Glycogen phosphorylase kinase (PhK) converts by phosphorylation, the inactive glycogen (GPb) into active GPa in glycogenolytic pathway. It is a complex enzyme comprising of catalytic (?) and three regulatory subunits (?, ?, ?) forming hexadecamer with stoichiometry (????)4. Several studies have indicated PhK as promising target for development antihyperglycemics its inhibition blocks glycogenol...

Animal mitochondrial genomes have provided large and diverse datasets for evolutionary studies. Here, the first two representative mitochondrial genomes from the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) were determined using next-generation sequencing. The sequenced region of these two mitochondrial genomes from the species Auplopus sp. and Agenioideus sp. was 16,746 bp long with an A + T con...

In the course of a systematic survey of wheat mitochondrial tRNA genes, we have sequenced chloroplast-like serine (trnS-GGA), phenylalanine (trnF-GAA) and cysteine (trnC-GCA) tRNA genes and their flanking regions. These genes are remnants of 'promiscuous' chloroplast DNA that has been incorporated into wheat mtDNA in the course of its evolution. Each gene differs by one or a few nucleotides fro...

The Symphyta is traditionally accepted as a paraphyletic group located in a basal position of the order Hymenoptera. Herein, we conducted a comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genomes in the Symphyta by describing two newly sequenced ones, from Trichiosoma anthracinum, representing the first mitochondrial genome in family Cimbicidae, and Asiemphytus rufocephalus, from family Tenthredinida...

This study covers the history of Turkish Republic Northern Cyprus (TRNC) as a de facto state, status it has held since 1983 after having established its institutional structure in 1975 under name Federated State (TFSC). The TRNC unique characteristics when compared with other states. While is home to EU citizens, enjoys support and fl uence Turkey patron which not member European Union. Althoug...

The role and impact of information technology (IT) on today's organizations have significantly changed over the last decade. It is clear that even though IT has evolved from its traditional to more strategic role within an organization, there is a glaring lack of fundamental frameworks within which to understand the potential of IT for tomorrow's organizations. The impact of IT does not include...

The typical insect mitochondrial (mt) genome organization, which contains a single chromosome with 37 genes, was found in the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (suborder Heteroptera). The arrangement of mt genes in these true bugs is usually the same as the ancestral mt gene arrangement of insects. Rearrangement of transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, however, has been found in two subfamilies of flat bugs (Mez...

BACKGROUND/AIM This study analyzed the incidence, trends, and common types of cancer in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is based on data collected from the office of the North Cyprus Cancer Registry, Ministry of Health, for 2007-2012. Data were arranged on the basis of age group, sex, and cancer site. Age standardized incidence rates (ASRs) wer...