The ability of two different flow cytometers, the Microcyte (Optoflow) and the PAS-III (Partec), to differentiate sporangia of the late-blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans from other potential airborne particles was ...

During intramembranous bone formation, preosteoblasts condense, differentiate into osteoblasts and deposit bone matrix. We compared the differentiation process of rat calvarial osteoblast-like cells inoculated as micromasses, ...

As modern data mining applications increase in complexity, so too do their demands for resources. Grid computing is one of several emerging networked computing paradigms promising to meet the requirements of heterogeneous, ...

The response in intracellular dimethyl sulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dissolved DMSP and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) concentrations when Emiliania huxleyi was exposed to acute (1-h) increases in photon flux densities of ...

Pairing of adult Schistosoma mansoni parasites initiates a cascade of events including mating and egg production that ultimately leads to immuno-pathological lesions during schistosomiasis. To identify genes associated ...

This paper reports the defence responses of plant cells to the stress of infection by mycoplasma using an algae model of Chlorella vulgaris under attack by the Mollicute, Acholeplasma laidlawii, which is normally a pathogen ...

High-resolution melting (HRM) analysis exploits the reduced thermal stability of DNA fragments that contain base mismatches to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, the capacity of HRM to reveal other ...

Indirect evidence suggests that legumes can adjust rapidly the resistance of their root nodules to O2 diffusion. Here we describe experiments using O2 specific micro-electrodes and dark field microscopy to study directly ...

We have designed PCR primers that permit the rapid non-isotopic detection of mutations in codon 634 of the RET proto-oncogene, the causative mutations in over 80% of MEN 2A and 50% of FMTC families. In this paper we report ...