Publications
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| effect of the high-oleic trait on roasted peanut flavor in backcross-derived breeding lines. | the high-oleic trait of peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) has been suggested to have a positive impact on the roasted peanut sensory attribute. a series of lines derived by backcrossing the high-oleic trait into several existing cultivars were compared with their parent cultivars at locations in florida, georgia, north carolina, and texas. breeders grew their high-oleic lines and parents in three-replicate tests at one or two locations. the florida high-oleic line f435-2-3-b-2-1-b4-b-b-3-b3-b3-1-b wa ... | 2002 | 12452659 |
| the atopic dog as a model of peanut and tree nut food allergy. | animal models are needed that mimic human ige-mediated peanut and tree nut allergy. atopic dogs have been previously used in a model of food allergy to cow's milk, beef, wheat, and soy, with the demonstration of specific ige production and positive oral challenges similar to those seen in human subjects. | 2002 | 12464960 |
| lectin histochemical study of lipopigments present in the cerebellum of solanum fastigiatum var. fastigiatum intoxicated cattle. | this study was carried out to investigate the pattern of lectin binding in the cerebellum of calves poisoned with solanum fastigiatum var. fastigiatum. for the experimental reproduction of the illness, s. fastigiatum var. fastigiatum was collected from farms where the intoxication occurs. the dried ground plant was administered to two 1-year-old cattle by a ruminal cannula. the animals received 5 g/kg b.w. daily, 5 days a week, during periods of 107 and 140 days. after these periods the animals ... | 2002 | 12489871 |
| modulation of ovomucoid-specific oral tolerance in mice fed plant extracts containing lectins. | we investigated the effect of feeding extracts of four different legumes (red kidney bean (phaseolus vulgaris), peanut (arachis hypogaea), soyabean (glycine max) and pea (pisum sativum) on the specific immune response against a food protein. mice were fed ovomucoid and the specific immune response was evaluated. ovomucoid fed alone resulted in oral tolerance induction measured as both a reduced ovomucoid-specific spleen cell proliferation and antibody response. feeding kidney-bean extract preven ... | 2002 | 12493089 |
| [genetic diversity among chinese peanut rhizobia by rep-pcr analysis]. | repetitive sequences(repetitive extragenic palindromic[rep], and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus [eric]) with the polymerase chain reaction(pcr) were used to fingerprint pure dna extracted from 79 bradyrhizobial strains. these strains included 59 peanut rhizobia [bradyrhizobium sp. (arachis)] isolated from root nodules of 24 peanut (arachis hypogaea l) cultivars from 23 sites in 11 provinces in china, 6 peanut rhizobial strains from other nations, and 14 reference strains of othe ... | 1999 | 12555567 |
| high affinity capture surface for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation compatible protein microarrays. | a surface for the capture of biotin-tagged proteins on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation (maldi) targets has been investigated. binding of a poly-l-lysine poly(ethylene glycol)-biotin polymer to glass and gold surfaces has been demonstrated using dual wavelength interferometry. biotinylated proteins were captured onto this surface using tetrameric neutravidin as a multivalent bridging molecule. biotin tagging of proteins was achieved by chemical biotinylation or by expressing a protein ... | 2003 | 12590394 |
| immunohistochemical profile of common epithelial neoplasms arising in the kidney. | to distinguish common epithelial tumors arising in the kidney may have significant implications, in terms of molecular ontogeny and prognosis. it is important to investigate the distribution of immunoexpression of commonly used markers among renal neoplasms and to develop a useful panel as an adjunct to histologic examination, which could lead to the accurate diagnosis of both primary and metastatic tumors. immunohistochemical stains for cd10, vimentin (vim), e-cadherin (e-cd), cytokeratins (ck) ... | 2002 | 12613443 |
| comparative characterization of peanuts grown by aquatic floating cultivation and field cultivation for seed and resveratrol production. | peanut pods (tainan 12, a spanish cultivar, arachis hypogaea l.) have been obtained from peanuts grown in a newly developed aquatic floating cultivation system without artificial aeration or periodic renewal of the solution. the system provided a convenient status for examination of root and pod development. compared to field-grown peanuts of the same cultivar, the aquatic-cultivated peanut pods and seeds were smaller, whereas seed/pod weight ratios, crude fat and protein contents, and sds-page ... | 2003 | 12617588 |
| mutational analysis of stress-responsive peanut dual specificity protein kinase. identification of tyrosine residues involved in regulation of protein kinase activity. | we recently reported that arachis hypogaea serine/threonine/tyrosine (sty) protein kinase is developmentally regulated and is induced by abiotic stresses (rudrabhatla, p., and rajasekharan, r. (2002) plant physiol. 130, 380-390). other than mapks, the site of tyrosine phosphorylation has not been documented for any plant kinases. to study the role of tyrosines in the phosphorylation of sty protein kinase, four conserved tyrosine residues were sequentially substituted with phenylalanine and expre ... | 2003 | 12624102 |
| the role of surface carbohydrates on the interaction of microconidia of trichophyton mentagrophytes with epithelial cells. | the presence of carbohydrate-binding adhesins on the microconidia of trichophyton mentagrophytes surface and their role on cellular interactions were investigated. flow cytometry showed that this fungus recognizes the sugars mannose and galactose. the binding was inhibited by the addition of methyl alpha-d-mannopyranoside and methyl alpha-d-galactopyranoside, and showed higher fluorescence intensity at 37 degrees c than 28 degrees c. trypsin treatment and heating of the cells reduced the binding ... | 2003 | 12628546 |
| [genetic diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia isolated from peanut (arachis hypogaea)]. | forty three rhizobium strains isolated from peanut (arachis hypogaea) and 15 reference strains from other genus and species were analyzed by the method of 16s rrna rflp, 16s rrna sequencing and 16s-23s igs pcr rflp. the results of the 16s rrna rflp shown that 43 strains tested were all ascribed to the genus of bradyrhizobium phylogenetically. strains tested were adjacent to the b. japonicum and far from b. elkanii 16s rrna genotype. the genotypes generated by the 4 restriction endonucleases, mbo ... | 2002 | 12693105 |
