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Vitamin D deficiency: characterization of an overlooked health hazard
(Brac University, 2020)
Vitamin D or sunshine vitamin is a hormone precursor, soluble in fat and plays an important role in our body by participating in several endocrine autocrine and paracrine activities. Since it has many pleiotropic health ...
Overview of the risk factors, prevention and management of SARS-COV-2
(Brac University, 2020-08)
SARS-CoV-2, the novel corona virus that originated in Wuhan, China in late December is a
positive single stranded RNA virus. COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 is
characterized by symptoms such as fever, sore ...
Detection of antibiotic resistance spectrum and resistance genes for aminoglycoside, macrolide, and β-lactam antibiotics using wound swab samples
(Brac University, 2020-01)
Antibiotic resistance has become a global health problem with a decrease in efficacy in treating common infections, resulting in increased sufferings, duration of hospital stay and economic burden. Infections in the wound ...
Can phages be cheated? - A study on the influence of inducing molecules on bacteriophage propagation at low host cell densities
(Brac University, 2020-06)
It has been reported in vitro that bacteriophages require a certain host cell density in order to
propagate. However, previous studies have shown that in environment, especially in water bodies,
bacteriophage infection ...
Isolation, identification, and characterization of Streptomyces species from common scab lesions
(Brac University, 2020-06)
Streptomyces scabiei is largely accepted as the causal organism of common scab on potato
in Debiganj, Rangpur and other Streptomyces species associated with common scab are
not often considered. This study, therefore, ...
Pathway analysis of Disease-Gene associated network in the human breast cancer
(Brac University, 2020-01)
The research of human genes and diseases is very interrelated and can lead to an
improvement in healthcare, disease diagnostics, and drug discovery. In this work, a system
was established to construct similarity measures ...
An investigation of Mobilized Colistin-Resistance (MCR) gene and underlying dissemination mechanism using clinical, poultry and environmental samples in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-01)
Colistin, widely considered as the last-resort antibiotic for the treatment against multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteria worldwide, is being used indiscriminately in the poultry,
livestock and fishery farms ...
Effect of D122N mutation in BAK1 on structural integrity of protein complex consisting FLS2, flg22 and BAK1 ectodomain- a molecular dynamics study”
(Brac University, 2020-01)
Elongated (elg) phenotype of Arabidopsis thaliana is caused by D122N mutation in the third leucine repeat of BRI1-associated kinase 1 (BAK1) protein that changes the 122nd amino acid aspartate to asparagine. The mutation ...