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Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

  1. The majority of pandemics are known to be a result of either bacteria or viruses out of which viruses seem to be an entity of growing concern due to the sheer number of yet unidentified and potentially threate...

    Authors: Priyanka Ray Choudhury, Tapoja Saha, Sachin Goel, Janvi Manish Shah and Deepak Ganjewala

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2022 46:18

    Content type: Review

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  3. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms has been largely associated with drug misuse, drug abuse, and indiscriminate disposal of drugs; however, the interactions between some environmental factors...

    Authors: Emmanuel Oluwaseun Garuba, Obinna Markraphael Ajunwa and Aishat Nana Ibrahim-King

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:216

    Content type: Research

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  4. Actinidin is an anionic thiol-proteinase predominant and unique to Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, whose strong digestibility enables proteins or enzymes vulnerable to digestion. The arrangement of active cys...

    Authors: Vivek Kumar Dhiman, Vivek Chauhan, Shamsher Singh Kanwar, Devendra Singh and Himanshu Pandey

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:213

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  5. The expression of apoptotic family of protein plays a major role in induction of programmed cell death. There are six major apoptotic proteins such as Caspase 12, Bcl 2, BAX, Cytochrome c, PARP3 and Mcl1. All ...

    Authors: M. R. Kamala Priya and Priya R. Iyer

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:212

    Content type: Research

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  6. Indonesia has started the big project of COVID-19 vaccination program since 13 January 2021 by employing the first shot of vaccine to the President of Indonesia as the outbreak and rapid transmission of COVID-...

    Authors: Reviany V. Nidom, Setyarina Indrasari, Irine Normalina, Astria N. Nidom, Balqis Afifah, Lestari Dewi, Andra K. Putra, Arif N. M. Ansori, Muhammad K. J. Kusala, Mohammad Y. Alamudi and Chairul A. Nidom

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:200

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  7. One of the parameters required for the assessment of food and feed safety is detection and identification of genetically modified organisms. Legislation in some countries necessitates detection and quantificat...

    Authors: Hanaa Abdel-Sadek Oraby, Nadia Aboul-Ftooh Aboul-Maaty and Hayam Ahmad Al-Sharawi

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:196

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  9. The increase in multidrug resistance (MDR) among pathogenic bacteria responsible for infectious diseases has led to lack of effectiveness of some antibiotics. The ability of Escherichia coli to harbor resistant g...

    Authors: Martha Uzoaru Ajuga, Kome Otokunefor and Obakpororo Ejiro Agbagwa

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:173

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  10. Data on the prevalence, genotypes and antibiotic resistance patterns of colonizing and infection-associated Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) strains both in humans and animals in Tanzania are scarce. Given the w...

    Authors: Tutu Mzee, Theckla Kazimoto, Joseph Madata, Rose Masalu, Markus Bischoff, Mecky Matee and Sören L. Becker

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:162

    Content type: Review

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  12. Strategic crops need to be screened from time to time to select the most tolerant and stable genotypes incompatible with environmental conditions. This research experiments were carried out to screen thirteen ...

    Authors: Samy A. A. Heiba, Samira A. Osman, Sara E. I. Eldessouky, Atef A. A. Haiba and Rania T. Ali

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:151

    Content type: Research

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  13. Among the physical evidence, bloodstain is one of the most common biological pieces of evidence at the crime scene, especially in violent crimes. Bloodstains are frequently seen at the crime scene and can be e...

    Authors: Tuğba Ünsal Sapan, Işıl Tuna Erdoğan and Sevil Atasoy

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:148

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  14. A novel corona virus is formally named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which results in causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is the latest prevalent pandemic worldwi...

    Authors: Sankari Mohan, M. Reshma Anjum, Anusha Kodidasu, T. V. N. Sai Prathyusha, Nunna Venkata Mrunalini and B. Kishori

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:139

    Content type: Review

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  15. Gastroenteritis is a common infectious disease in children, which results in high mortality and morbidity, especially in resource-poor countries. This study presents the selected main gastroenteritis causing b...

    Authors: Mohammad Sharif Uddin, Md. Mijanur Rahman, Md. Omar Faruk, Asma Talukder, Md. Imranul Hoq, Suman Das and K. M. Shariful Islam

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:138

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  16. The matter of antimicrobial resistance evokes the urgency to explore alternatives to the antibiotics traditionally used for microbial infections. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanism of action of the an...

    Authors: Victorien Dougnon, Edna Hounsa, Hornel Koudokpon, Eric Agbodjento, Anny Afaton, Kevin Sintondji, Jean Robert Klotoe, Julien Segbo and Lamine Baba-Moussa

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:107

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  17. Endophytes are highly beneficial species of microbes that live in symbiosis with plant tissues in the setting. Endophytes are difficult to isolate in their natural environment, and they are understudied despit...

    Authors: Chijioke E. Ezeobiora, Nwamaka H. Igbokwe, Dina H. Amin and Udoma E. Mendie

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:103

    Content type: Review

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  18. Malaria is one of the tropical diseases of universal concern particularly with continuous appearance of resistant strains of P.falciparum. This calls for continous screening of traditional plants such that new an...

