ARAB JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume 4 Number 1 January 2001

Antimicrobial Products

• Bioactivity of natural compounds from some Egyptian higher plants: 1- Isolation, purification and some properties of antimicrobial compounds from romman (Punica granatum) peels.
  A. L. Kansoh, S. T. El-Sayed and E. W. Jwanny
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• Antifungal activity of some polyamide polymers.
  Y. A. G. Mahmoud, E.R. Kenawy and M. H. El-Newehy
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Molecular Biology

• Molecular characterization of the Egyptian strain (Iman) of BVDV and its RNA synthesis in cell culture.
  H. A. Hussein
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• Cloning and expression of phospholipase D gene from three different isolates of C. pseudotuberculosis.
  M.A. Ghoneim, A.S. Amin, A.K. Ibrahim, A. Khafagy, M. A. Warda and S.A. Selim
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• Serological and molecular characterization of an Egyptian isolate of banana-cucumber mosaic cucumovirus.
  A.S. Sadik, M.I. Salama, I.A. Abdel-Hamid and M.A. Madkour
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• Molecular fingerprinting of newly developed soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) cultivars.
  M.H. Hussein, H.T. Mahfouz, F.M. El-Domyati, Z.A. El-Fikey and H.A. Hussein
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Plant Genetics

• The genetic basis of resistance to broomrape (Orobanche crenata, Forsk) in faba bean (Vicia faba L.).
  H.A. Hussein, D.A. El-Kadi, R.E. Moghaieb, M.H. Hussein and K. Fujita
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Plant Pathology

• Use of compost formulations fortified with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria to control root-rot diseases in some vegetables grown in plastic-houses.
  W.M. Haggag and M.S.M., Saber
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• Differentiation-related proteins of the wheat yellow rust fungus (Puccinia striiformis) as revealed by high resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
  M.M. Saber and M.A. Shallan
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Tissue Culture

• Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.).
  S.A. Bekheet, M.M. Saker, H.S. Taha and H. A. Moursy
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• In vitro morphogenesis of globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.).
  M.K. El-Bahr, Kh. A. Okasha and S.A. Bekheet
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• Effect of fresh water cyanobacterial extracts on alkaloid production of the in vitro Solanum elaeagnifolium tissue culture.
  S.M.M. Shanab
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