Prospects in Bioscience: Addressing the Issues

1. Fish-Processing Industrial Effluent Characterization and Partitioning of Proteins Using Aqueous Two-Phase System
H. Nagaraja Viswanatha, I. Regupathi

2. Bioremediation of Zinc Using Bacillus sp. Isolated from Metal-Contaminated Industrial Zone
M. P. Krishna, Rinoy Varghese, V. Arun Babu, S. Jyothy, A. A. Mohamed Hatha

3. Evaluation of Bryophyte Protein-Based Defense Against Selected Phytophagous Insects
Remya Krishnan, K. Murugan

4. A Novel Algorithm for Prediction of Hub Proteins from Primary Structure in Eukaryotic Proteome Using Dipeptide Compositional Skew Information and Amino Acid Sequence Likeness
B. L. Aswathi, Baharak Goli, Renganayaki Govindarajan, Achuthsankar S. Nair

5. Naïve Bayes-Based Classification for Short Microbial Genes Using Chaos Game Representation
Baharak Goli, B. L. Aswathi, Achuthsankar S. Nair

6. PCR-RFLP of 16S rRNA Gene for Identification of Speciation of Meat of Porcine Origin in Processed and Admixed Meat
Anjana Sharma, Shiv Kumar, Neha Sharma, Deepak Sharma

7. A Novel HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor from Methanolic Extract of Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb.) Planch
K. S. Arun, Anu Augustine

8. Optimisation of Cultural and Nutritional Parameters for the Production of Protease from Newly Isolated Bacterial Strain Bacillus SDR 10
Dinta Daniel, B. S. Rakhi, S. Subramaniyan, G. S. Sandhia

9. Identification of a PPAR Delta Agonist: An In Silico Approach Towards Drug Design for Metabolic Syndrome
Serena D’Souza, Uma Maheshwari, Santhosh Rebello, Asha Abraham

10. Preliminary Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Activity of Ethanolic Extract of Pittosporum viridulum Stem Bark
C. T. Sadashiva, Satheesh George, Nitha Balan, U. Prakash Kumar, Indira Balachandran

11. Biochemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Monochoria vaginalis Presl.
S. Pradeesh, G. Nair Archana, M. Devi Chinmayee, C. S. Sarika, I. Mini, T. S. Swapna

12. Assessment of Genotypic Variability for Growth, Biophysical Parameters, Yield and Yield-Attributing Characters Under Drought Stress in Cotton
B. C. Patil, A. G. Babu, K. N. Pawar

13. Study of Serum Immunoglobulin Levels: Complements C3 and C4 in Vitiligo Patients in Northern India
Usha Singh, Suman Singh, S. S. Pandey

14. Evaluation of Antimicrobial Potential of an Invasive Weed Amaranthus spinosus L.
A. Mary Sheeba, S. R. Deepthi, I. Mini

15. Evolutionary Genomics of Avian MHC BLB2 Gene by Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis
Sudina Kizhakkayil, Arun Raveendran, E. Jayadevi Variyar

16. Phytoremediation of Cadmium Using Pteris sp.
Sudha Sajeev, P. V. Ramya, B. C. Sunitha, J. S. Melo, Smitha Hegde

17. Seasonal Variation of Spore Density and Root Colonisation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Crop Plants in Relation to Soil Edaphic Factors
Deepake Ujwala Sheshrao, G. Gyananath

18. Computational Studies on Structural Basis of Isoniazid Resistance in Tuberculosis
Vidhyasree Rajasekharan, J. Abhithaj, G. Renganayaki, Vipin Thomas

19. Phylogenetic Analysis of Few Actinobacteria with Potential Antimicrobial Properties, Isolated from the Forest Soils of Western Ghats of Kerala
Sugathan Shiburaj, Sreenivasan Preethi

20. Binding of Apolipoprotein A-1 to Jacalin-Sepharose in a Sugar-Dependent Manner
P. Priya, V. M. Kannan

21. Morphological Basis for Identification of Cup Quality Characteristics in F1 Hybrids Derived from Coffea arabica L. Crosses
Anil Kumar, S. Ganesh, K. Basavraj, M. K. Mishra, Jayarama

22. Microbial Transformation of Rifamycin by a Bacterial Strain Chryseobacterium Species
A. H. Jobanputra, B. A. Karode

23. Isolation, Molecular Characterization and Expression of a New Cry3a Gene from Native Isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis and Its Toxicity Against Asian Grey Weevil Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
H. M. Mahadeva Swamy, R. Asokan, Geetha G. Thimmegowda, Riaz Mahmood, Dilip K. Arora

24. Characteristics of a Newly Isolated Bacterium for Decolorization of Textile Dyes
Joshni T. Chacko, S. Kalidass, Lubna Lukman