| "chitin-specific" peroxidases in plants. | the activity of various plant peroxidases and the ability of their individual isoforms to bind chitin was studied. some increase in peroxidase activity was observed in crude extracts in the presence of chitin. activated peroxidases of some species fell in the fraction not sorbed on chitin and those of other species can bind chitin. only anionic isoperoxidases from oat (avena sativa), rice (oryza sativa), horseradish (armoracia rusticana), garden radish (raphanus sativus var. radicula), peanut (a ... | 2003 | 12693984 |
| the use of legume trap crops for control of striga hermonthica (del.) benth. in sorghum (sorghum bicolor l. moench) in northern nigeria. | two different field trials (one trial on sorghum intercropped with groundnut [arachis hypogaea l.], and another trial on sorghum intercropped with bambara groundnut [vigna subterranea l. verdc.]) were conducted during the 1995 and 1996 rainy seasons at the teaching and research farm of the department of crop science, faculty of agriculture, university of maiduguri, maiduguri (11 degrees 51' n; 13 degrees 15' e) to evaluate the effect of intercropping resistant and susceptible sorghum varieties w ... | 2002 | 12696409 |
| epidemiology and management of tomato spotted wilt in peanut. | tomato spotted wilt caused by thrips-vectored tomato spotted wilt virus (tswv) is a very serious problem in peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) production. tswv and the thrips frankliniella fusca and frankliniella occidentalis, which vector the virus, present a difficult and complicated challenge from the perspectives of both epidemiology and disease management. simply controlling the vector typically has not resulted in control of spotted wilt. no single measure can currently provide adequate control ... | 2003 | 12704217 |
| microsatellites as dna markers in cultivated peanut (arachis hypogaea l.). | genomic research of cultivated peanut has lagged behind other crop species because of the paucity of polymorphic dna markers found in this crop. it is necessary to identify additional dna markers for further genetic research in peanut. | 2003 | 12713672 |
| pseudomonas aeruginosa adherence to human basement membrane collagen in vitro. | the mechanisms for pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation in the airways of patients with bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis are poorly understood. p. aeruginosa could evade mucociliary clearance by adhering to the basement membrane at areas denuded of intact respiratory epithelium. the authors have developed an in vitro model to study p. aeruginosa adherence to human basement membrane type-iv collagen by using scanning electron microscopy. p. aeruginosa adherence density was determined as the numb ... | 2003 | 12797484 |
| oral immunization of cattle with hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus expressed in transgenic peanut induces specific immune responses. | rinderpest is an acute, highly contagious often fatal disease of large and small ruminants, both domestic and wild. global eradication of rinderpest needs a robust, safe and cost-effective vaccine. the causative agent, rinderpest virus (rpv) is an important member of the genus morbillivirus in the paramyxoviridae family. we have generated transgenic peanut (arachis hypogea l.) plants expressing hemagglutinin protein of rpv and report here, the induction of immune responses in cattle following or ... | 2003 | 12804859 |
| histochemical characterization of the lectin-binding sites in the equine vomeronasal organ. | the binding specificities of various lectins, such as the dolichos biflorus agglutinin (dba), soybean agglutinin (sba), and the bandeiraea simplicifolia bs-1 (isolectin b4), triticum vulgaris (wga), arachis hypogaea (pna), and ulex europaeus (uea-i) lectins, were studied in the vomeronasal organ of the horse. the microvilli of the vomeronasal sensory epithelium were positive for dba, sba, isolectin b4, wga, pna, and uea-i. the receptor cells showed intense reactivity for dba and wga. lectins wer ... | 2003 | 12819360 |
| histochemical detection of glycoconjugates in the male reproductive system of the horse. | lectins are glycoproteins of plant and animal origin that have the ability to bind specific carbohydrate residues of cell glycoconjugates, particularly in terminal positions. in this study, the binding of lectins, dolichos biflorus agglutinin (dba), soybean agglutinin (sba), bandeiraea simplicifolia bs-1 (isolectin b4), triticum vulgaris (wga), arachis hypogaea (pna), and ulex europaeus (uea-i), was studied in the reproductive systems of male thoroughbred horses.dba was detected in the stereocil ... | 2003 | 12819361 |
| histochemistry of six lectins in the tissues of the flat fish paralichthys olivaceus. | lectins are glycoproteins that specifically bind carbohydrate structures and may participate in the biodefense mechanisms of fish. in this study, the binding of three lectins, dolichos biflorus agglutinin (dba), soybean agglutinin (sba), bandeiraea simplicifolia bs-1 (isolectin b4), triticum vulgaris (wga), arachis hypogaea (pna) and ulex europaeus (uea-i) were studied in the gill, liver, intestine, kidney, heart, and spleen of the flat fish paralichthys olivaceus. dba was detected in intestinal ... | 2002 | 12819379 |
| cryopreservation of arachis species by vitrification of in vitro-grown shoot apices and genetic stability of recovered plants. | a storage protocol at cryogenic temperature was established for shoot apices from in vitro plants of the cultivated groundnut (arachis hypogaea) and wild arachis species (a. retusa and a. burchellii) using a basic vitrification protocol with direct immersion in liquid nitrogen (ln). the effect of pre-treatments of donor-plants with aba as well as of different supplements in the post-thaw culture medium was studied. after rapid warming at 40 c, the explants were cultured on ms medium devoid of gr ... | 2015 | 12819831 |
| presence of vicia graminea or vicia unijuga lectin-binding (vgu) glycoproteins with and without thomsen-friedenreich (t) antigen in normal human seminal plasma. | vgu glycoprotein (vicia graminea lectin- or vicia unijuga lectin-binding glycoprotein) has been reported as oncofetal antigen, which is found in many kind of tumor tissues, amniotic fluid and fetal membranes. in autoradiography with an 125i-labeled vicia unijuga lectin (vua) probe and an 125i-labeled arachis hypogaea lectin (pna, anti-t lectin) probe, seminal plasma samples of eight healthy men gave 2-7 vgu glycoproteins without t antigen, 1-2 vgu glycoproteins with thomsen-friedenreich antigen ... | 2001 | 12889521 |
| envelope glycosylation determined by lectins in microscopy sections of acinetobacter venetianus induced by diesel fuel. | it was suggested in a previous study that cells of acinetobacter venetianus ve-c3 adhere to diesel fuel by synthesizing a capsular polysaccharide containing glucose and/or mannose. to study the fine structure of cells and localization of bacterial polysaccharide in the presence of diesel fuel, two lectins were used: cona, an agglutinin from canavalia ensiformis specific for mannose and/or glucose residues, and pna, an agglutinin from arachis hypogaea, for terminal galactose residues. the lectins ... | 2003 | 12892848 |
