Persea americana (avocado): bringing ancient flowers to fruit in the genomics era.
The avocado (Persea americana) is a major crop commodity worldwide. Moreover, avocado, a paleopolyploid, is an evolutionary \”outpost\” among flowering plants, representing a basal lineage (the magnoliid clade) near the origin of the flowering plants themselves. Following centuries of selective breeding, […]
Preface: Papers selected from the symposium \”Parasitoid Polydnaviruses: Genomes and Physiological Functions,\” presented at the 11th International Congress on Parasitology in August 2006.
Among the many exciting areas of insect science, it would be extremely difficult to exaggerate the interest and importance of our growing knowledge on polydnaviruses (PDVs). In recent years, the […]
Pregabalin in the discontinuation of long-term benzodiazepines\’ use.
OBJECTIVE: Tolerance, dependence, and adverse effects on cognitive functions are well-known consequences of long-term use of benzodiazepines (BDZ), especially at high doses, raising thorny therapeutic problems in their discontinuation. One promising pharmacological agent in BDZ discontinuation might be the newer anti-epileptic pregabalin, already successfully tested […]
Prophenoloxidases 1 and 2 from the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana: Molecular cloning and assessment of transcriptional regulation by a polydnavirus.
Immune challenge in arthropods is frequently accompanied by melanization of the hemolymph, a reaction triggered by the activation of prophenoloxidase (PPO). Because their immature stages are spent inside the hemocoel of insect larvae, […]
Managing science: Is the Cudos still in place?
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Karachalios K.
The forensic use of DNA: Scientific success story, ethical minefield.
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Whittall H.
News from industry.
New on the marketMicroliter measurementsNon-invasive volume detectionDetection of O(2) presence and levelsDrug patent expirations in March 2008.
Meeting report & News from academia.
Meeting report: \”Antibodies-Europe. Engineering the Next Generation of Antibodies\”News from academia:FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award 2008Teaching biotech: The stem cell game.
Moutel S, Perez F.
Institut Curie, Paris, France.
Biotech round the world: Focus on Lithuania.
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In this issue.
BIOLUMINESCENT SCREENING: Bacart et al.: Biotechnol. J. 2008, 3, 311-324The bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) method is based on resonance energy transfer between a light-emitting enzyme and a fluorescent acceptor. Since its first description in 1999, several versions of BRET have been presented using different substrates and energy donor/acceptor couples. […]
