Search Results - "Dijkstra, Camelia"
-
1
Microgravity simulation by diamagnetic levitation: effects of a strong gradient magnetic field on the transcriptional profile of Drosophila melanogaster
Published in BMC genomics (01-02-2012)“…Many biological systems respond to the presence or absence of gravity. Since experiments performed in space are expensive and can only be undertaken…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
Meristematic cell proliferation and ribosome biogenesis are decoupled in diamagnetically levitated Arabidopsis seedlings
Published in BMC plant biology (05-09-2013)“…Cell growth and cell proliferation are intimately linked in the presence of Earth's gravity, but are decoupled under the microgravity conditions present in…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
Establishment of Withania somnifera Hairy Root Cultures for the Production of Withanolide A
Published in Journal of integrative plant biology (01-08-2008)“…Withania sominifera (Indian ginseng) was transformed by Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Explants from seedling roots, stems, hypocotyls, cotyledonary nodal segments,…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
Diamagnetic levitation enhances growth of liquid bacterial cultures by increasing oxygen availability
Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (06-03-2011)“…Diamagnetic levitation is a technique that uses a strong, spatially varying magnetic field to reproduce aspects of weightlessness, on the Earth. We used a…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
Effect of magnetically simulated zero-gravity and enhanced gravity on the walk of the common fruitfly
Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (07-07-2012)“…Understanding the effects of gravity on biological organisms is vital to the success of future space missions. Previous studies in Earth orbit have shown that…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
usefulness of the gfp reporter gene for monitoring Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of potato dihaploid and tetraploid genotypes
Published in Plant cell reports (01-05-2007)“…Potato is one of the main targets for genetic improvement by gene transfer. The aim of the present study was to establish a robust protocol for the genetic…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Bacillus thuringiensis conjugation in simulated microgravity
Published in Astrobiology (01-10-2009)“…Spaceflight experiments have suggested a possible effect of microgravity on the plasmid transfer among strains of the Gram-positive Bacillus thuringiensis, as…”
Get more information
Journal Article -
8
Germination of Arabidopsis Seed in Space and in Simulated Microgravity: Alterations in Root Cell Growth and Proliferation
Published in Microgravity science and technology (01-11-2009)“…Changes have been reported in the pattern of gene expression in Arabidopsis on exposure to microgravity. Plant cell growth and proliferation are functions that…”
Get full text
Journal Article