Graduate Studies in Biosciences at CIIT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1 Welcome
• 2-6 Molecular Genetics
• 7-10 Microbiology/Immunology
• 11-14 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
• 15 Future Programs

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Future Programs The Department has progressed
at an enviable pace in the previous years.
Keeping with the growing faculty and student
interests we aim to provide a much more wider
front in the near future. Our future directions
include infra-structure development and research
initiatives in the following disciplines within
the next two years 1. Bioinformatics 2.
Biotechnology 3. Infection and Immunity 4.
Plant Sciences
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Recent Publications

• Micheal S, Qamar R, Akhtar F, Khan WA, Ahmed A
  (2008) C677T polymorphism in the
  methylenetetrahydrofolatereductase gene is
  associated with primary closed angle glaucoma.
  Mol. Vis. 14 661-665.
• Mansoor, A., Mazhar, K. and Qamar, R. (2008) VNTR
  polymorphism of the DRD4 locus in different
  Pakistani ethnic groups. Genet. Test.  12 1-6.
• Yao, T., S. Yasmin, K.A. Malik. and F.Y.
  Hafeez. (2008). Potential role of Rhizobacteria
  isolated from North-western China for enhancing
  wheat and oat yield. Journal of Agricultural
  Science 146 49-56.
• Chohan, S.N., Qamar, R., Sadiq, I., Azam,
  M., Holford, P. and Beattie, A. (2007) Molecular
  evidence for the presence of huanglongbing in
  Pakistan. Australian Plant Disease Notes 2
  3738.
• Ahmed Hassan, Salma Awad, Zeina Al-Natour, Samah
  Othman, Farah Mustafa, Tahir Rizvi. (2007)
  Selective recognition of acetylated histones by
  bromodomains in transcriptional co-activators.
  Biochem J. 15402(1)125-33.
• Hamid, N., S. Ali, K.A. Malik and F.Y. Hafeez
  (2007). Diagnosis of nutritional constraints of
  Azolla spp. To enhance their growth under flooded
  conditions of salt affected soils. Pak. J. of
  Bot. 39(1) 161-167.
• Tariq, M., S. Hameed, K.A. Malik and F.Y. Hafeez
  (2007). Plant root associated bacteria for zinc
  mobilization in rice. Pak. J. Bot., 39(1)
  245-253.
• Kayani, MA and JM Parry. (2007). The detection
  and assessment of the aneugenic potential of
  selected oestrogens, progestins and androgens
  using the in vitro Cytokinesis Blocked
  Micronucleus assay. Mutat. Res (Gen tox and Env
  Mut.doi.10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.10.2007).
• Razi Khaja, Junjun Zhang, Jeffrey R MacDonald,
  Yongshu He, Ann M Joseph-George, John Wei,
  Muhammad A Rafiq, Cheng Qian, Mary Shago, Lorena
  Pantano, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Keith Jones, Richard
  Redon, Matthew Hurles, Lluis Armengol, Xavier
  Estivill, Richard J Mural, Charles Lee, Stephen W
  Scherer Lars Feuk. (2006) Genome assembly
  comparison identifies structural variants in the
  human genome. Nat Genet.38 (12)1413-8.

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Cover Image The structure of the transcription
factor, AP-1/DNA complex. AP-1 is a dimer formed
by Jun and its homologous protein Fos. It
contains a leucine zipper motif (blue color)
where two helices look like a zipper with leucine
residues (red color) lining on the inside of the
zipper. (This image has been taken from
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and is licensed
under Free Software Foundation.
http//www.fsf.org/).