A simple and effective modified ethanol precipitation-based protocol is described for the
preparation of DNA from ancient human bones. This method is fast and requires neither
hazardous chemicals nor special devices. After the powdering and incubating of the bone …

Previous studies have provided evidence of the involvement of oxidative damage in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although the role of oxidative stress in the
aetiology of the disease is still not clear, the detection of an increased damage status in the …

A 16-20 hr postirradiation incubation with caffeine enhances X-ray killing of rodent and
human cells. Cells tested were Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1), lung (CHL), V79, mouse
L, HeLa S3, human fibroblasts (AF288, TC171, FS9, CRL1166), and a human-hamster …

The regulation of growth cone actin dynamics is a critical aspect of axonal growth control.
Among the proteins that are directly involved in the regulation of actin dynamics, actin
nucleation factors play a pivotal role by promoting the formation of novel actin filaments …

HeLa cells were fused with protoplasts of carrot (Daucus carota) by the use of polyethylene
glycol as fusion agent. The two types of nuclei can be recognized in the heterokaryon by
their differential staining ability and by the tritium labelling of HeLa cells. Seventy‐two hours …

The Hungarian language belongs to the Finno‐Ugric branch of the Uralic family, but
Hungarian speakers have been living in Central Europe for more than 1000 years,
surrounded by speakers of unrelated Indo‐European languages. In order to study the …

Study Design. A genetic association study was performed on 126 patients with adolescent
idiopathic scoliosis and 197 healthy controls from independent Hungarian pedigrees.
Objective. To reveal implication of promoter polymorphisms of bone morphogenetic protein …

The native l-serine deaminase (l-serine hydrolyase, deaminating, EC 4.2. 1.13) of
Escherichia coli K-12, which seems to be a very labile protein, is rather stable in
concentrated solution. Dilution rapidly inactivates it, but in the presence of a saturating …

The polymorphism of apolipoprotein E (apoE) has been recognized as a genetic risk factor
in different neurodegenerative disorders, with or without tau protein-related neuropathology,
but few published epidemiological data are available as concerns the association of …

Introduction–The regulatory role of apolipoprotein E in lipid transport and metabolism was
utilized to investigate the allelic association between the apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4) allele
and vascular dementia (VD) in a selected sample of Hungarian patients with multiple deep …