The transcript levels of six defense genes including pathogenesis-related gene 1 (PR-1), pathogenesis-related gene 2 (PR-2), pathogenesis-related gene 5 (PR-5), lipoxygenase (LOX), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and catalase (CAT) were investigated in tomato plants inoculated with Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli as a non-host pathogen and X. euvesicatoria as a host pathogen. Activation o...

A new iridium catalyst containing an imine-diphosphine ligand has been developed, which showed high efficiency for the hydrogenation of CO2 to formate (yield up to 99%, TON up to 450 000). A possible catalytic mechanism is proposed, in which the imine group of the catalyst plays a key role in the cleavage of H2 and the activation of CO2.

A dimeric PR-1-type pathogenesis-related protein (PR-1-5), recently identified in wheat, was found to interact with Stagonospora nodorum ToxA in both yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation assays. Site-specific mutational analyses revealed that the RGD motif of ToxA is not targeted by PR-1-5, whereas two surface-exposed asparagine residues are essential for the interaction: the N102 residu...

Tripodal pyrrole imine and amide ligands provide platforms for combined primary and secondary coordination sphere interactions in square planar Pd and Cu, and octahedral Ti complexes.

The reduction of {ArFeBr}(2) (Ar = terphenyl) with KC(8) in the presence of excess PMe(3) afforded the Fe(i) complex 3,5-Pr(i)(2)-Ar'Fe(PMe(3)) (1) (Ar'-3,5-Pr(i)(2) = C(6)H-2,6-(C(6)H(3)-2,6-Pr(i)(2))-3,5-Pr(i)(2)), which has a structure very different from the previously reported, linear Cr(i) species 3,5-Pr(i)(2)-Ar*Cr(PMe(3)) (3,5-Pr(i)(2)-Ar* = C(6)H-2,6-(C(6)H(2)-2,4,6-Pr(i)(3))(2)-3,5-Pr...

BACKGROUND Although pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been reported to improve exercise capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, it is unknown which exercise measurement is the most responsive for evaluation of PR efficacy. The purpose of this study was to compare the responsiveness of 5 exercise measurements by evaluating the efficacy of PR in subjects with idiopathic pulmonary...

Plant diseases significantly reduce crop yields, threatening food security and agricultural sustainability. Fungi are the most destructive type of phytopathogen, they responsible for major yield losses in some crucial crops grown across world. In this study, a fungus isolate was detected from infected tomato plants molecularly identified as Pythium aphanidermatum (GenBank accession number MW725...

OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of stunting and overweight in children and identify demographic, socio-economic and maternal characteristics, as well as biochemical indicators, associated with these outcomes. DESIGN A population-based, cross-sectional study was performed. Data from structured questionnaires, anthropometric measurements, and blood and stool samples were used in Poisson reg...