ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Infection of potatoes by viral pathogens causes reduced crop yield and subsequent economic loss. In
South Africa Potato virus Y (PVY) and Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) are the two most destructive ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the present-day competitive global market, wine industries are constantly
aiming to improve the wine-making process,including the role of yeast. The
most commonly used wine yeast is Saccharomyces ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African ostrich industry is under enormous threats due to diseases contracted by the ostriches. H5N2
virus (avian influenza) outbreaks the past two years have resulted in thousands of ostriches ...
Christensen, Carl David(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Supply-demand analysis (SDA) is a tool that allows for the control, regulation
and behaviour of metabolic pathways to be understood. In this framework, reactions
are grouped into reaction blocks that ...
Waltemath, DagmarAdams, RichardBeard, Daniel A.Bergmann, Frank T.Balla, Upinder S.Britten, RandallChelliah, VijayalakshmiCooling, Michael T.Cooper, JonathanCrampin, Edmund J.Garny, AlanHoops, StefanHucka, MichaelHunter, PeterKlipp, EddaLaibe, CamilleMiller, Andrew K.Moraru, IonNickerson, DavidNielsen, PoulNikolski, MachaSahle, SvenSauro, Herbert M.Schmidt, HenningSnoep, Jacky L.Tolle, DominicWolkenhauer, OlafLe Novere, Nicolas(PLOS, 2011-04)
Reproducibility of experiments is a basic requirement for science. Minimum Information (MI) guidelines have proved a helpful means of enabling reuse of existing work in modern biology. The Minimum Information Required in ...
Van Zyl, Jalene(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-02-25)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Metabolic systems are open systems continually subject to changes in the
surrounding environment that cause
uctuations in the state variables and
perturbations in the system parameters. However, ...
Palm, Daniel Christiaan(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is widely accepted that insufficient insulin-stimulated activation of muscle glycogen
synthesis is one of the major components of non-insulin-dependent (type 2)
diabetes mellitus. Glycogen synthase, ...
De Wet, Tinus Andre(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study describes:
a) Characterization of traditional methodologies and testing methods used to purify and quantify trypsin and α-chymotrypsin
b) Re-engineering / development of a new method for ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study describes:
a) the optimization of the current industrial-scale extraction and purification of Horseradish
peroxidase from horseradish at BBI Enzymes, focussing on:
a. Raw material quality,
b. ...
Visser, Johan Christiaan(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Potato virus Y (PVY) is responsible for considerable yield losses in the South African potato industry.
The incidence of this virus has greatly increased over the past 20 years. In previous studies ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study describes:
- the characterization and comparison of the enzymatic activity of both Angora and ovine 3βHSD
expressed in non-steroidogenic COS-1 cells. The apparent Km and Vmax values for ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis provides the first scientific evidence on the cancer modulating properties of
two unique South African herbal teas, rooibos (Aspalathus Iinearis) and honeybush
(Cyclopia intermedia) utilizing ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigated human candidate genes for susceptibility to tuberculosis and the effect
of various factors on time to sputum conversion in the admixed South African Coloured (SAC)
population. ...
Vismer, Michael John(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to build a mathematical model that describes the
binding of 17- -estradiol (E2) to estrogen receptor (ER- ) and the influence
the sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) has on ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) was extensively used in agriculture pest control and
is still used for indoor residual spraying to control malaria. The lipophylicity of DDT and its
breakdown ...