Oncogenic role of ALX3 in cervical cancer cells through KDM2B-mediated histone demethylation of CDC25A.

Background: Cell division cycle 25A (CDC25A) is a well-recognized regulator of cell cycle progression and is involved in cancer development. This work focused on the function of CDC25A in cervical cancer cell growth and the molecules involved.

Methods: A GEO dataset GSE63514 comprising data of cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) tissues was used to screen the aberrantly expressed genes in cervical cancer.

Overexpression of the halophyte Kalidium foliatum H⁺-pyrophosphatase gene confers salt and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

According to sequences of H(+)-pyrophosphatase genes from GenBank, a new H(+)-pyrophosphatase gene (KfVP1) from the halophyte Kalidium foliatum, a very salt-tolerant shrub that is highly succulent, was obtained by using reverse transcription PCR and rapid amplification of cDNA ends methods. The obtained KfVP1 cDNA contained a 2295 bp ORF and a 242 bp 3'-untranslated region. It encoded 764 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 79.

[IR spectra of dicarboxylate of alkali-earth metal].

The IR spectra of thirty dicarboxylates of alkali-earth metal have been investigated. It was found that carboxylates of different metal ion have different coordinate structure. Chelate structure prevails in carboxylates of Mg, Sr and Ba.