The Gene Encoding the Universal Stress Protein AtUSP is Regulated by Phytohormones and Involved in Seed Germination of Arabidopsis thaliana.

For the first time, the organ-specific expression pattern of the AtUSP (At3g58450) gene, which also undergoes hormonal regulation, was shown. The USP protein encoded by this gene is involved in seed germination of Arabidopsis thaliana and, unlike abscisic acid, stimulates this process.

Effect of low-alcohol drinks on CNS structures in young animals.

Adaptation restructuring at the level of cells and cell populations in CNS in young animals after acute intoxication with a high dose of beer was evaluated by a complex of quantitative morphometric parameters. Variants of morphological manifestations of compensatory adaptive changes were studied and variability of their combinations in the neuroglial populations of the forebrain, cerebellum, and spinal cord in young animals was revealed reflecting plastic potentialities of the studied CNS structures exposed to a destructive factor.

[Identification of genetically modified vegetable sources in food and feed using hydrogel oligonucleotide microchip].

A method of multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by the hybridization on a hydrogel oligonucleotide biochip was developed for simultaneous identification of ten different transgenic elements of plant DNA in feed and food products. The biochip contained 22 immobilized probes intended for (i) detection of plant DNA; (ii) plant species determination (soybean, maize, potato, rice); (iii) identification of transgenic elements, including 35S CaMV, 35S FMV, rice actine gene promoters, nos, 35S CaMV, ocs, pea rbcS1 gene terminators, and bar, gus, nptII marker genes. The limit of detection was 0.