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Review of the genus Microchilus Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini)
(Center for Systematic Entomology, 2008-01-28)The Brazilian scarab beetle genus Microchilus Blanchard (Rutelinae: Geniatini) is reviewed. Based on examination of type specimens, Microchilus beckeri Martínez is transferred to the genus Leucothyreus becoming L. beckeri ... -
Revision and phylogeny of the neotropical genus Cnemida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)
(Center for Systematic Entomology, 1996-12)The scarab genus Cnemida includes eight species (including C. gigantea Jameson n. sp. from Colombia and C. tristriata Jameson n. sp. from Surinam) that inhabit tropical moist and premontane forests of South America, Central ... -
Revision of the genus Chalcasthenes Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctoderini) from the Solomon Islands
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2009-05-18)The genus Chalcasthenes Arrow (Dynastinae: Oryctoderini), a scarab beetle genus endemic to the Solomon Islands, is reviewed. Based on examination of type specimens, the genus Strehlia Frey (Rutelinae: Rutelini: Parastasiina) ... -
Revision of the South American Genus Brachysternus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini: Brachysternina)
(The Coleopterists Society, 2002)The southern South American genus Brachysternus Guérin-Méneville is revised and now includes seven species: B. angustus (Philippi and Philippi), B. germaini (Ohaus) new combination, B. marginatus Germain, B. olivaceus ... -
Revision, Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Genera Parabyrsopolis Ohaus and Viridimicus, New Genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)
(The Coleopterists Society, 1990-12)The North American genus Parabyrsopolis is redefined, and a sister genus, Viridimicus, is established to accommodate those species from southern Mexico to Guatemala previously placed in Cotalpa or Parabyrsopolis. ... -
RNAi-mediated knockdown of β-1,3-glucan synthase suppresses growth of the phytopathogenic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina
(Elsevier, 2020-04)Charcoal rot, caused by the fungus Macrophomina phaseolina, affects wide varieties of plant species and may result in serious crop losses. Exogenous siRNAs were applied to target a β-1,3-glucan synthase (MpGLS2) gene in ... -
The role of direct current electric field-guided stem cell migration in neural regeneration
(Springer International Publishing AG, 2016-06)Effective directional axonal growth and neural cell migration are crucial in the neural regeneration of the central nervous system (CNS). Endogenous currents have been detected in many developing nervous systems. Experiments ... -
Searching for diamonds in the apomictic rough: a case study involving Boechera lignifera (Brassicaceae)
(American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 2016-01)The genus Boechera is one of the most difficult species complexes in North America, with about 70 sexual diploids and hundreds of apomictic taxa representing diverse combinations of nearly every known sexual genome. In ... -
Seed addition and spatial heterogeneity in grass establishment in a restored Kansas oak savanna
(2010-08)Background/Question/Methods Compared to their historical extent, oak savannas at the forest-prairie transition in the Midwestern United States are greatly reduced, in part, due to tree encroachment that produced closed ... -
Seed availability and insect herbivory limit recruitment and adult density of native tall thistle
(2010-10)Understanding spatial and temporal variation in factors influencing plant regeneration is critical to predicting plant population growth. We experimentally evaluated seed limitation, insect herbivory, and their interaction ... -
Segregant-defective heterokaryons of Candida albicans
(Springer, 1986)Heterokaryons (hets) of the asexual, pathogenic yeast Candida albicans obtained by fusing protoplasts of complementing auxotrophic strains generate large numbers of parental-type auxotrophic monokaryons by random assortment ... -
Serum corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) and hepatic CBG mRNA relationships during hamster pregnancy: contribution of decidualization
(Society for the Study of Reproduction, 1991-01)We measured serum corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) and hepatic CBG mRNA from individual hamsters throughout pregnancy and during decidualization. Serum CBG levels were determined by 3H-cortisol binding assay, and ... -
Silica aerogel improves the biocompatibility in a Poly-epsilon-caprolactone composite used as a tissue engineering scaffold
(Hindawi, 2013-06-18)Poly-epsilon-caprolactone (PCL) is a biodegradable polyester that has received great attentions in clinical and biomedical applications as sutures, drug delivery tool, and implantable scaffold material. Silica aerogel is ... -
Silicon: Its role in vital processes
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1973-03-23)Author pointed that there is some proof of a silicon metabolism role in "vital processes in animals or man" pointing that data on the gastropod Oncidium planatum showing that its liver contained 11.3 percent silica. -
Skin cancer treatment by albumin/5-Fu loaded magnetic nanocomposite spheres in a mouse model
(Elsevier, 2013-03)Albumin/drug loaded magnetic nanocomposite spheres were fabricated using an oil-in-oil emulsion/solvent evaporation method, and tested on a mouse model (experimental squamous cell carcinoma) to determine the efficacy of ... -
Spatial variation in seed limitation of plant species richness and population sizes in floodplain tallgrass prairie
(Springer Verlag, 2008-10-07)The relative importance of seed availability versus biotic interactions that aVect early life stages in limiting plant population sizes and determining composition of plant communities is a central debate in plant ... -
Stream nifH sequence library
(Wichita State University, 2018)Sequence library of nifH (nitrogenase) genes PCR-amplified and cloned from metagenomic extracts of sediments from three small prairie streams with different levels of chronic N loading. 4L4_KONZA = Kings Creek N4D (pristine); ... -
Structural analysis of N-linked oligosaccharides of equine chorionic gonadotropin and lutropin beta-subunits
(American Chemical Society, 1994-11)Equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) and lutropin (eLH) are composed of a- and P-subunits with an identical amino acid sequence but show different biological activities. To elucidate the molecular difference between ... -
Structural features of mammalian gonadotropins
(Elsevier Ireland, 1996-12-20)There are two species for which both pituitary and placental gonadotropins are readily available, humans and horses. The human gonadotropins are better characterized than equine gonadotropins. Nevertheless, the latter are ... -
Substrate-dependent signaling success in the wolf spider, Schizocosa retrorsa
(Elsevier, 2008-02-02)Signals used in communication are often hypothesized to be optimally designed for their signalling environment. Here, we explore the importance of signalling substrate on seismic signal efficacy and reproductive behavior ...