Endo-beta-mannosidase is a novel endoglycosidase that hydrolyzes the Manbeta1-4GlcNAc linkage in the trimannosyl core structure of N-glycans. This enzyme was partially purified and characterized in a previous report (Sasaki, A., Yamagishi, M., Mega, T., Norioka, S., Natsuka, S., and Hase, S. (1999) J. Biochem. 125, 363-367). Here we report the purification and molecular cloning of endo-beta-man...

As regular readers will know, a number of recent editorials in Nursing Ethics have focused on unethical health-care practice. It is necessary to strive to understand this and to work in our different areas of practice to eradicate it. It is also important to draw attention to, celebrate and reward ethical practice. Therefore, I would like to share a practice example that highlights, I believe, ...

The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway mediates protein degradation and is involved in diverse aspects of plant development and differentiation, including pollen tube elongation and self-incompatibility. We characterized three lily (Lilium longiflorum) SKP1-like genes, LSK1-LSK3, that are specifically expressed in late pollen developmental stages and the elongating pollen tube. The encoded peptide se...

Abstract The soilless cultivation of plants is an alternative for the production flowers with high quality. Calla lily normally produced on soil benches, but have shown some limitations as bacterial infections occur. One may be a cultivation. Hence, experiments were conducted objective to evaluate development calla in two types hydroponic systems. semihydroponic system was tested using substrat...