    Authors: Uchechi E. Enenebeaku, Nnamdi C. Ukwandu, Ifeyinwa C. Mgbemena, Harriet C. Nwigwe, Conrad K. Enenebeaku, Chidi E. Duru and Odangowei I. Ogidi

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:75

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  19. Rice forms a significant portion of food consumed in most household worldwide. Rice production has been hampered by soil factors such as ferruginousity which has limited phosphorus availability; an important m...

    Authors: Musa Saheed Ibrahim and Beckley Ikhajiagbe

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:70

    Content type: Research

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  20. The growing number of cases, severity and fatality of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the fact that no cure has been found has made infected individuals especially in Africa, to resort to the consumption o...

    Authors: Chidi Edbert Duru, Ijeoma Akunna Duru and Abayomi Emmanuel Adegboyega

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:57

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  22. The identification of banana cultivars genome is needed to provide a valid identity from the accession of bananas which are used as basic data in the management of in situ and ex situ banana conservation as we...

    Authors: Rasyadan T. Probojati, Dwi Listyorini, Sulisetijono Sulisetijono and Didik Wahyudi

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:33

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  24. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of qnr genes among fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli (FREC) isolates from Nigeria. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by disc diffusion te...

    Authors: Chibuzor M. Nsofor, Mirabeau Y. Tattfeng and Chijioke A. Nsofor

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:26

    Content type: Research

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  25. Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is a destructive viral disease in many countries including Egypt; it causes severe economic losses in banana crop. Recently, nanotechnology was used to generate resistance against p...

    Authors: Heba A. Mahfouze, Noha K. El-Dougdoug and Sherin A. Mahfouze

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:199

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  26. COVID-19, a pandemic declared by WHO, has infected about 39.5 million and killed about 1.1 million people throughout the world. There is the urgent need of more studies to identify the novel drug targets and t...

    Authors: Rahul Kunwar Singh, Brijesh Singh Yadav and Tribhuvan Mohan Mohapatra

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:193

    Content type: Review

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  27. The role of mouse mammary tumor-like virus (MMTV-like virus) in human breast cancer (BC) has already been widely investigated worldwide with conflicting results. Although the researchers tried to establish the...

    Authors: Yasir Hameed, Muhammad Usman and Mukhtiar Ahmad

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:183

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  28. α-Galactosidase is widely used in various biotechnological applications such as food processing, beet sugar, the pulp and paper industries, synthesis of oligosaccharides by trans-galactosylation, hydraulic fra...

    Authors: Naganagouda Kote, A. C. Manjula, T. Vishwanatha and Aravind Gouda G. Patil

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:168

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  29. The K1, K2, and K28 toxins are usually encoded by several cytoplasmically genetic satellite dsRNAs (M1, M2, and M28), which are encapsulated with virus-like particles (VLPs) and reliant on an additional assemb...

    Authors: Najwa Mohammed Jameel Ali Abu-Mejdad, Adnan I. Al-Badran, Abdullah H. Al-Saadoon and Mohammed Hussein Minati

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:162

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  30. This study was conducted to estimate the antifungal activity and efficiency of purified killer toxins (TK and WK) produced by Torulaspora delbrueckii and Wickerhamomyces anomalus as alternative drugs of resistant...

    Authors: Najwa Mohammed Jameel Ali Abu-Mejdad, Abdullah H. Al-Saadoon, Adnan I. Al-Badran and Mohammed Hussein Minati

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:148

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  31. The present study evaluated levels of polymerization of deoxygenated sickle hemoglobin molecules (poly-dHbS-M) in the presence of fractionated leaf extracts of Anacardium occidentale Linn., Psidium guajava Linn.,...

    Authors: Paul C. Chikezie, Raphael C. Ekeanyanwu and Adaeze B. Chile-Agada

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:135

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  32. The reoccurrence of the resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to available drugs/medications has mandated for the development of more effective anti-tubercular agents with efficient activities. Therefor...

    Authors: Shola Elijah Adeniji, David Ebuka Arthur, Mustapha Abdullahi and Olajumoke Bosede Adalumo

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:132

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  33. α-Amylase randomly hydrolyzes starch molecule to produce oligosaccharides of different chain length. It is among the most significant hydrolytic enzymes used in industrial applications. Enzyme immobilization i...

    Authors: Mohamed A. A. Abdella, Gamal M. El-Sherbiny, Aliaa R. El-Shamy, Sherien M. M. Atalla and Samia A. Ahmed

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:40

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  34. Maize is one of the important cereal food crops in the world. High temperature stress causes adverse influence on plant growth. When plants are exposed to high temperatures, they produce heat shock proteins (H...

    Authors: Mahmoud Hussien Abou-Deif, Mohamed Abdel-Salam Rashed, Kamal Mohamed Khalil and Fatma El-Sayed Mahmoud

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2019 43:199

    Content type: Research

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