Browsing Τμήμα Βιολογικών Επιστημών / Department of Biological Sciences by Title
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Autosomal-dominant medullary cystic kidney disease type 1: Clinical and molecular findings in six large Cypriot familiesAAA
(2002)Background. Autosomal-dominant medullary cystic kidney disease (ADMCKD), a hereditary chronic interstitial nephropathy, recently attracted attention because of the cloning or mapping of certain gene loci, namely NPHP1, ...
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Bacterial cupredoxin azurin as an inducer of apoptosis and regression in human breast cancer
(2004)Azurin, a copper-containing redox protein released by the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is highly cytotoxic to the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7, but is less cytotoxic toward p53-negative (MDA-MB-157) ...
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The bacterial metabolite 2-aminoacetophenone promotes association of pathogenic bacteria with flies
(2014)Bacteria contaminate insects and secrete metabolites that may affect insect behaviour and potentially fitness through unknown mechanisms. Here we show that the 'grape-like' odorant 2-aminoacetophenone (2AA), secreted by ...
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Balanced translocations for the analysis of imprinted regions of the mouse genome.
(2001)Experimental studies that investigate the functional and mechanistic properties of an imprinted locus require material in which the two parental chromosome homologs can be easily distinguished. The use of animals with ...
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A base substitution at IVS-19 3′-end splice junction causes exon 20 skipping in proα2(I) collagen mRNA and produces mild osteogenesis imperfecta
(1994)Molecular investigations on a young patient and her family were undertaken to identify the molecular defect responsible for a mild form of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) with blue sclerae, dentinogenesis imperfecta and joint ...
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Bcl-2 blocks 2-methoxyestradiol induced leukemia cell apoptosis by a p27Kip1-dependent G1/S cell cycle arrest in conjunction with NF-κB activation
(2009)2-Methoxyestradiol (2-ME2) induces leukemia cells to undergo apoptosis in association with Bcl-2 inactivation but the mechanisms whereby Bcl-2 contributes to protection against programmed cell death in this context remain ...
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Betulinic acid reduces ultraviolet-C-induced DNA breakage in congenital melanocytic naeval cells: Evidence for a potential role as a chemopreventive agent
(2001)Melanoma transformation progresses in a multistep fashion from precursor lesions such as congenital naevi. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light promotes this process. Betulinic acid (BA) was identified by our group as a ...
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Between-island compositional dissimilarity of avian communities
(2014)Compositional dissimilarity patterns of biotic communities can vary among different types of insular systems and among taxa with different dispersal abilities. In this work we examined compositional dissimilarity patterns ...
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Beyond the histone tail: acetylation at the nucleosome dyad commands transcription.
(2013)Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of histones have been implicated in cellular processes such as transcription, replication and DNA repair. These processes normally involve dynamic changes in chromatin structure and ...
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Biodiversity patterns of terrestrial isopods from two island groups in the Aegean Sea (Greece): Species-area relationship, small island effect, and nestedness
(2008)Although almost one third of Aegean islands have an area smaller than 1 km2, very few studies have concentrated on this spatial Scale. We investigate biodiversity patterns of terrestrial isopods in 2 island groups (Kalymnos ...
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A biogeographical analysis of Greek Oniscidean endemism
(1998)Despite our incomplete knowledge of Greek Oniscidea, a great number of species have already been described, of which 69% are endemic. This unusually high percentage of endemics is a result of intense speciation triggered ...
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A biogeographical analysis of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the central Aegean islands (Greece)
(1996)Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of forty-three central Aegean islands and islets are analysed from a biogeographical point of view. The oniscid fauna consists of sixty-nine species, thirty-two genera anti fourteen ...
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Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas
(Broken Hill Publishers, 2018)
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Biogeography of body size in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea)
(2016)This study tries to unveil the contribution of climatic shift in shaping the extreme body size diversity in terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea). Trying to explain size variation at an interspecific level, we test five hypotheses: ...
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Biogeography of Greek terrestrial isopods
(Broken Hill Publishers, 2018)
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BioTextQuest+: A knowledge integration platform for literature mining and concept discovery
(2014)The iterative process of finding relevant information in biomedical literature and performing bioinformatics analyses might result in an endless loop for an inexperienced user, considering the exponential growth of scientific ...
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BioTextQuest+: a knowledge integration platform for literature mining and concept discovery
(2015)
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Birdsong tuned to the environment: Green hylia song varies with elevation, tree cover, and noise
(2009)Animals that communicate acoustically must compete for acoustic space in order to convey their signals effectively. Tropical rainforest birds live in an extremely diverse acoustic community consisting of other birds, ...
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Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) protects against menadione-induced DNA damage through scavenging of reactive oxygen species: Bioassay-directed isolation and characterization of active principles
(2002)The roots/rhizomes of Cimicifuga racemosa L. (Nutt.) (black cohosh) have traditionally been used to treat menopausal symptoms through an unknown mechanism of action. In an effort to determine if black cohosh had additional ...
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Breast Cancer Epigenetics
(Elsevier Inc., 2015)The molecular mechanisms underlying the development and progression of breast cancer are far from being understood. It is obvious that the initiation of breast cancer as well as its transition toward distinct breast cancer ...