• Molecular detection of bovine Noroviruses in Argentinean dairy calves : circulation of a tentative new genotype 

      Ferragut, Fátima; Vega, Celina Guadalupe; Mauroy, Axel; Conceição-Neto, Nádia; Zeller, Mark; Heylen, Elisabeth; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo; Bilbao, Gladys; Bok, Marina; Matthijnssens, Jelle; Thiry, Etienne; Badaracco, Alejandra; Parreño, Gladys Viviana (2016)
      Bovine noroviruses are enteric pathogens detected in fecal samples of both diarrheic and non-diarrheic calves from several countries worldwide. However, epidemiological information regarding bovine noroviruses is still ...
    • Dissecting maize diversity in lowland South America : genetic structure and geographic distribution models 

      Bracco, Mariana; Cascales, Jimena; Camara Hernández, Julián; Poggio, Lidia; Gottlieb, Alexandra Marina; Lia, Veronica Viviana (2016)
      Background: Maize landraces from South America have traditionally been assigned to two main categories: Andean and Tropical Lowland germplasm. However, the genetic structure and affiliations of the lowland gene pools have ...
    • Ciliate protozoa of the forestomach of llamas (Lama glama) from locations at different altitude in Argentina 

      Ceron Cucchi, Maria Esperanza; Marcoppido, Gisela Ariana; Morici, Gabriel Edgardo; Cravero, Silvio Lorenzo Pedro; Dekker, Anna; Fondevila, Manuel; De La Fuente, Gabriel (2016)
      This study describes the diversity and concentration of the protozoal population from the forestomach of llamas in Argentina at three altitudinal locations. Protozoal diversity was studied in samples from eight llamas from ...
    • Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 

      McAloose, Denise; Rago, María Virginia; Di Martino, Matías; Chirife, Andrea; Olson, Sarah; Beltramino, Lucas; Pozzi, Luciana Melina; Musmeci, Luciana; La Sala, Luciano Francisco; Mohamed, Nadia; Sala, Juan Emilio; Bandieri, Lucas; Andrejuk, Julian; Tomaszewicz, Ania; Seimon, Tracie; Sironi, Mariano; Samartino, Luis Ernesto; Rowntree, Victoria; Uhart, Marcela M. (2016)
      Between 2003 and 2012, 605 southern right whales (SRW; Eubalaena australis) were found dead along the shores of Península Valdés (PV), Argentina. These deaths included alarmingly high annual losses between 2007 and 2012, ...
    • An experimental reproduction of necrotic enteritis In broiler chickens 

      Redondo, Leandro Martí­n; Redondo, Enzo Alejandro; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; La Sala, Luciano Francisco; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (2016)
      Clostridium perfringens is the main causative agent of avian necrotic enteritis (NE), an enteric infectious disease considered among the most important diseases in the poultry industry. Currently, there are numerous reports ...
    • In vitro propagation of Lippia integrifolia (Griseb.) Hier. and detection of genetic instability through ISSR markers of in vitro-cultured plants. 

      Escandon, Alejandro Salvio; Aguirre, Eduardo Del Valle; Coviella, Maria Andrea; Iannicelli, Jesica; Perez De La Torre, Mariana; Elechosa, Miguel Angel; van Baren, Catalina María; Pacheco, Maria Gabriela (2016)
      Aromatic and medicinal plants have been traditionally harvested from the wild and, in Argentina, they have been exploited without any major limitation. In vitro plant propagation is an easy and inexpensive method to obtain ...
    • Characterization of a new Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus variant causing epizootic on a previously unreported host, Helicoverpa gelotopoeon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) 

      Ferrelli, Maria Leticia; Taibo, Catalina Beatriz; Fichetti, Patricia; Sciocco, Alicia Ines; Arneodo Larochette, Joel Demian (2016)
      This paper reports the first biological and molecular characterization of a nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from the soybean and cotton pest Helicoverpa gelotopoeon. Studies were performed following a virus outbreak in a ...
    • Genotoxic effects induced by Cd+2, Cr+6, Cu+2 in the Gill and Liver of Odontesthes bonariensis (Piscies, Atherinopsidae) 

      Gasulla, Javier; Carriquiriborde, Pedro; Picco, Sebastian Julio; Ronco, Alicia Estela; de Luca, Julio Cesar (2016)
      Genotoxic effects of Cd?2, Cr?6, and Cu?2 on the gill and liver of the Argentinean Silverside (Odontesthes bonariensis) were studied using the comet assay and in relation with the metal tissue accumulation. Fish were exposed ...
    • Desarrollo de inmunocromatografías para el diagnóstico de leptospirosis y neosporosis bovina 

      Montenegro, Valeria Noely; Varni, Vanina Delia; Nagel, Ariel Gaston; Jaramillo Ortiz, Jose Manuel; Paoletta, Martina; De La Fourniere, Sofia Ana María; Macoretta, Christian Leandro; Moore, Prando Dadin; Brihuega, Bibiana Felicitas; Caimi, Karina Cynthia; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth (2016)
      Los abortos en el ganado bovino implican pérdidas económicas en la industria pecuaria; los agentes infecciosos son una de las principales causas asociadas. Entre las diversas enfermedades identificadas en nuestro país como ...
    • Hydrophilic antioxidants from Andean tomato landraces assessed by their bioactivities in vitro and in vivo 

