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  1. The island of Crete is a biodiversity hotspot having 223 endemic vascular taxa (species and subspecies) as a result of its long isolation and the wide range of habitats it includes. We explore trends and patte...

    Authors: Viktoria Menteli, Nikos Krigas, Manolis Avramakis, Nicholas Turland and Despoina Vokou
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:10
  2. Skeletal development and its cellular function are regulated by various transcription factors. The T-box (Tbx) family of transcription factors have critical roles in cellular differentiation as well as heart a...

    Authors: Samaneh Mollazadeh, Bibi Sedigheh Fazly Bazzaz, Vajiheh Neshati, Antoine A. F. de Vries, Hojjat Naderi-Meshkin, Majid Mojarad, Zeinab Neshati and Mohammad Amin Kerachian
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:8
  3. Plectranthus edulis (Vatke) Agnew (Lamiaceae), locally known as Ethiopian potato syno. Ethiopian dinich, is one of the native Ethiopian edible tuber crops that has been significantly contributing to household foo...

    Authors: Medhin Gebrehiwet, Teklehaimanot Haileselassie, Fekadu Gadissa and Kassahun Tesfaye
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:7
  4. Herein we present the recently founded Hellenic Evolutionary Society (HEVOS) that has been recently instituted to promote evolution and scientific thinking among the Greek-speaking public. HEVOS is a timely in...

    Authors: Theodore J. Abatzopoulos, Sinos Giokas, Panayiotis Pafilis, Nikos Poulakakis, Spyros Sfenthourakis and Eleftherios Zouros
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:6
  5. During alcoholic fermentation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae synthesizes more than 400 different compounds with higher alcohols, acetate esters of higher alcohols and ethyl esters of medium-chain fatty acids being the...

    Authors: Maria Parapouli, Afroditi Sfakianaki, Nikolaos Monokrousos, Angelos Perisynakis and Efstathios Hatziloukas
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:5
  6. Hematopoiesis is a model-system for studying cellular development and differentiation. Phenotypic and functional characterization of hematopoietic progenitors has significantly aided our understanding of the m...

    Authors: Grigorios Georgolopoulos, Mineo Iwata, Nikoletta Psatha, Minas Yiangou and Jeff Vierstra
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:4
  7. A multitude of genes tightly regulate ovarian follicular development and hormone secretion. These complex and coordinated biological processes are altered during pregnancy. In order to further understand the r...

    Authors: Qing Quan, Qi Zheng, Yinghui Ling, Fugui Fang, Mingxing Chu, Xiaorong Zhang, Yong Liu and Wenyong Li
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:3
  8. Alopecia or hair loss is a complex polygenetic and psychologically devastating disease affecting millions of men and women globally. Since the gene annotation and environmental knowledge is limited for alopeci...

    Authors: Syed Aun Muhammad, Nighat Fatima, Rehan Zafar Paracha, Amjad Ali and Jake Y. Chen
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:2
  9. Postcopulatory sexual selection is very important in species with reproductive strategies that involve multiple mating and prolonged sperm storage. The sperm storage organ has been hypothesized to evolve in re...

    Authors: Alexandra Staikou and Evripidis Koemtzopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2019 26:1
  10. New treatment options are needed to prevent relapses following failed antibiotic therapies of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in humans. The concomitant therapy with an anti-C. difficile IgA containing whe...

    Authors: Christiane Schmautz, Nadine Müller, Marlene Auer, Ines Ballweg, Michael W. Pfaffl and Heike Kliem
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:20
  11. Anthocyanins are plant secondary metabolites with key roles in attracting insect pollinators and protecting against biotic and abiotic stresses. They have potential health-promoting effects as part of the huma...

    Authors: Gayatri Goswami, Ujjal Kumar Nath, Jong-In Park, Mohammad Rashed Hossain, Manosh Kumar Biswas, Hoy-Taek Kim, Hye Ran Kim and Ill-Sup Nou
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:19
  12. Doxorubicin is a widely used anticancer drug due to its broad spectrum of antitumor activity. Various mechanisms have been proposed for its cytostatic activity, including DNA intercalation, topoisomerase II in...

    Authors: Vasiliki Chondrou, Katerina Trochoutsou, Andreas Panayides, Maria Efthimiou, Georgia Stephanou and Nikos A. Demopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:17
  13. Type IV lupus nephritis (LNIV) is a severe disease characterized by diffuse proliferative lesions, and its prognosis is worse with cellular crescent (LNIV-CC) involvement. Urinary exosomes have been shown to r...

