During Drosophila embryonic nervous system development, neuroblasts express a programmed cascade of five temporal transcription factors that govern the identity of cells generated at different time-points. However, these five temporal genes fall short of accounting for the many distinct cell types generated in large lineages. Here, we find that the late temporal gene castor sub-divides its larg...

The LEAFY COTYLEDON2 (LEC2) gene plays critically important regulatory roles during both early and late embryonic development. Here, we report the identification of the LEC2 gene from the castor bean plant (Ricinus communis), and characterize the effects of its overexpression on gene regulation and lipid metabolism in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. LEC2 exists as a single-copy gene in castor be...

Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement is a popular bone void filler for vertebroplasty. However, the use of PMMA has some drawbacks, including the material's excessive stiffness, exothermic polymerization, and short handling time. This study aimed to create an ideal modified bone cement to solve the above-mentioned problems. Modified bone cements were prepared by combining PMMA with three d...

The culture of synovial cells in vitro provides a useful means for the study of connective tissue function. Vaubel (1933) first used cultures of synovium to show that mucin was secreted in the joint itself, a conclusion since confirmed by others (Kling, Levine, and Wise, 1955; Castor, 1957; Hedberg and Moritz, 1958; Fischer and Torgerson, 1960). In recent years, Castor has studied synovial cult...

Novel reactive polyols were synthesized via modification of castor oil, a renewable agricultural raw material with epoxy resin and triethylamine as a catalyst. This polyol was used for synthesis of polyurethane coating. Coating formulations were developed by reacting polyol with aromatic adduct, aliphatic adduct and castor oil based adduct in different NCO/OH ratio. All coating composition syst...

The use of cacao, in its familiar food and beverage form, dates back about 3,800 years. By the time of the discovery of America by Europeans, the Aztecs and Mayans had developed methods for drying, roasting and grinding cacao beans for use in beverages and foods. Today, the same processes are used, but have been adapted to modern machinery. The current study was conducted to compare the traditi...

XSL Beans are a unique technology for developing UI's that exploits XML and XSL, and that provides a number of benefits, chief of which are: • Media independence XSL Beans are media independent, meaning that they can be used in Java, Dynamic HTML, or even standard GUI environments. • Standards−based XSL Beans rely upon, and exploit, XML and related standards, providing an open UI framework. • I...

Castor bean and Jatropha contain seed oil of industrial importance, share taxonomical and biochemical similarities, which can be explored for identifying SSRs in the whole genome sequence of castor bean and utilized in Jatropha curcas. Whole genome analysis of castor bean identified 5,80,986 SSRs with a frequency of 1 per 680 bp. Genomic distribution of SSRs revealed that 27% were present in th...

BACKGROUND The allergenicity of Ricinus communis L. (castor bean, Euphorbiaceae) is associated with components of its seeds and pollen. Castor bean allergy has been described not only in laboratory workers, but also in personnel working in oil processing mills, fertilizer retail, the upholstery industry and other industrial fields. In the present study, we describe the critical amino acids in t...

Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are an important food staple in many traditional diets. There is limited evidence to suggest an inverse relationship between bean consumption and colon cancer. The objective of this study was to determine whether consumption of black beans and/or navy beans would reduce colon carcinogenesis in rats. Rats were fed a modified AIN-93G diet (control) or diets containing 7...