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Pharmacogenetics Of Non-Motor Symptoms In Parkinson's Disease, Brian Robertson
Pharmacogenetics Of Non-Motor Symptoms In Parkinson's Disease, Brian Robertson
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Memory deficits are recognized in Parkinson’s disease (PD). The nature of these memory deficits is unclear because few studies have both isolated memory encoding and retrieval processes while testing patients on and off their dopamine replacement medication. Previous work suggests encoding depends upon regions innervated by the ventral tegmental area, which is relatively spared in PD, while retrieval depends upon dorsal striatum, which is dopamine deficient even early in PD. We investigated the impact of a dopamine transporter (DAT1), a dopamine reuptake protein, polymorphism (a 40-base-pair variable repeat affecting expression) on encoding and retrieval in healthy, elderly controls as well …
Inheritance, Differential Expression, And Candidate Gene Analyses For Avr2 In Phytophthora Sojae, Chelsea S. Ishmael
Inheritance, Differential Expression, And Candidate Gene Analyses For Avr2 In Phytophthora Sojae, Chelsea S. Ishmael
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Phytophthora sojae is an oomycete responsible for seed, root and stem rot of soybean plants. Managing this disease relies on growing soybean cultivars with race-specific resistance (Rps) genes that deliver complete host immunity in the presence of corresponding pathogen avirulence (Avr) effector proteins. The aims of this study were to characterize virulence towards Rps2 among different P. sojae strains, track the inheritance of this trait, and attempt to identify an Avr2 gene. Fifteen P. sojae strains were tested for virulence towards Rps2 and crosses were performed between selected virulent and avirulent strains to follow the inheritance of virulence. …