Protein 4.1 is an important structural component of the erythrocyte membrane. In contrast to our detailed understanding of the role of protein 4.1 in regulating membrane mechanical properties through modulation of spectrin-actin interaction, very little is known regarding the functional implications of protein 4.1 interaction with band 3. In the present study, we explored the potential role of ...

A family comprising three patients (a mother and two children) with mild hereditary elliptocytosis was studied. Each patient had prominent elliptocytosis, reduced red cell deformability, and normal erythrocyte thermal sensitivity. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of the erythrocyte membranes in each patient showed decreased levels of band 4.1 (approximately h...

turnip curly top virus (tctv) is a member of the newly established genus turncurtovirus, family geminiviridae. development of an efficient detection system is necessary to study the biological characteristics of viruses. due to the superior efficacy of the serological methods for detection of plant viruses, in this research, with the aim to facilitate the process of immunological detection of t...

background: withania somnifera l. dunal, (ashwagandha) belongs to the family solanaceae and is known as ‘indian ginseng’ in the traditional system of medicine. objectives: in the present investigation, comparative analysis was carried out between two different ecotypes of w. somnifera related to total soluble protein and antioxidant enzyme activity [catalase (cat), superoxide dismutase (sod) an...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the seed storage protein of seven different species of papaver in ardabil province, iran by sds-page method. by scoring banding patterns data, a total of 20 loci were identified in the species. maximum number of protein band (17 bands) was belonged to p. bracteatum and p. rhoease. minimum number of protein band (13 bands) was related to the species of p...

Lactococcosis disease incident caused by Lactococcus garvieae has been increased with increasing aquaculture productions and outbreaks of the disease have become a threat on farmed species. To prevent lactococcosis, inactivated vaccine has been used, however, it only provides protection when given by injection. Other than inactivated vaccine, various vaccines such as subunit vaccines c...

Oestrus ovis is an economically important parasite of small ruminants and a zoonotic parasite with many reports of ophthalmomyiasis in human from Iran and other countries. The aim of the peresent studywas the isolation and identification of excretory-secretory (ES) and somatic (S) antigens of O. ovis second and third stage larvae (L2, L3) collected from Arabi sheep breeds loca...