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Caratterizzaione di consorzi microbici causa di deterioramento dei beni culturali e potenziali patogeni per l'uomo mediante analisi della molecola de…
2008
A High Sensitive Nested PCR for Toxoplasma gondii Detection in Animal and Food Samples
2013
Toxoplasma gondii is a major food and waterborne transmitted parasite world-wide. The tissues and meat samples of many warm blooded animals can contain tissues cysts from chronic toxoplasmosis. Water and vegetable can be contaminated by the parasitic oocysts shed through the feces of infected cats, representing the definitive host of the parasite. A sensitive PCR for Toxoplasma gondii detection is described. The first step amplified the region between the 28S and 18S rDNA in the closely related T. gondii and Neospora caninum; RFLP analysis distinguished the DNA from the two morphologically identical parasites. Although N. caninum is not involved in human transmission, so far, it is importan…
Differential responses of bacterial and archaeal groups at high taxonomical ranks to soil management
2010
Little is known about abundances of the major bacterial taxa in agricultural soils and how they are affected by fertilization or other agricultural practices. Our aim was to determine the abundance and relative distribution of several bacterial phyla and one class, as well as the archaeal and crenarchaeal communities, and how they were affected by different fertilization regimes to examine whether specific responses of microorganisms could be identified at these high taxonomic ranks. We used real-time PCR with taxa specific primers to quantify the abundance of the Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, Bacteriodetes, Firmicutes, Gemmatimonadetes, Verrucomicrobia, Alphaproteobacteria and Crenarchaeo…
DNA barcoding for Arecaceae and Fabaceae species identification of two plant collections
2021
DNA barcoding is a well-known technique that enable species identification by using universal DNA sequences from a small fragment of the genome. In this work, the effectiveness of DNA barcoding approach was evaluated in order to identify different taxonomic groups among two families (Arecaceae and Fabaceae) from two flowering plant collections: some were economically important taxa from nursery production and Mediterranean plants with ornamental attitude for possible new introduction. Three chloroplast DNA barcode regions (matK, rbcL and trnH-psbA) proposed by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) were tested in 22 Arecaceae species and in eight Fabaceae species, including Ceratonia…
Globularia nudicaulis, a new host of Cucumber mosaic virus
2006
) is a perennial, foundnaturally on European mountains at altitudes between 900 and 2000 m.In June 2004, G. nudicaulis plants, with a yellow mosaic and/or variega-tion on malformed leaves, were noted among plant species cultivated in theBotanical Garden at Bologna University, Italy. No elongated virus-likeparticles were observed in affected-leaf extracts by transmission electronmicroscopy using a leaf dip method. By applying a protein A sandwichenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PAS-ELISA) technique ( Edwards Csystemic symptoms were observed in Nicotiana tabacum , N. benthamiana ,N. glutinosa, N. clevelandii and Capsicum annuum, and Cucumis sativusand C. melo. Reverse transcription-polymera…
Brenneria quercina and Serratia spp. isolated from Spanish oak trees Molecular characterization and development of PCR primers
2008
Brenneria quercina has been reported as one of the causal agents of oak decline in Spain. To investigate the bacterial variability of this pathogen from different Spanish oak forests, a collection of 38 bacterial isolates from seven geographic locations and from different oak species was analysed by sequencing 16S rDNA and rep-PCR fingerprinting. All Spanish isolates of B. quercina were grouped by rep-PCR into a homogenous cluster that differed significantly from B. quercina reference strains from California. 16S rDNA analysis revealed that 34 out of 38 isolates were Brenneria. However, four isolates belonged to the genus Serratia, suggesting that this bacterium could cause cankers in oak t…
Tecnologías de secuenciación masiva y PCR digital en la detección de ADN tumoral procedente de tejido y plasma en pacientes de colon localizado
2022
El cáncer de colon se sitúa como uno de los tumores más relevantes a nivel social, con una tasa de entre el 30 y 50% de recaídas tras la resección. Como herramienta de estudio en este tumor, la biopsia líquida se ha abierto paso en diferentes ámbitos, tales como la detección de la heterogeneidad tumoral o la enfermedad mínima residual (EMR). El fundamento de esta estrategia es detectar el ADN tumoral circulante (ctDNA), que se encuentra diluido en el ADN libre circulante (cfDNA), siendo necesario el uso de tecnologías aptas para la detección a frecuencias bajo el 1%. La hipótesis de esta tesis se apoya en variantes somáticas para detectar el ctDNA y definir la heterogeneidad tumoral, la EMR…
Ympäristöestrogeeniseoksen yhteisvaikutus 20dpfZF-seeprakalan vitellogeniinigeenin ilmentymiseen
2011
Ihmisten toimesta ympäristöön joutuvien vierasaineiden vaikutukset hormonitoimintaan ovat viime vuosina herättäneet paljon keskustelua. Yksi alan tutkituimmista aihealueista on estrogeenin kaltaisesti vaikuttavien aineiden eli ympäristöestrogeenien aiheuttamat lisääntymis- ja kehityshäiriöt. Estrogeenisiä vaikutuksia voidaan tutkia monella tapaa, alkaen solutason vasteista populaatiokehitykseen. Yksi paljon käytetty molekyylimarkkeri on kalojen vitellogeniinitason mittaus. Vaikka normaalioloissa vain naaraat tuottavat vitellogeniiniä, estrogeenialtistuksen vaikutuksesta myös koiraat ja nuoret yksilöt voivat sitä tuottaa. Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkittiin kolmen ympäristöestrogeenin, bisfenol…
Mid-region PTHrP and gene expression of MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells
2007
Type V collagen is known to be over-deposited in the stroma of ductal infiltrating carcinomas of the breast. When used as a substrate, type V collagen restrains growth and invasion, and affects gene expression of 8701-BC ductal infiltrating carcinomas cells. Here we supplement existing data by demonstrating type V collagen dependent upregulation of capn2 gene expression in 8701-BC cells through differential display-PCR and Western blot assays. Furthermore, we suggest that our data obtained by centrifugal sedimentation and electrophoresis strongly suggest a correlation between calpain overproduction and DNA fragmentation, since the incubation with calpain inhibitor partly reverts the latter.