Publications by authors named "Yousef Al-Hajaya"

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  • The study looked at how well different types of tropical honey, especially Malaysian stingless bee honey, fight germs and prevent biofilm formation, compared to regular bee honey from Jordan.
  • Researchers tested seven types of germs, including five bacteria and two fungi, and found that the Malaysian honey worked effectively against them all.
  • The results showed that Malaysian honey not only stopped the germs from growing but also broke down existing biofilms, making it a strong candidate for use in fighting infections in the medical field.
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The fusing of a protein of interest to a fluorescent protein followed by fluorescence microscopy is a very common method of determining protein localization and dynamics. However even small fluorescent proteins can be large enough to affect protein folding and localization, therefore the ability to use a smaller tag but still be able to detect a fluorescent signal in live cell imaging experiments is extremely valuable. The self-assembling split sfGFP system allows the fusion of the protein of interest with the 11th β-strand of super-folder GFP (sfGFP11) which is only 13 amino acids long.

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Catalase is a well-known component of the cellular antioxidant network, but there have been conflicting conclusions reached regarding the nature of its peroxisome targeting signal. It has also been reported that catalase can be hijacked to the nucleus by effector proteins of plant pathogens. Using a physiologically relevant system where native untagged catalase variants are expressed in a cat2-1 mutant background, the C terminal most 18 amino acids could be deleted without affecting activity, peroxisomal targeting or ability to complement multiple phenotypes of the cat2-1 mutant.

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