| the phylogenetic relationship of possible progenitors of the cultivated peanut. | the cultivated peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) is an allotetraploid composed of a and b genomes. the phylogenetic relationship among the cultivated peanut, wild diploid, and tetraploid species in the section arachis was studied based on sequence comparison of stearoyl-acp desaturase and oleoyl-pc desaturase. the topology of the trees for both fatty acid desaturases displayed two clusters; one cluster with a genome diploid species and the other with b genome diploid species. the two homeologous gene ... | 2015 | 12920105 |
| a large scale analysis of resistance gene homologues in arachis. | arachis hypogaea l., commonly known as the peanut or groundnut, is an important and widespread food legume. because the crop has a narrow genetic base, genetic diversity in a. hypogaea is low and it lacks sources of resistance to many pests and diseases. in contrast, wild diploid arachis species are genetically diverse and are rich sources of disease resistance genes. the majority of known plant disease resistance genes encode proteins with a nucleotide binding site domain (nbs). in this study, ... | 2003 | 12928866 |
| aflatoxin contamination of arachis hypogaea (groundnuts) in lagos area of nigeria. | 2003 | 12945840 | |
| transformation of peanut using a modified bacterial mercuric ion reductase gene driven by an actin promoter from arabidopsis thaliana. | in order to test an alternative selectable marker system for the production of transgenic peanut plants (arachis hypogaea), the bacterial mercuric ion reductase gene, mera, was introduced into embryogenic cultures via microprojectile bombardment. mera reduces toxic hg(ii) to the volatile and less toxic metallic mercury molecule, hg(0), and renders its source gram-negative bacterium mercury resistant. a codon-modified version of the mera gene, merape9, was cloned into a plant expression cassette ... | 2003 | 12964870 |
| evaluation of aqueous moringa seed extract as a seed treatment biofungicide for groundnuts. | in a search for alternatives to currently used fungicides, the potential of aqueous moringa seed extract (amse) as a seed treatment was evaluated. seeds of groundnut, arachis hypogea l cv dakar, were soaked in amse at concentrations of 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 g litre(-1) for 24 h. comparison was made with apron plus (metalaxyl+carboxin+furathiocarb), until recently a recommended seed-treatment chemical, and distilled water, which was the medium for extraction of moringa seeds. the results showed tha ... | 2003 | 12974360 |
| a new amino acid amide in the groundnut plant (arachis hypogaea); evidence of the occurrence of gamma-methyleneglutamine and gamma-methyleneglutamic acid. | 1952 | 13018102 | |
| the effect of pressed ground-nut cake flour in supplementing rice diet. | 1952 | 13061054 | |
| gamma-methylene-alpha-oxoglutaric acid: a constituent of groundnut plants (arachis hypogaea). | 1954 | 13198875 | |
| further physico-chemical studies of the conarachin fraction of the globulins of the groundnut (arachis hypogaea). | 1954 | 13230077 | |
| [the effect of peanuts (arachis hypogaea) and peanut extracts on coagulation factors]. | 1961 | 13748167 | |
| a blood factor, possibly new, detected by extracts of arachis hypogaea. | 1959 | 13803562 | |
| evidence for the occurrence of gamma-methylene-alpha-oxoglutaric acid in groundnut plants (arachis hypogaea). | 1955 | 14351185 | |
| burrower bugs (heteroptera: cydnidae) in peanut: seasonal species abundance, tillage effects, grade reduction effects, insecticide efficacy, and management. | pitfall traps placed in south carolina peanut, arachis hypogaea (l.), fields collected three species of burrower bugs (cydnidae): cyrtomenus ciliatus (palisot de beauvois), sehirus cinctus cinctus (palisot de beauvois), and pangaeus bilineatus (say). cyrtomenus ciliatus was rarely collected. sehirus cinctus produced a nymphal cohort in peanut during may and june, probably because of abundant henbit seeds, lamium amplexicaule l., in strip-till production systems. no s. cinctus were present during ... | 2003 | 14503585 |
| dissipation of 14c carbaryl and quinalphos in soil under a groundnut crop (arachis hypogaea l.) in semi-arid india. | the dissipation of 14c carbaryl in undisturbed soil cores, and of quinalphos (25ec and 20af) after seed and soil treatments, was investigated under field use conditions, in a semi-arid groundnut field. residues were analyzed by tlc and hplc and additionally by lsc for 14c carbaryl. the harvested seed kernels were also tested for the presence of insecticide residues. the movement of carbaryl was limited to 15 cm depth in the loamy sand of jaipur and was detected till 120 days (dt50 of 14.93 days) ... | 2003 | 14505725 |
| oil quality and sugar content of peanuts (arachis hypogaea) grown in argentina: their relationship with climatic variables and seed yield. | the ratio of oleic to linoleic acids (o/l) and the tocopherol content are important features in determining peanut (arachis hypogaea) seed shelf life. soluble carbohydrates are known to be important precursors in roasted peanut flavor. the chemical qualities of argentine grain are different from those of other countries, but no previous studies that associate grain quality and environmental parameters have been performed. relationships were determined between o/l, tocopherol and sugar contents, ... | 2003 | 14518960 |
| a calcium-dependent bacterial surface protein is involved in the attachment of rhizobia to peanut roots. | as part of a project to characterize molecules involved in the crack-entry infection process leading to nodule development, a microscopic assay was used to visualize the attachment of cells of bradyrhizobium sp. strains semia 6144 and tal 1000 (labelled by introducing a plasmid expressing constitutively the green fluorescent protein gfp-s65t) to arachis hypogaea l. (peanut). qualitative and quantitative results revealed that attachment was strongly dependent on the growth phase of the bacteria. ... | 2003 | 14569294 |
| evaluation of protein allergenic potential in mice: dose-response analyses. | with the increasing interest in novel foods derived from transgenic crop plants, there is a growing need for the development of approaches for the characterization of the allergenic potential of proteins. whereas immunogenicity is a common property of foreign proteins, including food proteins, relatively few are significant dietary allergens with the inherent capacity to provoke ige antibody production and immediate-type hypersensitivity responses. | 2003 | 14616873 |
| phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of light-harvesting complex ii as a response to variation in irradiance is thiol sensitive and thylakoid sufficient: modulation of the sensitivity of the phenomenon by a peripheral component. | downregulation of phosphorylation of chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins (lhcii) of the photosystem ii at high irradiance could only be demonstrated with leaf discs but not in isolated thylakoids. the present view suggests this phenomenon to be regulated by stromal thioredoxin. here, we show that high-light inactivation of lhcii phosphorylation can be reproduced in isolated thylakoids and have explained the apparent absence of inactivation in vitro to be due to the derepressed activity of a periphe ... | 2003 | 14674762 |
| preparation and characterization of novel branched beta-cyclodextrins having beta-d-galactose residues on the non-reducing terminal of the side chains and their specific interactions with peanut (arachis hypogaea) agglutinin. | six novel branched beta-cyclodextrins (betacds) having beta-d-galactose residues on the non-reducing terminal of the sugar side chains, namely 6(1),6(4)-di-o-(beta-d-galactosyl)-betacd (10), 6-o-(beta-d-galactosyl)-betacd (11), 6(1),6(4)-di-o-(beta-lactosyl)-betacd (14), 6-o-(beta-lactosyl)-betacd (15), 6(1),6(4)-di-o-(4'-o-beta-d-galactosyl-beta-lactosyl)-betacd (18), and 6-o-(4'-o-beta-d-galactosyl-beta-lactosyl)-betacd (19), were chemically synthesized using the trichloroacetimidate method. t ... | 2004 | 14709868 |
| total bacterial and fungal population after chlorpyrifos and quinalphos treatments in groundnut (arachis hypogaea l.) soil. | short-term inhibitory effect on the total bacterial population was observed after chlorpyrifos and quinalphos applications in the groundnut fields, which recovered within 60 days after seed treatment and by 45 days of soil treatment. the fungal population was significantly enhanced after chlorpyrifos treatment whereas quinalphos inhibited the fungal population during the initial days of treatment but no effect was observed after 60 days of treatment. the residues of chlorpyrifos and quinalphos i ... | 2004 | 14761692 |
| the globulins of the ground nut. (arachis hypogaea) i. investigation of arachin as a dissociation system. | 1950 | 14772221 | |
| the globulins of the ground nut. (arachis hypogaea) ii. electrophoretic examination of the arachin system. | 1950 | 14772222 | |
| a third amino-acid amide in peanut plants (arachis hypogaea). | 1951 | 14848067 | |
| the proteins of arachis hypogaea and fibre formation. | 1952 | 14944542 | |
| [the antibacterial properties of the seed of arachis hypogaea l]. | 1952 | 14945160 | |
| high-oleate peanut mutants result from a mite insertion into the fad2 gene. | a high-oleate trait in the cultivated peanut ( arachis hypogaea l.) was reported to rely on the allelic composition of the two homeologous, microsomal oleoyl-pc desaturase genes ( ahfad2a or ahfad2b). the enzyme activity of either ahfad2a or ahfad2b is sufficient for a normal oleate phenotype, and a significant reduction in the levels of ahfad2b and a mutation in ahfad2a were reported to be responsible for the high-oleate phenotype in one chemically induced mutant (m2-225) and one derived from a ... | 2004 | 14968307 |
| leptomonas wallacei shows distinct morphology and surface carbohydrates composition along the intestinal tract of its host oncopeltus fasciatus (hemiptera: lygaeidae) and in axenic culture. | leptomonas wallacei is a monoxenic trypanosomatid that colonizes the digestive tract of the phytophagous hemipteran oncopeltus fasciatus. this infection was specific and took place exclusively in midgut intestinal ventricles v3 and v4, and in the hindgut. abundances of parasites in the hindgut were 54% less than those in the hindgut. parasites in the hindgut were more slender and had a longer flagellum than those from the hindgut, which were rounded, with a shorter flagellum. moreover, hindgut f ... | 2003 | 14974433 |
| mechanisms and diversity of resistance to insect pests in wild relatives of groundnut. | the levels of resistance to insect pests in cultivated groundnut (arachis hypogaea) germplasm are quite low, and therefore, we screened 30 accessions of arachis spp. and 12 derived lines for resistance to insect pests under field and greenhouse conditions. accessions belonging to arachis cardenasii, arachis duranensis, arachis kempff-mercadoi, arachis monticola, arachis stenosperma, arachis paraguariensis, arachis pusilla, and arachis triseminata showed multiple resistance to the leaf miner apro ... | 2003 | 14977130 |
| cdna clone of a putative peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) trypsin inhibitor has homology with peanut allergens ara h 3 and ara h 4. | trypsin inhibitors are pathogenesis-related (pr) proteins, which play an important role in the plant defense mechanism against insects and pathogens. peanut trypsin inhibitors are low molecular mass seed storage proteins. like peanut allergens, they are stable to acid and heat, resistant to digestion, and can have a negative impact on human health. in peanut, five bowman-birk trypsin inhibitors (bbti) have been isolated and amino acid sequences published. however, to date, no peanut bbti sequenc ... | 2004 | 14995153 |
| monoclonal antibodies against the tn-specific isolectin b4 from vicia villosa seeds: characterization of the epitope of the blocking antibody vv34. | vicia villosa isolectin b4 (vvlb4) recognizes the tn antigen (galnac-o-ser/thr) exposed in certain human carcinomas. we have produced anti-vvlb4 monoclonal antibodies (mabs), and their lectin recognition selectivity was assessed by elisa and western blot against the purified gal/galnac-specific lectins from vicia villosa, salvia sclarea, helix pomatia, arachis hypogaea, glycine max, and dolichos biflorus. the antibodies were also tested for their ability to block the binding of vvlb4 to the tn a ... | 2004 | 15000847 |
| hemoglobin promotes somatic embryogenesis in peanut cultures. | critical parameters influencing somatic embryogenesis include growth regulators and oxygen supply. consequently, the present investigation has focused on optimization of a somatic embryogenic system for peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) through media supplementation with the auxin, picloram. the latter at 30 mg l(-1) was optimal for inducing regeneration of somatic embryos from cultured explants of zygotic embryos. in contrast, somatic embryogenesis did not occur in the absence of this growth regulat ... | 2004 | 15027807 |
| effects of centrifugation before freezing on boar sperm cryosurvival. | current protocols for boar sperm cryopreservation require the centrifugation of semen in order to separate sperm cells from the seminal plasma. this study evaluated the influence of different centrifugation regimes on both sperm recovery and yield (percentage of viable sperm with an intact acrosome relative to the initial sperm population) after centrifugation (experiment 1) as well as the influence of different centrifugation regimes on boar sperm cryosurvival (experiment 2). in both experiment ... | 2004 | 15064317 |
