Cancer is a group of diseases related to abnormal cell growth and ability to invade tissues. These skills result in the development of metastases, leading to death in many of the patients. During the process of invasion, ...

Enterococcus is one of the most important multi-drug resistant nosocomial pathogens. Infections caused by vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE) are becoming increasingly difficult to treat, often with prolonged hospital ...

Anastrepha is a species-rich genus, with a geographic distribution that covers tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Twenty-one species groups have been recognized in this genus, the most economically relevant ...

Firefly luciferases have been extensively used as bioanalytical reagents and their cDNAs as reporter genes and bioimaging biosensors. Luciferases of fireflies, “rail-road” worm and "tec-tec" beetles, have different ...

Feeding accounts for most of the costs in beef cattle production. To reduce it, as well as the environmental impact, greenhouse gas emission, and land occupation have been mandatory to improve the animal feed efficiency. ...

Astyanax fasciatus is characterized as a cytogenetically diverse species. Sympatric and syntopic occurrence of distinct cytotypes corroborates the hypothesis that A. fasciatus might represent a species complex sharing a ...

Chromosomes of distinct species of Triportheus (Characiformes, Characidae) from different hydrographic basins in Brazil, as well as in Argentina, were analyzed in the present work. Triportheus nematurus, from Piracicaba ...

Phytocystatins are inhibitors of cysteine peptidases found naturally in plants. Sugarcane cystatins are distinguished by their high inhibitory activity and possible biotechnological applications. In this work, a comparative ...

Fish are animals present in a wide variety of habitats and are distributed all over the world. The diversity of forms, behaviors and niches associated with the evolutionary characteristics of these animals make them important ...

Penaeidae family occurs in all oceans, particularly in tropical regions and represents an important global fishing resource. In Brazil, penaeid species have been shown decline, of their populations, which are considered ...