Genes are “born,” and eventually they “die.” These processes shape the phenotypic
evolution of organisms and are hence of great biological interest. If genes die in plants, they …

Polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts have been studied extensively for their roles in a number of
human diseases such as Huntington's or different Ataxias. However, it has also been …

This volume contains papers presented at the German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB
2012) held in Jena, Germany, September 19–22, 2012. The German Conference on …

… Fresh leaf tissue (1–2 cm 2 ) was ground in 200 µL of CTAB extraction buffer [2%N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium
bromide (CTAB), 1.4 m NaCl, 20 mm ethylenediaminetetraacetic …

… Error bars indicate standard error (n = 3). Different letters indicate significant differences (p <
0.05) … Error bars indicate standard deviation (n = 3). Significant difference between the total …

Reversibly glycosylated polypeptides (RGPs) have been implicated in polysaccharide
biosynthesis. In plants, these proteins may function, for example, in cell wall synthesis and/or in …

According to the hypothesis of Fletcher and Huehns, functional differences exist between
both iron-binding sites of transferrin. The site designated A should mainly be involved in the …

Over the past few years the presence of p53‐like proteins in plants was frequently reported,
by using the monoclonal antibody Pab240. By means of protein purification and screening a …

Part of the genome of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) type 01,BFS, including the
sequence encoding the capsid polypeptide VP1, was cloned in Escherichia coli following a new …

Several short-term mammalian test systems were used for mutagenicity testing of the organic
solvent dichloromethane. The compound was negative in the forward mutation test on the …