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The effect of kinetin and salt stress on pnp-a expression in erucastrum strigosum and arabidopsis thaliana
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
In agriculture crop productivity is greatly affected by stresses such as salinity, drought,
temperature and honnonal changes of crop plants and responses to these stresses. Studies
have shown that a natriuretic peptide ...
Design and synthesis of polycyclic amine derivatives for sigma receptor activity
(2013)
New therapeutic strategies are needed for a diverse array of poorly understood neurological impairments. These include neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, and the psychiatric ...
Investigating novel cis-acting regulatory elements involved in the regulation of heat shock response in cardiomyocytes
(2013)
Ischemic heart disease is a disease which is characterized by the reduced blood
supply to the heart. According to WHO 2013, ischemic heart disease is one of the
major causes of death globally. For this reason, it is ...
An in vitro study on the immunotoxicity of sewage effluents discharged into the Eerste River-Kuils river water catchment system
(2008)
"The aim of the study was to use in vitro human whole blood cultures to screen the water samples collected from the Eerste/Plankenbrug river system for cytotoxicity and inflammatory activity and for the first time investigate ...
The development and application of informatics-based systems for the analysis of the human transcriptome
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
Despite the fact that the sequence of the human genome is now complete it has become clear that the elucidation of the transcriptome is more complicated than previously expected. There is mounting evidence for unexpected ...
Seasonal dynamics of edaphic bacterial communities in the hyper-arid namib desert
(2012)
The Namib Desert is a hyper-arid, coastal desert with limited bioavailable water and
nutrients; characteristics which collectively impose constraints on edaphic microbial
communities. Several studies in the Namib Desert ...
Low detection of exon skipping in mouse genes orthologous to human genes on chromosome 22
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Alternative RNA splicing is one of the leading mechanisms contributing towards transcript and protein diversity. Several alternative splicing surveys have confirmed the frequent occurrence of exon skipping in human genes. ...
Bacillus licheniformis isolated from Mozambican soil capable of producing 2, 3-butanediol
(The University of the Western Cpae, 2018)
Due to the current fossil fuel sources rapidly depleting as a result of the increased global need,
alternative, sustainable and renewable sources are required. Biofuels, which are environmentally
friendly, meet all the ...
Optimizing the ion source for polarized protons
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Beams of polarized protons play an important part in the study of the spin dependence of the nuclear force by measuring the analyzing power in nuclear reactions. The source at iThemba LABS produces a beam of polarized ...
Expression and purification of the novel protein domain DWNN
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Proteins play an important role in cells, as the morphology, function and activities of the cell depend on the proteins they express. The key to understanding how different proteins function lies in an understanding of the ...