| microsatellite identification and characterization in peanut ( a. hypogaea l.). | a major constraint to the application of biotechnology to the improvement of the allotetraploid peanut, or groundnut ( arachis hypogaea l.), has been the paucity of polymorphism among germplasm lines using biochemical (seed proteins, isozymes) and dna markers (rflps and rapds). six sequence-tagged microsatellite (stms) markers were previously available that revealed polymorphism in cultivated peanut. here, we identify and characterize 110 stms markers that reveal genetic variation in a diverse a ... | 2004 | 15067392 |
| peanut stripe potyvirus resistance in peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) plants carrying viral coat protein gene sequences. | peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) lines exhibiting high levels of resistance to peanut stripe virus (pstv) were obtained following microprojectile bombardment of embryogenic callus derived from mature seeds. fertile plants of the commercial cultivars gajah and nc7 were regenerated following co-bombardment with the hygromycin resistance gene and one of two forms of the pstv coat protein (cp) gene, an untranslatable, full length sequence (cp2) or a translatable gene encoding a cp with an n-terminal tru ... | 2004 | 15070076 |
| effects of ddt on the growth of crop plants. | the effects of ddt on the germination and growth of plants were studied using many crop species. of the species tested, oil-rich seeds of plants, such as peanut (arachis hypogaea) and mustard (brassica juncea), were more prone to ddt induced inhibition of germination and subsequent plant growth than cereals, pulses and fibre crops, like rice (oryza sativa), barley (hordeum vulgare), mung bean vigna radiata), pigeon pea (cajanus cajan) and cotton (gossypium hirsutum). studies with (14)c labelled ... | 1989 | 15092369 |
| distribution of peanut allergen in the environment. | patients with peanut allergy can have serious reactions to very small quantities of peanut allergen and often go to extreme measures to avoid potential contact with this allergen. | 2004 | 15131582 |
| in vitro capacitation and acrosome reaction of dog spermatozoa can be feasibly attained in a defined medium without glucose. | incubation of dog spermatozoa in a medium without glucose and in the presence of lactate and pyruvate (l-ccm) for 4 h at 38.5 degrees c in a 5% co(2) atmosphere induced in vitro capacitation of these cells. this was verified after the combined specific capacitation-like changes in percentages of viability and altered acrosomes, motility characteristics, sperm location of reactivity against pisum sativum, arachis hypogaea and helix pomatia lectins and the tyrosine phosphorylation pattern. further ... | 2004 | 15182287 |
| development of a real-time pcr and a sandwich elisa for detection of potentially allergenic trace amounts of peanut (arachis hypogaea) in processed foods. | hidden allergens in food products are, especially for peanut-allergic consumers, a serious problem because even low amounts (approximately 200 microg) of peanut can elicit allergic reactions. undeclared peanut traces can be found in processed food products, because contaminations with peanut during production processes are frequent. to minimize the risk of such cross-contaminations, it is necessary to develop sensitive analytical methods for the detection of hidden allergens in foods. for this a ... | 2004 | 15186093 |
| placental glycosylation in peccary species and its relation to that of swine and dromedary. | comparison has been made between glycans at the fetomaternal interface of two tayassu species (new world peccaries or wild pigs) and those of swine (true pigs) and dromedary, which have similar epitheliochorial placentae. plastic sections of near-term fetomaternal interface from tayassu tajacu (120 days gestation) and tayassu pecari (140 days gestation) were stained with 20 lectins and compared with those of swine (109 days) and dromedary (375 days). both tayassu species showed similar staining ... | 2004 | 15193872 |
| systemic and oral immunogenicity of hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus expressed by transgenic peanut plants in a mouse model. | rinderpest causes a devastating disease, often fatal, in wild and domestic ruminants. it has been eradicated successfully using a live, attenuated vaccine from most part of the world leaving a few foci of disease in parts of africa, the middle east, and south asia. we have developed transgenic peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) plants expressing hemagglutinin (h) protein of rinderpest virus (rpv), which is antigenically authentic. in this work, we have evaluated the immunogenicity of peanut-expressed ... | 2004 | 15193924 |
| sperm binding to oviductal epithelial cells in the rat: role of sialic acid residues on the epithelial surface and sialic acid-binding sites on the sperm surface. | the aim of this study was to assess the participation of carbohydrate residues in the adhesion of spermatozoa to the oviductal epithelium in the rat. we first examined, by lectin labeling, the distribution of glycoconjugates in rat oviducts obtained under various hormonal environments. several classes of glycoconjugates were abundant in the epithelium, and the expression of some of these molecules varied differentially in ampulla and isthmus, along the estrous cycle and with estradiol and proges ... | 2004 | 15201197 |
| genetic diversity of peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) and its wild relatives based on the analysis of hypervariable regions of the genome. | the genus arachis is native to a region that includes central brazil and neighboring countries. little is known about the genetic variability of the brazilian cultivated peanut (arachis hypogaea, genome aabb) germplasm collection at the dna level. the understanding of the genetic diversity of cultivated and wild species of peanut (arachis spp.) is essential to develop strategies of collection, conservation and use of the germplasm in variety development. the identity of the ancestor progenitor s ... | 2004 | 15253775 |
| the major peanut allergen ara h 1 and its cleaved-off n-terminal peptide; possible implications for peanut allergen detection. | ara h 1 was purified from raw peanuts (arachis hypogaea l.) in the presence or absence of protease inhibitors. n-terminal amino acid sequences were determined after western blotting. both purification procedures proved to be very consistent and resulted in identical chromatographic and electrophoretic behavior of ara h 1 and in the isolation of identical proteins of approximately 64 kda with rs/h_ppgertrg as the n-terminal amino acid sequence. consequently, purified ara h 1 appears to be truncat ... | 2004 | 15264933 |
