Volume 14, Issue 2 (2014) | OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

COMBINATION OF CONVENTIONAL AND IN-SILICO APPROACH FOR IDENTIFYING AN INDUSTRIALLY IMPORTANT ISOLATE OF AEROMONAS

Thungri Ghoshal — 2014-02-26

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 26 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.70.83

Ammonia is required for various commercial applications while its production by standard process is immensely energy intense. Dairy industry on the other hand produces huge volume of effluent needing ...

CYTOTOXICITY AND MODE OF CELL DEATH INDUCED BY TRIPHENYLTIN (IV) COMPOUNDS IN VITRO

Normah Awang — 2014-03-15

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 15 March 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.84.93

A series of newly synthesized organotin (IV) with N-alkyl-N-phenyldithiocarbamate ligands namely triphenyltin (IV) ethylphenyldithiocarbamate (compound 1) and triphenyltin (IV) butylphenyldithiocarbam...

DRYING METHODS AND THEIR IMPLICATION ON QUALITY, QUANTITY AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF LAURUS NOBILIS L. FROM MOROCCO

Khadija Dahak — 2014-03-20

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 20 March 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.94.101

The effects of various methods of drying on the chemical quality and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Laurus nobilis were studied. The most prominent component in the air-dried, fresh le...

ATRA AS A POTENTIAL ANTIMETASTATIC AGENT IN COLORECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA

Robert Edwards — 2014-03-26

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 26 March 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.102.107

The family of Retinoic acid compounds have long been the subject of intense study and interest as chemo prophylactic agents. This dates back to their therapeutic effect in leukoplakia Where ATRA was s...

DESIGN OF CANDIDA ANTARCTICA LIPASE B THERMOSTABILITY IMPROVEMENT BY INTRODUCING EXTRA DISULFIDE BOND INTO THE ENZYME

Usman Sumo Friend Tambunan — 2014-04-18

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 18 April 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.108.118

Candida Antarctica Lipase B (CALB) is extensively studied in enzymatic production of biodiesel, pharmaceutical products, detergents and other chemicals. One drawback of using CALB is its relatively lo...

CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENETIC DETERMINISM OF THE SHEEP’S MILK QUALITY. RACE INFLUENCE (HAMRA AND OULED DJELLAL) ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND PROTEIN PROFILE

A. Ameur Ameur — 2014-06-18

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 18 June 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.119.126

In order to study the race effect on the physico-chemical characteristics and protein profile, two sheep or ovine breeds Hamra and Ouled Djellal were raised in the same condition sat the ITELV (Nation...

THE VOCALIZATION MECHANISM OF THE FLORIDA MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS)

Charles J. Grossman — 2014-06-25

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 25 June 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.127.149

The mechanism by which Florida manatees produce vocalizations is unknown. Anatomically, the laryngeal region in manatees lacks clearly defined vocal folds. Initially we developed a method to visualize...

PROBABILISTIC PREDICTING IN SPEECH IN DISTRESS AND AT THE NEUROTIC DISORDERS

Marina M. Solobutina — 2014-06-25

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 25 June 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.150.154

The present article provides the results obtained in course of the empirical investigation on the probabilistic predicting in the speech activity. The aim of the research was to show the nature of int...

HOMOLOGY MODELING AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDIES OF EC1 DOMAIN OF VE-CADHERIN TO ELUCIDATE DOCKING INTERACTION WITH CADHERIN-DERIVED PEPTIDE

Vivitri Dewi Prasasty — 2014-06-25

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 25 June 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.155.162

VE-cadherin is a protein in the cadherin family that is found at the adherens junctions of the microvessel endothelial cells of the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). It is recognized as the homotypic cell ad...

NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL METHOD FOR EPIDERMAL THICKNESS ESTIMATION

Adrian Pena — 2014-06-25

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 25 June 2014; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2014.163.166

A non-invasive method to determine epidermal thickness from the intensity of transmitted visible light is proposed. A simple model for passing light through the epidermis layers, then measuring what i...