25. Analysis of the Pathway of Phenol Biodegradation by Alcaligenes sp. d2

Merlin Antony, Indu C. Nair, K. Jayachandran

26. Improvement of Vermicompost: Influence of Feeding Materials and Inoculation of Nitrogen-Fixing and Phosphate-Solubilising Bacteria
Md. Nasim Ali, S. Chakraborty, Prosanta Saha, Niladri Lodh

27. Development of SSR Markers and Genetic Variability in Physiological Traits in Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc)
R. Beena, M. S. Sheshshayee, J. N. Madhura, T. G. Prasad, M. Udayakumar

28. Biochemical Characterization of Oxidative Burst During Interaction Between Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) in Response to Alternaria sesami

A. S. Lubaina, K. Murugan

29. Mass Spectrometric Characterization of a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide Isolated from Clitoria ternatea

Neethu Ajayakumar, Walter Schrenk, Bipin G. Nair, Sudarslal Sadasivan Nair

30. A Novel Plate Assay System for Screening of Antimicrobial Agents and β-Lactamase Inhibitors from Natural Sources
S. Prasanth, Shahana Valsan, Ambika Devi, D. S. Preethidan, M. Haridas, Abdulhameed Sabu

31. Diurnal Phototactic Migration of Phytoplankton in Cochin Waters and Its Correlation with Limiting Nutrient Flux
M. Ratheesh Kumar, V. S. Sudhanandh, A. K. Faisal, S. Raj Vishnu, R. Shibu, M. I. Sreejith, K. Anoop Krishnan

32. Cryo-preservation of Pollen for Hybrid Seed Production in Hot Pepper
Rakesh C. Mathad, S. N. Vasudevan, S. B. Patil

33. Evaluation of Pseudomonas sp. VSMKU-4046 for Suppression of Sheath Blight (ShB) of Rice in Detached Leaf Assay
C. Sathish Kumar, H. Harikrishnan, R. Charulatha, V. Shanmugaiah

34. Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Activities of Jellyfish (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) Venom
K. Suganthi, S. Bragadeeswaran

35.
Diplazium esculentum: A Wild Nutrient-Rich Leafy Vegetable from Western Ghats
G. Nair Archana, S. Pradeesh, M. Devi Chinmayee, I. Mini, T. S. Swapna

36.
Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation and Somatic Embryogenesis from Leaf Callus of Hevea brasiliensis: Effect of Silver Nitrate
R. G. Kala, V. Abraham, S. Sobha, P. K. Jayasree, A. M. Suni, A. Thulaseedharan

37. Immunoinformatics Prediction and Structure-Based Modeling of HLA-II Binding Epitopes of Iron Surface Determinant B (IsdB) Protein of Staphylococcus aureus

Francis Dileep, Surekha Kuyyalil

38. Damage Assessment of the Gall Mite Aceria pongamiae Keifer 1966 (Acari: Eriophyidae) on Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
P. N. M. Nasareen, Y. Shibu Vardhanan, N. Ramani

39.
Streptomyces sp.VSMGT1014-Mediated Antifungal Activity Against Fungal Plant Pathogens
H. Harikrishnan, V. Shanmugaiah

40. Taxonomic Significance of Foliar Micromorphology and Their Systematic Relevance in the Genus Solanum (Solanaceae)
V. S. Anil Kumar, K. Murugan

41. Investigation of Functional Microbial Diversity and Related Abiotic Factors in Coastal and Desert Ecosystem of Gujarat
D. Biswas, A. Mandal, H. Akbari, N. Munshi

42. Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on the Anti-oomycetous Activity of Paromomycin Targeted Against Pythium Tubulin
A. K. Resna, C. Geethu, S. Sumna, U. C. Jaleel, R. Aswati Nair

43. Prenatal Genetic Studies on Intrauterine Growth Retardation
P. Jisha, R. Manikkumar, D. Dinesh Roy, K. Ittyavirah Alex

44. Performance of West African Dwarf Sheep Fed with Selected Tropical Roughage Sources: Rumen Microbial Analysis and Nutrient Utilization
O. A. Isah, R. M. Akinbode

45. Reproductive Toxicity of Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight and Arn and Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski Extracts on Culex pipiens Linn. (Diptera: Culicidae)
E. Pushpalatha, D. Aiswarya, E. K. Sharihan, B. K. P. Priya

46. Epidemiological Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolated from Kerala Using Phage Typing
J. Jeshina, Kuyyalil Surekha

47. Hypolipidemic Effect of Methanol Fraction of Acorus calamus Linn. in Diet-Induced Obese Rats
K. S. Arun, Anu Augustine

48. Biotyping and Phage Typing of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Isolates from Kerala, South India
N. Ayana, Kuyyalil Surekha

49. Lymphocyte Teamwork in Tumor Rejection
Anil Shanker

50. Biosorption of Nickel (II) from Aqueous Solution Using Bacillus laterosporus

Rajeswari M. Kulkarni, G. Srinikethan, K. Vidya Shetty

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