A 1947 base pair (bp) fragment of the toxin A gene of Clostridium difficile was sequenced. A continuous open reading frame was found, which contained 4 distinct groups of repeat nucleotide sequence with 88 to 100% identity within each group. The arrangement of the groups (A, 81 bp, B, C and D, 63 bp) was ABCCCDABCDDABCCCDABCCDABCDABC. Based on nucleotide sequence data from the C repeat group, a...

the brønsted acidic ionic liquid ([bmim]hso4) catalyzed three-component synthesis of 2h-indazolo[2,1-b]phthalazine-trione derivatives at room temperature. the integrity of the ionic liquid remains reasonably unchanged when it is separated from the reaction mixture by water extraction, as it can be recycled several times without any loss of activity in each of the title syntheses. the products a...

Scorpion venom is the richest source of peptide toxins with high levels of specific interactions with different ion-channel membrane proteins. The present study involved the amplification and sequencing of a 310-bp cDNA fragment encoding a beta-like neurotoxin active on sodium ion-channel from the venom glands of scorpion Androctonus crassicauda belonging to the Buthidae family using r...

Background: Cellular tolerance to heat stress is mediated by shock proteins (HSPs). The HSPs act as molecular chaperones and are transcribed in response stress. Among different families of these proteins, HSP70 considered be related the development temperature tolerance. Unraveling polymorphism protein genes could a step towards identification genetic markers for selecting heat-tolerant cattle....

background: linear dermatitis is endemic in iran where most cases occur in the caspian sea coast and fars prov­ince. the disease is caused by beetles of the genus paederus which are active from early spring to beginning of au­tumn although its incidence rises from may to august. the classic taxonomy of paederus spp. is based on the male genitalia that is very complex and needs expertise. in thi...

background: haemonchosis has a negative effect on the farming industry throughout the world, especially in the tropic and sub-tropic countries. the present study was carried out to differentiate haemonchus species from its main hosts in iran, including sheep, goat and camel.   methods: the identification took place based on the morphometrics of the spic-ules and molecular characters. two hundre...

Recently, we reported the isolation and identification of a potent vasoconstrictor enzyme from the rat submandibular gland, a member of the rat kallikrein gene family, which we named submandibular enzymatic vasoconstrictor (SEV). We studied whether messenger RNA (mRNA) for SEV is present in the kidney and isolated glomeruli, using the polymerase chain reaction assay with primers specific to the...

the aim of the present study was using rt-pcr for the diagnosis of avian infectious bronchitis virus and massachusetts serotype in tissue samples. optimization of a molecular diagnostic method for the detection of avian bronchitis virus and identification of massachusetts serotype was investigated. in order to detect infectious bronchitis virus (ibv) in tissue samples, an rt-pcr was optimized. ...

we describe a rapid, simple, and reliable procedure for routine isolation of mycobacterium leprae dna from slit-skin swab specimens. this one-step dna extraction method is based on the utilization of chelexr 100, a chelating ion exchange resin. slit-skin swab specimens from seven untreated leprosy patients at baba baghi leprosy hospital in iran were processed by this procedure. the polymerase c...