Volume 4 Number 2 July 2001

ARAB JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume 4 Number 2 July 2001

Biocontrol

• Cytotoxic effects of entomopathogenic fungal crude filtrate on Phthorimaea operculella cell line.
  O.Khamiss, G.H.Sewify, and S.M. Abol-Ela

Genetic transformation

• The competence of maize shoot meristems for transformation of Egyptian maize inbred lines.
  E. H. A. Hussein, S. K. Assem, H. A. El-Itriby, F. M. Abdel-Galil and M. A. Madkour
• Establishment of a transformation system in some Egyptian cultivars of Vicia faba L.
  R. M. Ismail, F.M. El-Domyati, T.M. Nasr El-Din, A.S. Sadik, and A.Z.E. Abdelsalam

Molecular Biology

• dentification and molecular studies on some halotolerant streptomycetes isolated from Sinai sandy soil.
  S. H. Mohamed, H. I. Abdel-Fattah, Sh. M. Selim and M. S. Sharaf

• Molecular characterization of some species of the genus Vicia.
  A. Haider, A. Bahieldin, Raifa Hassanin, N. Mahmoud and M. Madkour

Mutation Research

• Isolation and characterization of sporless mutants in Bacillus sphaericus.
  N. A. H. Aly, A. Farag and O. E. El-Sayed
• Genetical studies on melanomas in Xiphophorus fish.
  K. F. Mahrous, M. M. Zahran, M. A. Mahmoud and S. M. Sokkar

Recombinant Vacciens

• Protection against Schistosoma mansoni infection with a recombinant schistosomula 21.7 kDa protein.
  H. M. Ahmed, R. H. Mahmoud, S. A. Sherif, F. A Fahim and M. A. Saber

Tissue and Cell Culture

• Callus production and plant regeneration in Egyptian maize genotypes.
  S. K. Assem
• Tissue culture and evaluation of some active constituents of Ruta graveolens L. Effect of plant growth regulators, explant type on growth of Ruta graveolens L. callus cultures.
  M. M. Shabana, T. S. El-Alfy, M. E. El-Tantawy, A. I. Ibrahim, and G. F. Ibrahim
• Enhancement of alkaloids production in suspension cultures of Datura stramonium L. and Datura metel L.
  M. M. Dessouky, H. S. Taha and M. K. El-Bahr
• A method for in vitro propagation of the Egyptian date palm cultivar Samany.
  A. A. El-Kazzaz and M.K. El-Bah
• DNA endoduplication in cell-suspension cultures of some tomato accessions.
  A. Abdelaziz