In an article titled, “Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition,” published inNature  (506: 8-55) on its online edition of 22nd January, ’14 the lead author Robert Bagchi and his seven associates affiliated with well-known European and UK laboratories reported that the processes that maintain the dive

Dhaka, 10th Feb.,’14. In an article titled, “Antidiabetic activity of a triterpenoid saponin isolated from Momordica cymbalaria Fenzl”  of the family Cucurbitaceae, published in the February, ‘14 issue of the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, (Vol. 52, , pp. 46-52), Raju B. Konen and two of his associates report that they h

Dhaka the 9th of Feb.,’14. According to a piece of news published in  the last February issue of “Current Science”, Bangalore, India, three out of the sixty marine bacteria species, namely, Kocuria palustris, Bacillus pumilus andBacillus subtilis demonstrated their ability to help degrade polyethylene. The efficiency of the bacter

Dhaka the 8th Feb. ’14. In an article titled, “The Role of Target of Rapamycin Signaling Networks in Plant Growth and Metabolism.” published in  the February, ’14  issue of Plant Physiology, Yan Xiong and Jen Sheen describe the target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase. It is a master regulator conserved among yeasts&n

Dhaka 7th Feb.,’14. In  an article titled, “Towards the discovery of the  novel genetic component involved in stress resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana,” published in the February issue of New Phytologist (201:810-824) M. Juraniec and nine of his associates at the Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Ge

Feb., 5, ’14. In an article titled, “Speciation of two desert poplar species triggered by Pleistocene climatic oscillations,” published in the current issue of Heredity (112:156-164), J. Wang and six of his associates  affiliated to well-known laboratories in China and T Källman at the Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dhaka 4th Feb.,’14. In an article titled, “Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and plant regeneration of the hardwood tree species Fraxinus profunda  (pumpkin ash), ” published in the February issue of Plant Cell Reports, the authors Micah E. Stevens and Paula M. Pijut describe the protocol, they have employed  for succe

Dhaka 3rd Feb, ’14. In an article titled, “Aberrant phenotype and transcriptome expression during fiber cell wall thickening caused by the mutation of the Im gene in immature fiber (im) mutantin Gossypium hirsutum L., published in the current issue of BMC Genomics, Cheng Wang and four of his associates claimed that the to

In an article titled,, “Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding a Mn-containing superoxide dismutase  in Eutrema halophilum the authors deduced that the  polypeptide had a putative Mn-binding site. Recombinant ThMSD protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and characterized. Thestudy furtherconfirmed that ThMSD is an Mn-SOD

Dhaka, the 31st Jan., 14. Unlike higher plants, an animal biologist may tend to think that it requires a lot of manipulation and strenuous effort to make an adult cell turn into a pluripotent one. On the 29th January issue ofNature, the science correspondent, David Cyranoskireports that  Obokata, a celebrated Japanese researcher demonstrated that by just squ