This study focuses on the phylogenetic analysis of previously unclassified tombus-like viruses, which are characterized by the presence of homologs of the suppressor protein p19. The primary objectives of this research were to investigate the evolutionary relationships among these viruses and to explore the impact of suppressor proteins and recombination events on their evolution. A dataset comprising 94 viral sequences was analyzed to achieve these goals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe influence of molybdenum, tungsten on germination and growth of barley Hordeum vulgare L. was studied. Results of this study revealed the differential effect of heavy metals on seedlings growth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe influence of Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) infection on the activity and isoformic composition of aldehyde oxidase and catalase in Nicotiana benthamiana plants was investigated. It was shown that the infection of plants with TBSV results in enhancement of leaf aldehyde oxidase (AO) isoforms AO2 and AO3. Significantly enhanced levels of superoxide radical producing activity of AO isoforms were also detected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContinuous generation of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by low concentrations of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine (heptyl)--a rocket fuel component--in air saturated water was shown by the method of enhanced chemiluminescence in the system of luminol-p-iodophenol-peroxidase. The concentration dependence and the influence of heat and light on the formation of hydrogen peroxide in the water under the influence of dimethylhydrazine at concentrations considerably lower than maximum allowable concentrations were studied, and the physical-chemical mechanism of this process was considered. It is supposed that dimethylhydrazine at ultra-low concentrations is associated with air nanobubbles and represents a long-lived complex performing catalysis of hydrogen peroxide formation under the influence of heat and light.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe formation of hydrogen peroxide in catholytes and anolytes of electrochemically activated solutions: bidistilled water and solutions of sodium chloride and nutrition medium M9 was studied. The concentration of hydrogen peroxide was determined by the method of enhanced chemiluminescence in a system peroxidase-luminol-p-iodophenol. It was shown that the concentration of hydrogen peroxide depends on the ionic content of the solution and varies from a few fractions of a micromole in catholytes of bidistilled water and sodium chloride solutions (10(-5) divided by 10(-2) M) to 20-25 microM in catholytes of medium M9.
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