      Di Paola Naranjo, Romina Daniela; Otaiza, Santiago; Saragusti, Alejandra Cristina; Baroni, María Verónica; Carranza, Andrea del Valle; Peralta, Iris Edith; Valle, Estela Marta; Carrari, Fernando; Asis, Ramón (2016)
      Potential nutraceutical properties of hydrophilic antioxidants in fruits of tomato landraces collected in Andean valleys were characterised. Antioxidant metabolites were measured by HPLC-DAD-MS/MS in mature fruits and their ...
    • Phylogeographic analysis of the 2000-2002 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Argentina 

      Brito, Barbara Patricia; Konig, Guido Alberto; Cabanne, Gustavo Sebastian; Perez Beascoechea, Claudia; Rodriguez, Luis; Perez, Andres (2016)
      Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly transmissible disease of hooved livestock. Although FMD has been eradicated from many countries, economic and social consequences of FMD reintroductions are devastating. After ...
    • Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of apis mellifera 

      Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Parreño, María Alejandra; Liendo, María Clara; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Spivak, Marla; Palacio, Marí­a Alejandra (2016)
      Hygienic behaviour is a complex trait that gives Apis mellifera L. resistance against brood diseases. Variability in the expression of hygienic behaviour is evidenced at the colonylevel and is explained by the proportion ...
    • Development of RT-qPCR assays for the specific identification of two major genotypes of avian infectious bronchitis virus 

      Marandino, Ana; Tomás, Gonzalo; Hernández, Martín; Panzera, Yanina; Craig, Marí­a Isabel; Vagnozzi, Ariel Eduardo; Vera, Federico Sebastian; Techera, Claudia; Grecco, Sofía; Banda, Alejandro; Hernández, Diego; Pérez, Ruben (2016)
      Infectious bronchitis virus (Gammacoronavirus, Coronaviridae) is a genetically variable RNA virus (27.6kb) that causes one of the most persistent respiratory disease in poultry. The virus is classified in genotypes with ...
    • Modeling tobacco mosaic virus proliferation in protoplasts 

      Merchuk, Jose C.; Sánchez Mirón, Asterio; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Shacham, Mordechai (2016)
      The tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is one of the most studied viruses. It is frequently used as a model in the research of virus-host interactions. The interest in understanding the mechanism of its proliferation stems basically ...
    • Development of a construct-based risk assessment framework for genetic engineered crops 

      Becker, M.P.; Boari, P.; Burachik, Moisés; Cuadrado, V.; Junco, Mariano; Lede, S.; Lema, Martín; Lewi, Dalia Marcela; Maggi, Andrés; Meoniz,Ignacio Alberto; Noe, G.; Roca, Cecilia; Robredo, Claudio Gabriel; Rubinstein, Clara; Vicien, Carmen; Whelan, Agustina (2016)
      Experience gained in the risk assessment (RA) of genetically engineered (GE) crops since their first experimental introductions in the early nineties, has increased the level of familiarity with these breeding methodologies ...
    • Development and evaluation of a new lateral flow assay for simultaneous detection of antibodies against African horse sickness and equine infectious anemia viruses 

      Costa, Sofia; Sastre, Patricia; Pérez, Teresa; Tapia, Istar; Barrandeguy, Maria Edith; Sanchez-Vizcaino, José Manuel; Sanchez-Matamoros, Almudena; Wigdorovitz, Andres; Sanz, Antonio; Rueda, Paloma (2016)
      African horse sickness (AHS) and equine infectious anemia (EIA) are both notifiable equid specific diseases that may present similar clinical signs. Considering the increased global movement of horses and equine products ...
    • Allelic differences in a vacuolar invertase affect Arabidopsis growth at early plant development 

      Coluccio Leskow, Carla; Dominguez, Pia Guadalupe; Díaz Zirpolo, José Antonio; Obata, Toshihiro; Kamenetzky, Laura; Costa, Hernán; Taboga, Oscar Alberto; Marti, Hector Ruben; Keurentjes, Joost; Sulpice, Ronan; Ishihara, Hirofumi; Stitt, Mark; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Carrari, Fernando (2016)
      Improving carbon fixation in order to enhance crop yield is a major goal in plant sciences. By quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping, it has been demonstrated that a vacuolar invertase (vac-Inv) plays a key role in ...
    • Pollen-specific aquaporins NIP4;1 and NIP4;2 are required for pollen development and pollination in Arabidopsis thaliana 

      Perez Di Giorgio, Juliana Andrea; Bienert, Gerd Patrick; Ayub, Nicolás Daniel; Yaneff, Agustín; Barberini, María Laura; Mecchia, Martín Alejandro; Amodeo, Gabriela; Soto, Gabriela Cinthia; Muschietti, Jorge Prometeo (2016)
      In flowers with dry stigmas, pollen development, pollination, and pollen tube growth require spatial and temporal regulation of water and nutrient transport. To better understand the molecular mechanisms involved in ...
    • Pollen aquaporins : the solute factor 

      Perez Di Giorgio, Juliana Andrea; Soto, Gabriela Cinthia; Muschietti, Jorge Prometeo; Amodeo, Gabriela (2016)
      In the recent years, the biophysical properties and presumed physiological role of aquaporins (AQPs) have been expanded to specialized cells where water and solute exchange are crucial traits. Complex but unique processes ...
    • Pip water transport and its pH dependence are regulated by tetramer stoichiometry 

      Jozefkowicz, Cintia; Sigaut, Lorena; Scochera, Florencia; Soto, Gabriela Cinthia; Ayub, Nicolás Daniel; Pietrasanta, Lía Isabel; Amodeo, Gabriela; Gonzalez Flecha, Francisco Luis; Alleva, Karina Edith (2016)
      Many plasma membrane channels form oligomeric assemblies, and heterooligomerization has been described as a distinctive feature of some protein families. In the particular case of plant plasma membrane aquaporins (PIPs), ...