By Basheerulla Shaik
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training, India
Published: Oct 31, 2016 | pg. no: 1-31
Abstract: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a formidable pandemic that is still creating havoc world-wide. The curative agent of this disease has been found to be a virus called human immunodeficiency virus of type-1 (HIV-1). In the replicative cycle of HIV-1, the integration of the viral DNA into host chromosomes is an essential step that is catalyzed by the enzyme integrase (IN). Inhibition of ...[Read more]
View eBookBy Umadevi Thirumurthi
The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Published: Oct 28, 2016 | pg. no: 1-55
Abstract: Sirtuin6 (SIRT6) is one of the members of the Sirtuin family and functions as a longevity assurance gene by promoting genomic stability. It also regulates various cancer-associated pathways and was recently established as a bonafide tumor suppressor in colon cancer. This suggests that SIRT6 is an attractive target for pharmacological activation in cancer treatment, and hence, identification of pot ...[Read more]
View eBookBy Réjean Tremblay
Institut des Sciences de la Mer (ISMER), Canada
Published: Oct 22, 2016 | pg. no: 1-21
Abstract: Mytilus edulis culture depends on natural plankton with seasonal variations in dietary nutritional value. The microbial communities assimilated by M. edulis in Magdalen Islands lagoons (St. Lawrence Gulf, Canada), are mainly dominated by small heterotrophic eukaryotes, which vary taxonomically and in terms of lipid composition over the growing season. Particular lipids classes and fatty acids foun ...[Read more]
View eBookBy Yehia Ibrahim
Assiut University, Egypt
Published: Oct 19, 2016 | pg. no: 1-24
Abstract: The reasonable certainty of no harm is the ultimate principle upon which all pesticides should be registered and regulated. There is a multitude of reasons or causations that explains any appreciable human-health and environmental impact of pesticides beyond this principle. This review will only shed some light on these causations, but focus mainly on a misconception-based regulatory policy. The ...[Read more]
View eBookBy Aditya Kulkarni
UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Published: Oct 17, 2016 | pg. no: 1-71
Abstract: Cells in almost all eukaryotes ranging from yeast to humans contain membrane-enclosed compartments called organelles. To survive and proliferate, cells must communicate signals within themselves and with their environment and this is achieved through membrane trafficking. It involves generation of a vesicle carrying specific soluble or membrane-anchored cargo from a precursor membrane, transport o ...[Read more]
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