A 28-fold increase in secretory protein synthesis is associated with DNA puff activity in the salivary gland of Bradysia hygida (Diptera, Sciaridae)

When the first group of DNA puffs is active in the salivary gland regions S1 and S3 of Bradysia hygida larvae, there is a large increase in the production and secretion of new salivary proteins demonstrable by [3H]-Leu incorporation.The present study shows that protein separation by SDS-PAGE and detection by fluorography demonstrated that these pol

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Seals of the Personages from the Alexiad Found in Veliki Preslav

The f1400ea-sb34 study involves two groups of seals: 1) seals of the individuals who can be identified as the Alexiad personages: Alexios Komnenos as sebastos and megas domestikos (the first group) and emperor (the second one); his brother Adrianos Komnenos as protosebastos (the first group), protosebastos and megas domestikos of all the West (the

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Taste perception as a risk factor for childhood obesity

Objective.To describe the role of taste perception in the development of sweet taste habituation as well as its relationship to the development of obesity in children.Materials and methods.An initial search of scientific articles published in PubMed between January 1st, 2011 and March 20th, 2016 was performed in children between 0 and 12 years old.

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