We previously identified SMIP004 (N-(4-butyl-2-methyl-phenyl) acetamide) as a novel inducer of cancer-cell selective apoptosis of human prostate cancer cells. SMIP004 decreased the levels of positive cell cycle regulators, ...
Grubbs, David E.; Smith, Kevin R.; Kim, Seongheon(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2003-06)
Epidemiologic studies have shown that airborne particulate matter (PM) with a mass median aerodynamic diameter < 10 mum (PM10) is associated with an increase in respiratory-related disease. However, there is a growing ...
Calderón-Urrea, Alejandro; Dellaporta, Stephen L.(Company of Biologists, 1/7/1999)
The formation of unisexual flowers in maize requires the selective elimination and sexual maturation of floral organs in an initially bisexual floral meristem. Elimination of pistil primordia occurs in the primary and ...
Background Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is the most commonly used method for accurately detecting gene expression patterns. As part of RT-qPCR analysis, normalization of the data requires internal control gene(s) ...
Freeman, John L.; Marcus, Matthew A.; Fakra, Sirine C.(PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2012)
Selenium (Se) hyperaccumulator plants can concentrate the toxic element Se up to 1% of shoot (DW) which is known to protect hyperaccumulator plants from generalist herbivores. There is evidence for Se-resistant insect ...