| investigation of cationic peanut peroxidase glycans by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. | cationic peanut peroxidase (cp) was isolated from peanut (arachis hypogaea) cell suspension culture medium. cp is a glycoprotein with three n-linked glycan sites at asn60, asn144, and asn185. esi-ms of the intact purified protein reveals the microheterogeneity of the glycans. tryptic digestion of cp gave a near complete sequence coverage by esi-ms. the glycopeptides from the tryptic digestion were separated by rp hplc identified by esi-ms and the structure of the glycan chains determined by esi- ... | 2004 | 15276454 |
| identification and mapping of aflp markers linked to peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) resistance to the aphid vector of groundnut rosette disease. | groundnut rosette disease is the most destructive viral disease of peanut in africa and can cause serious yield losses under favourable conditions. the development of disease-resistant cultivars is the most effective control strategy. resistance to the aphid vector, aphis craccivora, was identified in the breeding line icg 12991 and is controlled by a single recessive gene. bulked segregant analysis (bsa) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) analysis were employed to identify dna ma ... | 2004 | 15290049 |
| intradermal exposure of balb/c strain mice to peanut protein elicits a type 2 cytokine response. | there is a growing need for the development of methods to characterize the allergenic properties of novel proteins, particularly those expressed by transgenic crop plants. hence, there is considerable interest in the development of suitable animal models for this purpose. the production of specific ige antibody has been reported following sensitization with food allergen via oral or systemic (intraperitoneal) routes of exposure. we have characterized cytokine profiles induced by intradermal trea ... | 2004 | 15304305 |
| enzyme activities and arylsulfatase protein content of dust and the soil source: biochemical fingerprints? | little is known about the potential of enzyme activities, which are sensitive to soil properties and management, for the characterization of dust properties. enzyme activities may be among the dust properties key to identifying the soil source of dust. we generated dust (27 and 7 microm) under controlled laboratory conditions from agricultural soils (0-5 cm) with history of continuous cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.) or cotton rotated with peanut (arachis hypogaea l.), sorghum [sorghum bicolor (l. ... | 2006 | 15356225 |
| enzymatic formation of long-chain polyketide pyrones by plant type iii polyketide synthases. | recombinant chalcone synthase (chs) from scutellaria baicalensis and stilbene synthase (sts) from arachis hypogaea accepted coa esters of long-chain fatty acid (chs up to the c12 ester, while sts up to the c14 ester) as a starter substrate, and carried out sequential condensations with malonyl-coa, leading to formation of triketide and tetraketide alpha-pyrones. interestingly, the c6, c8, and c10 esters were kinetically favored by the enzymes over the physiological starter substrate; the kcat/km ... | 2004 | 15381408 |
| a new form of polyagglutination related to cad. | four phenotypes of cad (cad 1-4) have been characterized by a continuum of polyagglutinability and reactivity with lectins, with the strongest cad+ red blood cells (rbcs) being polyagglutinable because of the presence of anti-cad (anti-sda) in most normal sera. over a period of 7 years, a french male blood donor's rbcs demonstrated polyagglutinability with 50 percent to 70 percent of normal adult sera. the reactivity was characteristic of anti-sda (refractile agglutination at 4 degrees c, 20 deg ... | 1996 | 15387744 |
| fortification of ground-nut milk with calcium and its availability to albino rats. | 1950 | 15421683 | |
| structure and glycosylation of the term yolk sac placenta and uterine attachment site in the viviparous shark mustelus canis. | the viviparous shark mustelus canis nurtures its young within the uterus by means of a modified yolk sac which functions as a placenta. two term specimens have been examined with a panel of 21 biotinylated lectins to assess whether glycans form a prominent interface between fetal and maternal tissues as in their therian counterparts. the yolk sac placenta was lined by a thin egg envelope which apposed though did not make contact with the uterine epithelium, and expressed fucosyl, n-acetyl glucos ... | 2004 | 15451197 |
| altered glycosylation leads to tr polyagglutination. | polyagglutination refers to red blood cells (rbcs) that are agglutinated by a high proportion of abo-matched adult sera but not by cord sera. polyagglutinable rbcs have been associated with microbial infection, myeloproliferative disorders, and myelodysplasia. lectins aid in the identification of polyagglutination. | 2004 | 15504164 |
| [synthesis and degradation of the peanut storage proteins during seed development and germination]. | three polypeptides, 41 kd and 38.5 kd subunits of arachin and 60.5 kd subunit of conarachin in peanut (arachis hypogaea l. shanyou 523) seeds were purified by gel filtration and sds-page. polyclonal antibodies against these subunits were raised in mice. western blot showed that the subunits appeared in axes and cotyledons at the tissue differentiation stage. the 60.5 kd subunit was firstly synthesized and accumulated in considerable quantity in axes and cotyledons, and then the 41 kd and 38.5 kd ... | 2004 | 15583418 |
| intraspecific variation in genome size in angiosperms: identifying its existence. | the 6 years since the last angiosperm genome size discussion meeting in 1997 have experienced the decline of the then widely held idea of the 'plastic' genome. several published cases of intra-specific variation in cultivated plants have been questioned on re-investigation with an improved technical approach. at the same time, technical problems caused by staining inhibitors present in the plant material have been recognized. in the accumulation of genome size data more critical methods and rule ... | 2005 | 15596458 |
| impacts of uv-a irradiation on laser-induced fluorescence spectra in uv-b damaged peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) leaves. | influence of ultraviolet a (uv-a) exerted on ultraviolet b (uv-b) damaged peanut leaves was examined by using the laser-induced fluorescence (lif) method. the vitality index of the leaves was estimated from the measurement of the induction kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence that was done in parallel with lif spectra measurement. visible ray irradiation of several hours to the uv-b damaged leaves recovered the vitality index of the leaves, while uv-a irradiation for the same period to the uv-b ... | 2004 | 15617438 |
