The taxonomic status of the Chinese lac insects Kerria yunnanensis (Ou and Hong) (Hemiptera: Kerridae) and K. ruralis (Wang, Yao, Teiu and Liang) were analyzed in this paper by comparing morphological, cellular, and molecular data. Cladistic analysis showed K. yunnanensis and K. ruralis to be distinct from other Kerria species such as K. lacca and K. chinensis. The karyotype of K. yunnanensis w...

PURPOSE Retinal bipolar cells, comprising multiple types, play an essential role in segregating visual information into multiple parallel pathways in the retina. The ability to manipulate gene expression in specific bipolar cell type(s) in the retina is important for understanding the molecular basis of their normal physiological functions and diseases/disorders. The Cre/LoxP recombination syst...

HomePlant DiseaseAhead of PrintFirst Report Damping-Off Disease Caused by Fusarium oxysporum on Pinus pinea in Jordan PreviousNext DISEASE NOTE OPENOpen Access licenseFirst JordanMonther M. Tahat, Hussen A. Aldakil, and Kholoud AlananbehMonther TahatDepartment Plant Protection, School Agriculture, The University Jordan, Amman 11942, JordanSearch for more papers this author, AldakilDepartment Al...

Mammalian brain contains a rich vascular network. This network’s functional activity, i.e., blood flow, is tightly controlled by neural networks, although the mechanisms of this control are not yet clear. Understanding the link between neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow (CBF) is essential for both theoretical and applied aspects of brain vascular dysfunctions in neurodegenerative disease...

In Australia, indigenous Fusarium oxysporum consist of at least five genetically distinct lineages and the two strains (VCG 11&12) of F. oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (Fov) are genetically related to lineage A, suggesting that they evolved locally. This is consistent with the observation that virulence of a lineage A isolate increased after 10 successive infections on susceptible cotton in the g...

The presence of a small number of infected but transcriptionally dormant cells currently thwarts a cure for the more than 35 million individuals infected with HIV. Reactivation of these latently infected cells may result in three fates 1) death due to a viral cytopathic effect, 2) death due to immune clearance, or 3) a retreat back into latency. Uncovering the dynamics of HIV gene expression an...