    Authors: Yi Li, Xiaosong Xu, Xiaopeng Tang, Xiuwu Bian, Bingbing Shen, Hongwen Zhao, Shiyuan Luo, Zhiwen Chen and Keqin Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:16
  14. The insect-trapping leaves of Dionaea muscipula provide a model for studying the secretory pathway of an inducible plant secretory system. The leaf glands were induced with bovine serum albumin to secrete proteas...

    Authors: Zachary R. Gergely, Dana E. Martinez, Bryon S. Donohoe, Soren Mogelsvang, Rachel Herder and L. Andrew Staehelin
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:15
  15. The Raphitomidae family in the Mediterranean Sea is under revision. Accordingly, new data are of taxonomic and comparative relevance. In this study, new material from the Hellenic Seas is presented.

    Authors: Thanasis Manousis, Constantinos Kontadakis, George Mbazios and Georgios Polyzoulis
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:14
  16. Estuaries are primary habitats that serve as feeding and nursery grounds for most juvenile marine fish. However, estuaries have been used as fishing grounds by the artisanal fishers in Tanzania. The slow-growi...

    Authors: Alistidia Paul Mwijage, Daniel Abel Shilla and John Ferdinand Machiwa
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:13
  17. Transverse cortical microtubule orientation, critical for anisotropic cell expansion, is established in the meristematic root zone. Intending to elucidate the possible prerequisites for this establishment and ...

    Authors: Emmanuel Panteris, Barbara-Evelin Diannelidis and Ioannis-Dimosthenis S. Adamakis
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:12
  18. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that play a key role in gene regulation in both plants and animals. MicroRNA biogenesis involves the enzymatic processing of a primary RNA transcript. The...

    Authors: Paschalis Natsidis, Ilias Kappas and Wojciech M. Karlowski
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:11
  19. We have recently (8th February 2018) published our article entitled “Molecular, biochemical and kinetic analysis of a novel, thermostable lipase (LipSm) from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Psi-1, the first member o...

    Authors: Maria Parapouli, Athanasios Foukis, Panagiota‑Yiolanda Stergiou, Maria Koukouritaki, Panagiotis Magklaras, Olga A. Gkini, Emmanuel M. Papamichael, Amalia‑Sofia Afendra and Efstathios Hatziloukas
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:10

    The original article was published in Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:4

  20. The barn owl, a nocturnal raptor with cosmopolitan distribution, shows a great adaptability to different environments. Regarding prey, the barn owl is a rather selective species, but if changes in the abundanc...

    Authors: Michaella Moysi, Maria Christou, Vassilis Goutner, Nikos Kassinis and Savvas Iezekiel
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:9
  21. Alcohol is one of the most commonly consumed neurotoxins by humans. Its negative effect on bone health is known for a long time. However, its impact on qualitative and quantitative 2D characteristics of the co...

    Authors: Monika Martiniakova, Anna Sarocka, Ramona Babosova, Birgit Grosskopf, Edyta Kapusta, Zofia Goc, Grzegorz Formicki and Radoslav Omelka
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:8
  22. The backbone of this endeavour consists of three major components as they appear in the title. My intention is to summarise, as explicitly as possible, both existing and novel data on the occurrence of parthen...

    Authors: Theodore J. Abatzopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:7
  23. The Hellenic Seas are influenced by on-going environmental changes and the introduction of alien species, which are expected to have an impact on their biodiversity. This study contributes to the knowledge of ...

    Authors: Thanasis Manousis, Constantinos Kontadakis, Georgios Polyzoulis, George Mbazios and Sofia Galinou-Mitsoudi
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:6
  24. Seagrass species have been recommended as biomonitors of environmental condition and as tools for phytoremediation, due to their ability to concentrate anthropogenic chemicals. This study aims to provide novel...

    Authors: Paraskevi Malea, Theodoros Kevrekidis, Konstantina-Roxani Chatzipanagiotou and Athanasios Mogias
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:5
  25. Microbial lipases catalyze a broad spectrum of reactions and are enzymes of considerable biotechnological interest. The focus of this study was the isolation of new lipase genes, intending to discover novel li...

    Authors: Maria Parapouli, Athanasios Foukis, Panagiota-Yiolanda Stergiou, Maria Koukouritaki, Panagiotis Magklaras, Olga A. Gkini, Emmanuel M. Papamichael, Amalia-Sofia Afendra and Efstathios Hatziloukas
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:4

    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:10

  26. Halophilic organisms may thrive in or tolerate high salt concentrations. They have been studied for decades and a considerable number of papers reporting new halophilic species are being published every year. ...

    Authors: Alexios Loukas, Ilias Kappas and Theodore J. Abatzopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:2
  27. Korarima (Aframomum corrorima) is a perennial and aromatic herb native and widely distributed in southwestern Ethiopia. It is known for its fine flavor as a spice in various Ethiopian traditional dishes. Few mole...