| growth promotion and yield enhancement of peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) by application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. | although plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) have been reported to influence plant growth, yield and nutrient uptake by an array of mechanisms, the specific traits by which pgpr promote plant growth, yield and nutrient uptake were limited to the expression of one or more of the traits expressed at a given environment of plant-microbe interaction. we selected nine different isolates of pgpr from a pool of 233 rhizobacterial isolates obtained from the peanut rhizosphere on the basis of acc ... | 2004 | 15646384 |
| genetic diversity analysis in valencia peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) using microsatellite markers. | cultivated peanut or groundnut (arachis hypogaea l) is an important source of oil and protein. considerable variation has been recorded for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits, whereas few molecular variations have been recorded for this crop. the identification and understanding of molecular genetic diversity in cultivated peanut types will help in effective genetic conservation along with efficient breeding programs in this crop. the new mexico breeding program has embarked upon ... | 2004 | 15647791 |
| cyclic related and pathological changes in the lectin-binding sites on the swine oviduct. | this study was carried out to compare the lectin-binding pattern in the normal and pathological oviduct of sows during the ovarian cycle. lectin-binding patterns showed differences between segments, phases of ovarian cycle and presence of morphologic lesions. in the infundibulum, it was observed that the cysts, in the follicular phase, reduced ricinus communis-i (rca-i) and ulex europaeus-i (uea-i) binding. furthermore, in the pathological oviducts of the luteal-phase group, there is a reduction ... | 2005 | 15654999 |
| available nitrogen and arginine deaminase activity in groundnut (arachis hypogaea l.) fields after imidacloprid, diazinon, and lindane treatments. | plant available nitrogen and arginine deaminase activities were determined in insecticide-treated groundnut (arachis hypogaea l.) fields between july and november for three consecutive years (1997-1999). diazinon was applied for both seed and soil treatments. however, imidacloprid and lindane were used only for the seed treatments. an average half-life (t(1/2)) of diazinon in seed- and soil-treated fields was 29.32 and 34.87 days, respectively. its residues were detected till 60 days in both see ... | 2005 | 15656673 |
| aflatoxin production in peanut lines selected to represent a range of linoleic acid concentrations. | to determine whether concentrations of linoleate in peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) seed oil could be used to predict an ability to support aflatoxin production, seeds of genotypes representing a range of linoleate content were inoculated with aspergillus flavus link ex fries and assayed for aflatoxin content. seeds were blanched and quartered, inoculated with conidia of a. flavus, placed on moistened filter paper in petri dishes, and incubated for 8 days at 28 degrees c. multiple regression analys ... | 2005 | 15690813 |
| [the cdna cloning of conarachin gene and its expression in developing peanut seeds]. | in order to clone the genes of peanut seed storage proteins, a cdna library of mid-maturation stage cotyledons of peanut (arachis hypogaea l. shanyou 523) was constructed. after immunoscreening with polyclonal antibody against conarachin from peanut seeds, two cdna sequences named ahy alpha and ahy beta of conarachin genes were obtained. blast these sequences in genbank showed that they share high homology with the genes of legume 7s globulins. one of the sequences (ahy beta) was found to be ide ... | 2005 | 15692187 |
| analysis of the composition of an immunoglobulin e reactive high molecular weight protein complex of peanut extract containing ara h 1 and ara h 3/4. | peanuts (arachis hypogaea) contain some of the most potent food allergens. in recent years an increasing prevalence of peanut allergies both in children and adults has been observed in the usa and in europe. in vitro identification and characterization of allergens including those from peanut have been frequently performed by western blotting. however this method may alter the immunoglobulin e (ige) antibody reactivity since the proteins are denatured by detergent treatment and/or reduction of d ... | 2005 | 15714473 |
| taxonomic relationships among arachis sect. arachis species as revealed by aflp markers. | cultivated peanut, arachis hypogaea l., is a tetraploid (2n = 4x = 40) species thought to be of allopolyploid origin. its closest relatives are the diploid (2n = 2x = 20) annual and perennial species included with it in arachis sect. arachis. species in section arachis represent an important source of novel alleles for improvement of cultivated peanut. a better understanding of the level of speciation and taxonomic relationships between taxa within section arachis is a prerequisite to the effect ... | 2005 | 15729391 |
| phylloplane bacteria increase seedling emergence, growth and yield of field-grown groundnut (arachis hypogaea l.). | to isolate and characterize groundnut-associated bacterial isolates for growth promotion of groundnut in field. | 2005 | 15752215 |
| gene expression patterns of helicoverpa armigera gut proteases. | relative quantification of reported gut proteinase cdnas from helicoverpa armigera larvae fed on various host plants (cotton, chickpea, pigeonpea, tomato and okra), non-host plant pis (winged bean, bitter gourd, ground nut, and capsicum) and during larval development has been carried out using semi-quantitative rt-pcr. five trypsin-like and three chymotrypsin-like proteinases were categorized as insensitive or sensitive to most of the proteinase inhibitors (pis) and insensitive/sensitive to spec ... | 2005 | 15763471 |
| screening of a peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) cdna library to isolate a bowman-birk trypsin inhibitor clone. | peanut crop losses due to insect and pest infestation cost peanut farmers nearly 20% of their annual yields. the conventional use of chemicals to combat this problem is costly and toxic to humans and livestock and leads to the development of resistance by target insects. transgenic plants expressing a trypsin inhibitor gene in tobacco and cowpea have proven to be efficient for resistance against insects. therefore, a transgenic peanut overexpressing a trypsin inhibitor gene could be an alternati ... | 2005 | 15769131 |
