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Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae): um complexo de espécies. Estudos citogenéticos clássicos e moleculares
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-02-14)
Brazil has a large and dense hydrographic network distributed in eight major basins, with a great diversity of fish species. Erythrinidae is a small family of Characiformes, represented by only three genera: Erythrinus, ...
Identificação, expressão recombinante e caracterização de uma cisteíno peptidase de Diaphorina citri, inseto vetor da doença Huanglongbing
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-02-25)
Brazil is a major exporter of oranges in the world, with the state of São Paulo, the largest citrus producer in the country. In the last years plants of the genus citrus have been strongly affected by various diseases and ...
Produção recombinante e caracterização de duas cistatinas de cana-de-açúcar
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-09-05)
Cystatins are reversible inhibitors of cysteine peptidases. The cystatins found in plants are called phytocystatins, and represent an independent subfamily of the cystatins superfamily. Some studies have reported significant ...
Estudo funcional comparativo das co-chaperonas moleculares p23A e p23B da Hsp90 de Leishmania braziliensis
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-06-03)
Protein folding is essential for proteins proper biological function. Failures in this process can lead to the formation of poorly unfolded proteins and/or protein aggregates. In order to avoid this problem, the cells ...
Produção recombinante e caracterização de uma legumaína de cana-de-açúcar
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-09-04)
Cysteine proteases (CPs) are proteolytic enzymes which have a cysteine residue at its active site. Plant legumains are CPs known as vacuolar processing enzymes and they play key roles in seed maturation, germination, ...
Filogeografia de Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) na África e o processo de colonização do continente americano por essa espécie
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-03-26)
The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis [Ardeidae]) was first reported in the New World in the late nineteenth century and has been found scattered throughout the Americas since the 1950s. The aim of the present study was to analyze ...
Controle epigenético da expressão do gene CAST, relacionado à maciez de carne em bovinos de corte
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-08-02)
The Meat tenderness, a trate of economic importance in animal production, is influenced by the intensity of the degradation of myofibrillar proteins in post-mortem. The μ-calpain is the main enzyme responsible for ...
Caracterização funcional do mutante pkcAG579r que codifica o homólogo da proteína quinase C, no fungo patogênico aspergillus fumigatus
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-10-28)
Over the recent years, the incidence of human fungal infections has shown a significant increase. Aspergillus fumigatus is a filamentous fungus opportunistic pathogen responsible for many human respiratory diseases, including ...
Estudos estruturais e ensaios biológicos de proteínas codificadas por genes de micro-exon (MEG) de Schistosoma mansoni
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-09-05)
Schistosoma mansoni is the causative agent of Schistosomiasis, reaching 249 million people in 78 countries. It is believed that this infection is successful due to modulation of the host immune system through proteins ...
Mineração de genes em regiões genômicas bovinas associadas à resistência ao carrapato Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-08-13)
The Brazilian cattle industry is presented as highlighted on the world stage and the significant participation of this productive sector in the economy means that there is concern with production losses, among which stands ...