)/H(+) antiporter that are considered as being sensors of the molecule transports. A large number of MFS proteins have been identified in several plants, rice, maize, Arabidopsis etc.

Identification of drought responsive proteins using gene ontology hierarchy.

The availability of the complete genome sequences has facilitated access to essential information to identify proteins. The determination of Arabidopsis genome sequence has had a great impact to annotate data. The genome sequencing of Sorghum bicolor has been only recently completed and hither to the global response to abiotic stresses in this important crop remains largely unexplored.

Insecticidal activity of callus culture of Tagetes erecta.

The callus tissue of Tagetes erecta maintained on revised Murashige and Skoog's medium (RT) as static cultures showed the presence of insecticidal pyrethrins. The percentage of pyrethrins further increased by feeding the tissue with various concentrations of ascorbic acid. The maximum pyrethrin content (1.