    Authors: Dagmawit Chombe and Endashaw Bekele
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2018 25:1
  28. Soybean is a common alternative protein source of plant origin in aquafeeds as it has a reasonably balanced amino acid profile and is widely available. This study aimed to investigate the influence of partial ...

    Authors: Efthimia Antonopoulou, Eleni Chouri, Konstantinos Feidantsis, Antigone Lazou and Stavros Chatzifotis
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:14
  29. Mitochondria are fundamental organelles responsible for cellular metabolism and energy production in eukaryotes via the oxidative phosphorylation pathway. Mitochondrial DNA is often used in population and spec...

    Authors: Asma Awadi
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:13
  30. Non-native species have aroused scientific interest because of their ability to successfully colonise areas to which they have been introduced, despite their sometimes limited genetic variation compared to the...

    Authors: Vendula Moravcová, Jana Moravcová, Vladislav Čurn, Zuzana Balounová, Josef Rajchard and Lenka Havlíčková
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:12
  31. Minimizing the effects of transportation on the properties of biological material is a major challenge for the scientific community. The viability of cells is important in cases where their study is urgent for...

    Authors: Panagiotis Apostolou, Dimitrios-Athanasios Ntanovasilis and Ioannis Papasotiriou
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:11
  32. Altered microRNAs expression mediates tumor development and progression in many type cancers including triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Here we detected the effect of miR-454 on cell proliferation, migrat...

    Authors: Qun Li, Jia Liu, Xianying Meng, Renzhu Pang and Jie Li
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:10
  33. Alpha 1-antitrypsin (α1-AT) may affect the susceptibility of mastitis in dairy cattle for its possible role in the protection of lactoferrin from proteolytic degradation in the mammary. Milk somatic cell score...

    Authors: Xiao-Fei Guo, Wen-Ping Hu, Xian-Zheng Lang, Qiu-Ling Li, Xiang-Yu Wang, Ran Di, Qiu-Yue Liu, Xiao-Lin Liu, Yong-Fu An and Ming-Xing Chu
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:8
  34. The pathophysiological mechanisms which lead to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) are not completely understood. Cardiac channelopathies are a well-established causative factor with long QT syndrome (LQTS) b...

    Authors: Nikolaos S. Ioakeimidis, Theodora Papamitsou, Soultana Meditskou and Zafiroula Iakovidou-Kritsi
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:6
  35. Gamma (γ) ray, an electromagnetic radiation, is occasionally accompanying the emission of an alpha or beta particle. Exposure to such radiation can cause cellular changes such as mutations, chromosome aberrati...

    Authors: Nadia Z. Shaban, Ahmed M. Ahmed Zahran, Fatma H. El-Rashidy and Ahmad S. Abdo Kodous
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:5
  36. Elucidating the patterns of the Atlantic Bluefin tuna [ABFT, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)] population structure constitutes a challenging task of great importance. Most of the unique challenges stem from its ...

    Authors: Aglaia Antoniou, Panagiotis Kasapidis, Georgios Kotoulas, Constantinos C. Mylonas and Antonios Magoulas
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:3
  37. The abundant-centre hypothesis (ACH) assumes that a species becomes more abundant at the centre of its range, where the environmental conditions are most favorable. As we move away from this centre, abundance ...

    Authors: Anastasia E. Tzortzaki, Despoina Vokou and John M. Halley
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2017 24:1
  38. Real-time cellular analysis systems enable impedance-based label-free and dynamic monitoring of various cellular events such as proliferation. In this study, we describe the effects of initial cell seeding den...

    Authors: Cigdem Selli, Yasemin Erac and Metiner Tosun
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2016 23:20
  39. In vitro plant regeneration via androgenesis or somatic embryogenesis is capable of inducing (epi)mutations that may affect sexual progenies. While epimutations are associated with DNA methylation, mutations c...

    Authors: Renata Orłowska, Joanna Machczyńska, Sylwia Oleszczuk, Janusz Zimny and Piotr Tomasz Bednarek
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2016 23:19
  40. The use of stably expressed genes as normalizers has crucial role in accurate and reliable expression analysis estimated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Recent studies have shown th...

    Authors: Seyyed Hamidreza Hashemi, Ghorbanali Nematzadeh, Gholamreza Ahmadian, Ahad Yamchi and Markus Kuhlmann
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2016 23:18
  41. Mitochondrial Eve confirms the “out of Africa” theory, but the evidence also supports interbreeding between Homo sapiens and other hominins: Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo heidelbergensis. This article explai...

    Authors: Kwang Hyun Ko
    Citation: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 2016 23:17