Volume 21 No. 3 May – June, 2016

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

1.	MĂDĂLINA DUMITRESCU, ANCA VIOLETA GAFENCU, ELENA VALERIA FUIORNew Insights on Apoliprotein E Involvement in Brain Lipid Homeostasis	……………	11443
2.	VIORICA LAGUNOVSCHI – LUCHIAN, COSTEL VÎNĂTORU, BIANCA ZAMFIR, CAMELIA BRATUNew genotypes of hot peppers with distinct phenotypic expressivity	……………	11451
3.	MIHAELA BREBENARIU, ELENA HOGEA, ELEONORA GHEORGHIU, ROXANA MOLDOVAN, LUMINIȚA BĂDIȚOIU, MIHAELA CRĂCIUNESCU, EMIL TÎRZIU, MONICA LICKERListeria monocytogenes meningitis. Case report of a patient with occupational exposure	……………	11456
4.	GRIGORE ONACIU, LIVIA VIDU, EUGEN JURCOAgri-Environmental impact on main productivity traits of the Valdostana breed raised in Transylvanian area	……………	11462
5.	MARIA-DANIELA BUTURUGĂ, GHEORGHE ŞTEFANIC, DUMITRU ILIE SĂNDOIU, LILIANA BĂDULESCUEcological Methods of Pedo-Enzymatical Analysis for Soil Fertility Control	……………	11471
6.	LETIŢIA PURDOIU, PETRIŞOR ZAMORA IORDACHE, DANA MAGDALENA CAPLAN, CARMEN CÎMPEANU, CRISTINA DINU PÎRVU, ȘERBAN PURDOIU, SIMONA IVANAComparative Analyses of Interactions Established between Nanoparticles and Emergent Bacteria	……………	11479
7.	DERYA YANMIS, AHMET ADIGUZEL, HAYRUNNISA NADAROGLU, MEDINE GULLUCE, NAZAN DEMIRPurification and Characterization of Laccase from Thermophilic Anoxybacillus Gonensis P39 and its Application of Removal TextileDyes	……………	11485
8.	SAYED A. M. AMER, SAMIR A.M. EL-SHAZLY, MOHAMED M. AHMEDNewly Designed Primers for Amplifying and Sequencing 16S Ribosomal Mitochondrial DNA Gene for Vertebrates	……………	11497
9.	YUKSEL KAYA, SEYFI TANERBiomass as a Selection Criterion for Drought Tolerance in Wheat	……………	11505
10.	ATTILA CRISTIAN RAȚIU, ALINA NEAGU, MIHAELA RALUCA MIHALACHE, VERONICA LAZĂR, ALEXANDRU AL. ECOVOIUMolecular and bioinformatics analysis of the relative expression profiles of dorsal, Toll-1, Relish and Duox genes in young versus old diutinus workers of Apis mellifera	……………	11513
11.	TEODORA COSTEA, LAURIAN VLASE, ROBERT VIOREL ANCUCEANU, MIHAELA DINU, NELLY KING OLAH, MARIA LIDIA POPESCU, CERASELA ELENA GÎRDChemical Composition, Antioxidant Activity and Phytotoxic Properties of Silver Birch Leaves	……………	11527
12.	PAULA ECATERINA FLORIAN, GEORGIANA PETRAREANU, SIMONA RUTA, ANCA ROSEANUOptimization of Recombinant Lipoic Acid Ligase Expression from Bacterial Cells	……………	11539
13.	IOANA SUCIU, OLGA SORITAU, IRINA GHEORGHE, VERONICA LAZĂR, DANA CRISTINA BODNAR, ADA GABRIELA DELEAN, SÎNZIANA ADINA SCĂRLĂTESCU, RADU STANCIU, MIHAI BURLIBAȘA, BOGDAN DIMITRIUBiocompatibility Testing on Cell Culture of some Root Canal Sealers used in Endodontics	……………	11543
14.	CHENG LEI, YIN SHENG, LIANG JINGRU, LIU LI, SUN BAOGUO, WANG CHENGTAO, WEN YANJUNEffect of Temperature on Β-Phenylethanol Anabolism in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae and its Recombinant Strains	……………	11550
15.	BOZAC PETRU, POPESCU SORINA, BOTAU DORICA, BOLDURA OANA-MARIA, PIRVULESCU PANFILMolecular Characterization for some new Fusarium Isolates Collected from the West Part of Romania	……………	11560
16.	SERGIU PĂDUREŢ, SONIA AMARIEI, GHEORGHE GUTT, BENIAMIN PISCUCThe Evaluation of Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Properties as a Valuable Food Ingredient	……………	11569
17.	FAIK AHMET AYAZ, HUSEYIN INCEER, SEMA HAYIRLIOGLU-AYAZ, NURSEN AKSU-KALMUKAchene Fatty Acid Composition in the Tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae)	……………	11576
18.	LORELAI GEORGETA SFARGHIU, LUMINIȚA OANCEA, RUXANDRA LIȚESCU, MIHAI BURLIBAȘA, LILIANA MORARU, VIOREL ȘTEFAN PERIEANU, NARCIS MARCOV, CAMELIA IONESCU, MĂDĂLINA VIOLETA PERIEANU, SORIN POPȘOR, GABRIELA TĂNASE, CLAUDIA CAMELIA BURCEA, ILEANA IONESCUThe Influence of Disinfectants Incorporation on Die Stone Linear Expansion	……………	11585
19.	MEREZEANU NICOLETA, IRINA GHEORGHE, MARCELA POPA, VERONICA LAZĂR, OTILIA BANU, ALEXANDRA BOLOCAN, RALUCA GRIGORE, ȘERBAN VIFOR BERTEȘTEANU, PÂNTEA OCTAVPhenotypic and Genotypic Investigation of Resistance and Virulence Features of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Strains Isolated from Hospitalized Patients	……………	11591
20.	METAXIA KOUTSIKA-SOTIRIOU, ELENI ANTHIMIDOU, GEORGIOS MENEXES, EKATERINI TRAKA-MAVRONADivergent Selection for Resistant Genotypes to Fusarium Wilt from an Old Melon Cultivar and their Performance in Grafting	……………	11599
21.	RADU-IOAN URSU, NATALIA CUCU, GEORGETA-FLORENTINA URSU, ILEANA CRĂCIUNESCU, EMILIA SEVERIN, MARIA PUIU, LYGIA ALEXANDRESCUFrequency Study of the FTO and ADRB3 Genotypes in a Romanian Cohort of Obese Children	……………	11610

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