| two-dimensional electrophoresis and western-blotting analyses with anti ara h 3 basic subunit igg evidence the cross-reacting polypeptides of arachis hypogaea, glycine max, and lupinus albus seed proteomes. | the allergenicity of seed storage proteins, the major components of edible legume seeds, may cause serious reactions in both children and adult population. updated methodologies for evaluation of the activity of these proteins are needed. in this paper we used two-dimensional (2d) electrophoretic techniques to investigate the immuno-cross-reactivities of anti ara h 3 basic subunit igg to the seed proteomes of three legume species, namely, peanut, soybean, and lupin. the seed proteins, extracted ... | 2005 | 15769168 |
| influence of the maillard reaction on the allergenicity of rara h 2, a recombinant major allergen from peanut (arachis hypogaea), its major epitopes, and peanut agglutinin. | the influence of thermal processing and nonenzymatic browning reactions on the ige-binding activity of rara h 2 was studied and compared to findings recently reported for the allergen's natural counterpart. elisa experiments as well as inhibition assays revealed that thermal treatment of rara h 2 in the presence of reactive carbohydrates and carbohydrate breakdown products induces a strong increase of the ige-binding activity, thus collaborating with the data reported for the natural protein iso ... | 2005 | 15769170 |
| enzymatic hydrolysis of luminal coronary glycosidic structures uncovers their role in sensing coronary flow. | endothelial luminal glycocalyx (elg) is a multifunctional complex structure made off of a diversity of glycosilated proteins, and glycosaminoglycans (gag). coronary elg may participate as a sensor of coronary flow (cf) to induce inotropic and dromotropic effects. in isolated perfused guinea pig heart we tested the role of glycosidic groups of glycans bound to proteins and gag of the elg on cf-induced inotropic and dromotropic effects. to study the role of saccharide related groups of certain gly ... | 2005 | 15769604 |
| ultrastructure and histochemical study of glycoconjugates in the gills of the white croaker (micropogonias furnieri). | the ultrastructure of the primary and secondary lamellae of gills was investigated in a marine teleost, the white croaker. the following cells were identified and briefly described: pavement cells, mucous cells, mitochondria-rich cells and rodlet cells. these cell types are present throughout the length of the lamellae. they are studied by means of a series of carbohydrate histochemical methods, including lectin procedures. neutral sugars and substituted sialic acid were detected by means of per ... | 2005 | 15771674 |
| enhancing resistance to sclerotinia minor in peanut by expressing a barley oxalate oxidase gene. | sclerotinia minor jagger is the causal agent of sclerotinia blight, a highly destructive disease of peanut (arachis hypogaea). based on evidence that oxalic acid is involved in the pathogenicity of many sclerotinia species, our objectives were to recover transgenic peanut plants expressing an oxalic acid-degrading oxalate oxidase and to evaluate them for increased resistance to s. minor. transformed plants were regenerated from embryogenic cultures of three virginia peanut cultivars (wilson, per ... | 2005 | 15778458 |
| distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles: impaired o-glycan formation in muscular glycoproteins. | distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (dmrv), is an autosomal recessive disorder with early adult onset, displays distal dominant muscular involvement and is characterized by the presence of numerous rimmed vacuoles in the affected muscle fibers. the pathophysiology of dmrv has not been clarified yet, although the responsible gene was identified as that encoding udp-n-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/n-acetylmannosamine kinase involved in the biosynthesis of sialic acids. to identify defective carbo ... | 2005 | 15793292 |
| exploratory integration of peanut genetic and physical maps and possible contributions from arabidopsis. | arachis hypogaea is a widely cultivated crop both as an oilseed and protein source. the genomic analysis of arachis species hitherto has been limited to the construction of genetic maps; the most comprehensive one contains 370 loci over 2,210 cm in length. however, no attempt has been made to analyze the physical structure of the peanut genome. to investigate the practicality of physical mapping in peanut, we applied a total of 117 oligonucleotide-based probes ("overgos") derived from geneticall ... | 2005 | 15809848 |
| mammalian-like nonsialyl complex-type n-glycosylation of equine gonadotropins in mimic insect cells. | recombinant equine luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin (elh/cg) was expressed in mimic insect cells, that are commercial stably transformed spodoptera frugiperda (sf9) cells expressing five mammalian genes encoding glycosyltransferases involved in the synthesis of complex-type monosialylated n-glycans. we previously showed that it exhibited no in vivo bioactivity although expressing full in vitro bioactivity, and it was suspected that this was because of insufficient sialylation of elh/cg ... | 2005 | 15814822 |
| sandwich immunoassays for the determination of peanut and hazelnut traces in foods. | people suffering from food allergies are dependent on accurate food labeling, as an avoidance diet is the only effective countermeasure. even a small amount of allergenic protein can trigger severe reactions in highly sensitized patients. therefore, sensitive and reliable tests are needed to detect potential cross-contamination. in this paper two fast sandwich immunoassays are described for the determination of peanut (arachis hypogaea) and hazelnut (corylus avellana) traces in complex food matr ... | 2005 | 15853366 |
| expression of components of the renin-angiotensin system in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. | hypertension is a common complication in children with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (arpkd) who have survived the neonatal period. no information is available regarding the mechanism of hypertension in this condition. the renin-angiotensin system (ras) is thought to play a role in hypertension associated with the more common autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (adpkd). occasional reports have documented increased activity of the intrarenal ras in adpkd, with ectopic ren ... | 2005 | 15879580 |
| production of stilbenoids from the callus of arachis hypogaea: a novel source of the anticancer compound piceatannol. | a new source to produce a significant quantity of a naturally occurring polyphenol, piceatannol, was investigated in this study. both resveratrol and piceatannol are recognized as important ingredients in functional foods due to their beneficial health effects. however, unlike resveratrol, the piceatannol concentration in plants is very low. thus, calluses of peanuts, an easily obtainable source, were chosen as the material to induce piceatannol production under controlled conditions. to induce ... | 2005 | 15884811 |