Survival of proteins in the presence of high concentrations of urea

Survival of proteins in the presence of high concentrations of urea

May 26, 2012

Sheeza Khan, Faizan AhmadCentre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi – 110025, India. ABSTRACT In organisms, living in arid environments, water conservation is associated with the production of concentrated, hyperosmolar urine. The countercurrent system in…

Metagenome functional diversity in various paddy soils: A high throughput approach

Metagenome functional diversity in various paddy soils: A high throughput approach

May 26, 2012

Siva Karthik Varanasi, Pa Ragul, Sushmitha, Aarthi, Manisha Sajanani, P Koringa, TN PatelAnand Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India. ABSTRACT Paddy is the world’s most cultivated food crop in India, Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of rice crop. Paddy field soil samples epitomizes…

Effect of sequential deletion of five extra N-terminal residues on the stability of yeast iso-1-cytochrome c

Effect of sequential deletion of five extra N-terminal residues on the stability of yeast iso-1-cytochrome c

May 26, 2012

Md. Anzarul Haque1, Shah Ubaid-ullah1, Sobia Zaidi1, Md. Imtiayaz Hassan1, JK Batra2, Faizan Ahmad11Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi – 110025, India.2Immuno-chemistry Lab, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi -1100 67, India. ABSTRACT Cytochrome…

Tracing functional divergence and positive selection in NifH/Bchl protein family

Tracing functional divergence and positive selection in NifH/Bchl protein family

May 26, 2012

Subarna Thakur1, Asim K Bothra2, Arnab Sen11NBU Bioinformatics Facility, Department of Botany, University of North Bengal, Siliguri 734013, India.2Bioinformatics Chemoinformatics Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Raiganj College, Raiganj, India. ABSTRACT The ability to fix nitrogen is found in most major groups of bacteria…

Impediments in the implementation of polio eradication program

Impediments in the implementation of polio eradication program

May 26, 2012

Gulnaz Bano, Mohd. Mazhar Ali Khan, Lubna SiddiquiA Case Study of Moradabad Division of Uttar Pradesh, India. ABSTRACT Polio is a continuing menace, despite best efforts; it is still prevailing in Moradabad division of Uttar Pradesh, this division accounts for maximum number…

Effect of crowding agent on the thermal stability of ribonuclease-A

Effect of crowding agent on the thermal stability of ribonuclease-A

May 26, 2012

Moin Ishrat, Faizan Ahmad, Asimul IslamProtein Research Lab., Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025, India. ABSTRACT The process of protein refolding in vitro has been studied extensively as a mean of understanding how proteins…

Diversity of bacterial isolates during high rate rotary drum composting

Diversity of bacterial isolates during high rate rotary drum composting

May 26, 2012

Akansha Bhatia1, Jitendra Sahoo2, Muntjeer Ali1, Sangeeta Madan3, Naseem Ahmed4, AA Kazmi1, Ranjana Pathania21 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, India2 Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, India3 Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, G.K.V. Haridwar,…

Heterocyclic azoles and their biological application as antimicrobials

Heterocyclic azoles and their biological application as antimicrobials

May 26, 2012

Mohammad Arshad1, Tazeem1, AR Bhat2, Fareeda Athar11Centre for interdisciplinary research in basic sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, India.2School of Biotechnology, Yeungnum University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Korea. ABSTRACT Compounds incorporating heterocyclic ring systems continue to attract considerable interest due to the wide range…

Reclamation of sodic soil in North India through Acacia nilotica and Dalbergia sissoo

Reclamation of sodic soil in North India through Acacia nilotica and Dalbergia sissoo

May 26, 2012

Jyoti Prakash, Saba HasanAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Viraj Khand-5, Gomtinagar, Lucknow (U.P.)- 226010, India. ABSTRACT Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), a northern state of India has more than 1.2 million hectares of salt affected soil, most of which is alkali affected. Chemical…

Cadmium treatment alters diadzene production in Glycine max (L.) seedling

Cadmium treatment alters diadzene production in Glycine max (L.) seedling

May 26, 2012

Riyazuddeen Khan1, Ruchi Srivastava1, Nikhat Manzoor2, Mahmooduzzafar11Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New delhi-110025, India.2Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi – 110062, India. ABSTRACT Soybean (Glycine max [L.], is known for its great medicinal and nutritional value….