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The effect of diet on the mucus histochemistry and adjacent histology of the digestive tract in Vervet monkeys.
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)
There is a need for defined models of human nutritional disorders partly because serious misconceptions about models are common amongst researchers. Historically a large variety of species has been used including primates, ...
The effect of maternal nicotine exposure on rat lung tissue morphology. ' a light and electron microscopic study
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
The infants of women who smoke during pregnancy have a lower birth mass than those born of women who abstain. Animal studies reveal that reduced growth due to maternal nicotine exposure during gestation is accompanied by ...
Parameters affecting the production of fumonisin B1 by fusarium verticillioides in culture
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)
Fi1sarium verticillioides is a very important mycotoxin-produeing fungus associated with maize. Fverticillioides produces a group of mycotoxins known as fumonisins under suitable environmental conditions. A series of studies ...
Identification of novel microRNAs as potential biomarkers for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer using an in-silico approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most fatal gynaecologic malignancy that is generally diagnosed in
the advanced stages, resulting in a low survival rate of about 40%. This emphasizes the need
to identify a biomarker that can ...
Listeria in food and water in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)
Listeria are glam positive non-spong rods that were found in diverse environments including water, seafood, dairy products and vegetables. Outbreaks of listeriosis due to the consumption of foods contaminated L.monocytogenes, ...
Adenine nucleotides and selected chemical Parameters as potential markers for fertility assessment
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)
Diagnostic andrology with its descriptive approach to the diagnosis of defective sperm for the last 40 years has focused mainly on the macro- and microscopic appearance of the ejaculate. More emphasis has recently been ...
Cloning and sequence analysis of the gene coding for a Leuconostoe Bacteriocin
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)
Previous studies have shown that Leuconostoc (Lc.) carnosum Tal la produces a bacteriocin that has been designated leucocin B-Tal la [Papathanasopoulos, 1993, M.Sc thesis, University of the Witwatersrandl. Leucocin B-Talla ...
Bioinformatics and polymerase chain reaction: Tools to determine the host specificity of Salmonella typhi murium
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The nucleotide primer pair, Redl and Red2, was designed from the nucleotide
sequence obtained from the NCBI database (Fig. 2.1). This nucleotide sequence
encodes for the Salmonella typhimurium invasion gene D protein ...
An assessment of the virulence of listeria spp. isolated from raw milk and raw chicken
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)
Listeria a f~rn__e pathogen is the etiological agent of the deadly
disease listeriosis. Although, the virulence traits of international isolates of
Listeria are well studied, nothing is known about the virulence traits ...
The identification of regulatory Elements in pseudomonas aeruginosa and p. putida responsive to specific heavy metals.
(University of Western Cape, 1999)
Heavy metals constitute a group of about sixty-five elements having a density greater
than five (Gadd and Griffiths, 1978). Some metals, for example lead, copper, and nickel
are extremely precious and profitable to man ...